randa

See also: Randa, rānda, and rəndə

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

randa f (plural randes)

1. lace trim

Derived terms

• randar
• randat
• randatge

Related terms

• arran

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “randa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “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

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Randbor.

Esperanto rando

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto randa

From rando + -a.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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.

Further reading

• “randa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “randa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Anagrams

• ardan

Estonian

Noun

randa

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

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• renda

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈranda̝/

Noun

randa f (plural randas)

1. fringe, trimming, embroidery

References

• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

randa

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

Hausa

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ràndā f (plural randunā̀, possessed form ràndar̃)

1. A large pot for water storage.

Herero

Verb

randa

1. to buy

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈranta]
• Rhymes: -anta

Etymology 1

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to stroll around

Conjugation

randa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að randa
supine sagnbót		randað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		randandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	randa	randaði		randi	randaði
	þú	randar	randaðir		randir	randaðir
	hann, hún, það	randar	randaði		randi	randaði
plural	við	röndum	rönduðum		röndum	rönduðum
	þið	randið	rönduðuð		randið	rönduðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	randa	rönduðu		randi	rönduðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	randa (þú), randaðu
plural	þið	randið (þið), randiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

randast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að randast
supine sagnbót		randast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		randandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	randast	randaðist		randist	randaðist
	þú	randast	randaðist		randist	randaðist
	hann, hún, það	randast	randaðist		randist	randaðist
plural	við	röndumst	rönduðumst		röndumst	rönduðumst
	þið	randist	rönduðust		randist	rönduðust
	þeir, þær, þau	randast	rönduðust		randist	rönduðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	randast (þú), randastu
plural	þið	randist (þið), randisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

randaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	randaður	rönduð	randað	randaðir	randaðar	rönduð
accusative (þolfall)	randaðan	randaða	randað	randaða	randaðar	rönduð
dative (þágufall)	rönduðum	randaðri	rönduðu	rönduðum	rönduðum	rönduðum
genitive (eignarfall)	randaðs	randaðrar	randaðs	randaðra	randaðra	randaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	randaði	randaða	randaða	rönduðu	rönduðu	rönduðu
accusative (þolfall)	randaða	rönduðu	randaða	rönduðu	rönduðu	rönduðu
dative (þágufall)	randaða	rönduðu	randaða	rönduðu	rönduðu	rönduðu
genitive (eignarfall)	randaða	rönduðu	randaða	rönduðu	rönduðu	rönduðu

Etymology 2

Inflected form of rönd.

Noun

randa

1. indefinite genitive plural of rönd

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• janda

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Alternative forms

• rangda

Derived terms

• meranda

• randa gadis
• randa tua

Further reading

• “randa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From Gothic [Term?].

Pronunciation

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

Noun

randa f (plural rande)

1. (nautical) spanker (sail), mainsail

Related terms

• randista

See also

• vela maestra

Anagrams

• andar, andrà

Karelian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. shore, coast

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈrɐnˑdɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɐnˑdɐ
• Syllabification: rañ‧da

Verb

randa

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

Muna

Noun

randa

1. (anatomy) stomach

References

• “randa” in Webonary.org

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• randen (Etymology 1)

Noun

randa m or f

1. definite feminine singular of rand

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

randa f

1. definite singular of rand (Etymology 1)

Occitan

Etymology

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

Noun

randa f (plural randas)

1. edge

Old Norse

Noun

randa

1. genitive plural of rǫnd

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

randa f (plural randas)

1. lace trim

Further reading

• “randa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

randa

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

randa class IX (plural randa class X)

1. plane (tool for smoothing wood)

Verb

-randa (infinitive kuranda)

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

Conjugation

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.