Bunda

/ˈbʌndə/ noun

Definition

In South African English, slang for a person's buttocks.

Etymology

From Zulu and other Bantu languages where 'bunda' or similar words refer to the rear end. It entered South African English through contact with indigenous languages and became a common colloquialism.

Kelly Says

Language is fascinating because informal words for body parts vary wildly by region and often come from indigenous languages—'bunda' shows how South African English absorbs vocabulary from local Bantu languages.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ቡንዳ
bun-da
ARالعربية
بوندا
boon-da
BNবাংলা
বুন্ডা
bun-da
CACatalà
bunda
bun-da
CSČeština
bunda
bun-da
DADansk
bunda
bun-da
DEDeutsch
bunda
bun-da
ELΕλληνικά
μπουντα
mpoun-da
ESEspañol
bunda
bun-da
FAفارسی
بوندا
bon-da
FISuomi
bunda
bun-da
FRFrançais
bunda
bun-da
GUGU
બંડા
ban-da
HAHA
bunkó
bun-koh
HEעברית
בונדה
bon-deh
HIहिन्दी
बुंडा
bun-da
HUMagyar
bunda
bun-da
IDBahasa Indonesia
bunda
bun-da
IGIG
bunkọ
bun-koh
ITItaliano
bunda
bun-da
JA日本語
ブンダ
bun-da
KKKK
бұнда
bun-da
KMKM
ប៊ុងដា
bun-da
KO한국어
분다
bun-da
MRMR
बंडा
ban-da
MSBahasa Melayu
bunda
bun-da
MYမြန်မာ
ဘုန်းဒါ
bun-da
NLNederlands
bunda
bun-da
NONorsk
bunda
bun-da
PAPA
ਬੰਡਾ
ban-da
PLPolski
bunda
bun-da
PTPortuguês
bunda
bun-da
RORomână
bunda
bun-da
RUРусский
бунда
bunda
SVSvenska
bunda
bun-da
SWKiswahili
bunda
bun-da
TAதமிழ்
புண்டா
pun-da
TEతెలుగు
బుండా
bun-da
THไทย
บุ้นดา
boon-da
TLTL
bunda
bun-da
TRTürkçe
bunda
bun-da
UKУкраїнська
бунда
bunda
URاردو
بونڈا
bon-da
VITiếng Việt
bunda
bun-da
YOYO
bunkó
bun-koh
ZH中文
本达
běn dá
ZUZU
bunda
bun-da

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