kuda

See also: куда

English

Noun

kuda (plural kudas)

1. The East Indian tapir.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “kuda” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• duka

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Blagar

Noun

kuda

1. horse

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 161

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Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai) (compare Malay kuda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.da/

Noun

kuda

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cuidar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kuda.

Verb

kuda

1. to think

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Indonesian

kuda (1)

Etymology

From Malay kuda.

• Probably from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).
• Alternatively, from Prakrit ghōḍa, from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt-.

The sense of knight (chess) is a semantic loan from Dutch paard (“knight (chess)”, literally “horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkud̪a]
• Hyphenation: ku‧da

Noun

kuda (plural kuda-kuda, first-person possessive kudaku, second-person possessive kudamu, third-person possessive kudanya)

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

Derived terms

• berkuda
• kuda-kuda
• kuda-kudaan
• memperkuda
• memperkuda-kudakan
• perkudaan

 

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Verb

kuda

1. ride (a horse)

Further reading

• “kuda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Romanization

kuda

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだ

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Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦏꦸꦢ
• Roman: koeda (dated), kudo (nonstandard)

Noun

kuda (kawi kuda)

1. (literary) horse

   Synonyms: jaran, turangga

References

• "kuda" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cuidar.

Verb

kuda

1. to think

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Maguindanao

Etymology

From Malay kuda.

Noun

kuda

1. horse

   Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda

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Malay

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kudə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kuda/
• Rhymes: -udə, -də, -ə

• Audio (MY)

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Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا‎, plural kuda-kuda, informal 1st possessive kudaku, 2nd possessive kudamu, 3rd possessive kudanya)

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

Descendants

• → Bau Bidayuh: kuda
• → Central Melanau: kudak
• Indonesian: kuda
• → Tetum: kuda

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور‎ (layout · text)
raja, syah راج‎, شاه‎	menteri منتري‎	tir, benteng تير‎, بينتيڠ‎	gajah, ݢاجه‎	kuda, کودا‎	bidak, piadak, pion بيدق‎, ڤيادق‎, ڤيون‎

Further reading

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

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

Adverb

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

   Kuda si išao?

   Which way did you go?

Conjunction

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

Synonyms

• kamo
• kud

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Sundanese

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai)

Noun

kuda

1. horse

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Tetum

Etymology 1

From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda

1. horse

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

kuda

1. to plant
2. to sow

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Tiruray

Noun

kuda

1. horse