kendi

See also: k'enɗi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

Noun

kendi (plural kendis or kendi)

1. A container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for pouring.

References

• Kendi in the Cultural Context of Southeast Asia

Anagrams

• deink, inked, kinde

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/, [ˈken̪.d̪i]
• Hyphenation: ken‧di

Noun

kéndi (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

   Synonym: dulse

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ken‧di
• IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/, [ˈkin̪.d̪ɪ]

Noun

kéndi (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

   Synonyms: karmelitos, dulse

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Classical Malay کندي (kĕndi), from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəndi/, [kənˈdi]
• Hyphenation: kên‧di

Noun

kêndi (plural kendi-kendi, first-person possessive kendiku, second-person possessive kendimu, third-person possessive kendinya)

1. jar, pitcher

Further reading

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

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

Noun

kendi

1. kettle

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəndi/, [kənˈdi]
• Rhymes: -di, -i

Noun

kendi (Jawi spelling کندي, plural kendi-kendi, informal 1st possessive kendiku, 2nd possessive kendimu, 3rd possessive kendinya)

1. earthenware jar; pitcher; water goglet

Descendants

• Indonesian: kêndi
• → English: kendi
• → Maguindanao: kendi
• → Maranao: kendi'
• → Toba Batak: hondi, gondi

Further reading

• “kendi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

Noun

kendi'

1. kettle

   Synonyms: kawa, kandiron

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy, from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “scrap, broken piece, candied sugar, dried molasses”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/, [ˈkɛn.dɪ]
• Hyphenation: ken‧di

Noun

kendi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

See also

• bonbon
• dulse

 

Further reading

• “kendi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Alternative forms

• gendi (colloquial)
• gendü (dialectal)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, “one's self”), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (“self, himself”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, “self, own”), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, “self, own”), Yakut кини (kini).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cændi/

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Pronoun

kendi

1. self, oneself
2. own
3. he, she, him, himself, herself

Declension

Declension of kendi

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kendim - kendisi	kendimiz-kendileri
definite accusative (belirtme)	kendimi - kendisini - kendini*	kendimizi - kendilerini
dative (yönelme)	kendime - kendisine - kendine*	kendimize - kendilerine
locative (bulunma)	kendimde - kendisinde - kendinde*	kendimizde - kendilerinde
ablative (çıkma)	kendimden - kendisinden - kendinden*	kendimizden - kendilerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	kendimin - kendisinin - kendinin*	kendimizin - kendilerinin

• first and third person singular and plural
• second and third person singular and plural
• * second and third person singular and plural alternative spelling

See also

Turkish personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ben	biz
2nd person	familiar	sen	siz
	polite	siz	sizler
3rd person		o	onlar

Adverb

kendi

1. of one's own

Adjective

kendi (not comparable)

1. respective, particular; own