xinoyu

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. See Catalan genoll, Portuguese joelho, Mirandese zinolho, Galician xeonllo and Occitan genolh.

Displaced by rodiya, borrowing from Spanish rodilla, it's found only in old dictionaries and texts (Junquera Huergo, Julio Somoza and Antonio García Oliveros) but not nowadays, as such it doesn't appear on the modern Diccionariu de la Llingua Asturiana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiˈnoʝu/ [ʃiˈno.ʝu]
  • Rhymes: -oʝu
  • Syllabification: xi‧no‧yu

Noun

xinoyu m (plural xinoyos)

  1. (archaic) knee
    Synonym: rodía
    • 1707, Francisco Bernaldo de Quirós, El Caballu:
      De xinoyos á les dames.
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    • 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, Evanxeliu según San Mateo:
      y afincándose de xinoyos adoráronlu [...] y afincándose de xinoyos delantre d’ elli, díxoi: A Señor, teni llástima del mió fiu [...] Y afincando ’l un xinoyu nel suelu, ensandecínlu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  • "xinoyu" in Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA)
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