joelho

Galician

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xoello

References

• “joelho”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [ʒʊˈe.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎu/, /ʒoˈe.ʎu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈe.ʎu/ [ʒʊˈe.ʎu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʒwe.ʎu/, /ʒoˈe.ʎu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˈe.ʎo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʒwe.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -eʎu
• Hyphenation: jo‧e‧lho

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• giolho, jolho (obsolete or dialectal)

Noun

joelho m (plural joelhos)

1. (anatomy) knee

Derived terms

• ajoelhação
• ajoelhar / joelhar
• joelhaço
• joelhada
• joelheira
• joelheiro
• joelhinho
• joelhozinho
• joelhudo

Related terms

• Genebra
• Génova / Gênova
• genufletir
• genufletor
• genuflexão
• genuflexo
• genuflexório

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

joelho

1. first-person singular present indicative of joelhar

Further reading

• “joelho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026