monta
See also: Monta, montá, montà, and montă
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)
- mountainous
- La monta regio enloĝigas kelajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj. ― The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ontɑ
- Syllabification(key): mon‧ta
Pronoun
monta
- partitive singular of moni
- monta kertaa ― many times
Determiner
monta
- 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, but with nominative as monta; partitive may also be montaa.
See also
- montaa
Anagrams
- -maton, manto, maton
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
monta
- third-person singular past historic of monter
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔn̥ta/
- Rhymes: -ɔn̥ta
Verb
monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)
- (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt
- Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma
Conjugation
monta — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) | að monta | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) | montað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | montandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) | ég monta | við montum | present (nútíð) | ég monti | við montum |
þú montar | þið montið | þú montir | þið montið | ||
hann, hún, það montar | þeir, þær, þau monta | hann, hún, það monti | þeir, þær, þau monti | ||
past (þátíð) | ég montaði | við montuðum | past (þátíð) | ég montaði | við montuðum |
þú montaðir | þið montuðuð | þú montaðir | þið montuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það montaði | þeir, þær, þau montuðu | hann, hún, það montaði | þeir, þær, þau montuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) | monta (þú) | montið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
montaðu | montiði * | ||||
* 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 | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) | montast | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | montandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) | ég montast | við montumst | present (nútíð) | ég montist | við montumst |
þú montast | þið montist | þú montist | þið montist | ||
hann, hún, það montast | þeir, þær, þau montast | hann, hún, það montist | þeir, þær, þau montist | ||
past (þátíð) | ég montaðist | við montuðumst | past (þátíð) | ég montaðist | við montuðumst |
þú montaðist | þið montuðust | þú montaðist | þið montuðust | ||
hann, hún, það montaðist | þeir, þær, þau montuðust | hann, hún, það montaðist | þeir, þær, þau montuðust | ||
imperative (boðháttur) | montast (þú) | montist (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
montastu | montisti * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Related terms
- mont (“boasting, bragging”)
- montinn (“boastful; conceited”)
Ingrian
Alternative forms
- mont
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -ontɑ
- Hyphenation: mon‧ta
Determiner
monta (+ partitive)
- how many?
- so many, God knows how many
Determiner
monta
- 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
Noun
monta f (plural monte)
- covering, leap (of animals)
- stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm
- riding, mount
Related terms
- montare
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
monta
- inflection of montare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- Manto, manto
Portuguese
Verb
monta
- inflection of montar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Romanian
Etymology
From French monter.
Verb
a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conj.
- to assemble, to put together
Conjugation
conjugation of monta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive | a monta | ||||||
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gerund | montând | ||||||
past participle | montat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | montez | montezi | montează | montăm | montați | montează | |
imperfect | montam | montai | monta | montam | montați | montau | |
simple perfect | montai | montași | montă | montarăm | montarăți | montară | |
pluperfect | montasem | montaseși | montase | montaserăm | montaserăți | montaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să montez | să montezi | să monteze | să montăm | să montați | să monteze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | montează | montați | |||||
negative | nu monta | nu montați |
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -onta
- Syllabification: mon‧ta
Noun
monta f (plural montas)
- riding
- mounting
- total, sum total
- importance
- de poca monta ― small-time
Derived terms
- de poca monta
Verb
monta
- inflection of montar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “monta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014