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cunca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cun-ca
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.

noun

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.

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”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cuncas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

cuartillo (1⁄2 cunca) esca (6 cuncas) ferrado (12 cuncas) fanega (60 cuncas)

Questions

What does cunca mean?
A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.
Where does cunca come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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