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From Galician cunca (bowl, 160 Galician bushel), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (mussel, vessel), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, shell, mussel).

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cunca (plural cuncas)

  1. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.
  2. (historical) A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 in different parts of Galicia.

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A cunca used for drinking wine

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (mussel, vessel), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, shell, mussel).

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cunca f (plural cuncas)

  1. bowl
    Synonyms: cuncón, tixela, fiara, escá
    • 1395, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 160:
      mando a miña Neta Tareija sanches todo o aliofar et coraes que eu ey et os esmaltes et o meu Reliquario esmaltado et a miña Cunca de plata dourada et as miñas doas de ouro
      I send to my granddaughter Tareixa Sanchez all of my pearls and corals, and the enamels, and my enamelled relicary and my gilded silver bowl and my beads of gold
    • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:
      Iten, das cunqas e talladores e poças e barcaas e de outras quaes quer vaselas de madeira, que page o vendedor de cada tres mrs un diñeiro
      Item, of the bowls, and plates, and large bowls, and trays, and any other wooden vessel, the seller should pay a denary per three mrs.
  2. basin
    Synonym: bacía
  3. (historical) cunca, a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured
  4. (historical) cunca, a traditional measure of land area equivalent to the amount of land that could be sown with a cunca of seed
  5. (anatomy) dimple
  6. (anatomy) eye socket, orbit

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