concha
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- seashell
- shell mollusk
- (Mexico) a type of sweetbread one that resembles a shell in design and decoration
- (vulgar) pussy, cunt
Etymology
Inherited from Latin conchula (little shell, small mollusk) derived from Ancient Greek κόγχη (mussel, shell, konkh, apse).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόγχη
Gloss
mussel, shell, konkh, apse
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *concla Latin
- Venus Latin
- cochlea Latin
- concha Latin
- conchula Latin
- concola Italian
- ipsiconchia Italian
- triconco Italian
- coquille French
- concho Spanish, Castilian
- conchudo Spanish, Castilian
- cuenca Spanish, Castilian
- enconchar Spanish, Castilian
- subcuenca Spanish, Castilian
- κόγχη Ancient Greek
- *kongʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *konkho- Proto-Indo-European
- concha Portuguese
- vieira Galician
- *vẽeyra Old Portuguese
- koncha Papiamentu
- koncha Kabuverdianu
- kónxa Kabuverdianu
- vongola Neapolitan