English
ganta
Ganta comes from Spanish ganta ‘a ganta’, and goes back to Malay gantang ‘an imperial gallon’.
- Malaymoderngantang‘an imperial gallon’
- Cebuanomodernsame form‘a ganta’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentganta‘a ganta’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Malaymoderngantang‘an imperial gallon’
- Cebuanomodernsame form‘a ganta’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentganta‘a ganta’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Malay gantang
Today it means
noun A unit of volume equivalent to eight chupas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Malay gantang / ganta