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• [beənd] ~ [bɛənd] General American, Canada, æ-raising
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /band/
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• Australian: /bæːnd/
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• [beːnd] ~ [bɛeːnd] Australia, æ-raising
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• New-Zealand: /bɛnd/
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* English, German and Jewish surname, from the noun Band (“hoop, metal ring”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bond. * Also as a German surname, pet from of Bernhard. * As a Dutch surname, from the place name (die) Bant.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English bandder. English band Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

379 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: таҫма (taśma) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Bashkir: ҡайыш (qayış) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Belarusian: сту́жка (stúžka) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Bulgarian: ле́нта (lénta) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Bulgarian: кола́н (kolán) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Burmese: အတန့် (a.tan.) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Chinese Mandarin: 帶 /带 (dài) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Chinese Mandarin: 帶子 /带子 (dàizi) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Danish: band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Dutch: band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Esperanto: bendo — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Finnish: nauha — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• German: Band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Greek: ιμάντας (imántas) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Greek: ταινία (tainía) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Ancient Greek: ταινία (tainía) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Hebrew: סֶרֶט (séret) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Hungarian: kötés — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Hungarian: szalag — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Hungarian: pánt — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Irish: banda — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Italian: fascia — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Japanese: 条片 (jōhen) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Japanese: ストリップ (sutorippu) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Japanese: ストラップ (sutorappu) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Japanese: バンド (bando) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Korean: 줄무늬 (julmunui) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Korean: 끈 (kkeun) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Korean: 밴드 (baendeu) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Ladin: vëta — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Latin: fascia — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Latvian: lente — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Latvian: saite — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Lithuanian: raištis — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Malay: bebat — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Malay: ببت — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Māori: tauri — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Norwegian Bokmål: band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Norwegian Bokmål: bånd — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Norwegian Nynorsk: band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Persian: بند (band) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Plautdietsch: Baunt — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Polish: taśma — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Portuguese: banda — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Portuguese: cinta — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Portuguese: faixa — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Romanian: fașă — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: ле́нта (lénta) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: тесьма́ (tesʹmá) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: повя́зка (povjázka) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: о́бод (óbod) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: о́бруч (óbruč) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Russian: поло́ска (polóska) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Scots: baund — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Spanish: cinta — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Spanish: franja — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Swahili: bendi — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Swedish: band — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Swedish: bindel — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Swedish: snodd — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Swedish: snöre — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Tahitian: uaua — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Telugu: మోపుతాడు (mōputāḍu) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Ottoman Turkish: باغ (bağ) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Ukrainian: стрі́чка (stríčka) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Ukrainian: сму́жка (smúžka) — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Vietnamese: băng — strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
• Hungarian: szalag — narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it
• Hungarian: pánt — narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it
