güeyu

See also: gueyu

Asturian

FWOTD – 8 October 2012

Alternative forms

• uechu (Patsuezu)
• uoyu (Northwestern Asturias)
• guayu (Pixuetu)
• uöchu (Cunqueiru)
• oyu (Llanes)
• güiyu (South-Central Asturias, metaphonetic form)
• ueyu (Western or obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡweʝu/ [ˈɡwe.ʝu]
• Rhymes: -eʝu
• Syllabification: güe‧yu
  • (Western Asturias) IPA^(key): [ˈwe.ʝu]
    • (Northwestern Asturias) IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ʝu]
    • (Patsuezu) IPA^(key): [ˈwe.t͡ʃu]
    • (Cunqueiru) IPA^(key): [ˈwø.t͡ʃu]
    • (Pixuetu) IPA^(key): [ˈɣwa.ʝu]
  • (Ayer) IPA^(key): [ˈbwe.ʝu]

Noun

güeyu m (plural güeyos)

1. eye
   • 2008, Pablo Rodríguez Medina, “¡Dios! ¡La que s’armó!”, in Ello ye too la xente que nun mos compriende‎^[1], Academia Llingua Asturiana, page 9:

     Pues abríi bien los güeyos y entamái a lleer, […]

     Well open your eyes and start reading, […]

Further reading

• “güeyu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “güeyu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN