cunca
Galician
/ˈkuŋka̝/
noun
Definitions
- bowl
- basin
- traditional dry measure (a 1/12 or a 1/16 of a ferrado; approximately a litre)
- traditional measure of surface (a 1/12 or a 1/16 of a ferrado; approximately 50 sq m)
- (anatomy) dimple
- (anatomy) orbit, eye socket
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cunca inherited from Latin concha (mussel, vessel, bivalve, oyster, trumpet, 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
Emoji
🐚
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- conch English
- concha English
- cochlea Latin
- concha Latin
- concheus Latin
- conchula Latin
- conca Italian
- ipsiconchia Italian
- triconco Italian
- conche French
- conque French
- coquina Spanish, Castilian
- cuenca Spanish, Castilian
- κόγχη Ancient Greek
- *kongʰo- Proto-Indo-European
- *konkho- Proto-Indo-European
- conca Catalan, Valencian
- recuncar Galician
- cunca Old Portuguese