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kundu

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See also: Kundu and kuŋdu

Czech

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kundu

  1. accusative singular of kunda

Livvi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta.

Akin to Finnish kunta and Estonian -kond.

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Noun

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kundu

  1. composition, structure, membership, staff, body
  2. commune, municipality
  3. (in compounds) community, group, corps
    ‎rodnʹu (“relative”) + ‎kundu → ‎rodnʹukundu (“relatives, family”)
    ‎ohjavo (“instruction”) + ‎kundu → ‎ohjavokundu (“manual”)
    ‎lugii (“reader”) + ‎kundu → ‎lugiikundu (“reading club; reading audience”)
    ‎kanzu (“people”) + ‎kundu → ‎kanzukundu (“nation”)
  4. (in compounds) used in terms for administrative divisions
    ‎kylä (“village”) + ‎kundu → ‎kyläkundu (“rural settlement (administrative division unit in Russia)”)

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References

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  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 129

Slovak

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kundu

  1. accusative singular of kunda

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Probably from Kongo kúndu (“knot, nodule”), from Proto-Bantu *-kundo (“knot”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkundu/, [ˈkũndu]

Adjective

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kundu

  1. (slang) short, little (Of comparatively small height)
  2. greedy, stingy

Noun

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kundu

  1. lump, nodule
    • 1990, Ismene Krishnadath, Lijnen van liefde [Lines of love]‎[1], 5th edition, Paramaribo: Publishing Services Suriname, published 2011, page 54:
      Datra feni wan kundu na en bobi. A taki kan de na takrusiki. Gitá musu fu go na Blanda fu du a oparasi.
      The doctor found a lump in her breast. He said it could be cancer. Gitá has to go to the Netherlands to have the operation.

Verb

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kundu

  1. to be greedy, to be stingy

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References

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  1. ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 438

Tok Pisin

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Noun

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kundu

  1. hand drum
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