zonte

• ğonte (alternative orthography)

From Latin iūncta < iūnctus. Compare Ladin jonta, Venetan xonta, Italian giunta, Spanish and Portuguese junta.

zonte f (plural zontis)

1. addition
2. junta
3. board of aldermen
4. light wine

• zontâ

• sonte (Guatemala)
• zontle, sontle, soncle (Mexico)

Probably a reduction from Classical Nahuatl centzontli (“four hundred”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθonte/ [ˈθõn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsonte/ [ˈsõn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -onte
• Syllabification: zon‧te

zonte m (plural zontes)

1. (Mexico, Guatemala) A set of four hundred (especially of agricultural products)

• “zonte”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010