cuy

See also: cuþ and çüy

Highland Popoluca

Noun

cuy

1. stick
2. tree
3. wood

References

• Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 21

Spanish

Cuyes

Alternative forms

• cui
• cuyo (El Salvador)

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua quwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkui/ [ˈkui̯]

• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: cuy

Noun

cuy m (plural cuyes)

1. guinea pig

   Synonym: conejillo de Indias

2. guinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article)

Further reading

• “cuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014