pandu

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See also: Pandu and paṇḍu

Asturian

Noun

pandu m (plural pandos)

  1. small plain or mountain meadow
  2. hill smaller than those around it

Adjective

pandu m sg (feminine singular panda, neuter singular pando, masculine plural pandos, feminine plural pandes)

  1. flat
  2. plain
  3. smashed, smooshed-in
  4. deceptively wide (used to describe an object whose width obscures its shallowness)
    Escudiella panda, enlléname’l güeyu y sácame l’alma
    A wide/flat plate fills my eyes and strips me of my soul

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay pandu, from Classical Malay pandu,

Pronunciation

Noun

pandu (plural pandu-pandu)

  1. guard
  2. scout (a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)
    Synonym: pramuka
  3. guide, pathfinder
  4. pilot (a person who steers a ship)
  5. pilot boat

Affixed terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese paṇḍo (“female attendant or servant”). Sense of guide from semantic loan from Dutch padvinder coined by Indonesian statesman Agus Salim in 1928.

Noun

pandu (Jawi spelling ڤندو, plural pandu-pandu, informal 1st possessive panduku, 2nd possessive pandumu, 3rd possessive pandunya)

  1. (obsolete) guard
  2. scout (a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)
    Synonym: pengakap
  3. guide, pathfinder
  4. (obsolete) leader of a dance troupe
  5. (obsolete) pilot (a person who steers a ship)
    Synonym: pengemudi
  6. pilot boat

Usage notes

Use in Malaysia and Singapore survives in the name Pandu Puteri.

Verb

memandu

  1. to guide, to drive
  2. to test, to try, to pioneer something
    Synonyms: cuba, uji, rintis
  3. (obsolete) to clear the forest of any brushwood and weeds for farming land
    Synonym: panduh

Verb

berpandukan

  1. to be guided by something

Affixed terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ڤندو pandoe”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 58
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ڤندو pandu”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 475
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “pandu”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 206

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin pandus. Editor note:Latin - not descended from Portuguese: Possibly from (subjunctive) of pandō (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pandu m (plural pandus)

  1. (colloquial) stomach (organ)

Swahili

Noun

pandu class IX (plural pandu class X)

  1. type of large silvery fish
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