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Where does “kanta” come from?

kanta (Cebuano) comes from Spanish canta, from Spanish cantar, from Latin cantāre, from Latin canere, from Latin caneo, from Latin -eo, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

kanta (Cebuano): a song; to sing; to fellate; to perform oral sex

Definitions

  1. a song; to sing; to fellate; to perform oral sex

Ancestry of “kanta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcanta
2Spanishcantarto sing; A type of shanty or popular song
3Latincantāre—
4Latincanerepresent active infinitive of canō; second-person...
5LatincaneoI am white, gray or hoary
6Latin-eoForms stative verbs from adjectives; dative...
7Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
8Proto-Italic-ējō—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “kanta”

  • hinganta
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