cunta

See also: cuntà and cúnta

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”).

Noun

cunta m (genitive singular cunta, nominative plural cuntaí)

1. count (rank of nobility)

Related terms

• cuntaois (“countess”)
• iarla (“earl”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cunta	chunta	gcunta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cunta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ta/
• Hyphenation: cùn‧ta

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin cūnctor (“I hesitate”).

Noun

cunta f (plural cunte)

1. (obsolete) delay, pause

   Synonym: indugio

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto XXXI, page 472, lines 1–6:

     «O tu che se’ di là dal fiume sacro», ¶ volgendo suo parlare a me per punta, ¶ che pur per taglio m’era paruto acro, ¶ ricominciò, seguendo sanza cunta, ¶ «dì, dì se questo è vero; a tanta accusa ¶ tua confession conviene esser congiunta».

     "O thou who art beyond the sacred river," turning to me the point of her discourse, that edgewise even had seemed to me so keen, she recommenced, continuing without pause, "Say, say if this be true; to such a charge, thy own confession needs must be conjoined."

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cunta

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

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with Old English *cunte (compare English cunt), Middle Dutch conte, and Swedish kunta.

Noun

cunta f

1. female genitalia

Usage notes

• Attested only as gloss of Latin pudenda.

Descendants

• Middle High German: kunt