nta

See also: NTA, -nta, -ntä, and ntâ

Igbo

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ń̩tà/

Adjective

ńta

1. small

Antonyms

• úkwú

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ń̩tá/

Noun

ńtá

1. hunting

Derived terms

• dí ńtā

Sotho

Noun

nta class 9/10 (plural dinta)

1. louse

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nta.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

nta class IX (no plural)

1. wax

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǹ.tá/

Noun

nta class 9 (plural dinta)

1. louse

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	nta
Brazilian standard	nta
New Tribes	nta

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *mɨta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nta]

Noun

nta (possessed ntadü)

1. mouth

Derived terms

• entajo
• enta'du
• ntajidichü
• ntatü'
• ntawi

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “nta”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 217, 288, 391, 397: “[ënta] 'mouth' […] nta -nta -dü 'mouth' […] incha:dü - his mouth […] önta - mouth”
• Hall, Katherine (2007), “ənta”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021

Yoruba

Etymology

Contraction of níta (“outside”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋ́.tā/

Adverb

ńta

1. alternative form of níta (“outside; out”)

Usage notes

• used when no movement is implied, when movement is implied síta is used.