candu

From Malay candu, from Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃandu]
• Hyphenation: can‧du

candu (plural candu-candu, first-person possessive canduku, second-person possessive candumu, third-person possessive candunya)

1. opium: a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
2. opium poppy: Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
3. tar: a black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

   Synonym: tar

4. (figuratively) hobby

   Synonym: kegemaran

• apiun
• madat
• opium

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

candu

1. Romanization of ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ.

From Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”).

candu (Jawi spelling چندو‎, plural candu-candu, informal 1st possessive canduku, 2nd possessive candumu, 3rd possessive candunya)

1. opium (drug from opium poppy)

• Indonesian: candu
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: चंडु (caṇḍu, “opium”)
• → Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (candu, “opium”)
• → Tamil: சண்டு (caṇṭu, “opium”)

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

From Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”). Compare to Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (candu, “opium, tar”).

candu

1. a kind of unguent, a kind of dye.

• cand' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

From Latin quandō (“when”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkandu/

candu

1. when

   Candu ischumenza l'ippittàcuru? ― When does the show start?

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅩⅣ [Chapter 24]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 3, page 96:

     Dizzi, candu hani a accadì chilti cosi?

     Tell us, when will these things happen?

candu

1. when

   Veni candu voi ― Come whenever you want (literally, “Come when you want”)

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅴ [Chapter 5]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 11, page 13:

     Biaddi seddi, candu v'hani a maladizì

     Blessed are you, when they will curse you

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Paràuri [Words]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 11:

     S’isciogliaristhia i lu matessi tempu ¶ lu muntoni trimendu di l’ammenti ¶ cument’e nèbi candu v’è lu sòri.

     At the same time, the dreadful heap of memories would melt like snow when the sun is there.

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes