candu

From Malay candu, from Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃandu]
• Hyphenation: can‧du

candu (plural candu-candu, first-person possessive canduku, second-person possessive candumu, third-person possessive candunya)

1. opium: a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
2. opium poppy: Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
3. tar: a black, oily, sticky, viscous substance, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons derived from organic materials residual byproduct of tobacco smoke.

   Synonym: tar

4. (figurative) hobby

   Synonym: kegemaran

• apiun
• madat
• opium

• “candu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

candu

1. Romanization of ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ.

From Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”).

candu (Jawi spelling چندو‎, plural candu-candu, informal 1st possessive canduku, 2nd possessive candumu, 3rd possessive candunya)

1. opium (drug from opium poppy)

• Indonesian: candu
• → Hindustani:
  • Hindi: चंडु (caṇḍu, “opium”)
• → Javanese: ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (candu, “opium”)
• → Tamil: சண்டு (caṇṭu, “opium”)

• “candu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Tamil சாந்து (cāntu, “mortar, plaster; powder”). Compare to Javanese ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦸ (candu, “opium, tar”).

candu

1. a kind of unguent, a kind of dye.

• cand' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

From Latin quandō (“when”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkandu/

candu

1. when

   Candu ischumenza l'ippittàcuru? ― When does the show start?

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. ⅩⅩⅣ [Chapter 24]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 3, page 96:

     Dizzi, candu hani a accadì chilti cosi?

     Tell us, when will these things happen?

candu

1. when

   Veni candu voi ― Come whenever you want (literally, “Come when you want”)

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅴ [Chapter 5]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 11, page 13:

     Biaddi seddi, candu v'hani a maladizì

     Blessed are you, when they will curse you

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Paràuri [Words]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 11:

     S’isciogliaristhia i lu matessi tempu
     lu muntoni trimendu di l’ammenti
     cument’e nèbi candu v’è lu sòri.

     At the same time, the dreadful heap of memories would melt like snow when the sun is there.

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes