giunca

== Italian == === Alternative forms === giunco, giuncho, ioncque (archaic) giunchi, zonchi (in the plural, archaic) === Etymology === From Portuguese junco, from Malay jong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“ship”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Compare English junk, Dutch jonk, French jonque, Spanish junco. === Noun === giunca f (plural giunche) (nautical) junk (vessel) ==== Descendants ==== → French: jonque → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke → Latin: junkus, (New Latin) iunca, (New Latin) iuncus → Dutch: ionco, iunco → Italian: ioncque → French: ionct → Spanish: iuncque === Further reading === “junk, n.3”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024. === Anagrams === cugina