giunca

See also: giuncã

Italian

Alternative forms

  • giunco, giuncho, ioncque (archaic)
  • giunchi, zonchi (in the plural, archaic)

Etymology

From Portuguese junco, from Malay jong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“ship”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Compare English junk, Dutch jonk, French jonque, Spanish junco.

Noun

giunca f (plural giunche)

  1. (nautical) junk (vessel)

Descendants

  • → French: jonque
  • → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke
  • → Latin: junkus, (New Latin) iunca, (New Latin) iuncus
    • → Dutch: ionco, iunco
    • → Italian: ioncque
      • → French: ionct
      • → Spanish: iuncque

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