comuña
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin commūnia, neuter plural of commūnis (“common, general”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmuɲa/ [koˈmu.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -uɲa
- Syllabification: co‧mu‧ña
Noun
comuña f (plural comuñes)
- community
- Synonym: comunidá
- sharecropping
- communal or public property
- Synonym: común
- collective work
- Synonym: andecha
- work brigade, group of workers
- (colloquial) lice
- Synonym: pioyu
Derived terms
- comuñeru
- a comuña
- acomuñar
- en comuña
- facer comuña
- Comuñes (abandoned village in Morcín, Central Asturias)
Related terms
Further reading
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “comuña”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “comuña”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin commūnia, neuter plural of commūnis (“common, general”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈmuɲa/ [koˈmu.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -uɲa
- Syllabification: co‧mu‧ña
Noun
comuña f (plural comuñas)
Derived terms
- camuña
Further reading
- “comuña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025