yunta

Indonesian

Noun

yunta (plural yunta-yunta)

  1. nonstandard form of junta

Spanish

FWOTD – 10 October 2022

Etymology

From yunto (“yoked”), from Latin iūnctus, past participle of iungō (“to yoke, to join”). Doublet of junta.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʝunta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũn̪.t̪a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃunta/ [ˈʃũn̪.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒunta/ [ˈʒũn̪.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Syllabification: yun‧ta

Noun

yunta f (plural yuntas)

  1. a pair or yoke of oxen
    • 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat, “La Mujer Que Yo Quiero”:
      La mujer que yo quiero me ato a su yunta
      Pero por favor no se lo digas nunca
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. cuff link, cufflink

Further reading

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