zuncho

Galician

Etymology

Pace Corominas,[1] perhaps from Latin cingulum (compare cincho); alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *zoniculum, from Latin zōna (belt, girdle).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθunt͡ʃo̝/, (western) /ˈsunt͡ʃo̝/

Noun

zuncho m (plural zunchos)

  1. metal clamp or girdle used as reinforcement

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “zuncho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. zuncho.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθunt͡ʃo/ [ˈθũnʲ.t͡ʃo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsunt͡ʃo/ [ˈsũnʲ.t͡ʃo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -untʃo
  • Syllabification: zun‧cho

Noun

zuncho m (plural zunchos)

  1. metal loop, clamp or ring

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