kantele

kantele

English

A kantele.

Etymology

From Finnish kantele. Ultimate etymology contested; see Proto-Finnic *kandel for theories.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæntələ/, /ˈkæntəleɪ/

Noun

kantele (plural kanteles)

1. (music) A plucked string instrument (a zither) of the Baltic psaltery family, traditionally with five strings but now more widely varying, originating in the folk music of Finland, where it is seen as a national symbol.[1]
   • 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XLIV:

     With his fingers Väinämöinen played / with its strings the kantele rang out […].

Hypernyms

• Baltic psaltery
• chordophone
• psaltery
• zither

Hyponyms

• concert kantele
• small kantele

Translations

traditional Finnish string instrument

Finnish: kantele (fi), kannel (fi) Hungarian: kantele Portuguese: kantele m

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

1. 2003. "Kantele". Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Pg. 440.

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Dutch

Verb

kantele

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of kantelen

Anagrams

• kanteel

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnteleˣ/, [ˈkɑn̪t̪e̞le̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑntele
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧te‧le

Etymology 1

See kannel.

Noun

kantele

1. kantele

Declension

Inflection of kantele (Kotus type 49*J/askel, nt-nn gradation)
nominative		kantele kannel	kanteleet kantelet
genitive		kanteleen kantelen	kanteleiden kanteleitten kantelien kannelten
partitive		kanteletta kannelta	kanteleita kantelia
illative		kanteleeseen kanteleen	kanteleisiin kanteleihin kanteliin
		singular	plural
nominative		kantele kannel	kanteleet kantelet
accusative	nom.	kantele kannel	kanteleet kantelet
	gen.	kanteleen kantelen
genitive		kanteleen kantelen	kanteleiden kanteleitten kantelien kannelten
partitive		kanteletta kannelta	kanteleita kantelia
inessive		kanteleessa kantelessa	kanteleissa kantelissa
elative		kanteleesta kantelesta	kanteleista kantelista
illative		kanteleeseen kanteleen	kanteleisiin kanteleihin kanteliin
adessive		kanteleella kantelella	kanteleilla kantelilla
ablative		kanteleelta kantelelta	kanteleilta kantelilta
allative		kanteleelle kantelelle	kanteleille kantelille
essive		kanteleena kantelena	kanteleina kantelina
translative		kanteleeksi kanteleksi	kanteleiksi kanteliksi
instructive		—	kantelein kantelin
abessive		kanteleetta kanteletta	kanteleitta kantelitta
comitative		—	kanteleineen kantelineen

Possessive forms of kantele (type askel)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kanteleeni kanteleni	kanteleemme kantelemme
2nd person	kanteleesi kantelesi	kanteleenne kantelenne
3rd person	kanteleensa kantelensa

Alternative forms

• kannel

Compounds

• jouhikantele
• tuulikantele
• virsikantele

See also

• Kanteletar

Verb

kantele

1. present active indicative connegative of kannella
2. second-person singular present imperative of kannella
3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of kannella