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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century. From Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunho and Spanish cuño.
Pronunciation
Noun
cuño m (plural cuños)
- seal (stamp used to impress)
- Synonym: selo
- seal (impression)
- 1419, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 200:
quatro florĩis d'ouro do cuño d'Aragon- four gold florins of the seal of Aragon
- Synonym: selo
- Alternative form of cuña
Derived terms
References
- “cuño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cuño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cruño” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cuño” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cuño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cuño” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuɲo/
- Rhymes: -uɲo
- Syllabification: cu‧ño
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Sicilian cugnu.
Noun
cuño m (plural cuños)
- (technical) stamp, die-stamp
- (figuratively) stamp, mark
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
cuño
- first-person singular present indicative of cuñar
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