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Basque
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverb
ondo (comparative hobeto or hobeki, superlative ondoen, excessive ondoegi) (chiefly Biscayan)
Derived terms
- ondo bai ondo (“very well”)
- ondo baino hobeto (“very well”)
- ondo bidean (“if nothing bad happens”)
- ondo da
- ondo edo gaizki (“somehow”)
- ondo edo txarto (“somehow”)
- ondo ere ondo
- ondo ibili (“farewell”)
- ondo-esan
- ondoez
- ondoezik
- ondonahi
- ondotxo (“quite well”)
Etymology 2
Either from Spanish hondo or directly derived from Latin fundus.
Noun
ondo inan
- side, space beside
- Alternative spelling of hondo (“bottom, space below”)
- (Navarro-Lapurdian) tree trunk
- (Navarrese, Navarro-Lapurdian) effect, consequence, residue
Declension
Declension of ondo (inanimate, ending in vowel)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ondo | ondoa | ondoak |
| ergative | ondok | ondoak | ondoek |
| dative | ondori | ondoari | ondoei |
| genitive | ondoren | ondoaren | ondoen |
| comitative | ondorekin | ondoarekin | ondoekin |
| causative | ondorengatik | ondoarengatik | ondoengatik |
| benefactive | ondorentzat | ondoarentzat | ondoentzat |
| instrumental | ondoz | ondoaz | ondoez |
| inessive | ondotan | ondoan | ondoetan |
| locative | ondotako | ondoko | ondoetako |
| allative | ondotara | ondora | ondoetara |
| terminative | ondotaraino | ondoraino | ondoetaraino |
| directive | ondotarantz | ondorantz | ondoetarantz |
| destinative | ondotarako | ondorako | ondoetarako |
| ablative | ondotatik | ondotik | ondoetatik |
| partitive | ondorik | — | — |
| prolative | ondotzat | — | — |
Derived terms
- ondar (“remains, sand”)
- ondoan (“next to”)
- ondoko (“adjacent”)
- ondokotasun
- ondora
- ondoratu (“to get close”)
- ondore (“consequence”)
- ondorean (“next, later”)
- ondoreko (“following”)
- ondoren (“next, later”)
- ondorenean
- ondorengo
- ondorengotza (“succession”)
- ondoretasun (“inheritance”)
- ondorik
- ondorio (“consequence”)
- ondotik
- ondoz ondo
- ondoz ondoko (“consecutive”)
- ondozka
- ondozkatu
- ondozko (“individual tree”)
- ukondo (“elbow”)
References
- “ondo” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading
- “ondo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “ondo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from French onde or Italian onda.
Pronunciation
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Noun
ondo (accusative singular ondon, plural ondoj, accusative plural ondojn)
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto ondo, French onde, Italian onda, Spanish onda, from Latin unda.
Pronunciation
Noun
ondo (plural ondi)
Derived terms
Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
ondo
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
ondo
Old English
Pronunciation
Verb
ondō
- inflection of ondōn:
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
- knee (body part)
Swedish
Etymology
Fossiled dative case, from Old Swedish ondo, inflection of ond.
Noun
ondo
Usage notes
- Now occurs only in lexicalized prepositional phrases. Otherwise one says det onda.