fundamen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch fundament, from Middle Dutch fondament, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʊnˈd̪amen]
• Hyphenation: fun‧da‧mén

Noun

fundamen (first-person possessive fundamenku, second-person possessive fundamenmu, third-person possessive fundamennya)

1. basis.

   Synonyms: alas, dasar

2. foundation.

   Synonym: fondasi

Alternative forms

• fondamen,
• pondamen

Related terms

• fundamental

 

Further reading

• “fundamen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From fundō (“found, establish”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /funˈdaː.men/, [fʊn̪ˈd̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /funˈda.men/, [fun̪ˈd̪äːmen]

Noun

fundāmen n (genitive fundāminis); third declension

1. foundation

   Synonyms: fundāmentum, basis

2. basis

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fundāmen	fundāmina
Genitive	fundāminis	fundāminum
Dative	fundāminī	fundāminibus
Accusative	fundāmen	fundāmina
Ablative	fundāmine	fundāminibus
Vocative	fundāmen	fundāmina

Related terms

• fundāmentum
• fundō

References

• “fundamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fundamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fundamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• fundamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.