kunta

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kunta, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʊn̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ʊn̥ta

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, plural kuntur)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

Declension of kunta
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kunta kuntan kuntur kunturnar
accusative kuntu kuntuna kuntur kunturnar
dative kuntu kuntuni kuntum kuntunum
genitive kuntu kuntunnar kunta kuntanna

Finnish

(index ku)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Estonian -kond, Livonian *gõnd (kōzgõnd), Votic kunta, Mansi [script needed] (χōnt) and Hungarian had.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkun̪t̪ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Hyphenation: kun‧ta

Noun

kunta

  1. municipality, commune; local political division
  2. (in compounds) community, group, corps
    henkilö (person)henkilökunta (staff)
    ihminen (human)ihmiskunta (humankind)
    kalastus (fishing)kalastuskunta (fishery board)
    kansa (people)kansakunta (nation)
    kivi (stone)kivikunta (mineral kingdom)
    veli (brother)veljeskunta (fraternity)
    äänestäjä (voter)äänestäjäkunta (electorate)
    palo (fire)palokunta (fire brigade)
    seurakunta (parish)
  3. (in compounds) used in terms for administrative divisions
    hiippa (mitre)hiippakunta (diocese)
    kihlakunta (hundred, as an administrative division)
    maa (land)maakunta (province)
  4. (in compounds) used with a numeral to represent an approximate amount
    kymmenen (ten)kymmenkunta (about ten), satakunta, tuhatkunta
  5. (taxonomy) kingdom
  6. (mathematics, set theory) field

Declension

Inflection of kunta (Kotus type 10/koira, nt-nn gradation)
nominative kunta kunnat
genitive kunnan kuntien
partitive kuntaa kuntia
illative kuntaan kuntiin
singular plural
nominative kunta kunnat
accusative nom. kunta kunnat
gen. kunnan
genitive kunnan kuntien
kuntainrare
partitive kuntaa kuntia
inessive kunnassa kunnissa
elative kunnasta kunnista
illative kuntaan kuntiin
adessive kunnalla kunnilla
ablative kunnalta kunnilta
allative kunnalle kunnille
essive kuntana kuntina
translative kunnaksi kunniksi
instructive kunnin
abessive kunnatta kunnitta
comitative kuntineen

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kunta, from Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ, cognate with English cunt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰʏn̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ʏn̥ta

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, nominative plural kuntur)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ, whence also Middle English cunte (English cunt), Middle Low German kunte (all meaning “cunt”), Dutch kont (arse).

Noun

kunta f (genitive kuntu, plural kuntur)

  1. cunt

Declension

Descendants

  • Danish: kunte c
  • Faroese: kunta f
  • Icelandic: kunta f
  • Norwegian (nynorsk): kunte f
  • Swedish: kunta c, konta c, kutta c (dialectal)

Wanyi

Etymology

Related to Garawa kunda (tree).

Noun

kunta

  1. tree

References

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)
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