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English
Noun
kunyas
- plural of kunya
Anagrams
Tagalog
Etymology
Early borrowing of Spanish cuñas, plural of cuña, from cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Doublet of kuwoyn.
Pronunciation
Noun
kunyás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (printing, historical)
- quoin
- Synonyms: patos, iwak, kuwoyn, sulpa
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Further reading
- “kunyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 321
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 18: “Acuñar) Cunyas C. banco, o otra coſa con cuñas”
- page 210: “Cuña) Conyas C. con que hienden la madera grueſa”
- page 349: “Hender) Conyas (pc) C. madera grueſa o piedra con cuñas”