• Hungarian: paszomány — narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it
• Turkish: şerit — narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it
• Dutch: band — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Finnish: selkänauha — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Finnish: selys — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Greek: ράχη (ráchi) — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Korean: 책의 고정축 (chaegui gojeongchuk) — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Korean: 지탱축 (jitaengchuk) — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Kyrgyz: тасма (tasma) — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Norwegian Bokmål: bind — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bind — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Polish: grzbiet — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Russian: манже́тка (manžétka) — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Scots: baund — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Swahili: bendi — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Vietnamese: dải — strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
• Bulgarian: ремък (remǎk) — band or strip as part of a machine
• Esperanto: bendo — band or strip as part of a machine
• Finnish: nauha — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: szíj — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: szalag — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: heveder — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: abroncs — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: hajtószíj — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: gépszíj — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: szállítószalag — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: futószalag — band or strip as part of a machine
• Māori: koropewa — band or strip as part of a machine
• Russian: ле́нта (lénta) — band or strip as part of a machine
• Russian: реме́нь (reménʹ) — band or strip as part of a machine
• Vietnamese: băng — band or strip as part of a machine
• Hungarian: sáv — long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area
• Hungarian: csík — long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area
• Hungarian: kötelék — that which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie — see also tie
• Belarusian: паласа́ (palasá) — part of radio spectrum
• Belarusian: дыяпазо́н (dyjapazón) — part of radio spectrum
• Bulgarian: ле́нта (lénta) — part of radio spectrum
• Chinese Mandarin: 波段 (bōduàn) — part of radio spectrum
• Dutch: band — part of radio spectrum
• Esperanto: zono — part of radio spectrum
• Esperanto: bendo — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: kaista — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: taajuuskaista — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: aallonpituusalue — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: aaltoalue — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: bändi — part of radio spectrum
• Finnish: taajuusalue — part of radio spectrum
• German: Frequenzspektrum — part of radio spectrum
• Greek: ζώνη (zóni) — part of radio spectrum
• Hungarian: sáv — part of radio spectrum
• Irish: banda — part of radio spectrum
• Korean: 밴드 (baendeu) — part of radio spectrum
• Korean: 대역폭 (daeyeokpok) — part of radio spectrum
• Māori: aratuku — part of radio spectrum
• Norwegian Bokmål: bånd — part of radio spectrum
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bånd — part of radio spectrum
• Polish: pasmo — part of radio spectrum
• Portuguese: banda — part of radio spectrum
• Romanian: bandă — part of radio spectrum
• Russian: полоса́ (polosá) — part of radio spectrum
• Russian: диапазо́н (diapazón) — part of radio spectrum
• Sicilian: banna — part of radio spectrum
• Spanish: banda — part of radio spectrum
• Swahili: bendi — part of radio spectrum
• Swedish: band — part of radio spectrum
• Ukrainian: полоса́ (polosá) — part of radio spectrum
• Ukrainian: діапазо́н (diapazón) — part of radio spectrum
• Vietnamese: băng — part of radio spectrum
• Vietnamese: dải — part of radio spectrum
• Dutch: band — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Finnish: vyö — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Hungarian: sáv — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Norwegian Bokmål: bånd — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bånd — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Spanish: pasmo — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Swahili: bendi — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Swedish: band — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Vietnamese: băng — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Vietnamese: dải — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Vietnamese: bó — group of energy levels in a solid state material
• Arabic: فِرْقَة (firqa) — group of musicians
• Arabic: فرقة (firga) — group of musicians
• Bashkir: төркөм (törköm) — group of musicians
• Belarusian: арке́стр (arkjéstr) — group of musicians
• Belarusian: анса́мбль (ansámblʹ) — group of musicians
• Belarusian: гру́па (hrúpa) — group of musicians
• Belarusian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of musicians
• Bulgarian: гру́па (grúpa) — group of musicians
• Bulgarian: орке́стър (orkéstǎr) — group of musicians
• Bulgarian: бенд (bend) — group of musicians
• Bulgarian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of musicians
• Burmese: တီးဝိုင်း (ti:wuing:) — group of musicians
• Burmese: ဘင် (bhang) — group of musicians
• Catalan: banda — group of musicians
• Catalan: grup — group of musicians
• Chinese Cantonese: 樂隊 /乐队 — group of musicians
• Chinese Cantonese: band (ben1) — group of musicians
• Chinese Mandarin: 樂隊 /乐队 (yuèduì) — group of musicians
• Corsican: gruppu — group of musicians
