unda

See also: undã, undă, and -unda

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Interlingua

Noun

unda (plural undas)

1. wave

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Kurdish

Adjective

unda

1. lost

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *unt-, whence also Old English ȳþ. More at ithe. Compare also *wed- (“wet”), *wódr̥ (“water”).

De Vaan specifically connects this word to Umbrian 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 (utur, “water”), suggesting a direct origin from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.da/, [ˈʊn.da]

Noun

unda f (genitive undae); first declension

1. wave
2. billow

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	unda	undae
Genitive	undae	undārum
Dative	undae	undīs
Accusative	undam	undās
Ablative	undā	undīs
Vocative	unda	undae

Derived terms

• ad undās
• exundō
• inundō
• undābundus
• undulātus

• undātim
• undō
• undōsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: undã
• Asturian: onda
• Catalan: ona
• Dalmatian: jonda
• English: und, unda maris, inundate, inundation
• Esperanto: ondo
• French: onde
• Friulian: onde

• Galician: onda
• Italian: onda
• Occitan: onda
• Portuguese: onda
• Romanian: undă
• Romansch: unda
• Sardinian: unda, undha
• Spanish: onda

References

• unda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• unda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• unda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be engulfed: fluctibus (undis) obrui,submergi
    

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese onde and Spanish donde and Kabuverdianu undi.

Adverb

unda

1. where

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Noun

unda f

1. definite nominative and accusative singular of undă

Etymology 2

From Latin undāre, present active infinitive of undō. Compare Aromanian undedz, undari.

Verb

a unda (third-person singular present undează, past participle undat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to undulate, wave, make move like a wave
2. (popular) to bubble up, boil, seethe, surge

Conjugation

    conjugation of unda (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a unda
gerund			undând
past participle			undat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	undez	undezi	undează	undăm	undați	undează
	imperfect	undam	undai	unda	undam	undați	undau
	simple perfect	undai	undași	undă	undarăm	undarăți	undară
	pluperfect	undasem	undaseși	undase	undaserăm	undaserăți	undaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să undez	să undezi	să undeze	să undăm	să undați	să undeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		undează			undați
	negative		nu unda			nu undați

Synonyms

• undi
• (undulate): undui, ondula
• (boil): fierbe, (rare) clocoti

Related terms

• undare
• undă
• undeza
• undui
• undit

• undire
• unduire
• unduit
• unduitor

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Surmiran) onda
• (Puter, Vallader) uonda

Etymology

From Latin unda.

Noun

unda f (plural undas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) wave

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Swahili

Verb

unda

1. manufacture (to make things)