pandu

See also: Pandu and paṇḍu

Asturian

Noun

pandu m (plural pandos)

1. small plain or mountain meadow
2. hill smaller than those around it

Adjective

pandu m sg (feminine singular panda, neuter singular pando, masculine plural pandos, feminine plural pandes)

1. flat
2. plain
3. smashed, smooshed-in
4. deceptively wide (used to describe an object whose width obscures its shallowness)

   Escudiella panda, enlléname’l güeyu y sácame l’alma

   A wide/flat plate fills my eyes and strips me of my soul

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• pandoe (pre-1947)

Etymology

From Malay pandu, from Classical Malay pandu,

• from Sanskrit पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “Pandu, name of a king”, literally “yellowish white, white, pale”).
• from Old Javanese paṇḍo (“female attendant or servant”).
• Semantic loan from Dutch padvinder. Coined by Indonesian statesman Agus Salim in 1928.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpandu]
• Hyphenation: pan‧du

Noun

pandu (first-person possessive panduku, second-person possessive pandumu, third-person possessive pandunya)

1. guard
2. scout (a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)

   Synonym: pramuka

3. guide, pathfinder
4. pilot (a person who steers a ship)
5. pilot boat

Affixed terms

• berpandu
• berpandukan
• kepanduan
• memandu
• memandukan
• panduan
• pemandu
• pemanduan

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pandus. Editor note:^{Latin - not descended from Portuguese: Possibly from (subjunctive) of pandō} (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pandu m (plural pandus)

1. (colloquial) stomach (organ)