kantika

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • kantiga

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cantiga (“song”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kantika f (Hebrew spelling קאנטיקה)

  1. (music) song (musical composition with lyrics for voice or voices, performed by singing)
    Synonym: kantar
    El kanta la kantika para la nona.
    He sings the song to the grandmother.
    • 1994, Isak Papo, Cuentos Sobre los Sefardies de Sarajevo, Logos, →ISBN, page 68:
      La primera kantika era "Aj ke relumbron di novja ermoza", il padri dil novju li dizija a la novja, jamandula "ki salga a baljar, ki la keru ver".
      The first song was ‘There a sudden flash of light from [a] beautiful bride’; the groom’s father told the bride announcing to her ‘that I want to see her go out to dance.’
    • 2012 October 1, Miriam Moscona, Tela de sevoya, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, →ISBN, page 39:
      Me esto akodrando algo ke ambezí de oyido, komo una kantika de kuna ke ainda kantas en la viejes.
      I am remembering something that I learnt by hearing, like a lullaby that you keep singing to the elderly.
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