güeyu

See also: gueyu

Asturian

FWOTD – 8 October 2012

Alternative forms

  • güechu (South-Western Asturias)
  • güeyyu (Western Brañas)
  • guoyu (North-Western Asturias)
  • guayu (Cuideiru, Muros)
  • guöchu (Cunqueiru)
  • oyu (Llanes)
  • güiyu (South-Central Asturias, metaphonetic form)
  • ueyu (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡweʝu/ [ˈɡwe.ʝu]
  • Rhymes: -eʝu
  • Syllabification: güe‧yu

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, […]
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