fundi
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).
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fundi (plural fundis)
- (South Africa, Zimbabwe) A master of a particular skill; an expert.
- 1972, The Rhodesia Science News, volume 6, page 358:
- Alas I our small office staff boasted no bird fundi and the bird remained unindentified.
Etymology 2 edit
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fundi (plural fundis)
- (East Africa) A person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.
- 2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN:
- The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins. The driller's compressor remains in the backyard in Morogoro town, as the fundi mechanic works to put it back together again.
- 2021 March 21, Didi Wamukoya, Wooden Glass: Tales From the City Volume 1, Didi Wamukoya, →ISBN, page 11:
- I am sure, dear reader that if you live in Africa the fundi is an integral part of your daily existence. For you who is a non-Swahili speaker, a fundi is anybody who does repair works and includes a mechanic, tailor, bicycle repair man, […]
Etymology 3 edit
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fundi (uncountable)
- The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.
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References edit
- “fundi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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fundi
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).
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Audio (file)
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fundi (plural fundis)
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fundi
- inflection of fundar:
Esperanto edit
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fundi (present fundas, past fundis, future fundos, conditional fundus, volitive fundu)
- to found
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Conjugation of fundi
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Galician edit
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fundi
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fundir:
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fundi
Latin edit
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.diː/, [ˈfʊn̪d̪iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfun.di/, [ˈfun̪d̪i]
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fundī
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fundi
Portuguese edit
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fundi
- inflection of fundir:
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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fundi (ma class, plural mafundi)