quenda

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Nyunga gwernda.

Noun

quenda (plural quendas)

1. A short-nosed bandicoot found mostly in southern Australia, Isoodon obesulus.

Synonyms

• southern brown bandicoot

References

Quendas, WA CALM

Anagrams

• en quad

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese caenda (13th century, attested in Old Galician documents), from Latin kalendae, the first day of the month. Doublet of calendas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛnda̝/

Noun

quenda f (plural quendas)

1. turn (a chance to do or to use something in sequence with others)

   Synonyms: rolda, veceira, xeira

2. (archaic, in the plural) calends

   Synonym: calendas

   • 1433, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 20:

     todos ordenaron et feseron seu procurador en todo este dito ano, ata dia de quendas janeyras a Meen Suares Galinato

     Everyone ordered and made their proxy, for the whole year till the first say of January, Meen Suares Galinato

References

• “quendas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “caendas” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “quenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “quenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “quenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.