ganta

English

Etymology

From Spanish ganta, from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang. Doublet of gantang.

Noun

ganta (plural gantas)

1. (Philippines, historical) A unit of volume equivalent to eight chupas.

Anagrams

• tanga

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ganta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡan.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡan.ta]

Noun

ganta f (plural gantes)

1. stork

   Synonym: cigonya

Further reading

• “ganta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Verb

ganta

1. third-person singular past historic of ganter

Anagrams

• tanga

Komering

Adverb

ganta

1. now

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Cognate with Latin ānser.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.ta]

Noun

ganta f (genitive gantae); first declension

1. a goose of Germany

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ganta	gantae
genitive	gantae	gantārum
dative	gantae	gantīs
accusative	gantam	gantās
ablative	gantā	gantīs
vocative	ganta	gantae

Descendants

• Catalan: ganta
• Old French: gante, jante
  • Middle French: jante

References

• “ganta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ganta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang.

Noun

ganta f (plural gantas)

1. (Philippines, historical) a ganta

Descendants

• → English: ganta
• → Tagalog: ganta

Further reading

• “ganta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish ganta, from Cebuano gantang, from Malay gantang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡanta/ [ˈɡan̪.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: gan‧ta

Noun

ganta (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. ganta (unit of grain measure of approximately three liters)

   Synonym: salop

See also

• apatan
• gantang
• gatang
• kaban
• tsupa

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡanˈta/ [ɡɐn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: gan‧ta

Adjective

gantá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. divided and cut into minute parts

See also

• tadtad
• durog

Anagrams

• tagan, Gatan, angat, atang, tanga, ngata, Angat

Yogad

Noun

ganta

1. ganta (twenty-five of which makes one kaban)