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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuːdə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
kuda (plural kudas)
References
- “kuda”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Blagar
Noun
kuda
References
- Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 161
Brunei Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kuda
Chichewa
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀jída.
Pronunciation
Infinitive
kuda
- 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
- to think
Iban
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kuda
Indonesian
Etymology
- Probably from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).
- Alternatively, from Prakrit 𑀖𑁄𑀟𑀬 (ghoḍaya), 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
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkuda/ [ˈku.da]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uda
- Syllabification: ku‧da
Noun
Derived terms
- berkuda
- kuda-kuda
- kuda-kudaan
- memperkuda
- memperkuda-kudakan
- perkudaan
See also
| Chess pieces in Indonesian · buah catur (see also: catur) (layout · text) | |||||
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| raja | menteri, patih, ratu, ster | benteng | gajah, loper, menteri, luncung, luncur, peluncur | kuda | bidak, pion, prajurit |
Verb
kuda
- 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 of Indonesia, 2016.
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Japanese
Romanization
kuda
Javanese
Romanization
kuda
- romanization of ꦏꦸꦢ
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese cuidar.
Verb
kuda
- to think
Maguindanao
Etymology
Noun
kuda (Jawi spelling کُوْدَ)
- horse
- Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
kuda (Jawi spelling کودا, plural kuda-kuda)
- A horse.
- A horsepower (unit for measuring the power of an engine or motor).
- Synonyms: daya kuda, kuasa kuda
- (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
See also
| Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text) | |||||
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| 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
- “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
Noun
kuda
Derived terms
- akuda
- akuda-kudan
- pakuda
- pakudan
- juru kuda
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)
- which way, in what direction
- Kuda si išao?
- Which way did you go?
Conjunction
kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)
- which way, in what direction
Synonyms
Sundanese
Etymology
Noun
kuda (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮓ)
Derived terms
- barisan kuda
- kamédi kuda
- komédi kuda
- kuda adu
- kuda kurung
- kuda lumping
- kuda pamacek
- kuda pawana
- kuda samparani
- kuda umbal
- kuda-kuda
- kukudaan
- kawas bayah kuda
- kawas kuda leupas ti gedogan
- ngingu kuda kuru, ari geus lintuh nyépak
Further reading
- "KOEDA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈdaʔ/ [kʊˈd̪aʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ku‧da
Noun
kudâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)
Derived terms
- kumuda
- pagkuda
Tetum
Etymology 1
From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).
Noun
kuda
Derived terms
- kuda-burru (“donkey”)
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Verb
kuda
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
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