tunda

Albanian

Verb

tunda

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of tund

Estonian

Verb

tunda

1. Da-infinitive of tundma.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1671. Back-formation from tundir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtunda]

Noun

tunda f (plural tundas)

1. beating

   Synonyms: boura, malleira, zurra

   • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Araúxo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:

     cosais co'esta tunda aqueibaran, enon seran ousados de vir por lan, è volber trasquilados

     perhaps with this beating they will settle down, and they will not dare to come for wool and return shorn

Related terms

• tundir

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tunda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tunda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tunda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunda/ [ˈtun.da]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: tun‧da

Pronoun

tunda (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜳᜨ᜴ᜧ)

1. that; those (with reference to something nearer the hearer than the speaker)

See also

• inda
• tida

Determiner

tunda (Hanunoo spelling ᜦᜳᜨ᜴ᜧ)

1. that; those (with reference to something nearer the hearer than the speaker)

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 284

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊndaʔ/

Verb

tunda

1. follow
2. imitate; mime
3. pull; tug

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊnda/
• Hyphenation: tún‧da
• Rhymes: -da, -a

Etymology 1

From Malay tunda, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tundaq (“to lead, conduct, escort”).

Noun

tunda (plural tunda-tunda)

1. something towed
2. (Java, archaic) horses used to pull carts containing postal items in ancient times

Derived terms

• bertunda
• bertunda-tunda
• menunda
• penunda

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦝ (tundha, “to pass”), from Old Javanese tuṇḍa (“layer; succession, shift”) (cf. ta- +‎ *uṇḍa (“to raise”)).

Verb

tunda (active menunda, reflexive passive tertunda, ordinary passive ditunda, imperative tunda, emphatic-jussive tundalah)

1. to defer
2. to delay, to postpone
3. to put off

Derived terms

• bertunda
• ditunda
• ditunda-tunda
• menunda
• menunda-nunda
• menundakan
• penundaan
• tertunda

• tunda elektromekanis
• tunda rawat medis

Noun

tunda (plural tunda-tunda)

1. (Java, archaic) unpaid coolies

Etymology 3

From Minangkabau [Term?].

Verb

tunda (active menunda, reflexive passive tertunda, ordinary passive ditunda, imperative tunda, emphatic-jussive tundalah)

1. to shove
2. to push forward

Verb

tunda (active bertunda, ordinary passive ditunda, imperative tunda, emphatic-jussive tundalah)

1. to leave, to depart

Noun

tunda (plural tunda-tunda)

1. (agriculture) board 120 cm x 30 cm dimension with 2 m-stick connected

Derived terms

• bertunda
• bertunda-tunda
• menunda
• menunda-nunda
• menundakan
• penunda

Further reading

• “tunda”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦝ (tundha, “to pass”), from Old Javanese tuṇḍa (“layer; succession, shift”) (cf. ta- +‎ *uṇḍa (“to raise”)).

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtunda/ [ˈt̪un.da]

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtundə/ [ˈt̪un.də]
• Rhymes: -nda, -da, -a

Verb

tunda

1. to delay
2. to tow

Descendants

• Indonesian: tunda

Further reading

• "tunda" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunda/ [ˈt̪ũn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -unda
• Syllabification: tun‧da

Etymology 1

Deverbal from tundir.

Noun

tunda f (plural tundas)

1. (colloquial) beating, blow

Etymology 2

Verb

tunda

1. inflection of tundir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “tunda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

matunda

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tunda class V (plural matunda class VI)

1. fruit (part of a plant)