banta

From Proto-Philippine *bantaq (“to argue with”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantaq. Cognate with Indonesian and Malay bantah (“altercation”) and Tagalog banta (“threat”).

• IPA^(key): /banˈt̺aʔ/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ta

bantâ

1. to warn someone not to do something
2. to plan to do harm

bántà

1. opinion

bántà

1. guess, conjecture

banta

1. stolen goods, pilfered goods

• banta'an

banta

1. enemy

Borrowed from German Band.

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.ta/

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• Rhymes: -anta
• Syllabification: ban‧ta

banta f

1. (nautical) Alternative form of bant

• banta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

bantà

1. threat; menace

Named after William Banting, author of an early diet. According to SO attested since 1885. In a figurative sense attested since 1956.

Cognate with English banting.

banta (present bantar, preterite bantade, supine bantat, imperative banta)

1. To diet (in order to lose weight).
   • 1888, John Johnson, “Han & hon [He & she]”, in Glam‎, page 70:

     Vid 34 år: Förskräckes hon öfver tillta gande fetma och beslutar sig för att "banta".

     At age 34: She is alarmed by increasing obesity and decides to begin "bant".

2. (figurative) To slim.

   Synonyms: minska, skära ner

   Vi måste banta företagets utgifter.

   We have to slim the company's expenditures.

• bantning
• bantare

• banta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• banta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• T-bana

From Proto-Philippine *bantaq (“to argue with”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bantaq. Cognate with Cebuano banta (“to warn someone not to do something; to plan to do harm”), Indonesian and Malay bantah (“altercation”).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /banˈtaʔ/ [bɐnˈtaʔ]
    • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • IPA^(key): /ˈbantaʔ/ [ˈban.tɐʔ] (obsolete) (“intent, intention”, noun)
• Syllabification: ban‧ta

bantâ (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜆ)

1. threat; menace

   Synonyms: bala, panakot

   May banta sa akin ang mga kaaway ko. ― My enemies have a threat against me.

   Banta sa seguridad ng bansa ang planong pagpasok ng ilang teroristang grupo mula sa Gitnang Silangan. ― The planned entry of terrorist groups from the Middle East constitute a national security threat.

2. suspicion; surmise

   Synonyms: sapantaha, bintang

3. (Batangas, colloquial) notion; idea
4. (colloquial) intent; intention; plan

   Synonyms: balak, plano, hangad, hangarin

• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎ (in Spanish), page 16
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎ (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot