cunha
Portuguese
/ˈku.ɲɐ/
noun
Definitions
- wedge
- (figurative) connections
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese cunna inherited from Latin *cunea, cuneus (wedge) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (sting).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂ḱū
Gloss
sting
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cuneus English
- *cunea Latin
- cuneatim Latin
- cuneiformis Latin
- cuneifōrmis Latin
- cuneo Latin
- cuneus Latin
- Cuneo Italian
- conio Italian
- cuneo Italian
- cuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- cuña Spanish, Castilian
- cuño Spanish, Castilian
- precuña Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ḱū Proto-Indo-European
- coigne Old French
- coin Old French
- cuny Catalan, Valencian
- encunyar Catalan, Valencian
- chapacuña Galician
- cuña Galician
- cuño Galician
- cui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cŷn Welsh
- kunj Albanian
- cunna Old Portuguese
- cunj Aromanian