occhji

Gallurese

Alternative forms

• occhj (alternative spelling)
• 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/

Noun

occhji m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 18^th century, Gavino Pes, No si poni risistì [One cannot resist], stanza 7; republished in “La Gallura, Sassari e Alghero” (chapter 3), in Salvatore Tola, La letteratura in lingua sarda: testi, autori, vicende, Cagliari: CUEC, October 2006, →ISBN, page 125:

     L’occhj toi a lu mé’ cori / so’ penetranti pugnali; / senz’iddhi stoc’ a tutt’ori / cu una pena multali.

     To my heart, your eyes are piercing knives; without them, I live in a mortal anguish at all hours.

   • 1990 September 24, Fabrizio De André, “Monti di Mola [Mountains of Mola]”, in Le nuvole [Clouds], 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

Derived terms

• a cattrocchji
• a occhji
• biancu di l'occhji
• occhji di paoni
• occhji di parrìcia
• occhji di piola
• occhjighelzu
• occhjimannu
• occhjimiriànculu
• occhjimoddu
• occhjiriessu
• occhjitolti
• occhjitoltu
• occhjittu

Related terms

• paraocchji
• ucchjali

References

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

Sassarese

Pronunciation

• (Castelsardo) IPA^(key): /ˈocci/

Noun

occhji m (invariable)

1. (dialectal, anatomy) alternative form of occi (“eye”)