English Explanatory Dictionary

cunca

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 1–1.5 L depending on the substance measured.
  2. A traditional Galician unit of land area reckoned as the amount needed to sow a cunca of seed, varying from 5–60 m² in different parts of Galicia.

Word forms

cunca cuncas

Etymology

From Galician cunca (“bowl, ¹⁄₆₀ Galician bushel”), from Old Galician-Portuguese cunca, from Latin concha (“mussel, vessel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “shell, mussel”).

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