kude

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish kude.

Noun

kude (genitive koe, partitive kude)

1. fabric
2. tissue (of an organism)

Inflection

Inflection of kude (ÕS type 18/nägu, ud-o gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	kude	koed
accusative	koe	koed
genitive	koe	kudede
partitive	kude	kudesid
illative	kude koesse	kudedesse
inessive	koes	kudedes
elative	koest	kudedest
allative	koele	kudedele
adessive	koel	kudedel
ablative	koelt	kudedelt
translative	koeks	kudedeks
terminative	koeni	kudedeni
essive	koena	kudedena
abessive	koeta	kudedeta
comitative	koega	kudedega

Derived terms

• koeõpetus

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkudeˣ/, [ˈkude̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ude
• Syllabification: ku‧de

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic [Term?]. Equivalent to kutoa +‎ -e.

Noun

kude

1. weft (horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric)
2. weft, fill, filling (yarn used for the weft)
3. (informal, in the plural) attire, clothes

   hienot kuteet ― fancy clothes

Declension

Inflection of kude (Kotus type 48/hame, t-d gradation)
nominative		kude	kuteet
genitive		kuteen	kuteiden kuteitten
partitive		kudetta	kuteita
illative		kuteeseen	kuteisiin kuteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kude	kuteet
accusative	nom.	kude	kuteet
	gen.	kuteen
genitive		kuteen	kuteiden kuteitten
partitive		kudetta	kuteita
inessive		kuteessa	kuteissa
elative		kuteesta	kuteista
illative		kuteeseen	kuteisiin kuteihin
adessive		kuteella	kuteilla
ablative		kuteelta	kuteilta
allative		kuteelle	kuteille
essive		kuteena	kuteina
translative		kuteeksi	kuteiksi
instructive		—	kutein
abessive		kuteetta	kuteitta
comitative		—	kuteineen

Possessive forms of kude (type hame)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kuteeni	kuteemme
2nd person	kuteesi	kuteenne
3rd person	kuteensa

Synonyms

• (fill): kudelanka

Derived terms

• kudelanka

Related terms

• kutoa
• kudos
• kudelma

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

kude

1. Indicative present connegative form of kutea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of kutea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of kutea.

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Middle English

Noun

kude

1. Alternative form of code (“gum or cud”)

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Zulu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɠúːde/

Adverb

kúde

1. far, a long way, a great distance

Derived terms

• umabonakude

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “kude”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “kude (3.9)”