esquiu

From Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz, via a presumed Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃 (*skiuhs). Cognate with English shy, Italian schifo.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkiw]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkiw]

esquiu (feminine esquiva, masculine plural esquius, feminine plural esquives)

1. shy, aloof

• esquivar
• esquivesa
• esquívol

• “esquiu”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007