cuesco
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Of uncertain origin; possibly a Mediterranean loan of sound-symbolic origin,[1] and cognate with Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “kernel”), though this is rejected by Furnee.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cuesco m (plural cuescos)
- stone (of fruit)
- (vulgar, slang) raspberry tart; toot (flatulence)
References[edit]
- ^ “cuesco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κόκκος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 733