pinda

See also: pindá, pinďa, and piṇḍa

English

Etymology 1

Noun

pinda (plural pindas)

  1. Alternative form of pinder (peanut).

Etymology 2

Noun

pinda (plural pindas)

  1. A small bag for Ayurvedic massage, filled with aromatic herbs.

Anagrams


Czech

Noun

pinda f

  1. (colloquial) pussy (female genitalia)

Synonyms


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Papiamentu pinda, from Kongo mpinda; see English pinder. Sense 4 is from the pejorative term pindachinees from the 1930s, which was later applied even more pejoratively to people from East Asia in general, including Indonesians who came en masse to the Netherlands in the late 1940s.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪn.daː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pin‧da

Noun

pinda m (plural pinda's, diminutive pindaatje n)

  1. a peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant
    Pinda's groeien onder de grond
    Peanuts grow underground
  2. (botany) the annual herb Arachnis hypogea, which produces the above
  3. pl the above seeds, gathered to be eaten as a snack or processed into food products
  4. (derogatory, ethnic slur) people from East Asia, most commonly Chinese and Indonesians

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • pindaboer m
  • pindaboter
  • pindachinees m
  • pindakaas, pinda-kaas m
  • pindaplant m
  • pindarotsje n
  • pindaveld n

See also


Papiamentu

Etymology

Via Sranan Tongo pinda from Kongo mpinda (peanut).

Noun

pinda

  1. peanut

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpʲin.da/

Noun

pinda f

  1. (offensive) skank; general term of abuse for women

Declension

Further reading

pinda in Polish dictionaries at PWN


Spanish

Noun

pinda f (plural pindas)

  1. pinda sweda

Swahili

pinda

Verb

pinda

  1. to bend, shape into a curve


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at bend. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pinda in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009

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