"Banta" is a word in TAGALOG, HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
bántà - Opinion, guess, surmise,
conjecture; to opine, think, guess, surmise,
conjecture. Sa ákon bántà or bolobántà
——. In my opinion ——. Ginabántà níya
nga ang duhá ka gántang nga bugás ígò
sa panyága sang napúlò kag ápat ka táo.
bantâ-bántà – bányos
He thinks that two gantas of hulled rice are
sufficient for fourteen persons to eat at
dinner—or—are enough to feed fourteen
persons at dinner. Bantaá sing maáyo ang
túbig sang ginatíg-ang. Guess well the
quantity of water required for the rice you
are going to boil. Binántà níla nga kon
sumakáy silá sa áuto, makadángat silá sa
Ilóng-ílong sa sulúd sang isá ka táknà.
They thought that, if they rode in an
automobile, they would reach Iloilo within
an hour. (cf. bánà, banâbánà, hunâhúnà).
banta
Active Verb: magbanta
Passive Verb: bantaan
Definition: 1) threat (noun) 2) to threaten (verb)
Examples: Huwag kang magbanta sa kanya. (Don't threaten him.)
bantà v [A3P; a] {1} warn s.
o.
not to do s.t.
Ang pahibalung pagbantay sa irù mauy mubantà sa mga táwu, The notice be-ware of dogs will warn the people o?
.
{2} [A; b4] plan to do harm to s.t.
Gibantáan nga sunúgun ang lungsud sa mga Húks, The Huks are planning to burn the town.
bantàbantà v [A; a12] make an estimate of a quantity.
Bantàbantáun kug makaganan-siya ba ku, I will make an estimate of whether Ill make a profit or not.
n estimate, calculation.
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