kwerdas
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- a string; the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments
Etymology
Derived from Spanish, Castilian cuerdas derived from Latin chorda (cord, gut, string, rope, chord) derived from Ancient Greek χορδή (cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument).
Origin
Ancient Greek
χορδή
Gloss
cord, string of gut, guts, string, tendon, rope, entrails, tripe, intestines, string of a musical instrument
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
臓
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- decachord English
- chorda Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- corda Italian
- chordofoon Dutch, Flemish
- koorde Dutch, Flemish
- (chaudepisse) cordée French
- cordado Spanish, Castilian
- cuerdas Spanish, Castilian
- οὐρά Ancient Greek
- φωνή Ancient Greek
- χορδά Ancient Greek
- χορδή Ancient Greek
- *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European
- corda Portuguese
- korde Danish
- corde Old French
- cordel Old French
- coardă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- χορδή Greek (modern)
- kuldas Cebuano
- kuwerdas Cebuano
- хорда Bulgarian
- coardã Aromanian
- cuerda Asturian
- cuarde Friulian
- corda Old Occitan
- côde Bourguignon
- curda Istriot