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)

1. mountainous

   La monta regio enloĝigas plurajn speciojn de sovaĝaj katoj. ― The mountainous region is home to several species of wildcats.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ontɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mon‧ta

Pronoun

monta

1. partitive singular of moni

   monta kertaa ― many times

Determiner

monta

1. 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 (which see), but with monta as the nominative form; partitive may also be montaa.

Derived terms

• montako

See also

• montaa

Further reading

• “monta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• -maton, manto, maton

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

monta

1. third-person singular past historic of monter

Galician

Verb

monta

1. inflection of montar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn̥ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔn̥ta

Verb

monta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative montaði, supine montað)

1. (intransitive) to boast, brag, vaunt

   Synonyms: grobba, gorta, raupa, skruma

Conjugation

monta — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að monta
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
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/, [ˈmo̞nt]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈmontɑ/, [ˈmo̞nd̥ɑ]
• Rhymes: -ont, -ontɑ
• Hyphenation: mon‧ta

Determiner

monta (+ partitive)

1. how many?
2. so many, God knows how many

Synonyms

• (how many?): paljo

Determiner

monta

1. 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

Etymology 1

Noun

monta f (plural monte)

1. covering, leap (of animals)

   stazione di monta ― breeding farm; stud farm

2. riding, mount

Related terms

• montare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

monta

1. inflection of montare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Manto, manto

Portuguese

Verb

monta

1. inflection of montar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monter.

Verb

a monta (third-person singular present montează, past participle montat) 1st conjugation

1. to assemble, to put together

Conjugation

    conjugation of monta (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a monta
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

Related terms

• montaj

Further reading

• monta in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmonta/ [ˈmõn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -onta
• Syllabification: mon‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal of montar.

Noun

monta f (plural montas)

1. riding
2. mounting
3. total, sum total
4. importance

   de poca monta ― small-time

Derived terms

• de poca monta

Etymology 2

Verb

monta

1. inflection of montar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “monta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10