kunyas

English

Noun

kunyas

1. plural of kunya

Anagrams

• sankyu

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• conyas, cunyas — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Early borrowing of Spanish cuñas, plural of cuña, from cuño or from Vulgar Latin *cunea, from Latin cuneus. Doublet of kuwoyn.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kunˈjas/ [kʊˈɲas]
• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: kun‧yas

Noun

kunyás (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (printing, historical)

1. quoin

   Synonyms: patos, iwak, kuwoyn, sulpa

Derived terms

• ikunyas
• kunyasan
• kunyasin

 

Related terms

• Acuña
• akunyador
• kunyo

 

See also

• ansal
• sinsel

 

Further reading

• “kunyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 321
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 18: “Acuñar) Cunyas [(pc)] C. banco, o otra coſa con cuñas”
  • page 210: “Cuña) Conyas [(pc)] C. con que hienden la madera grueſa”
  • page 349: “Hender) Conyas (pc) C. madera grueſa o piedra con cuñas”