kendi

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See also: k'enɗi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Noun

kendi (plural kendis or kendi)

  1. A container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for pouring.

References

  • Kendi in the Cultural Context of Southeast Asia

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkendi/
  • Hyphenation: ken‧di

Noun

kéndi (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. candy
    Synonym: dulse

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ken‧di
  • IPA(key): /ˈkendi/

Noun

kéndi (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. candy
    Synonyms: karmelitos, dulse

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Classical Malay کندي (kĕndi), from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəndi/,
  • Hyphenation: kên‧di

Noun

kêndi (plural kendi-kendi, first-person possessive kendiku, second-person possessive kendimu, third-person possessive kendinya)

  1. jar, pitcher

Further reading

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Noun

kendi

  1. kettle

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Pronunciation

Noun

kendi (Jawi spelling کندي, plural kendi-kendi, informal 1st possessive kendiku, 2nd possessive kendimu, 3rd possessive kendinya)

  1. earthenware jar; pitcher; water goglet

Descendants

  • Indonesian: kêndi
  • English: kendi
  • Maguindanao: kendi
  • Maranao: kendi'
  • Toba Batak: hondi, gondi

Further reading

Maranao

Etymology

From Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, water pot).

Noun

kendi'

  1. kettle
    Synonyms: kawa, kandiron

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English candy, from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, rock candy), from Persian کند (kand), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, scrap, broken piece, candied sugar, dried molasses).

Pronunciation

Noun

kendi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

  1. candy

See also

Further reading

  • kendi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, one's self), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (self, himself). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, self, own), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, self, own), Yakut кини (kini).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cendi/, /cɛndi/
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

kendi

  1. self, oneself
  2. own
  3. he, she, him, himself, herself

Declension

  • first and third person singular and plural
  • second and third person singular and plural
  • * second and third person singular and plural alternative spelling

See also

Adverb

kendi

  1. of one's own

Adjective

kendi (not comparable)

  1. respective, particular; own