yunga

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua yunka.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝunɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ɡa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝunɡa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ɡa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃunɡa/ [ˈʃũŋ.ɡa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒunɡa/ [ˈʒũŋ.ɡa]

• Rhymes: -unɡa
• Syllabification: yun‧ga

Noun

yunga f (plural yungas)

1. (Andes) an area of forest in the eastern Andes, located between the highlands and eastern forests

Further reading

• “yunga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28