kanda

See also: Kanda, kandâ, kända, and kaṇḍa

Indonesian

Noun

kanda (first-person possessive kandaku, second-person possessive kandamu, third-person possessive kandanya)

1. legend

   Synonyms: legenda, tradisi

2. brother

   Synonyms: kakanda, saudara

Karelian

Regional variants of kanda

North Karelian (Viena)	kanta
South Karelian (Tver)	kanda

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑndɑ/
• Hyphenation: kan‧da

Noun

kanda (genitive kannan, partitive kandua, diminutive kandane)

1. (South Karelian) heel (of a foot)
2. (South Karelian) heel (of a shoe)

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kanda (type 4/kala nd-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanda	kannat
genitive	kannan	kannoin
partitive	kandua	kandoida
illative	kandah	kandoih
inessive	kannašša	kannoissa
elative	kannašta	kannoista
adessive	kannalla	kannoilla
ablative	kannalda	kannoilda
translative	kannakši	kannoiksi
essive	kandana	kandoina
comitative	kannanke	kannoinke
abessive	kannatta	kannoitta

Possessive forms of kanda
1st person	kandani
2nd person	kandaš
3rd person	kandah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kanda”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Kongo

Etymology

from Proto-Bantu *-ganda.

Noun

kanda

1. clan
2. lineage

Kwama

Noun

kanda

1. sorghum

References

• Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kandə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kanda/

Noun

kanda

1. older sister (poetic)
2. older sibling (poetic)
3. older brother (poetic)

Synonyms

• kakak

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• कन्द (Devanagari script)
• কন্দ (Bengali script)
• කන්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္ဒ or ၵၼ္ၻ or ၵၼ်ၻ (Burmese script)
• กนฺท or กันทะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ທ or ກັນທະ (Lao script)
• កន្ទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कन्द (kanda).

Noun

kanda m

1. bulb, tuber

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kanda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

kanda (n class, plural kanda)

1. video or audiocassette tape
2. a zone
3. hand oars
4. a type of bag
5. a cheater, a cheating person
6. a fee paid to a medicine man

Verb

-kanda (infinitive kukanda)

1. to knead
2. to massage

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kanda
Positive present -nakanda Subjunctive -kande Negative -kandi Imperative singular kanda
Infinitives
Positive kukanda Negative kutokanda
Imperatives
Singular kanda Plural kandeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukanda Positive past positive subject concord + -likanda Negative past negative subject concord + -kukanda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakanda) Singular Plural 1st person ninakanda/nakanda tunakanda 2nd person unakanda mnakanda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakanda wanakanda other classes positive subject concord + -nakanda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kandi) Singular Plural 1st person sikandi hatukandi 2nd person hukandi hamkandi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakandi hawakandi other classes negative subject concord + -kandi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takanda Negative future negative subject concord + -takanda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kande) Singular Plural 1st person nikande tukande 2nd person ukande mkande 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akande wakande other classes positive subject concord + -kande
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikande Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekanda Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekanda Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikanda Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikanda
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akanda) Singular Plural 1st person nakanda twakanda 2nd person wakanda mwakanda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) akanda wakanda m-mi(III/IV) wakanda yakanda ji-ma(V/VI) lakanda yakanda ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakanda vyakanda n(IX/X) yakanda zakanda u(XI) wakanda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwakanda pa(XVI) pakanda mu(XVIII) mwakanda
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekanda "Already" positive subject concord + -meshakanda "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakanda "If/When" positive subject concord + -kikanda "If not" positive subject concord + -sipokanda Consecutive kakanda / positive subject concord + -kakanda Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakande
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nikanda -tukanda 2nd person -kukanda -wakanda/-kukandeni/-wakandeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkanda -wakanda m-mi(III/IV) -ukanda -ikanda ji-ma(V/VI) -likanda -yakanda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikanda -vikanda n(IX/X) -ikanda -zikanda u(XI) -ukanda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kukanda pa(XVI) -pakanda mu(XVIII) -mukanda Reflexive -jikanda
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kanda- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -kandaye -kandao m-mi(III/IV) -kandao -kandayo ji-ma(V/VI) -kandalo -kandayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kandacho -kandavyo n(IX/X) -kandayo -kandazo u(XI) -kandao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kandako pa(XVI) -kandapo mu(XVIII) -kandamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kanda) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yekanda -okanda m-mi(III/IV) -okanda -yokanda ji-ma(V/VI) -lokanda -yokanda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokanda -vyokanda n(IX/X) -yokanda -zokanda u(XI) -okanda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kokanda pa(XVI) -pokanda mu(XVIII) -mokanda
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Turkish

Noun

kanda

1. locative singular of kan