randa

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *randō (“edge”), or from a Celtic source.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈran.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈran.da]

randa f (plural randes)

1. lace trim

• randar
• randat
• randatge

• arran

• “randa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “randa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From rando +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈranda/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ran‧da

randa (accusative singular randan, plural randaj, accusative plural randajn)

1. situated on the edge of something
   • 1927, “I. Samuel 14:2 [1 Samuel 14:2 (WEB)]”, in Zamenhofa, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Malnova Testamento [The Old Testament]‎^[1], Londono: Brita kaj Alilanda Biblia Societo, published 1927:

     […] Saul estis en la randa parto de Gibea, […].

     Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah […] ,

   • 2008 August 22, kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “Meteologio”, in Vikipedio‎^[2] (encyclopedia), Fondaĵo Vikimedio, retrieved 30 March 2025, Subordigoj: Aplikado:

     Hidrometeologio — esploro de la akvocirkulado en la atmosfero, kiel randa fako al hidrologio.

     Hydrometeorology — the study of the water cycle in the atmosphere, as a fringe field to hydrology.

   • 2015, Franz-Georg Rössler, “Palatinata rokolando”, in Monato: internacia magazino‎^[3], Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 8 December 2021:

     Plej sud-okcidente de la federacia lando Rejnlando-Palatinato etendiĝas la vasta palatinata arbaro. Ĝia plej randa parto — tuj ĉe la franca-alzaca landlimo kaj tuj apud la rejna ebenaĵo — allogas turistojn per la slogano „Palatinata rokolando”.

     The vast Palatinate Forest stretches in the far southwest of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Its outermost part — right on the French-Alsatian border and right next to the Rhine plain — attracts tourists with the slogan “Palatinate Rock Country”.

2. (mathematics) frontier/boundary point (such that it is within the bounds of A)

   Randa punkto estas interna punkto nek de A, nek de ĝia komplemento. ― A boundary point is an inner point neither of A nor of its complement.

• “randa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

randa

1. partitive singular of rand
2. illative singular of rand

Probably from Proto-Germanic *randiz, *randōn (“edge, rim”). Compare English rand.

• renda

• IPA^(key): /ˈranda̝/

randa f (plural randas)

1. fringe, trimming, embroidery

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “randa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “randa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

randa

1. inflection of randar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ɽàn.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽàn.dáː]

ràndā f (plural randunā̀, possessed form ràndar̃)

1. A large pot for water storage.

randa

1. to buy

• IPA^(key): /ˈranta/
• Rhymes: -anta

randa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative randaði, supine randað)

1. (intransitive) to stroll around

Inflected form of rönd.

randa

1. indefinite genitive plural of rönd

• janda

From Javanese randha (ꦫꦤ꧀ꦝ, “widow”), from Sanskrit रण्डा (raṇḍā, “slut”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrand̪a]
• Hyphenation: ran‧da

randa (plural randa-randa)

1. widow: a woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower
2. divorcée: a divorced woman

• rangda

• “randa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Gothic [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /ˈran.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ràn‧da

randa f (plural rande)

1. (nautical) spanker (sail), mainsail

• randista

• vela maestra

• andar, andrà

From Proto-Finnic *ranta, from a Germanic language (compare Finnish ranta).

randa (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. shore, coast

randa

1. third-person singular present of rasti
2. third-person plural present of rasti

randa

1. (anatomy) belly

• randen (Etymology 1)

randa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rand

randa f

1. definite singular of rand (Etymology 1)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

randa f (plural randas)

1. edge

randa

1. genitive plural of rǫnd

• IPA^(key): /ˈranda/ [ˈrãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ran‧da

randa f (plural randas)

1. lace trim

• “randa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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randa class IX (plural randa class X)

1. plane (tool for smoothing wood)

-randa (infinitive kuranda)

1. to plane (to smooth wood with a plane)

Conjugation of -randa
Positive present -naranda Subjunctive -rande Negative -randi Imperative singular randa
Infinitives
Positive kuranda Negative kutoranda
Imperatives
Singular randa Plural randeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huranda Positive past positive subject concord + -liranda Negative past negative subject concord + -kuranda
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naranda) Singular Plural 1st person ninaranda/naranda tunaranda 2nd person unaranda mnaranda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaranda wanaranda other classes positive subject concord + -naranda
Negative present (negative subject concord + -randi) Singular Plural 1st person sirandi haturandi 2nd person hurandi hamrandi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) harandi hawarandi other classes negative subject concord + -randi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taranda Negative future negative subject concord + -taranda
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rande) Singular Plural 1st person nirande turande 2nd person urande mrande 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arande warande other classes positive subject concord + -rande
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirande Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeranda Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeranda Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliranda Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliranda
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aranda) Singular Plural 1st person naranda twaranda 2nd person waranda mwaranda 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aranda waranda m-mi(III/IV) waranda yaranda ji-ma(V/VI) laranda yaranda ki-vi(VII/VIII) charanda vyaranda n(IX/X) yaranda zaranda u(XI) waranda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaranda pa(XVI) paranda mu(XVIII) mwaranda
Perfect positive subject concord + -meranda "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharanda "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaranda "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiranda "If not" positive subject concord + -siporanda Consecutive karanda / positive subject concord + -karanda Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karande
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niranda -turanda 2nd person -kuranda -waranda/-kurandeni/-warandeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mranda -waranda m-mi(III/IV) -uranda -iranda ji-ma(V/VI) -liranda -yaranda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiranda -viranda n(IX/X) -iranda -ziranda u(XI) -uranda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuranda pa(XVI) -paranda mu(XVIII) -muranda Reflexive -jiranda
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -randa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -randaye -randao m-mi(III/IV) -randao -randayo ji-ma(V/VI) -randalo -randayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -randacho -randavyo n(IX/X) -randayo -randazo u(XI) -randao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -randako pa(XVI) -randapo mu(XVIII) -randamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -randa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeranda -oranda m-mi(III/IV) -oranda -yoranda ji-ma(V/VI) -loranda -yoranda ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choranda -vyoranda n(IX/X) -yoranda -zoranda u(XI) -oranda see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koranda pa(XVI) -poranda mu(XVIII) -moranda
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.