ghinocchiu

Gallurese

Etymology

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”). Cognate with Corsican ghjinochju.

Noun

ghinocchiu m

  1. knee

References

  • Spano, Giovanni (1851) Vocabolario sardo-italiano e italiano-sardo, page 228
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