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See also: Kuda and kudā

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

kuda (plural kudas)

  1. (archaic) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

References

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Blagar

Noun

kuda

  1. horse

References

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
  2. knight (chess)

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀jída.

Pronunciation

Infinitive

kuda

  1. infinitive of -da.

Derived terms

  • chakuda (“black thing, dirty thing”)
  • chachikuda (“African matter”)
  • mkuda (“black person, negro”)
  • wakuda (“black person, negro, African”)
  • wachikuda (“black person, negro, African”)

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

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Malay kuda.

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kuda (plural kuda-kuda)

  1. horse
    Synonym: turangga
  2. knight (chess)

Derived terms

  • berkuda
  • kuda-kuda
  • kuda-kudaan
  • memperkuda
  • memperkuda-kudakan
  • perkudaan

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

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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 کُوْدَ)

  1. horse
    Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Pronunciation

Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا, plural kuda-kuda)

  1. A horse.
  2. A horsepower (unit for measuring the power of an engine or motor).
    Synonyms: daya kuda, kuasa kuda
  3. (chess) The knight piece in chess.

Derived terms

Affixations
  • berkuda (“to ride a horse”)
Compounds
  • kuda air
  • kuda beban
  • kuda belang
  • kuda beraksa
  • kuda bibit
  • kuda karengga
  • kuda kayu
  • kuda kenderaan, kuda tunggang
  • kuda kepang
  • kuda laut
  • kuda liar
  • kuda loreng
  • kuda lumba
  • kuda lumping
  • kuda padi
  • kuda semberani
  • kuda teji, kuda tezi
  • kuda tunggang
  • naik kuda hijau

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: kuda (inherited)
  • → Bau Bidayuh: kuda
  • → Maguindanao: kuda
  • → Maranao: koda'
  • → Central Melanau: kudak
  • → Tetum: kuda
  • → Tausug: kura'

See also

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
raja, syah
راج, شاه		 bendahara, menteri, permaisuri, ratu
بنداهارا, منتري, ڤرمايسوري, راتو		 benteng, tir
بينتيڠ, تير		 gajah
ݢاجه		 kuda
کودا		 bidak, piadah, pion
بيدق, ڤياده, ڤيون

Further reading

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

  • juru kuda

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

Sundanese

Etymology

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮓ)

  1. horse

Derived terms

  • kawas bayah kuda
  • kawas kuda leupas ti gedogan
  • ngingu kuda kuru, ari geus lintuh nyépak

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

kudâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)

  1. (slang) chatter; blabber
    Synonyms: satsat, daldal, (slang) ebas

Derived terms

  • kumuda
  • pagkuda

Tetum

Etymology 1

From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight
Derived terms
  • kuda-burru (“donkey”)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

kuda

  1. to plant
  2. to sow
Derived terms
  • kuda fali (“to transplant”)

Further reading

  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985), Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
  • “kuda”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Tiruray

Noun

kuda

  1. horse

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