wanda

See also: wánda and Wanda

Balinese

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ (wanda, “syllable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wandə/
• Hyphenation: wan‧da

Noun

wanda (Balinese script ᬯᬦ᭄ᬤ)

1. (linguistics) syllable

Further reading

• “wanda”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

Gamilaraay

Etymology

Is likely from a wangaaybuwan word which is an adjective ‘ugly looking’ and the name of a creature that might be called a ‘devildevil’. Fluent YG speakers adapted words instinctively, but now similar word production and use will only occur if there is careful analysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vanda/

Noun

wanda

1. white man
2. ghost
3. spirit

References

• 2015 Ma Gamilaraay
• 2014 Giacon J Thesis Grammar YG

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ (wanda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈwanda/ [ˈwan.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: wan‧da

Noun

wanda (plural wanda-wanda)

1. (art, drama) form, shape (in wayang)

   Synonym: rupa

2. (linguistics, rare) syllable

   Synonym: suku kata

3. physiognomy

   Synonym: fisiognomi

Further reading

• “wanda”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

wanda

1. romanization of ꦮꦤ꧀ꦢ

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwandê.

Conjunction

wanda

1. for, because
   • c. 900 CE, Die altmittel- und altniederfränkischen Psalmen und Glossen [The Old Middle and Old Low Franconian psalms and glosses]:

     In ne kēre antsceine thīn fan cnapin thīnin wanda ic gewītenot wirthon sniumo gihōri mī

     And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. (Psalms 69:17; KJV)

Adverb

wanda

1. because

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: want
  • Dutch: want

Further reading

• “wanda”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
• Dr. Tack P, Proeve van Oudnederfrankische Grammatica, 84.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑn.dɑ/

Verb

wanda

1. singular imperative of wandian

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈvan.da]

Noun

wanda f

1. (Przemyśl) alternative form of wanna (“bathtub”)

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “wanda”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[1] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 246)