bunder

English

Etymology 1

Noun

bunder (plural bunders)

  1. A type of surf boat used in India.
    Synonym: bunder boat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch bunder.

Noun

bunder (plural bunders)

  1. A unit of measurement for land area used in the Low Countries.
    Synonym: hectare

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Chinese Pidgin English

Etymology

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Noun

bunder

  1. rumour

References

  • Gow, W. S. P. (1924) Gow’s Guide to Shanghai, 1924: A Complete, Concise and Accurate Handbook of the City and District, Especially Compiled for the Use of Tourists and Commercial Visitors to the Far East, Shanghai, page 104:Bunder: Gossip; Rumour (“information” picked up on the Bund) also sometimes, canard; slander.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bonder, with epenthesis of -d- after liquid consonants (for which compare donder and daalder) from Old Dutch bunra, from Medieval Latin bānnarium, bunnārium (compare English bunarium), derived from bonna, bodina, which possibly ultimately derive from a Gaulish reflex of Proto-Celtic *bundos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏn.dər/
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  • Hyphenation: bun‧der
  • Rhymes: -ʏndər

Noun

bunder n (plural bunders)

  1. a unit of measurement for area, a hectare
    Synonym: hectare
  2. (historical) an obsolete unit of measurement for land area

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: bènder

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese buntĕr. Related to Indonesian bundar.

Adjective

bunder

  1. round

Sundanese

Adjective

bunder (Sundanese script ᮘᮥᮔ᮪ᮓᮨᮁ)

  1. circular
  2. round