kuda

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːdə/

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kuda (plural kudas)

1. (archaic) Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

• “kuda”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• duka

kuda

1. horse

• Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 161

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

• IPA^(key): /ku.da/

kuda

1. horse
2. knight (chess)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kʊ̀jída.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ɗá/

kuda

1. infinitive of -da.

• chakuda (“black thing, dirty thing”)
• chachikuda (“African matter”)

From Portuguese cuidar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu kuda.

kuda

1. to think

From Malay kuda, Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

• IPA^(key): /kuda/

kuda

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

From Malay kuda.

• 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”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkuda/ [ˈku.da]

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• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: ku‧da

kuda (plural kuda-kuda)

1. horse

   Synonym: turangga

2. knight (chess)

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

kuda

1. ride (a horse)

• “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.

kuda

1. Rōmaji transcription of くだ

kuda

1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦢ

From Portuguese cuidar.

kuda

1. to think

Borrowed from Malay kuda.

kuda (Jawi spelling کُوْدَ)

1. horse

   Synonyms: migkuda, migkukuda

Borrowed from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

• IPA^(key): [ku.da]
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ku.də]
• Rhymes: -da, -a
• Hyphenation: ku‧da

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kuda (Jawi spelling کودا, plural kuda-kuda)

1. A horse; a type of animal.
2. Horsepower; a unit for measuring the power of an engine or motor.

   Synonyms: daya kuda, kuasa kuda

3. (chess) The knight piece in chess.

• > Indonesian: kuda (inherited)
• → Bau Bidayuh: kuda
• → Maguindanao: kuda
• → Maranao: koda'
• → Central Melanau: kudak
• → Tetum: kuda
• → Tausug: kura'

Chess pieces in Malay · buah catur بواه چاتور (layout · text)
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

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

Unknown, probably from Prakrit ghōḍa, from Sanskrit घोटक (ghoṭaka), from Proto-Dravidian *kHutt-.

• IPA^(key): /ku.da/
• Rhymes: -da
• Hyphenation: ku‧da

kuda

1. horse

   Synonyms: ajaran, ajar-ajaran, aśwa, ghoṭaka, haya, hayah, jaran, kuda, tuṅgaṅan, turaga, turaṅga, turaṅgama, uṇḍakan, wāhana, wāji

• > Javanese: ꦏꦸꦢ (kuda) (inherited)
• >? Malay: kuda (see there for further descendants)

• "kuda" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫda.

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

   Kuda si išao?

   Which way did you go?

kùda (Cyrillic spelling ку̀да)

1. which way, in what direction

• kamo
• kud

From Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

kuda (Sundanese script ᮊᮥᮓ)

1. horse

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈdaʔ/ [kʊˈd̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧da

kudâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇ)

1. (slang) chatter; blabber

   Synonyms: satsat, daldal, (slang) ebas

From Malay kuda, ultimately Tamil குதிரை (kutirai).

kuda

1. horse
2. (chess) knight

Unknown.

kuda

1. to plant
2. to sow

• 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

kuda

1. horse