fundi

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊndiː/

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) A master of a particular skill; an expert.
   • 1972, The Rhodesia Science News, volume 6, page 358:

     Alas I our small office staff boasted no bird fundi and the bird remained unindentified.

From Swahili fundi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊndiː/

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (East Africa) A person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.
   • 2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN:

     The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins. The driller's compressor remains in the backyard in Morogoro town, as the fundi mechanic works to put it back together again.

   • 2021 March 21, Didi Wamukoya, Wooden Glass: Tales From the City Volume 1, Didi Wamukoya, →ISBN, page 11:

     I am sure, dear reader that if you live in Africa the fundi is an integral part of your daily existence. For you who is a non-Swahili speaker, a fundi is anybody who does repair works and includes a mechanic, tailor, bicycle repair man, […]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndiː/

fundi (uncountable)

1. The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.

• fundungi

• “fundi”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndaɪ/, /ˈfʌndiː/

fundi

1. plural of fundus

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).

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fundi (plural fundis)

1. expert, buff

fundi

1. inflection of fundar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

fundi (present fundas, past fundis, future fundos, conditional fundus, volitive fundu)

1. to found

Conjugation of fundi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		fundas		fundis		fundos
active participle		fundanta	fundantaj	fundinta	fundintaj	fundonta	fundontaj
	acc.	fundantan	fundantajn	fundintan	fundintajn	fundontan	fundontajn
passive participle		fundata	fundataj	fundita	funditaj	fundota	fundotaj
	acc.	fundatan	fundatajn	funditan	funditajn	fundotan	fundotajn
nominal active participle		fundanto	fundantoj	fundinto	fundintoj	fundonto	fundontoj
	acc.	fundanton	fundantojn	fundinton	fundintojn	fundonton	fundontojn
nominal passive participle		fundato	fundatoj	fundito	funditoj	fundoto	fundotoj
	acc.	fundaton	fundatojn	funditon	funditojn	fundoton	fundotojn
adverbial active participle		fundante		fundinte		fundonte
adverbial passive participle		fundate		fundite		fundote

infinitive		fundi						imperative		fundu						conditional		fundus

fundi

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fundir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

fundi

1. indefinite dative singular of fundur
2. indefinite accusative plural of fundur

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.diː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.di/,

fundī

1. present passive infinitive of fundō

fundi

1. accusative plural of fundr

fundi

1. inflection of fundir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Compare Swahili -funza.

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fundi (ma class, plural mafundi)

1. craftsman; artisan

• ufundi