xunco

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Galician

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Xuncos ("rushes")

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese junco, from Latin iūncus.

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Noun

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xunco m (plural xuncos)

  1. rush, reed
    • 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 87:
      Et nõ vestiam vestidura nẽgũa cõmo os de agora; mays [hũus] ajuntauã cõ eruas et cõ juncos omellor que podiã das follas das aruores et das cortezas delas
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