honda

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (“suffix indicating a similar (usually larger) object”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒndə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑndə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒndə
• Hyphenation: hon‧da

honda (plural hondas)

1. (Southwestern US) A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
2. (Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

• Dohan, had on

Genericization of the trademark Honda.

• Hyphenation: hon‧da

honda

1. (regional, chiefly Southern Leyte) a motorcycle

• dahon

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.da/
• Homophone: onda

From Latin funda.

honda f (plural hondas)

1. sling

honda

1. Feminine singular of adjective hondo.

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