corcunda

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the variant carcunda, said to be borrowed from Kimbundu.[1] Or, a variant of corcova (“hump”).[2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈkũ.dɐ/ [kohˈkũ.dɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈkũ.dɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈkũ.dɐ/ [koχˈkũ.dɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈkũ.da/

Noun

corcunda f (plural corcundas)

  1. hump (deformity of the human back)
    Synonyms: corcova, geba, giba

Noun

corcunda m or f by sense (plural corcundas)

  1. humpback (humpbacked person)
    Synonym: corcovado

Descendants

  • → Spanish: carcunda

Adjective

corcunda m or f (plural corcundas)

  1. humpbacked

References

  1. ^ “carcunda” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 308

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