cunta

Asturian

Verb

cunta

1. inflection of cuntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”).

Noun

cunta m (genitive singular cunta, nominative plural cuntaí)

1. count (rank of nobility)

Related terms

• contae (“county”)
• cuntaois (“countess”)
• iarla (“earl”)

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cunta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ta/
• Rhymes: -unta
• Hyphenation: cùn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin cūnctor (“to hesitate”).

Noun

cunta f (plural cunte)

1. (obsolete) delay, pause

   Synonym: indugio

   • early-mid 1310s–mid 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 1–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     «O tu che se’ di là dal fiume sacro»,
     volgendo suo parlare a me per punta,
     che pur per taglio m’era paruto acro,
     ricominciò, seguendo sanza cunta,
     «dì, dì se questo è vero; a tanta accusa
     tua confession conviene esser congiunta».

     "O thou who art beyond the sacred river," turning to me the point of her discourse, that edgewise even had seemed to me so keen, she recommenced, continuing without pause, "Say, say if this be true; to such a charge, thy own confession needs must be conjoined."

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cunta

1. inflection of cuntare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Cantù

Old High German

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kuntǭ. Cognate with Old English *cunte (compare English cunt), Middle Dutch conte, and Swedish kunta.

Noun

cunta f

1. female genitalia

Usage notes

• Attested only as gloss of Latin pudenda.

Descendants

• Middle High German: kunt

References