• Czech: kapela — group of musicians
• Czech: soubor — group of musicians
• Danish: band — group of musicians
• Dutch: band — group of musicians
• Dutch: groep — group of musicians
• Dutch: muziekformatie — group of musicians
• Esperanto: bando — group of musicians
• Estonian: bänd — group of musicians
• Estonian: ansambel — group of musicians
• Finnish: soittokunta — group of musicians
• Finnish: yhtye — group of musicians
• Finnish: bändi — group of musicians
• French: groupe — group of musicians
• West-Frisian: band — group of musicians
• West-Frisian: grûp — group of musicians
• Galician: banda — group of musicians
• Galician: grupo — group of musicians
• Georgian: ანსამბლი (ansambli) — group of musicians
• Georgian: ორკესტრი (orḳesṭri) — group of musicians
• Georgian: ჯგუფი (ǯgupi) — group of musicians
• Georgian: ბენდი (bendi) — group of musicians
• German: Band — group of musicians
• German: Kapelle — group of musicians
• German: Musikkapelle — group of musicians
• German: Combo — group of musicians
• German: Musikbande — group of musicians
• Greek: συγκρότημα (sygkrótima) — group of musicians
• Greek: ορχήστρα (orchístra) — group of musicians
• Greenlandic: nipilersortartut — group of musicians
• Hebrew: לַהֲקָה (lahaká) — group of musicians
• Hindi: बैंड (baiṇḍ) — group of musicians
• Hungarian: zenekar — group of musicians
• Hungarian: együttes — group of musicians
• Hungarian: banda — group of musicians
• Indonesian: grup — group of musicians
• Irish: banna — group of musicians
• Italian: gruppo — group of musicians
• Japanese: 楽団 (gakudan) — group of musicians
• Japanese: バンド (bando) — group of musicians
• Korean: 밴드 (baendeu) — group of musicians
• Korean: 그룹 (geurup) — group of musicians
• Korean: 악단 (akdan) — group of musicians
• Kyrgyz: топ (top) — group of musicians
• Lakota: wayážopi — group of musicians
• Latvian: grupa — group of musicians
• Low German: Band — group of musicians
• Macedonian: гру́па (grúpa) — group of musicians
• Macedonian: бенд (bend) — group of musicians
• Malay: kugiran — group of musicians
• Malay: kumpulan gitar rancak — group of musicians
• Malay: pancaragam — group of musicians
• Māori: pāna — group of musicians
• Marathi: बँड (bĕṇḍa) — group of musicians
• Norwegian Bokmål: band — group of musicians
• Norwegian Bokmål: korps — group of musicians
• Norwegian Nynorsk: band — group of musicians
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korps — group of musicians
• Occitan: banda — group of musicians
• Occitan: grop — group of musicians
• Occitan: grope — group of musicians
• Persian: گروه (goruh) — group of musicians
• Polish: zespół — group of musicians
• Portuguese: banda — group of musicians
• Portuguese: grupo — group of musicians
• Romanian: formație — group of musicians
• Romanian: trupă — group of musicians
• Romansh: chapella — group of musicians
• Russian: орке́стр (orkéstr) — group of musicians
• Russian: анса́мбль (ansámblʹ) — group of musicians
• Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — group of musicians
• Russian: бэнд (bɛnd) — group of musicians
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of musicians
• Sardinian: grupu — group of musicians
• Scots: baund — group of musicians
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan — group of musicians
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan-ciùil — group of musicians
• Serbo-Croatian: бенд — group of musicians
• Serbo-Croatian: bend — group of musicians
• Sicilian: banna — group of musicians
• Sicilian: gruppu — group of musicians
• Spanish: banda — group of musicians
• Spanish: grupo — group of musicians
• Swahili: bendi — group of musicians
• Swedish: band — group of musicians
• Tagalog: banda — group of musicians
• Telugu: మేళము (mēḷamu) — group of musicians
• Thai: วงดนตรี (wong-don-dtrii) — group of musicians
• Thai: วง (wong) — group of musicians
• Turkish: grup — group of musicians
• Ukrainian: орке́стр (orkéstr) — group of musicians
• Ukrainian: гурт (hurt) — group of musicians
• Ukrainian: анса́мбль (ansámblʹ) — group of musicians
• Ukrainian: гру́па (hrúpa) — group of musicians
• Ukrainian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of musicians
• Vietnamese: ban nhạc — group of musicians
• Vietnamese: nhóm nhạc — group of musicians
• Volapük: musiganef — group of musicians
• Welsh: grŵp — group of musicians
• West Flemish: band — group of musicians
• Yiddish: קאַפּעליע (kapelye) — group of musicians
• Finnish: soittokunta — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Finnish: torvisoittokunta — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• German: Blaskapelle — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• German: Marschkapelle — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Norwegian Bokmål: korps — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Norwegian Nynorsk: korps — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Swahili: bendi — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Vietnamese: dàn nhạc — orchestra originally playing janissary music
