olho

Galician

Noun

olho m (plural olhos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of ollo

Verb

olho

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of olhar

References

  • olho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclum, from Latin oculum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see).

Pronunciation

  • (Galicia) IPA(key): /ˈo.ʎo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo.ʎʊ/
  • Rhymes: -oʎo

Noun

olho m (plural olhos)

  1. eye

Derived terms

  • erguer olho
  • olho de boi
  • olho de cabra
  • olho do cuu
  • olho mao
  • teer olho

Descendants

  • Eonavian: oyo
  • Fala: ollu
  • Galician: ollo
  • Portuguese: olho (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

olho (sense 1)
olhos (sense 3)

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olho (eye), from Vulgar Latin oclus (eye), from Latin oculus (eye), from Proto-Italic *okelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (eye; to see). Doublet of óculo, a borrowing. Compare Galician ollo, Spanish ojo, French œil and Italian occhio.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.ʎu/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈo.ʎo/
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈo.ʎu/, (nonstandard) /ˈoj.ʎu/

    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈo.ju/
    • Rhymes: -oʎu
    • Hyphenation: o‧lho

    Noun

    olho m (plural olhos, metaphonic)

    1. (anatomy) eye
    2. (figuratively) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)
      Synonym: centro
    3. (cooking) a hole in cheese, bread or similar items
      • 1986 July 9, Governo Regional - Região Autonóma dos Açores, “Decreto Regulamentar Regional 24/86/A, de 9 de Julho”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], retrieved 15 December 2015:
        Queijo São Jorge - queijo curado de consistência firme, pasta amarelada, dura ou semidura, com olhos pequenos e irregulares disseminados na massa, que apresenta uma estrutura quebradiça, é obtido por dessoramento e prensagem após a coagulação do leite de vaca inteiro e cru, produzido na ilha de São Jorge.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    4. (geology) ellipsis of olho-d'água (spring, source)
      Synonyms: fonte, nascente
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ʎu/

    • Rhymes: -ɔʎu
    • Hyphenation: o‧lho

    Verb

    olho

    1. first-person singular present indicative of olhar

    Further reading