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/, [ˈlɑ̝n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑntɑ
• Syllabification^(key): lan‧ta
• Hyphenation^(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

• “lanta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Borrowed from Sami (compare Northern Sami láddi), from Proto-Samic *lāntē, from North Germanic (compare Swedish land).

lanta (dialectal)

1. (Lapland) The parts of Finland south of Sápmi.

• Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), 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

From Southern Luzon axis *lanta (“wilted”). Compare Kapampangan lanta and Bikol Central lanta. See also Batad Ifugao langta (“greenness”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lanˈta/ [lɐn̪ˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: lan‧ta

lantá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

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

   mga lantang gulay ― withered vegetables

• tamlay

lantá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜈ᜔ᜆ)

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

• “lanta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 202