xeonllo

Galician

Alternative forms

  • xoello, xollo, xonllo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, i.e. Medieval Galician, gẽollo, geonllo, gionllo, jeonllo, from Vulgar Latin *genuclum, syncopated from earlier *genuculum, variant of Late Latin geniculum, diminutive of Latin genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Cognate with Portuguese joelho and Spanish hinojo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeˈonʎo̝/

Noun

xeonllo m (plural xeonllos)

  1. knee
  • axeonllar
  • xeonlleira

References

  • “geollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “geol” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “xionllo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “xeonllo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • “xeonllo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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