kuda

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːdə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

kuda (plural kudas)

1. (archaic) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

References

• “kuda”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• duka

Blagar

Noun

kuda

1. horse

References

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 161

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai) (compare Malay kuda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.da/

Noun

kuda

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese cuidar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kuda.

Verb

kuda

1. to think

Iban

Etymology

From Malay kuda, Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuda/

Noun

kuda

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay kuda.

• Probably from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).
• Alternatively, from Prakrit ghōḍa, from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt-.

The sense of knight (chess) is a semantic loan from Dutch paard (“knight (chess)”, literally “horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

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• Hyphenation: ku‧da

Noun

kuda (plural kuda-kuda, first-person possessive kudaku, second-person possessive kudamu, third-person possessive kudanya)

1. horse

   Synonym: turangga

2. knight (chess)

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text)
raja	menteri, patih, ratu, ster	benteng	gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur	kuda	bidak, pion, prajurit

Verb

kuda

1. ride (a horse)

Further reading

• “kuda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kuda

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだ

Javanese

Romanization

kuda

1. Romanization of ꦏꦸꦢ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cuidar.

Verb

kuda

1. to think

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kuda.

Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا)

1. horse

   Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /kudə/
• (Riau-Lingga, Baku) IPA^(key): /kuda/
• Rhymes: -udə, -də, -ə

• Audio (MY)

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• Rhymes: -a
• Rhymes: -da

Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا, plural kuda-kuda, informal 1st possessive kudaku, 2nd possessive kudamu, 3rd possessive kudanya)

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: kuda (inherited)
• → Bau Bidayuh: kuda
• → Central Melanau: kudak
• → Tetum: kuda

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
raja, syah راج, شاه	menteri منتري	tir, benteng تير, بينتيڠ	gajah, ݢاجه	kuda, کودا	bidak, piadak, pion بيدق, ڤيادق, ڤيون

Further reading

• “kuda” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Prakrit ghōḍa, from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.da/
• Rhymes: -da
• Hyphenation: ku‧da

Noun

kuda

1. horse

   Synonyms: ajaran, ajar-ajaran, aśwa, ghoṭaka, haya, hayah, jaran, kuda, tuṅgaṅan, turaga, turaṅga, turaṅgama, uṇḍakan, wāhana, wāji

Derived terms

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦢ (kuda) (inherited)
• >? Malay: kuda (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

Adverb

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

   Kuda si išao?

   Which way did you go?

Conjunction

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

Synonyms

• kamo
• kud

Sundanese

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda

1. horse

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈdaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: ku‧da

Noun

kudâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)

1. (slang) chatter; blabber

   Synonyms: satsat, daldal, (slang) ebas

Derived terms

Tetum

Etymology 1

From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda

1. horse

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

kuda

1. to plant
2. to sow

Further reading

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tiruray

Noun

kuda

1. horse