monta

See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Noun

monta f (plural montes)

  1. (mining) "beginning of the ramp or exploitation from its access such as a chimney or well"

Further reading

  • “monta” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Esperanto

Etymology

From monto (mountain) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/
  • Hyphenation: mont‧a
  • Rhymes: -onta

Adjective

monta (accusative singular montan, plural montaj, accusative plural montajn)

  1. mountainous
    La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj.The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ontɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mon‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

monta

  1. partitive singular of moni
    monta kertaamany times

Determiner

monta

  1. many

Usage notes

Used as if it were nominative in which case it can replace what would be a numeral in nominative form.

Näin kaksi lintua.
I saw two birds.
Näin monta lintua.
I saw many birds.

*Näin moni lintua would be ungrammatical.

Inflection

Same as moni (which see), but with monta as the nominative form; partitive may also be montaa.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

monta

  1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔn̥ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔn̥ta

Verb

monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

  1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
    Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

monta – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur monta
supine sagnbót montað
present participle
montandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég monta montaði monti montaði
þú montar montaðir montir montaðir
hann, hún, það montar montaði monti montaði
plural við montum montuðum montum montuðum
þið montið montuðuð montið montuðuð
þeir, þær, þau monta montuðu monti montuðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú monta (þú), montaðu
plural þið montið (þið), montiði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
montast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive nafnháttur að montast
supine sagnbót montast
present participle
montandist (rare; see appendix)
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég montast montaðist montist montaðist
þú montast montaðist montist montaðist
hann, hún, það montast montaðist montist montaðist
plural við montumst montuðumst montumst montuðumst
þið montist montuðust montist montuðust
þeir, þær, þau montast montuðust montist montuðust
imperative boðháttur
singular þú montast (þú), montastu
plural þið montist (þið), montisti1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
  • mont (boasting, bragging)
  • montinn (boastful; conceited)

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nt]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd̥ɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ont, -ontɑ
  • Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Determiner

monta (+ partitive)

  1. how many?
  2. so many, God knows how many

Synonyms

Determiner

monta

  1. partitive singular of moni

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 314

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmon.ta/
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Hyphenation: món‧ta

Etymology 1

Noun

monta f (plural monte)

  1. covering, leap (of animals)
    stazione di montabreeding farm; stud farm
  2. riding, mount

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Portuguese

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conjugation

  1. to assemble, to put together

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onta
  • Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from montar.

Noun

monta f (plural montas)

  1. riding
  2. mounting
  3. total, sum total
  4. importance
    de poca montasmall-time
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

monta

  1. inflection of montar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading