Noun: funda
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | funda |
| Plural f | fundas |
Sample Sentences
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Quando eles uirõ Lãça[rote] nõ no conoçerõ porque fezera el meter seu escudo em sua fonda (When they saw Lancelot they didn't recognise him, because he ordered to put his shield inside its case) [c. 1350, Lourdes Soriano, editor, Livro de Tristan:]
Nouns inflected like funda
sedela,
semana,
estimulación,
sabela,
saboga,
sandía,
juventude,
difusión,
estremonía,
souria,
somana,
soneca,
soncha,
sirena,
expresión,
ordenança,
cobertura,
homosexualización,
ringleira,
comedela, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested with this meaning since the 14th century. Learned borrowing from Late Latin funda (“bag”), from Latin funda. Doublet of fonda. Compare Portuguese fonda and Spanish funda and honda. See: Latin Nouns '
funda', Spanish Nouns '
funda'.
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