fundi
/ˈfʊndiː/noun
fundi is a noun meaning “A master of a particular skill; an expert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-N-D-I, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fundi is fundis.
What does fundi mean?
noun
- 1
A master of a particular skill; an expert.
- 2
A person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.
- 3
The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.
- 4
plural of fundus
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fundi?
- /ˈfʊndiː/
As a noun (“The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis”): /ˈfʌndiː/.
As a noun: /ˈfʌndaɪ/, /ˈfʌndiː/.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fundi
- fundis plural
- fundungi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fundi?
Fundi appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does fundi come from?
From a Nguni language; compare Zulu umfundisi (“teacher”). Ultimately from Proto-Bantu *-túnda.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).