enda

From Proto-Finnic *häntä, which is derived from *hän (by reanalysis of the partitive singular as a new stem), compare Finnish hän (“he, she”). Cognate to Livonian eņtš (“own, self”). See also enese.

enda (genitive enda, partitive end)

1. self, own, -self

There is no nominative (ise is used as one). The singular forms can also be used in the plural.

• enese

enda (third person singular past indicative endaði, third person plural past indicative endað, supine endað)

1. to end

From Proto-Malayic *daʔ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

• IPA^(key):

enda

1. not (negates meaning of verb)

   Enda makai aku

   I did not eat

2. not (To no degree)

   Enda mar baju nya

   The shirt is not expensive

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛnta/
• Rhymes: -ɛnta

Ultimately from enn þá. Possibly influenced by or borrowed from Danish endda (“even!”). Cognate with Danish endda (“even!”), Swedish ändå (“yet”), Norwegian Nynorsk endå.

enda

1. "which is natural, since ..." (the first clause comes as a logical conclusion of the second clause)

   Hann er góður með dýr, enda er hann úr sveitinni. ― He's good with animals, which is natural since he is from the countryside.

   Enda er ég orðinn sjötugur. ― That is to be expected, since I am now 70 years old.

From endi.

enda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative endaði, supine endað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to finish, end (bring to an end)
2. (intransitive) to end (come to an end)

• allt er gott sem endar vel

enda

1. indefinite accusative plural of endir
2. indefinite genitive plural of endir

Hinde (1904) records “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu kwenda (“to like”) and kuenda (“to want”), listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba gumwenda (“to like”) and gungwenda (“to want”), “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba guenda (“to like”), and Swahili kupenda (“to like”) etc. as their equivalents.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɛⁿda/

enda (infinitive kũenda or kwenda)^[2]

1. to like, to love^[3]
2. to want^[3]

• (antonym(s) of “to like”): kũmena

(Nouns)

• wendo class 14
• mwendwa class 1, mwendwo class 1

(Proverbs)

• mũndũ ũtarĩ mbũri ndendaga nyama
• ngoro ĩrĩĩaga kĩrĩa yenda

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

enda

1. to go

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-énda

1. to marry, to be married

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Norse enn þá.

• Audio:

  (file)

enda

1. even

   enda større ― even larger

• “enda” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse enda.

• ende

enda (present tense endar, past tense enda, past participle enda, passive infinitive endast, present participle endande, imperative enda/end)

1. to end, finish

enda

1. Alternative form of endå

• “enda” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

enda

1. genitive plural of ende

enda

1. inflection of endi:
   1. accusative singular/plural
   2. dative/genitive singular
   3. genitive plural

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. to marry, to be married

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-enda (infinitive kwenda)

1. to walk, go
2. to go ahead, progress

This verb can be used as an auxiliary verb in the perfect or past, followed by an infinitive or a bare stem, meaning "just at that time" or "just now" (depending on the temporal context).

Standard Swahili conjugation:

In colloquial language, the kw- prefix is often dropped in tensed forms.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -endea
  • Causative: -endesha
  • Stative: -endeka
  • Other formations: -endelea

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwenda
  • mwendo
  • mwenzi
  • wenzo

• Other derivations:
  • endapo
  • huenda

• IPA^(key): /²ɛnda/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: ända

enda

1. (the) only (one, person, thing), sole; also in the masculine form ende

• en
• endast

• enda in Svensk ordbok.

• -ande, ande, enad

Compare Otomaco enga.

enda

1. one

• Tierra Firme (other copy)

• IPA^(key): /éːnda/
• Rhymes: -éːnda

From Proto-Bantu *ndà (“abdomen; intestines; pregnancy; inside”). Doublet of orura (“small intestine”).

enda class 9 (plural enda class 10, augmentless nda, plural augmentless nda)

1. abdomen, belly

   Aine enda. ― He has a (big) belly.

2. stomach
3. pregnancy

   Aine enda. ― She is pregnant. (literally, “She has a pregnancy.”)

4. fetus; embryo

• nyinenda (“womb; afterbirth”)
• ebyenda (“intestine; bowl”)
• omunda (“inside”)
• omufu w'enda (“stingy person”)
  • obufu w'enda (“stinginess”)
• enda y'ente (“rumen”)
• -rumwa enda (“to have a stomach ache”)
• -ihamu enda (“to have a miscarriage”)

From Common Bantu *ndá (“louse”). Cognate with Rwanda-Rundi indá (“louse”).

enda class 9 (plural enda class 10, augmentless nda, plural augmentless nda)

1. louse

1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 11, 14, 20, 47, 167, 255, 266-268 and 394
2. Entry 773 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3
3. Entry 780 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. (intransitive) to be married

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-gènda.

-enda

1. (intransitive) to travel far, to go on a long journey
2. (intransitive) to marry (a man)

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “enda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “enda (6.3)”