alcuño

Galician

Etymology 1

From Arabic الكُنْيَة (al-kunya, “surname”).

Alternative forms

• alcume
• alcunho (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alˈkuɲʊ]

Noun

alcuño m (plural alcuños)

1. nickname, soubriquet

   Synonyms: estripote, lumiada, nomeada

2. surname

   Synonym: apelido

Derived terms

• alcuñada
• alcuñar

 

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alcuño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alcuño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alcuño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

alcuño

1. first-person singular present indicative of alcuñar

Spanish

Alternative forms

• alcuña

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈkuɲo/ [alˈku.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -uɲo
• Syllabification: al‧cu‧ño

Noun

alcuño m (plural alcuños)

1. (obsolete) nickname, soubriquet

   Synonym: apodo

Further reading

• “alcuño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014