• Arabic: فِرْقَة (firqa) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Catalan: bàndol — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 黨 /党 (dǎng) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Dutch: bende — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Esperanto: bando — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Finnish: joukko — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Finnish: joukkio — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Galician: banda — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Galician: grupo — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Bande — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Gruppe — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Stamm — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Trupp — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Gemeinde — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• German: Mannschaft — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Greek: ομάδα (omáda) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Greek: όμιλος (ómilos) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Hebrew: כְּנוּפִיָה (k'nufya) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Hungarian: csapat — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Hungarian: csoport — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Hungarian: banda — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Irish: cuire — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Korean: 단체 (danche) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Korean: 그룹 (geurup) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Lakota: ošpáye — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Lakota: okášpe — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Latin: caterva — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Māori: tokomatua — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Middle English: meyne — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: bande — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bande — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Polish: banda — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Portuguese: bando — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Portuguese: grupo — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Romanian: bandă — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Russian: отря́д (otrjád) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Russian: ба́нда (bánda) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Russian: ша́йка (šájka) — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Scottish Gaelic: còmhlan — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Sicilian: banna — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Sicilian: cumarca — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Spanish: banda — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Swahili: bendi — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Swedish: band — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: bọn — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: đoàn — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: lũ — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: toán — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: bầy — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Vietnamese: tụi — group of people loosely united for a common purpose
• Catalan: banda — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Czech: tlupa — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Finnish: klaani — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Finnish: heimo — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• French: bande — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Lakota: thiyóšpaye — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Inari-Sami: sijdâ — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Kildin-Sami: сыййт (syjjt) — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Northern Sami: siida — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Pite Sami: sijjda — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Skolt-Sami: sijdd — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Southern Sami: sïjte — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Ter Sami: sijjd — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Ume-Sami: sïjdda — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Swahili: bendi — anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society
• Finnish: heimo — Canada: recognized group of aboriginals
• French: bande — Canada: recognized group of aboriginals
• Lakota: thiyóšpaye — Canada: recognized group of aboriginals
• Swahili: bendi — Canada: recognized group of aboriginals
• Finnish: sitoa — fasten with a band
• German: binden — fasten with a band
• Hungarian: átköt — fasten with a band
• Hungarian: összeköt — fasten with a band
• Hungarian: összekapcsol — fasten with a band
• Hungarian: összeerősít — fasten with a band
• Latvian: sasiet — fasten with a band
• Latvian: apsiet — fasten with a band
• Norwegian Bokmål: binde — fasten with a band
• Norwegian Nynorsk: binda — fasten with a band
• Norwegian Nynorsk: binde — fasten with a band
• Swahili: bendi — fasten with a band
• Swedish: binda — fasten with a band
• Vietnamese: buộc dải — fasten with a band
• Vietnamese: buộc băng — fasten with a band
• Vietnamese: đóng đai — fasten with a band
• Finnish: rengastaa — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• French: baguer — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• German: beringen — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Hungarian: lábgyűrűz — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Hungarian: meggyűrűz — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Norwegian Bokmål: ringmerke — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ringmerke — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Swahili: bendi — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Swedish: ringmärka — ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of
• Bulgarian: групирам (grupiram) — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Dutch: verenigen — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Finnish: liittyä — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Finnish: yhdistyä — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• German: sich vereinigen — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• German: verbinden — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Swahili: bendi — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Swedish: förena sig — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose
• Swedish: gadda ihop sig — (intransitive) group together for a common purpose