English

Etymology
Contraction of fundamental, originating in Indian English.

Noun
en-noun|plfundas|pl2fundae|pl3=fundaes

1. basics or fundamentals, considered as a unit

#: Get your funda correct before you submit the paper.
#: quotations:
#:* 1992: "In my opinion, the funda is as follows:" — ¹

1. concept

#: what is the funda behind relativity?

1. understanding

#: quotations:
#:* 1993: "You did not have the funda to realize that the statistics is an ass." — ²
#:* 1993: "But then, your funda is weak." — ³

1. slang awesome, cool

Usage notes
Whilst fundaes and fundae both occur as the plural of funda, fundas is far more widespread. The pluralization to fundae is by analogy to formula/formulae. The pluralization to fundas is by the simple addition of -s.

The word is frequently used in w:Quizzing In India | Indian quizzing circles to denote the interesting fact or concept behind a question.

References
nefunda, funda of the Day, Love funda , Joke Funda etc
Usenet posting by Sivakumar Ravada, prescribing fundae as the plural
Mostly Thoughtless, accessed on 2005-05-09, prescribing fundaes as the plural
IITM lingo, accessed on 2005-05-09, prescribing fundaes as the plural

See also
fundu

Latin

Noun
funda

1. a hand sling (as contrasted with fustibalus, a stick sling)

Related terms
funditor

Category:Latin nouns

Spanish

Noun
es-noun-f

1. context|Dominican Republic|slang|lang=es small bag
2. wrapping

Derived terms
enfundar

Synonyms
bolsa
saco

References
User:Bequw/como-hablamos

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