hundir
Meaning
- (transitive) to sink, engulf
- (transitive) to ruin, destroy
- (reflexive) to sink, sink down
- (reflexive) to collapse, cave in, subside
- (reflexive) to break down, go to pieces, fall apart
Frequency
Hyphenated as
hun‧dir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/unˈdiɾ/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fundere, fundō, from Proto-Italic *hundō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd-. Doublet of fundir (“to cast, to melt”). Compare English found (“to cast metal”), founder (“to sink”).
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