pinda
English
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Papiamentu pinda, from Kongo mpinda; see English pinder. Sense 4 is from the pejorative term pindachinees from the 1930s, which was later applied even more pejoratively to people from East Asia in general, including Indonesians who came en masse to the Netherlands in the late 1940s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɪn.daː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pin‧da
Noun
pinda m (plural pinda's, diminutive pindaatje n)
- a peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant
- Pinda's groeien onder de grond
- Peanuts grow underground
- (botany) the annual herb Arachnis hypogea, which produces the above
- pl the above seeds, gathered to be eaten as a snack or processed into food products
- (derogatory, ethnic slur) people from East Asia, most commonly Chinese and Indonesians
Synonyms
Derived terms
- pindaboer m
- pindaboter
- pindachinees m
- pindakaas, pinda-kaas m
- pindaplant m
- pindarotsje n
- pindaveld n
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈpʲin.da/
Declension
Spanish
Swahili
Verb
pinda
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