cunca

== English == === Etymology === From Galician cunca (“bowl, 1⁄60 Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”). === Noun === cunca (plural cuncas) (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 m² in different parts of Galicia. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of volume): cuartillo (1⁄2 cunca), esca (6 cuncas), ferrado (12 cuncas), fanega (60 cuncas) (unit of area): ferrado (12 cuncas) === Anagrams === nucca == Galician == === Alternative forms === conca === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkuŋkɐ] === Noun === cunca f (plural cuncas) bowl Synonyms: cuncón, tixela, fiara, escá basin Synonym: bacía (historical) cunca, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured (historical) cunca, a traditional measure of land area equivalent to the amount of land that could be sown with a cunca of seed (anatomy) dimple (anatomy) eye socket, orbit ==== Coordinate terms ==== (unit of volume): cuartillo (1⁄2 cunca), escá (6 cuncas), ferrado (12 cuncas), fanega (60 cuncas) (unit of area): ferrado (12 cuncas) ==== Derived terms ==== cunqueiro (“kitchen shelf”) lavacuncas (“Genista tridentata”, literally “bowl-washer”) recuncar (“to repeat”) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “cunca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “cunca”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cunca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cunca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cunca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN