cuy

See also: cuþ and çüy

Translingual

Symbol

cuy

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cuitlatec.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Cuitlatec terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Peruvian Spanish cuy (“guinea pig”) (ultimately from Quechua quwi (“guinea pig”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui/

Noun

cuy (uncountable)

1. guinea pig meat

Highland Popoluca

Noun

cuy

1. stick
2. tree
3. wood

References

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999), Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 21

Spanish

Cuyes

Alternative forms

• cui, cúi, cuye, cuis, cuin, cuina
• cuyo (El Salvador)

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua quwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui/ [ˈkui̯]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: cuy

Noun

cuy m (plural cuyes or cuys or cúis)

1. (Andes Mountains) guinea pig

   Synonym: conejillo de Indias

2. guinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article)

Further reading

• “cuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025