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vanta

See also: vänta, Vanta, Vǟnta, vântă, and VANTA

Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French vantard.

Noun

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vanta

  1. braggart; boaster

Catalan

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Verb

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vanta

  1. only used in es vanta, third-person singular present indicative of vantar-se
  2. only used in vanta't, second-person singular imperative of vantar-se

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Etymology

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Adjective

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vanta (accusative singular vantan, plural vantaj, accusative plural vantajn)

  1. frivolous
  2. conceited, vain

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Faroese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Norse vanta.

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Verb

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vanta (third person singular past indicative vantaði, third person plural past indicative vantað, supine vantað)

  1. to lack
  2. to want, need (be without, fall short)
mær vantar - I need

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vanta (group v-30)
infinitive vanta
supine vantað
participle (a6)1 vantandi vantaður
present past
first singular vanti vantaði
second singular vantar vantaði
third singular vantar vantaði
plural vanta vantaðu
imperative
singular vanta!
plural vantið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

French

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Verb

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vanta

  1. third-person singular past historic of vanter

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vanta.

Verb

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vanta

  1. (impersonal) to lack (usually translates "to need" or "to miss")
    Mig vantar einhvern að kenna mér.
    I need someone to teach me.
  2. to want (be without, fall short)

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Italian

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Verb

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vanta

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

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Verb

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vanta (present tense vantar, past tense vanta, past participle vanta, passive infinitive vantast, present participle vantande, imperative vanta/vant)

  1. to lack
  2. be wrong with; have an issue

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

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vanta

  1. (impersonal with accusative) to be a lack of
    vantar vatni ― there is a lack of water

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vanta — impersonal, active (weak class 2)
infinitive vanta
past participle vantaðr
indicative present past
3rd-person singular vantar vantaði
subjunctive present past
3rd-person singular vanti vantaði

Descendants

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References

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  • vanta in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vanta, from Proto-Germanic *wanatōną.

Verb

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vanta

  1. to be lacking

Conjugation

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Conjugation of vanta (weak)
present past
infinitive vanta —
participle vantandi, -e vantaþer
active voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vantar vanti, -e — vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
þū vantar vanti, -e vanta vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
han vantar vanti, -e — vantaþi, -e vantaþi, -e
vīr vantum, -om vantum, -om vantum, -om vantaþum, -om vantaþum, -om
īr vantin vantin vantin vantaþin vantaþin
þēr vanta vantin — vantaþu, -o vantaþin
mediopassive voice indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
iæk vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
þū vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
han vantas vantis, -es — vantaþis, -es vantaþis, -es
vīr vantums, -oms vantums, -oms — vantaþums, -oms vantaþums, -oms
īr vantins vantins — vantaþins vantaþins
þēr vantas vantins — vantaþus, -os vantaþins

Traveller Norwegian

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Etymology

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From German Wand.

Noun

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vanta

  1. wall

Derived terms

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References

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  • “vanta” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
  • “vanta” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.
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