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joelho.

knee

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʒuˈe.ʎu/Brazil/ˈʒwe.ʎu/Brazil/ʒoˈe.ʎu/Brazil/ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/Portugal
  1. knee

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ʒuˈe.ʎu/Brazil/ˈʒwe.ʎu/Brazil/ʒoˈe.ʎu/Brazil/ˈʒwɐ(j).ʎu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of joelhar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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