occhji

• òcciu (Aggius)

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated form of Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-(e)lo-s, *h₃okʷ-(e)lo-s, derived from the root *h₃ekʷ- (“to see; eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔcci/^[1]

occhji m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 1990 September 24, Fabrizio De André, “Monti di Mola [Mountains of Mola]”, in Le nuvole [Clouds], performed by Fabrizio De André ft. Tazenda, →OCLC:

     E l'occhji la burricca aia di lu mari,
     e a iddu, da li tivi, escia lu maistrali

     And the she-ass had eyes of sea,
     and he had mistral coming out of his nostrils

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

• (Castelsardo) IPA^(key): /ˈocci/^[1]

occhji m (invariable)

1. (dialectal, anatomy) alternative form of occi (“eye”)

• Mauro Maxia (2014) “abáli”, in Piccolo dizionario castellanese e sedinese‎^[1] (in Sassarese), page 8