lanta

Borrowed from Ido lenta, from French lent, with the e changed to a to avoid confusion with lento.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlanta]
• Rhymes: -anta
• Hyphenation: lan‧ta

lanta (accusative singular lantan, plural lantaj, accusative plural lantajn)

1. (chiefly poetic) slow

• malrapida

• rapida (“fast”)

• lante

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑntɑ/, [ˈlɑn̪t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lan‧ta

Variant of lansi (“low-lying land”), possibly by backformation from dialectal lantea (“fertile, of land”). Semantic development has probably been through "fertile soil, material used as fertilizer". Attested since the early 18th century.

A connection has also been purported to Proto-Germanic *hlandą (“urine”).

lanta

1. Animal feces used as fertilizer; manure, dung.

• sonta

From Sami (compare Northern Sami láddi), from North Germanic (compare Swedish land).

lanta

1. (dialectal, Northern dialects) The parts of Finland south of Sápmi.

• Lannanmaa
• lantalainen

Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN

• lanat, latan

From Portuguese levantar-se. Cognate with Kabuverdianu labanta.

lanta

1. to stand up

Unknown. Possibly from Sanskrit श्रान्त (śrāntá, “fatigued”). Also possibly from Sanskrit रण्ड (raṇḍa, “maimed; crippled”). May be related to salanta.

• Hyphenation: lan‧ta
• IPA^(key): /lanˈta/, [lɐnˈta]

lantá

1. withered; faded (of leaves, flowers, vegetables, etc.)

   mga lantang gulay

   withered vegetables

lantá

1. condition of being withered (of leaves, flowers, vegetables, etc.)