joelho

Galician

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos, reintegrationist norm)

1. 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/

• (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/

• (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)

1. (anatomy) knee

Related terms

• ajoelhar
• joelhar