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Venda
Venda
English
Proper noun
Venda
- A former self-governing Black African homeland in South Africa.
- The people of this area.
- The language of these people.
Translations
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See also
- ISO 639-1 code ve, ISO 639-3 code ven
- Ethnologue entry for Venda, ve
Anagrams
venda
venda
Asturian
Verb
venda
- first-person singular present subjunctive of vender
- first-person singular present subjunctive of vender
- third-person singular present subjunctive of vender
- third-person singular present subjunctive of vender
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse venda, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”).
Verb
venda (third person singular past indicative vendi, third person plural past indicative vent, supine vent)
- to turn
Conjugation
| v-5 | ||||
| infinitive | venda | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | vendandi | |||
| past participle a7 | vendur | |||
| supine | vent | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all | 
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum | 
| present | vendi | vendir | vendir | venda | 
| past | vendi | vendi | vendi | vendu | 
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit | 
| present | — | vend! | — | vendið! | 
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowing from Swedish vända (“to turn”).
Noun
venda
Declension
| Inflection of venda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | venda | vendat | |
| genitive | vendan | vendojen | |
| partitive | vendaa | vendoja | |
| illative | vendaan | vendoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | venda | vendat | |
| accusative | nom. | venda | vendat | 
| gen. | vendan | ||
| genitive | vendan | vendojen vendainrare | |
| partitive | vendaa | vendoja | |
| inessive | vendassa | vendoissa | |
| elative | vendasta | vendoista | |
| illative | vendaan | vendoihin | |
| adessive | vendalla | vendoilla | |
| ablative | vendalta | vendoilta | |
| allative | vendalle | vendoille | |
| essive | vendana | vendoina | |
| translative | vendaksi | vendoiksi | |
| instructive | — | vendoin | |
| abessive | vendatta | vendoitta | |
| comitative | — | vendoineen | |
Synonyms
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse venda, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɛnta/
- Rhymes: -ɛnta
Verb
venda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative venti, supine vent)
Conjugation
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að venda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | vent | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | vendandi | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég vendi | við vendum | present (nútíð) | ég vendi | við vendum | 
| þú vendir | þið vendið | þú vendir | þið vendið | ||
| hann, hún, það vendir | þeir, þær, þau venda | hann, hún, það vendi | þeir, þær, þau vendi | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég venti | við ventum | past (þátíð) | ég venti | við ventum | 
| þú ventir | þið ventuð | þú ventir | þið ventuð | ||
| hann, hún, það venti | þeir, þær, þau ventu | hann, hún, það venti | þeir, þær, þau ventu | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | vend (þú) | vendið (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| ventu | vendiði * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| infinitive (nafnháttur) | að vendast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| supine (sagnbót) | venst | ||||
| present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) | vendandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses | ||||
| indicative (framsöguháttur) | subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
| present (nútíð) | ég vendist | við vendumst | present (nútíð) | ég vendist | við vendumst | 
| þú vendist | þið vendist | þú vendist | þið vendist | ||
| hann, hún, það vendist | þeir, þær, þau vendast | hann, hún, það vendist | þeir, þær, þau vendist | ||
| past (þátíð) | ég ventist | við ventumst | past (þátíð) | ég ventist | við ventumst | 
| þú ventist | þið ventust | þú ventist | þið ventust | ||
| hann, hún, það ventist | þeir, þær, þau ventust | hann, hún, það ventist | þeir, þær, þau ventust | ||
| imperative (boðháttur) | venst (þú) | vendist (þið) | |||
| Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
| venstu | vendisti * | ||||
| * Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. | |||||
| strong declension (sterk beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | ventur | vent | vent | ventir | ventar | vent | |
| accusative (þolfall) | ventan | venta | vent | venta | ventar | vent | |
| dative (þágufall) | ventum | ventri | ventu | ventum | ventum | ventum | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | vents | ventrar | vents | ventra | ventra | ventra | |
| weak declension (veik beyging) | singular (eintala) | plural (fleirtala) | |||||
| masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | masculine (karlkyn) | feminine (kvenkyn) | neuter (hvorugkyn) | ||
| nominative (nefnifall) | venti | venta | venta | ventu | ventu | ventu | |
| accusative (þolfall) | venta | ventu | venta | ventu | ventu | ventu | |
| dative (þágufall) | venta | ventu | venta | ventu | ventu | ventu | |
| genitive (eignarfall) | venta | ventu | venta | ventu | ventu | ventu | |
Italian
Verb
venda
- first-person singular present subjunctive of vendere
- second-person singular present subjunctive of vendere
- third-person singular present subjunctive of vendere
- third-person singular imperative of vendere
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese venda (“sale”), from vender (“to sell”), from Latin vendo (“I sell”).
Noun
venda f (plural vendas)
- sale (instance of selling something)
- general store (store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing)
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:venda.
Synonyms
- (small general store): armazém, quitanda
Antonyms
- (sale): compra
Derived terms
- venda a descoberta
- venda casada
- venda condicionada
Related terms
Verb
venda
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of vender
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of vender
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of vender
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of vender
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:vender.
Etymology 2
From Old Portuguese venda, from Proto-Germanic *binda; see also Old High German binta and German Binde.
Noun
venda f (plural vendas)
- blindfold (covering for the eyes)
Related terms
Verb
venda
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of vendar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of vendar
Quotations
For usage examples of this term, see Citations:vendar.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈβ̞e̞n.da̠]
- Rhymes: -enda
Etymology 1
From binda, a Germanic language word (compare English bind, band)
Noun
venda f (plural vendas)
Related terms
Verb
venda
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of vendar.
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of vendar.
Etymology 2
Noun
venda f (plural vendas, masculine vendo)
- (ethnics) Feminine of vendo, Wend woman (Slavic people)
Etymology 3
Verb
venda