kendi

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

kendi (plural kendis or kendi)

1. A container of Asian derivation, usually handleless, used to hold liquid with a broad opening on top for inserting liquid and usually only one spout for pouring.

• Kendi in the Cultural Context of Southeast Asia

• deink, inked, kinde

Borrowed from English candy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/ [ˈken̪.d̪i]
• Hyphenation: ken‧di

kéndi (Basahan spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

   Synonym: dulse

Borrowed from English candy.

• Hyphenation: ken‧di
• IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/ [ˈkin̪.d̪ɪ]

kéndi (Badlit spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

   Synonyms: karmelitos, dulse

Inherited from Malay kendi, from Classical Malay کندي (kĕndi), from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kənˈdi/ [kənˈdi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ken‧di

kêndi (plural kendi-kendi)

1. jar, pitcher

• “kendi” 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.

Borrowed from Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /kenˈdi/ [kɪɳˈɖi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ken‧di

kendi

1. kettle

From Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

• IPA^(key): /kənˈdi/ [kənˈdi]
• Rhymes: -di, -i
• Hyphenation: ken‧di

kendi (Jawi spelling کندي, plural kendi-kendi)

1. earthenware jar; pitcher; water goglet

• Indonesian: kêndi
• → English: kendi
• → Maguindanao: kendi
• → Maranao: kendi'
• → Toba Batak: hondi, gondi

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

From Malay kendi, from Sanskrit कुण्डी (kuṇḍī), female form of कुण्ड (kuṇḍa) or कुण्डिक (kuṇḍika, “water pot”).

kendi'

1. kettle

   Synonyms: kawa, kandiron

• kinde, kindi

Borrowed from English candy, from Arabic سُكَّر قَنْدِي (sukkar qandī), from Arabic قَنْد (qand, “rock candy”), from Persian کند (kand), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “scrap, broken piece, candied sugar, dried molasses”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkendi/ [ˈkɛn̪.d̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -endi
• Syllabification: ken‧di

kendi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ)

1. candy

• “kendi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• gendi (colloquial)
• gendü (dialectal)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كندی (kendi, “one's self”), from older كندو (kendü), from Old Anatolian Turkish كندو (gändü), from Proto-Turkic *kẹntü (“self, himself”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰦𐰇 (kentü, “self, own”), Karakhanid كَنْدُو (kendü, “self, own”), Yakut кини (kini).

• IPA^(key): /cendi/, /cɛndi/

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kendi

1. self, oneself
2. own
3. he, she, him, himself, herself

• first and third person singular and plural
• second and third person singular and plural
• * second and third person singular and plural alternative spelling

kendi

1. of one's own

kendi (not comparable)

1. respective, particular; own