fundi

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊndiː/

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) A master of a particular skill; an expert.
   • 1972, The Rhodesia Science News, volume 6, page 358:

     Alas I our small office staff boasted no bird fundi and the bird remained unindentified.

From Swahili fundi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʊndiː/

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (East Africa) A person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.
   • 2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN:

     The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins. The driller's compressor remains in the backyard in Morogoro town, as the fundi mechanic works to put it back together again.

   • 2021 March 21, Didi Wamukoya, Wooden Glass: Tales From the City Volume 1, Didi Wamukoya, →ISBN, page 11:

     I am sure, dear reader that if you live in Africa the fundi is an integral part of your daily existence. For you who is a non-Swahili speaker, a fundi is anybody who does repair works and includes a mechanic, tailor, bicycle repair man, […]

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndiː/

fundi (uncountable)

1. The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.

• fundungi

• “fundi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌndaɪ/, /ˈfʌndiː/

fundi

1. plural of fundus

From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”).

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fundi (plural fundis)

1. expert, buff

fundi

1. inflection of fundar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

fundi (present fundas, past fundis, future fundos, conditional fundus, volitive fundu)

1. to found

fundi

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fundir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

fundi

1. indefinite dative singular of fundur
2. indefinite accusative plural of fundur

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.diː/, [ˈfʊn̪d̪iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfun.di/, [ˈfun̪d̪i]

fundī

1. present passive infinitive of fundō

fundi

1. accusative plural of fundr

fundi

1. inflection of fundir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Compare Swahili -funza.

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fundi (ma class, plural mafundi)

1. craftsman; artisan

• ufundi