yunta

Indonesian

Noun

yunta (plural yunta-yunta)

1. nonstandard form of junta

Spanish

FWOTD – 10 October 2022

Etymology

From yunto (“yoked”), from Latin iūnctus, past participle of iungō (“to yoke, to join”). Doublet of junta.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝunta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũn̪.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝunta/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũn̪.t̪a] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃunta/ [ˈʃũn̪.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈʒunta/ [ˈʒũn̪.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -unta
• Syllabification: yun‧ta

Noun

yunta f (plural yuntas)

1. a pair or yoke of oxen
   • 1971, Joan Manuel Serrat, “La Mujer Que Yo Quiero”:

     La mujer que yo quiero me ato a su yunta
     Pero por favor no se lo digas nunca

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. cuff link, cufflink

   Synonym: gemelo

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: yuntá

Further reading

• “yunta”, 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