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kunta

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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
    Synonyms: kvennskøp, (vulgar) fisa

Declension

More information f1, singular ...
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Finnish

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Estonian -kond, Livonian -gõnd (kōzgõnd), Votic kuntõ, Erzya кондямо (konďamo), Moksha кондя (kondä), Northern Mansi [script needed] (χōnt) and Hungarian had.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuntɑ/, [ˈkun̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -untɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kun‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): kun‧ta

Noun

kunta

  1. municipality (incorporated town or village)
    maaseutukuntarural municipality
    Kuusamon kuntamunicipality of Kuusamo
  2. commune (local political division in many European countries and their former colonies)
  3. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to administrative or functional regions
    hiippa (mitre) + kuntahiippakunta (diocese)
    kihla- + kuntakihlakunta (hundred (administrative division))
    kalastus (fishing) + kuntakalastuskunta (fishery board)
    kuningas (king) + kuntakuningaskunta (kingdom)
    maa (land) + kuntamaakunta (province)
    seura (company, companionship) + kuntaseurakunta (parish)
  4. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to multimember bodies, organizations etc.
    edustaa (to represent) + kuntaeduskunta (parliament)
    johto (management) + kuntajohtokunta (board of directors)
    palo (fire) + kuntapalokunta (fire brigade)
    veli (brother) + kuntaveljeskunta (fraternity)
    sisar (sister) + kuntasisarkunta (sisterhood, sorority)
  5. (in compounds) used to form nouns that refer to large groups of creatures or things as a whole
    aurinko (sun) + kuntaaurinkokunta (solar system)
    henkilö (person) + kuntahenkilökunta (staff)
    ihminen (human) + kuntaihmiskunta (humankind)
    kansa (people) + kuntakansakunta (nation)
    kivi (stone) + kuntakivikunta (mineral kingdom)
    äänestäjä (voter) + kuntaäänestäjäkunta (electorate)
  6. (in compounds) used with certain numerals to represent an approximate amount
    kymmenen (ten) + kuntakymmenkunta (about ten)
    sata (a hundred) + kuntasatakunta (about a hundred)
    tuhat (a thousand) + kuntatuhatkunta (about a thousand)
  7. (taxonomy) kingdom
    eläinkuntaanimal kingdom
  8. (mathematics, set theory) field

Declension

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More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, nominative plural kuntur)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
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Javanese

Romanization

kunta

  1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦤ꧀ꦠ

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

More information feminine, singular ...

Descendants

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with English cunt.

Noun

kunta c

  1. (dialectal) cunt (female genitalia)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

References

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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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