Faroese

Noun

kunta f (genitive singular kuntu, plural kuntur)

1. (vulgar) ****

Declension

Finnish

(index ku)

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta. Cognates include Hungarian had.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkun̪t̪ɑ]
• Rhymes: -untɑ
• Hyphenation: kun‧ta

Noun

kunta

1. municipality
2. as headword of a compound term indicates a community or group; corps.

   henkilö ‎(“person”) → henkilökunta ‎(“staff”)

   ihminen ‎(“human”) → ihmiskunta ‎(“humankind”)

   kalastus ‎(“fishing”) → kalastuskunta ‎(“fishery board”)

   kansa ‎(“people”) → kansakunta ‎(“nation”)

   kivi ‎(“stone”) → kivikunta ‎(“mineral kingdom”)

   veli ‎(“brother”) → veljeskunta ‎(“fraternity”)

   äänestäjä ‎(“voter”) → äänestäjäkunta ‎(“electorate”)

   palo ‎(“fire”) → palokunta ‎(“fire brigade”)

   seurakunta ‎(“parish”)

3. as headword of a compound indicates an administrative area:

   hiippa ‎(“mitre”) → hiippakunta ‎(“diocese”)

   kihlakunta ‎(“hundred, as an administrative division”)

   maa ‎(“land”) → maakunta ‎(“province”)

4. as headword of a compound term indicates an approximate number. Normally only combined with 10, 100 and 1000.

   kymmenen ‎(“ten”) → kymmenkunta ‎(“about ten”)

5. (taxonomy) kingdom
6. (mathematics, set theory) field

Declension

Derived terms

• nouns: kunnallinen, kuntalainen
• adjectives: kunnittainen
• adverbs: kunnittain

Anagrams

• nakut, nukat, takun, tukan

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kunta, from Proto-Germanic *****ǭ, cognate with English ****.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʏn̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ʏn̥ta

Noun

kunta f ‎(genitive singular kuntu, nominative plural kuntur)

1. (vulgar) ****

Declension

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *****ǭ, whence also Middle English cunte (English ****), Middle Low German kunte (all meaning “****”), Dutch kont ‎(“arse”).

Noun

kunta f (genitive kuntu, plural kuntur)

1. ****

Declension

Descendants

Wanyi

Etymology

Related to Garawa kunda ‎(“tree”).

Noun

kunta

1. tree

References

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)