unta

See also: untá and -unta

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /un.ta/

Noun

unta

1. camel

Catalan

Verb

unta

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

Finnish

Noun

unta

1. partitive singular of uni

Anagrams

• -ntua, nuta, tanu, taun

Galician

Verb

unta

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

Hungarian

Etymology

un +‎ -ta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuntɒ]
• Hyphenation: un‧ta

Verb

unta

1. third-person singular indicative past definite of un

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• onta

Etymology

From Malay unta, from Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (uṣṭra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ūsr- (“buffalo”). Compare to English oont, Hindi ऊँट (ū̃ṭ), Konkani ओंटे (oṇṭe), Gujarati ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈun.ta/, [ˈun̪.t̪a]

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• Hyphenation: un‧ta

Noun

unta (plural unta-unta)

1. camel

   Synonym: gamel

2. (ethnic slur, derogatory, Internet slang, offensive) Arab (Semitic person)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Utilization of the Corpus in Depicting Impoliteness in Indonesian on Social Media”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Hai Onta (variant of "unta"), apakah masih bisa mendengar jerit penderitaan warganya?

     Hi Camel (Arab), can you still hear the suffering screams of your citizens?

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Derived terms

• burung unta

Further reading

• “unta”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Participle

unta f sg

1. feminine singular of unto

Malay

Etymology

From Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (uṣṭra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ūsr- (“buffalo”). Compare to English oont, Hindi ऊँट (ū̃ṭ), Konkani ओंटे (oṇṭe), Gujarati ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈunta/ [ˈʔun̪.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: unta
• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -ta

Noun

unta (Jawi spelling اونتا, plural unta-unta)

1. camel

Descendants

• > Indonesian: unta
• Brunei Malay: unta
• → Javanese: onta
• → Maranao: onta
• → Tausug: unta'

Further reading

• "unta" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "unta" at PRPM first version)

Portuguese

Verb

unta

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

Spanish

Verb

unta

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