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Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate to Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho.
Pronunciation
Noun
ynojo m (plural ynojos)
- knee
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 33v. b.
e / mandol el nr̃o sennor q̃ quãdo / vinieſſe al agua q̃ todos fincaſ / ſen los ynojos e beurien del / agua cõ las bocas como canes- And our Lord ordered him that when he came to the water all those kneeled their knees and those who drank from the water with their mouths like dogs.
- Idem, f. 34r. b.
Todos aq̃llos / q̃ nõ fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q̃ / la no beſaron […]- All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her
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