different between junco vs bunco

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-. Doublet of juncus and junk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ko?/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: jun?co

Noun

junco (plural juncos or juncoes)

1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

Hyponyms

• blue snowbird, snowbird (Junco hyemalis)
• dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)

Derived terms

• dark-eyed junco

Related terms

• juncaceous
• Junco
• juncous

Translations

References

Further reading

• junco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

junc?

1. dative singular of juncus
2. ablative singular of juncus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)

Descendants

• ? English: junk (or via Dutch jonk)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunko/, [?x??.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus. Cognate with English junk.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

   Synonyms: junquera, carrizo, caña

Derived terms

• junquillo

Descendants

• ? English: junco
• ? Translingual: Junco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)

English

Alternative forms

• bunko

Etymology

Reportedly from Spanish banca, a card game.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b??k??/
• Rhymes: -??k??

Noun

bunco (countable and uncountable, plural buncos or buncoes)

1. (US, slang) A swindle or confidence trick.
2. (uncountable) A parlour game played in teams with three dice, originating in England but popular among suburban women in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.
3. A brigand.

Derived terms

• bunco squad
• bunco-steerer

Verb

bunco (third-person singular simple present buncos, present participle buncoing, simple past and past participle buncoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive, US, slang) To swindle (someone).