joelho

Galician

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos, reintegrationist norm)

reintegrationist spelling of xoello

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

giôlho, jolho (dialectal)

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos)

(anatomy) knee

Derived terms

ajoelhação
ajoelhar / joelhar
joelhaço
joelhada
joelheira
joelheiro
joelhinho
joelhozinho
joelhudo

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

joelho

first-person singular present indicative of joelhar