pandu
See also: Pandu and paṇḍu
Asturian
Noun
pandu m (plural pandos)
- small plain or mountain meadow
- hill smaller than those around it
Adjective
pandu m sg (feminine singular panda, neuter singular pando, masculine plural pandos, feminine plural pandes)
- flat
- plain
- smashed, smooshed-in
- deceptively wide (used to describe an object whose width obscures its shallowness)
- Escudiella panda, enlléname’l güeyu y sácame l’alma
- A wide/flat plate fills my eyes and strips me of my soul
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay pandu, from Classical Malay pandu, ultimately from Sanskrit पाण्डु (pāṇḍu, “Pandu, name of a king”, literally “yellowish white, white, pale”).
- Semantic loan from Dutch padvinder. Coined by Indonesian statesman Agus Salim in 1928.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpandu]
- Hyphenation: pan‧du
Noun
pandu (first-person possessive panduku, second-person possessive pandumu, third-person possessive pandunya)
- guard
- scout (a member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement)
- Synonym: pramuka
- guide, pathfinder
- pilot (a person who steers a ship)
- pilot boat
Affixed terms
- berpandu
- berpandukan
- kepanduan
- memandu
- memandukan
- panduan
- pemandu
- pemanduan
Further reading
- “pandu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin pandus. Editor note:Latin - not descended from Portuguese: Possibly from (subjunctive) of pandō (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
pandu m (plural pandus)
- (colloquial) stomach (organ)