handa
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Adjective
handâ (plural haranda, Basahan spelling ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ)
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *handuz.
Pronunciation
Krause & Slocum argue that the h was silent.[1]
Noun
handa
- hand
- 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:
- Handa. Manus.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Hiligaynon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhandaʔ/, [ˈhan.daʔ]
- Hyphenation: han‧da
Derived terms
- mahinandaon
Icelandic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhanta/
- Rhymes: -anta
Preposition
handa
- (with dative) for
- Hann keypti hálsfestina handa Ástu.
- He bought the necklace for Ásta.
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kuhanda as an equivalent of English plant (v.) in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kubanda and Swahili kupanda as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /haⁿda/
Derived terms
(Nouns)
- mũhandi class 1
(Proverbs)
- kanua karĩa karĩire mbeũ noko koragia 'ngahanda kĩ?'
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 46–7. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
- “handa” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Old English
Shona
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *haNdaʔ (“ready; to prepare for”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hanˈdaʔ/, [hɐnˈdaʔ]
- Hyphenation: han‧da
Adjective
handâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ)
Noun
handâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜈ᜔ᜇ)
- preparation; act of preparing
- Synonyms: preparasyon, paghahanda
- things to be prepared (for a trip, etc.)
- alertness; watchfulness
- Synonyms: kaalistuhan, pagkaalisto, alisto
- readiness for help
- Synonyms: pagkalaan, kalaanan
- food served during a party, feast, banquet, etc.
- Synonym: hain
Derived terms
- di-handa
- handaan
- handang salapi
- humanda
- ihanda
- ipaghanda
- kahandaan
- maghanda
- mahanda
- nakahanda
- nakahanda
- paghahanda
- paghandaan
- paghandaan
- pagkahanda
- pagkapaghanda
Further reading
- “handa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “handa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.