kundu

• IPA^(key): [ˈkundu]

kundu

1. accusative singular of kunda

From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta.

Akin to Finnish kunta and Estonian -kond.

kundu

1. composition, structure, membership, staff, body
2. commune, municipality
3. (in compounds) community, group, corps

   ‎rodnʹu (“relative”) + ‎kundu → ‎rodnʹukundu (“relatives, family”)

   ‎ohjavo (“instruction”) + ‎kundu → ‎ohjavokundu (“manual”)

   ‎lugii (“reader”) + ‎kundu → ‎lugiikundu (“reading club; reading audience”)

   ‎kanzu (“people”) + ‎kundu → ‎kanzukundu (“nation”)

4. (in compounds) used in terms for administrative divisions

   ‎kylä (“village”) + ‎kundu → ‎kyläkundu (“rural settlement (administrative division unit in Russia)”)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 129

• IPA^(key): [ˈkundu]

kundu

1. accusative singular of kunda

Probably from Kongo kúndu (“knot, nodule”), from Proto-Bantu *-kundo (“knot”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kundu/

kundu

1. (slang) short, little (Of comparatively small height)
2. greedy, stingy

kundu

1. lump, nodule
   • 1990, Ismene Krishnadath, Lijnen van liefde [Lines of love]‎^[1], 5th edition, Paramaribo: Publishing Services Suriname, published 2011, page 54:

     Datra feni wan kundu na en bobi. A taki kan de na takrusiki. Gitá musu fu go na Blanda fu du a oparasi.

     The doctor found a lump in her breast. He said it could be cancer. Gitá has to go to the Netherlands to have the operation.

kundu

1. to be greedy, to be stingy

kundu

1. hand drum