different between bundh vs bundu

English

Etymology 1

Variant of bund, from Urdu ????; see that entry for more.

Noun

bundh (plural bundhs)

1. (India) Alternative form of bund (pond)

Etymology 2

Variant of bandh, from Hindi ??? (bandh); see that entry for more.

Noun

bundh (plural bundhs)

1. (India) Alternative form of bandh
   • 2002, Perspective of Security and Development in North East India ?ISBN, page 85:

     During the years from 1987 to 1991, generally between April and November, bundhs in Meghalaya became the characteristic feature of life, sparing, of course, the month of December. On every occasion the whole state was paralysed […]

   • 2008, Standard Essays ?ISBN, page 84:

     A political party, therefore, cannot impose bundhs on people who are not in agreement with it. lt can only call general strike on condition that they will not use muscle power and coercion to enforce them.

English

Etymology

From Shona bundo (“grassland”).

Noun

bundu (plural bundus)

1. (South Africa) A wilderness region, away from cities.
   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 291:

     “You start thinking again: ‘It's for all you cunts down there in Pretoria we're getting blown to pieces in this bundu.’”

Lindu

Noun

bundu

1. product; result

Old Norse

Verb

bundu

1. third-person plural past indicative active of binda

Shona

Noun

búndú 5 (plural mapúndú 6)

1. lump
2. knot in wood