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Galician
Noun
joelho m (plural joelhos, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xoello
References
- “joelho” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎo/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎo/
- Rhymes: -eʎu
- Hyphenation: jo‧e‧lho
Noun
joelho m (plural joelhos)
- (anatomy) knee