fundamen
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch fundament, from Middle Dutch fondament, from Old French fundement, fondement, from Latin fundamentum (“foundation”), from fundō (“I lay the bottom, I found”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fʊnˈd̪amen]
- Hyphenation: fun‧da‧mén
Noun
fundamen (first-person possessive fundamenku, second-person possessive fundamenmu, third-person possessive fundamennya)
- basis.
- Synonyms: alas, dasar
- foundation.
- Synonym: fondasi
Alternative forms
- fondamen,
- pondamen
Related terms
- fundamental
Further reading
- “fundamen” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin
Etymology
From fundō (“found, establish”) + -men (noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /funˈdaː.men/, [fʊn̪ˈd̪äːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /funˈda.men/, [fun̪ˈd̪äːmen]
Noun
fundāmen n (genitive fundāminis); third declension
- foundation
- Synonyms: fundāmentum, basis
- basis
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fundāmen | fundāmina |
| Genitive | fundāminis | fundāminum |
| Dative | fundāminī | fundāminibus |
| Accusative | fundāmen | fundāmina |
| Ablative | fundāmine | fundāminibus |
| Vocative | fundāmen | fundāmina |
Related terms
- fundāmentum
- fundō
References
- “fundamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fundamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fundamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fundamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette