joelho

Galician

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of xoello

References

“joelho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho, with metathesis, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Galician xeonllo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [ʒʊˈe.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎo/ [ʒʊˈe.ʎo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/

Rhymes: -eʎu
Hyphenation: jo‧e‧lho

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos)

(anatomy) knee

Related terms

ajoelhar
joelhar

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