cuna

See also: Cuna, cùna, cuña, cunã, and cüna

Emilian

Alternative forms

  • cûna (Reggiano)
  • cùna (Modenese)

Etymology

From Latin cūna.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cu‧na

Noun

cuna f (plural cuni)

  1. (Mirandolese) cradle, crib (bed for a baby)

Derived terms

  • cunèr (Modenese)
  • cunàr (Mirandolese)

Hausa

Noun

cūnā̀ f (plural cūnōnī, possessed form cūnàr̃)

  1. A side seam joining the lower ends of a gown.

Verb

cūnā̀ (grade 1)

  1. (with an indirect object) to set a person or animal to catch or attack someone

Italian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin cūna, from Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoyneh₂, derived from the root *ḱey- (to be lying down; to settle). Doublet of the inherited culla, from a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.na/, [ˈkuːn̺ä]
  • Rhymes: -una
  • Stress: cùna
  • Hyphenation: cu‧na

Noun

cuna f (plural cune) (literary and regional)

  1. (literally and figuratively) cradle
    Synonym: culla
  2. A cavity in the ground.
    Synonym: cunetta

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

cūna f (genitive cūnae); first declension

  1. (rare) singular of cūnae

References


Primitive Irish

Romanization

cuna

  1. Romanization of ᚉᚒᚅᚐ

Spanish

cuna

Etymology

From Old Spanish cuna, from Latin cūna, cūnae, from Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoyneh₂, derived from the root *ḱey- (to be lying down; to settle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuna/

Noun

cuna f (plural cunas)

  1. cradle, crib

Derived terms

Further reading


Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cūna, cūnae. Compare Italian culla

Noun

cuna f (plural cune)

  1. cradle
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