honda

See also: Honda

English

WOTD – 28 June 2017
A lasso with a white honda (sense 2)

Etymology

Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (“suffix indicating a similar (usually larger) object”).

Pronunciation

Noun

honda (plural hondas)

  1. (Southwestern US) A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop.
  2. (Southwestern US) A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Genericization of the trademark Honda.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hon‧da

Noun

honda

  1. (regional, chiefly Southern Leyte) a motorcycle

Anagrams

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈon.da/
  • Homophone: onda

Etymology 1

From Latin funda.

Noun

honda f (plural hondas)

  1. sling

Etymology 2

Adjective

honda

  1. Feminine singular of adjective hondo.

Further reading

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