cunha

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See also: Cunha and cunhã

Galician

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Etymology

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From contraction of preposition con (with) + feminine article unha (a, one).

Contraction

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cunha f (feminine plural cunhas, masculine cun, masculine plural cuns)

  1. with a, with one

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: cu‧nha

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cunna, cuna, from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (sting). Compare Spanish cuña.

Noun

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cunha f (plural cunhas)

  1. wedge
  2. (figurative) connections
    ter uma cunhato be well-connected
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cunha

  1. inflection of cunhar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative