cuu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cuu"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cũu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Italic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

Cognate with Old Spanish culo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.u/
• Rhymes: -uu

Noun

cuu m (plural cuus) (vulgar)

1. arse; buttocks
2. anus

   Synonym: olho do cuu

   • 1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 93:

     […] faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon […]

     Prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the anus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the anus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

Derived terms

• fududancul
• olho do cuu

 

Descendants

• Fala: cu
• Galician: cu
• Portuguese: cu

Further reading

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “cuu”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cuu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cuu”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG