kundu

See also: Kundu and kuŋdu

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kunta, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kunta.

Akin to Finnish kunta and Estonian -kond.

Noun

kundu

1. composition, structure, membership, staff, body
2. commune, municipality
3. (in compounds) community, group, corps

   ‎rodnʹu (“relative”) + ‎kundu → ‎rodnʹukundu (“relatives, family”)

   ‎ohjavo (“instruction”) + ‎kundu → ‎ohjavokundu (“manual”)

   ‎lugii (“reader”) + ‎kundu → ‎lugiikundu (“reading club; reading audience”)

   ‎kanzu (“people”) + ‎kundu → ‎kanzukundu (“nation”)

4. (in compounds) used in terms for administrative divisions

   ‎kylä (“village”) + ‎kundu → ‎kyläkundu (“rural settlement (administrative division unit in Russia)”)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

compounds

• kyläkundu
• kanzukundu
• laivukundu
• linnunradakundu
• liäkärikundu
• luugikundu
• matkukundu
• ohjavokundu
• opastaikundu
• palokundu
• palvelukundu
• perehkundu
• peräkundu
• rahvaskundu
• rodnʹukundu
• rodukundu
• sidʹdʹukundu
• tiedokundu
• toimikundu
• valdukundu
• valiččiikundu
• valličuskundu
• vastahottokundu
• yhteiskundu
• advokattukundu
• azientiedäikundu
• heimokundu
• huoldokundu

References

• Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 129

Tok Pisin

Noun

kundu

1. hand drum