cunta

See also: cuntà and cúnta

Asturian

Etymology 1

Noun

cunta f (plural cuntes)

1. alternative form of cuenta

Etymology 2

Verb

cunta

1. inflection of cuntar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cunta”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cuenta”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman conte and Old French comte (“count”), from Latin comes (“companion”).

Noun

cunta m (genitive singular cunta, nominative plural cuntaí)

1. count (rank of nobility)

Related terms

• contae (“county”)
• cuntaois (“countess”)
• iarla (“earl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cunta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cunta	chunta	gcunta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cunta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkun.ta/
• Rhymes: -unta
• Hyphenation: cùn‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin cūnctor (“to hesitate”).

Noun

cunta f (plural cunte)

1. (obsolete) delay, pause

   Synonym: indugio

   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XXXI”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory], lines 1–6; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     «O tu che se’ di là dal fiume sacro»,
     volgendo suo parlare a me per punta,
     che pur per taglio m’era paruto acro,
     ricominciò, seguendo sanza cunta,
     «dì, dì se questo è vero; a tanta accusa
     tua confession conviene esser congiunta».

     "O thou who art beyond the sacred river," turning to me the point of her discourse, that edgewise even had seemed to me so keen, she recommenced, continuing without pause, "Say, say if this be true; to such a charge, thy own confession needs must be conjoined."

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cunta

1. inflection of cuntare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Cantù