• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɑ/,[ˈkɑ̝ns̠ɑ̝]
• Rhymes:-ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation^(key):kan‧sa

FromProto-Finnic*kansa, borrowed fromProto-Germanic*hansō (earlier*hansā).^[1] Cognate withLivvikanzu,Vepskanz.

kansa

1. people,nation(community of people united by shared culture or ethnicity, or the inhabitants of a country)

   Synonym:kansakunta(see usage notes)

2. people,populace(the inhabitants of a region)
3. people(an undefined mass of people)

   Torilla on tänään paljonkansaa.

   There are a lot ofpeople in the market today.

4. people(the common people)

   Synonym:rahvas(relatively derogatory)

   Hän nousikansan riveistä politiikan huipulle.

   He rose from the ranks of thecommon people to the top of politics.

• In the sense "nation, people" the termskansa andkansakunta are nearly synonymous, althoughkansa tends to refer to a cultural or ethnic entity andkansakunta to a political entity.

• “kansa”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-01

Fromkanssa. Comparekans.

kansa(dialectal)

1. Alternative form ofkanssa.

• kasan,sakan,sanka

FromProto-Finnic*kansa, borrowed fromProto-Germanic*hansō. Cognates includeFinnishkansa andVepskanz.

• (Ala-Laukaa)IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɑ/,[ˈkɑns̠]
• (Soikkola)IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnsɑ/,[ˈkɑnʒ̥ɑ]
• Rhymes:-ɑns,-ɑnsɑ
• Hyphenation:kan‧sa
• Homophone:kans

kansa

1. people,nation
   • 1936, V. I. Junus,Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Iƶorat laatiitkansan, kumpa keelen poolest kuuluu läns-fenniläisiinkansoin gruppaa ja sil viisii i iƶoroin keeli kuuluu läns-fenniläisee keelisisteemaa.

     The Ingrians make upa people, that based on their language belongs to the groupof Finnicpeoples and as such the language of Ingrians also belongs to the Finnic language family.

• rahvas

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page132
• Olga I. Konkova, Nikita A. Dyachkov (2014)Inkeroin Keel: Пособие по Ижорскому Языку‎^[4],→ISBN, page53

kansa

1. Rōmaji transcription ofかんさ

Cognate toFinnishkanssa.

kansa

1. also

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kansa classIX (pluralkansa classX)

1. cancer (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)

• saratani

Borrowed fromSpanishcansar, fromLatincampsāre, fromAncient Greekκάμψαι(kámpsai).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /kanˈsa/[kɐn̪ˈsa]
• Rhymes:-a
• Syllabification:kan‧sa

kansá (Baybayin spellingᜃᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. fatigue;tiredness;exhaustion;weariness

   Synonyms:pata,pagod,hapo,pagal

The word is not usually found in old Tagalog dictionaries which suggests this word may have been borrowed from a foreign language. CompareSanskritकंस(kaṃsa,“bell-metal; metal vessel”),Indonesiankangsa(“bronze”) /gangsa(“brass; bell-metal”),Balineseᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ(gangsa,“bronze”), andJavaneseꦒꦁꦱ(gangsa,“bronze”). See alsogangsa(“brass gong”).

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key): /kanˈsa/[kɐn̪ˈsa],/ˈkansa/[ˈkan̪.sɐ]
• Rhymes:-a,-ansa
• Syllabification:kan‧sa

kansáorkansa (Baybayin spellingᜃᜈ᜔ᜐ)(rare)

1. metal

   Synonym:metal

• “kansa”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,2024
• “kansa”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978)Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction byTeodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila:National Book Store,→ISBN, page301
• Institute of National Language (Philippines) (1961)Selected Vocabulary Lists: Arithmetical, Biological, Parliamentary, Etc.‎^[5] (in Tagalog), Bureau of Print.

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