giunca
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See also: giuncã
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese junco, from Malay jong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“ship”). Compare English junk, Dutch jonk, French jonque, Spanish junco.
Noun
[edit]giunca f (plural giunche)
Descendants
[edit]- → French: jonque
- → German: Junke, Juncke, Dschunke
- → Latin: junkus, (New Latin) iunca, (New Latin) iuncus
Further reading
[edit]- “junk, n.3”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2024.