mundu

See also: mũndũ

English

Etymology

From Malayalam മുണ്ട് (muṇṭŭ).

Noun

mundu (plural mundus)

1. A garment resembling a dhoti, worn around the waist in Kerala, the Tulunadu region, and Maldives.

Anagrams

• dunum

Asturian

Alternative forms

• mundiu

Etymology

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mundu m (plural mundos)

1. world

Basque

Etymology

Either a learned borrowing from Latin mundus or from Spanish mundo.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mundu/, [mũn̪.d̪u]

Noun

mundu inan

1. world

Declension

Declension of mundu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	mundu	mundua	munduak
ergative	munduk	munduak	munduek
dative	munduri	munduari	munduei
genitive	munduren	munduaren	munduen
comitative	mundurekin	munduarekin	munduekin
causative	mundurengatik	munduarengatik	munduengatik
benefactive	mundurentzat	munduarentzat	munduentzat
instrumental	munduz	munduaz	munduez
inessive	mundutan	munduan	munduetan
locative	mundutako	munduko	munduetako
allative	mundutara	mundura	munduetara
terminative	mundutaraino	munduraino	munduetaraino
directive	mundutarantz	mundurantz	munduetarantz
destinative	mundutarako	mundurako	munduetarako
ablative	mundutatik	mundutik	munduetatik
partitive	mundurik	—	—
prolative	mundutzat	—	—

Derived terms

• Mundu Berria (“New World”)
• mundu honetatik bestera joan (“to pass away”)
• mundu txiki (“microcosm”)
• mundu zabal (“whole wide world”)
• mundu-gerra (“world war”)
• mundu-herri (“humanity”)
• mundua mundu (“always, forever”)
• mundua mundu denetik (“forever, always”)
• mundua utzi (“to pass away”)
• mundualdi (“one's life”)
• munduan sartu (“to be born”)
• mundukoi (“mundane”)
• mundura ekarri (“to give birth”)
• mundura etorri (“to be born”)
• mundura jaio (“to be born”)
• munduratu (“to be born”)
• mundutar (“mundane”)
• mundutarkeria (“mundanity”)
• mundutik atera (“to pass away”)
• mundutik joan (“to pass away”)
• munduz mundu (“wandering”)
• munduzale (“mundane”)

 

Further reading

• “mundu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “mundu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Kamba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

mundu class 1 (plural andu)

1. a man

Kristang

Etymology

From Portuguese mundo.

Noun

mundu

1. world
2. Earth

Ngoni

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

mundu (plural wandu)

1. person

Old Norse

Verb

mundu

1. third-person plural past indicative of munu
2. past tense infinitive of munu

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish mundo and Portuguese mundo.

Noun

mundu

1. world

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin mundus.

Noun

mundu m (plural mundos)

1. world; Earth
2. humanity

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

mundu (m-mi class, plural miundu)

1. cutlass, sickle

Yogad

Etymology

From Spanish mundo (“world”).

Noun

mundu

1. world