kantaa

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑntɑːˣ/

“kantaa” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

to carry, bear
to bear, (can) support
to wear (clothing)
to wield, bear (e.g. a weapon)
to bear (produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops)
to bear, be pregnant (with)
to carry, be carried, reach (e.g. of sound or noise)
to levy, cess, collect, impose
to bring, act as a plaintiff

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kantadak (compare Estonian kandma), from Proto-Uralic *kanta- (compare Northern Sami guoddit, Erzya кандомс (kandoms), Eastern Mari кондеш (kondeš), Northern Mansi хӯнт (hūnt), Tundra Nenets ханась (xanasʹ°)). * (to wear (clothing)): Compare Swedish bära (“to bear, carry; to wear (clothing)”). * (to levy, cess (a tax)): Perhaps originally in the sense that those paying the tax…

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