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4.1.18.7 k-nt Convex, rounded things, quantity, knowledge; choses convexes, arrondies, quantité, connaissance;

Bretoncantcircle; Lat. cantus metal rim of a wheel
Franç.jantemetal rim of a wheel
Franç.contréeregion (not from contra "facing")
Tokh.kanthundred. The following I.E. terms have been
linked to this root: Anc.Greek hekto,Germ. hundert, Alb. qind, Russian sotnja, Lith. šimtas Ital. cento, Span. cien, French. cent etc., which represents almost all the permutations, from /k/ to /s/. In the present case, Tokharian appears clearly to be the most conservative form
Aram.kintára cubic measure
Franç.quintalid.
Gael.I.candamquantity
Lat.quantumlarge quantity
Ital.quantohow much
Span.canteratalent, genius
Germ.kennento know
Franç.connaissanceknowledge
Alb.shkencatscience
Franç., Engl.scienceknowledge (certainly not from Lat.. scindere "to split" as in Klein)
Anc.Greekgnosisknowledge
Franç.cantonan administrative subdivision
Franç.: VStsantonknoll
Ital.:Roveredo (GR)cantónangolo delle stanze (cf. ancon 4.1.18.5)
Ital.: Rovio (TI)cantogneangolo
Franç.: VSCatogneune montagne de forme conique
Franç.Cantala mountainous region
Span.Cantabricaa mountainous region, Lah., 1963, No. 683
Engl.cantilevera structure in engineering and architecture, French encorbellementð4.2.7.
Engl.cantslope
Ital.cantoangle, corner
Ital.: Roveredo (GR)cantéetravicello obliquo del tetto
Franç.chante (merle etc.)dans les composés oronymiques, cf. Camproux, 1968
Franç.Chanteloupun toponyme (en réalité c'est un pléonasme: pour loup "élévation" ð130., Roum.)
Alb.kandórecornerstone
Span.canterobig stone
Ital.: Roveredo (GR)cantaréinoduli sottocutanei
Franç.chanterellea mushroom
Ital.: PonzacentragalloHoopoe, 263 (from its fanned crest)
Franç.centremiddle point
Franç.cintréarched, curved
Franç.ceinturebelt
Franç.contourcurve
Franç.contusionbump
Slk.kont'oš, kont'onkaCrested Lark, 299
Baluchisunto

pointed; sunt beak

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