cuu

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

    Inherited from Latin cūlus, from Proto-Italic *kūlos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-.

    Cognate with Old Spanish culo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cuu m (plural cuus) (vulgar)

    1. arse; buttocks
    2. anus
      Synonym: olho do cuu
      • 1420, Álvaro Eans das Eiras, transl., Tratado de Albeitaria, translation of De Medicina Equorum by Giordano Ruffo, page 93:
        [] faz cristel de huun canudo longo et groso et meteo no cuu do Cauallo, et parao ao sopee et llançalle por aquel cristel aquella decauçon tibya, et tanto que lla llançares tapa lle o Cuu con estopa ou con pano de gisa que non saya ende a decauçon []
        Prepare a enema with a long and thick cane and insert it in the anus of the horse, immobilize him and pour by the cane the lukewarm enema, and as soon as you have done that plug the anus with oakum or a cloth, so as the enema doesn't come out

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    Descendants

    • Fala: cu
    • Galician: cu
    • Portuguese: cu

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