kanda

See also: Kanda, kandâ, kända, and kaṇḍa

Indonesian

Noun

kanda (first-person possessive kandaku, second-person possessive kandamu, third-person possessive kandanya)

legend
Synonyms: legenda, tradisi
brother
Synonyms: kakanda, saudara

Karelian

Regional variants of *kanda*
North Karelian (Viena)	kanta
South Karelian (Tver)	kanda

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kanta. Cognates include Finnish kanta and Veps kand.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑndɑ/
Hyphenation: kan‧da

Noun

kanda (genitive kannan, partitive kandua, diminutive kandane)

(South Karelian) heel (of a foot)
(South Karelian) heel (of a shoe)

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of kanda (type 4/kala nd-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kanda	kannat
genitive	kannan	kannoin
partitive	kandua	kandoida
illative	kandah	kandoih
inessive	kannašša	kannoissa
elative	kannašta	kannoista
adessive	kannalla	kannoilla
ablative	kannalda	kannoilda
translative	kannakši	kannoiksi
essive	kandana	kandoina
comitative	kannanke	kannoinke
abessive	kannatta	kannoitta

Possessive forms of kanda
1st person	kandani
2nd person	kandaš
3rd person	kandah
^*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kanda”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

Kongo

Etymology

from Proto-Bantu *-ganda.

Noun

kanda class 5 (plural makanda)

clan
lineage

Kwama

Noun

kanda

sorghum

References

Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎^[1], SIL International

Malay

Etymology

Variant of kakak.

Pronunciation

(Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /kandə/
(Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kanda/

Noun

kanda

older sister (poetic)
older sibling (poetic)
older brother (poetic)

Synonyms

kakak

Pali

Alternative scripts

𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
कन्द (Devanagari script)
কন্দ (Bengali script)
කන්‍ද (Sinhalese script)
ကန္ဒ or ၵၼ္ၻ or ၵၼ်ၻ (Burmese script)
กนฺท or กันทะ (Thai script)
ᨠᨶ᩠ᨴ (Tai Tham script)
ກນ຺ທ or ກັນທະ (Lao script)
កន្ទ (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄘 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit कन्द (kanda).

Pronunciation

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Noun

kanda m

bulb, tuber

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kanda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Swahili

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

kanda (n class, plural kanda)

video or audiocassette tape
a zone
hand oars
a type of bag
a cheater, a cheating person
a fee paid to a medicine man

Verb

-kanda (infinitive kukanda)

to knead
to massage

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kanda

Positive present	-nakanda
Subjunctive	-kande
Negative	-kandi
Imperative singular	kanda

Infinitives

Positive	kukanda
Negative	kutokanda

Imperatives

Singular	kanda
Plural	kandeni

Tensed forms

Habitual	hukanda
Positive past	positive subject concord + -likanda
Negative past	negative subject concord + -kukanda

Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakanda)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		ninakanda/nakanda	tunakanda
2nd person		unakanda	mnakanda
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	anakanda	wanakanda
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -nakanda

Negative present (negative subject concord + -kandi)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		sikandi	hatukandi
2nd person		hukandi	hamkandi
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	hakandi	hawakandi
3rd person	other classes	negative subject concord + -kandi

Positive future	positive subject concord + -takanda
Negative future	negative subject concord + -takanda

Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kande)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nikande	tukande
2nd person		ukande	mkande
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akande	wakande
3rd person	other classes	positive subject concord + -kande

Negative subjunctive	positive subject concord + -sikande
Positive present conditional	positive subject concord + -ngekanda
Negative present conditional	positive subject concord + -singekanda
Positive past conditional	positive subject concord + -ngalikanda
Negative past conditional	positive subject concord + -singalikanda

Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akanda)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		nakanda	twakanda
2nd person		wakanda	mwakanda
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	akanda	wakanda
	m-mi_(III/IV)	wakanda	yakanda
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	lakanda	yakanda
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	chakanda	vyakanda
	n_(IX/X)	yakanda	zakanda
	u_(XI)	wakanda	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	kwakanda
	pa_(XVI)	pakanda
	mu_(XVIII)	mwakanda

Perfect	positive subject concord + -mekanda
"Already"	positive subject concord + -meshakanda
"Not yet"	negative subject concord + -jakanda
"If/When"	positive subject concord + -kikanda
"If not"	positive subject concord + -sipokanda
Consecutive	kakanda / positive subject concord + -kakanda
Consecutive subjunctive	positive subject concord + -kakande

Object concord (indicative positive)
		Singular	Plural
1st person		-nikanda	-tukanda
2nd person		-kukanda	-wakanda/-kukandeni/-wakandeni
3rd person	m-wa_(I/II)	-mkanda	-wakanda
	m-mi_(III/IV)	-ukanda	-ikanda
	ji-ma_(V/VI)	-likanda	-yakanda
	ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kikanda	-vikanda
	n_(IX/X)	-ikanda	-zikanda
	u_(XI)	-ukanda	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
	ku_(XV/XVII)	-kukanda
	pa_(XVI)	-pakanda
	mu_(XVIII)	-mukanda
Reflexive		-jikanda

Relative forms

General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kanda- + relative marker)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-kandaye	-kandao
m-mi_(III/IV)	-kandao	-kandayo
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-kandalo	-kandayo
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-kandacho	-kandavyo
n_(IX/X)	-kandayo	-kandazo
u_(XI)	-kandao	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kandako
pa_(XVI)	-kandapo
mu_(XVIII)	-kandamo

Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kanda)
	Singular	Plural
m-wa_(I/II)	-yekanda	-okanda
m-mi_(III/IV)	-okanda	-yokanda
ji-ma_(V/VI)	-lokanda	-yokanda
ki-vi_(VII/VIII)	-chokanda	-vyokanda
n_(IX/X)	-yokanda	-zokanda
u_(XI)	-okanda	see n_(X)* or ma_(VI) class*
ku_(XV/XVII)	-kokanda
pa_(XVI)	-pokanda
mu_(XVIII)	-mokanda

Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Turkish

Noun

kanda

locative singular of kan