honda

See also: Honda

English

WOTD – 28 June 2017
A lasso with a white honda (sense 2)

Etymology

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (sling), from Latin funda (hand-sling); or from Spanish hondón (eye of a needle), from hondo (bottom; deep, profound) (from Latin fundus (bottom, lowest part), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (bottom)) + -ón (suffix indicating a similar (usually larger) object).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒndə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑndə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒndə
  • Hyphenation: hon‧da

Noun

honda (plural hondas)

  1. (Southwestern US) A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
  2. (Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Honda.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hon‧da
  • IPA(key): /ˈhonda/, [ˈhon̪.d̪ʌ]

Noun

honda

  1. (genericized trademark, regional, chiefly Southern Leyte) motorcycle
    Synonyms: motor, motorsiklo

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

A genericized trademark of the Japanese trademark Honda, from Japanese ホンダ or 本田(ほんだ) (honda).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hon‧da

Noun

honda (first-person possessive hondaku, second-person possessive hondamu, third-person possessive hondanya)

  1. (dialect, informal) a motorcycle
    Synonyms: motor, sepeda motor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈonda/ [ˈõn̪.d̪a]
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Syllabification: hon‧da
  • Homophone: onda

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish fonda, from Latin funda.

Noun

honda f (plural hondas)

  1. sling, slingshot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

honda

  1. feminine singular of hondo

Further reading

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