Feminine
cuna
Meaning
- (feminine, figuratively, literally, literary, regional) cradle
- (feminine, literary, regional) a cavity in the ground
Synonyms
Cuna
Translations
Hyphenated as
cù‧na
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈku.na/
Etymology
Inherited from Latin cūna, from Proto-Italic *koinā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoyneh₂, derived from the root *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”). Doublet of culla, from a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.
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