aṇḍa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "anda"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit अण्ड (aṇḍa, “egg”).

Noun

aṇḍa

  1. egg
    Synonyms: aṇḍa, aṇḍaja, ĕṇḍog, hantĕlu, hantiga, hantrini
  2. world egg
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Balinese: ᬅᬡ᭄ᬥ (anda, “egg”)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋga (“rung of a ladder; runged ladder”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aṇḍa

  1. ladder
    Synonym: taṅgar
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

aṇḍa

  1. wavy
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "aṇḍa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Noun

aṇḍa n

  1. egg

Declension

Declension table of "aṇḍa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)aṇḍaṃaṇḍāni
Accusative (second)aṇḍaṃaṇḍāni
Instrumental (third)aṇḍenaaṇḍehi or aṇḍebhi
Dative (fourth)aṇḍassa or aṇḍāya or aṇḍatthaṃaṇḍānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)aṇḍasmā or aṇḍamhā or aṇḍāaṇḍehi or aṇḍebhi
Genitive (sixth)aṇḍassaaṇḍānaṃ
Locative (seventh)aṇḍasmiṃ or aṇḍamhi or aṇḍeaṇḍesu
Vocative (calling)aṇḍaaṇḍāni

References

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

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