munta

See also: muntâ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmun.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmun.ta]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from muntar.

Noun

munta f (plural muntes)

1. mounting (the act of one animal mounting another for copulation)
2. live decoy

   Synonym: enze

Etymology 2

Verb

munta

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

Further reading

• “munta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Italian

Participle

munta f sg

1. feminine singular of munto

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	munta
Brazilian standard	munta
New Tribes	munta

Etymology

From munu (“blood”) +‎ -ta (verbalizer).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [munta]

Verb

munta

1. (intransitive, patientive) to bleed
2. (intransitive, patientive) to menstruate

Derived terms

• imuntajaicho

References

• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 236: “imuntanö”