olho
Galician edit
Verb edit
olho
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of olhar
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclum, from Latin oculum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olho m (plural olhos)
- eye
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)
- [O]s ollos uerdes que eu ui / me façen ora andar aſſi.
- The green eyes which I have seen / have made me now be like this.
- 13th century, Cancioneiro da Ajuda, João Garcia de Guilhade, A 229: Amigos, non poss'eu negar (facsimile)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olho (“eye”), from Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Italic *okelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of óculo, a borrowing. Compare Galician ollo, Spanish ojo, French œil and Italian occhio.
Alternative forms edit
- oilho (misspelling)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
olho m (plural olhos, metaphonic)
- (anatomy) eye
- (figuratively) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)
- Synonym: centro
- (cooking) a hole in cheese, bread or similar items
- 1986 July 9, Governo Regional - Região Autonóma dos Açores, “Decreto Regulamentar Regional 24/86/A, de 9 de Julho”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], retrieved 2015-12-15:
- Queijo São Jorge - queijo curado de consistência firme, pasta amarelada, dura ou semidura, com olhos pequenos e irregulares disseminados na massa, que apresenta uma estrutura quebradiça, é obtido por dessoramento e prensagem após a coagulação do leite de vaca inteiro e cru, produzido na ilha de São Jorge.
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- (geology) short for olho-d'água (“spring, source”)
Derived terms edit
- num piscar de olhos
- olhinho (diminutive)
- olhão (augmentative)
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɔʎu
- Hyphenation: o‧lho
Verb edit
olho
Further reading edit
- olho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt