yunque

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Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ayunque (early modern, now obsolete)

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish yunque, with metathesis from incue, itself from Vulgar Latin *incŭde, from Latin incūdem.[1] The Old Spanish term, like the Latin etymon, was feminine. In the early modern period, a variant ayunque appeared, due to reanalysis with the article (la yunque > el ayunque), producing the complete change in gender observed in the modern form.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝunke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ke]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃunke/ [ˈʃũŋ.ke]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒunke/ [ˈʒũŋ.ke]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -unke
  • Syllabification: yun‧que

Noun[edit]

yunque m (plural yunques)

  1. anvil

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