occhji

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Gallurese

Alternative forms

òcciu (Aggius)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɔcci/^[1]

Noun

occhji m (invariable)

(anatomy) eye
- 1990 September 24, Fabrizio De André (lyrics and music), “Monti di Mola”, in Le nuvole, 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

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References

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

^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Sassarese

Pronunciation

(Castelsardo) IPA^(key): /ˈocci/^[1]

Noun

occhji m (invariable)

(dialectal, anatomy) Alternative form of occi (“eye”)

References

Mauro Maxia (2014) “abáli”, in Piccolo dizionario castellanese e sedinese‎ (in Sassarese), page 8

^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Sassarese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

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