kantati

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtati/

Verb

kantati

1. plural nominal present passive participle of kantar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• कन्तति (Devanagari script)
• কন্ততি (Bengali script)
• කන‍්තති (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္တတိ or ၵၼ္တတိ or ၵၼ်တတိ (Burmese script)
• กนฺตติ or กันตะติ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲᨲᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ຕຕິ or ກັນຕະຕິ (Lao script)
• កន្តតិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄖𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit कृन्तति (kṛntati, “to cut”).

Verb

kantati (root kant, first conjugation)

1. to cut, to cut off

Conjugation

Conjugation of "kantati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	kantāmi	kantāma
2nd	kantasi	kantatha
3rd	kantati	kantanti
Imperative
1st	kantāmi	kantāma
2nd	kanta or kantāhi	kantatha
3rd	kantatu	kantantu
Optative
1st	kanteyyāmi or kanteyyaṃ or kante	kanteyyāma
2nd	kanteyyāsi or kante	kanteyyātha
3rd	kanteyya or kante	kanteyyuṃ

• Present active participle: kantant, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms

• anukantati
• parikantati

Adjective

kantati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of kantant, present participle of the verb above

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit कृणत्ति (kṛṇatti, “to spin”).

Verb

kantati (root kat, second conjugation)

1. to spin, to twist threads

Conjugation

Conjugation of "kantati"

	Singular	Plural
Present
1st	kantāmi	kantāma
2nd	kantasi	kantatha
3rd	kantati	kantanti
Imperative
1st	kantāmi	kantāma
2nd	kanta or kantāhi	kantatha
3rd	kantatu	kantantu
Optative
1st	kanteyyāmi or kanteyyaṃ or kante	kanteyyāma
2nd	kanteyyāsi or kante	kanteyyātha
3rd	kanteyya or kante	kanteyyuṃ

• Present active participle: kantant, which see for forms and usage

Derived terms

• parikantati

Adjective

kantati

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of kantant, present participle of the verb above

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantare.

Verb

kàntati impf (Cyrillic spelling ка̀нтати)

1. (regional) to sing

   Synonym: pjȅvati