# winda
## English
### Alternative forms

* windah

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wɪndə/
* Rhymes: -ɪndə

### Noun

winda (plural windas)
* Pronunciation spelling of window.
** 1936, Ogden Nash, The Tale of Custard The Dragon:...there was a pirate, climbing in the winda.

### Anagrams

* diwan

## Gothic
### Romanization

winda
* Romanization of 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰

## Kashubian
### Alternative forms

* gwińda

### Etymology

Borrowed from German Winde

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvin.da/
* Rhymes: -inda
* Syllabification: win‧da

### Noun

winda f
* (mechanics) elevator, lift (mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people)
* (nautical) capstan (cylindrical machine)

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “winda”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kabestan, winda”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “winda”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvin.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -inda
* Syllabification: win‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Winde.

#### Noun

winda f (related adjective windowy)
* (mechanics) elevator, lift (permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building)
    Synonym: dźwig

##### Derived terms

* windziarz
* windować impf
* zwindować pf

### Etymology 2

Clipping of Windows. Compare Russian винда́ (vindá) and Ukrainian вінда́ (vindá).

#### Noun

winda f
* (humorous, operating systems, slang) Windows (operating system with a WIMP graphical user interface that dominates the personal computer market)
    Synonym: Windows

##### Declension
#### Further reading

* winda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* winda in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* winda in PWN's encyclopedia

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-winda (infinitive kuwinda)
* to hunt (chase down prey)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -winda :
| Positive present | -nawinda |
| Subjunctive | -winde |
| Negative | -windi |
| Imperative singular | winda |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuwinda |
| Negative | kutowinda |
Imperatives :
| Singular | winda |
| Plural | windeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huwinda |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liwinda |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuwinda |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tawinda |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tawinda |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siwinde |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngewinda |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singewinda |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliwinda |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliwinda |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mewinda |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshawinda |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jawinda |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiwinda |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipowinda |
| Consecutive | kawinda / positive subject concord + -kawinda |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kawinde |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Nominal derivations:
** mwindaji (“hunter”)
** uwindaji (“hunting”)
** windo (“prey”)