kuda

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːdə/
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Noun

kuda (plural kudas)

  1. (archaic) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

References
  • kuda in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Blagar

Noun

kuda

  1. horse

References

Brunei Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ku.da/

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
  2. knight (chess)

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
  • IPA(key): /kuda/

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
  2. (chess) knight

Indonesian
kuda (1)

Etymology

From Malay kuda.

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkud̪a]
  • Hyphenation: ku‧da

Noun

kuda (plural kuda-kuda, first-person possessive kudaku, second-person possessive kudamu, third-person possessive kudanya)

  1. horse
  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

Japanese

Romanization

kuda

  1. Rōmaji transcription of くだ

Javanese

Alternative forms
  • Carakan: ꦏꦸꦢ
  • Roman: koeda (dated), kudo (nonstandard)

Noun

kuda (kawi kuda)

  1. (literary) horse
    Synonyms: jaran, turangga

References
  • “[ kuda]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cuidar.

Verb

kuda

  1. to think

Maguindanao

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kuda.

Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا‎)

  1. horse
    Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Pronunciation

Noun

kuda (Jawi spelling کودا‎, plural kuda-kuda, informal 1st possessive kudaku, 2nd possessive kudamu, 3rd possessive kudanya)

  1. horse
  2. knight (chess)

Descendants
  • → Bau Bidayuh: kuda
  • → Central Melanau: kudak
  • Indonesian: kuda
  • → Tetum: kuda

See also
Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur
بواه چاتور‎ (layout · text)
raja, syah
راج‎, شاه‎		 menteri
منتري‎		 tir, benteng
تير‎, بينتيڠ‎		 gajah,
ݢاجه‎		 kuda,
کودا‎		 bidak, piadak, pion
بيدق‎, ڤيادق‎, ڤيون‎

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

  1. horse

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ku‧da
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuda/, [ˈku.dɐ]

Noun

kuda (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)

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

Tetum

Etymology 1

From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

Noun

kuda

  1. horse

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

kuda

  1. to plant
  2. to sow

Tiruray

Noun

kuda

  1. horse
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