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Kansa

Kansa

See also: kansa and känsä

English

Proper noun

Kansa

  1. A Native American people who used to inhabit parts of Kansas.
  2. Their language.

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References

  1. William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States (ISBN 0806135980), page 47 (citing personal communication with Robert Rankin)

kansa

kansa

See also: Kansa and känsä

Finnish

(index ka)

Noun

kansa

  1. people.
  2. nation, people.

Declension

Inflection of kansa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative kansa kansat
genitive kansan kansojen
partitive kansaa kansoja
illative kansaan kansoihin
singular plural
nominative kansa kansat
accusative nom. kansa kansat
gen. kansan
genitive kansan kansojen
kansainrare
partitive kansaa kansoja
inessive kansassa kansoissa
elative kansasta kansoista
illative kansaan kansoihin
adessive kansalla kansoilla
ablative kansalta kansoilta
allative kansalle kansoille
essive kansana kansoina
translative kansaksi kansoiksi
instructive kansoin
abessive kansatta kansoitta
comitative kansoineen

Usage notes

  • In the sense "nation, people" the terms kansa and kansakunta are quite synonymous, although kansa tends to refer to a cultural entity and kansakunta to a political entity.

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Lojban

Etymology

In Lojbanized spelling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkansa/

Gismu

kansa (rafsi kan)

  1. with; x1 is with/accompanies/is a companion of x2, in state/condition/enterprise x3 (event/state).

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Meänkieli

Etymology

Cognate to Finnish kanssa.

Adverb

kansa

  1. also

Swahili

Etymology

From English cancer.

Noun

kansa (n class, plural kansa)

  1. cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

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Tagalog

Noun

kansa

  1. metal