cuyo

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkuʝo/ [ˈku.ʝo]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈkuʃo/ [ˈku.ʃo]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈkuʒo/ [ˈku.ʒo]

Rhymes: -uʝo
Syllabification: cu‧yo

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Spanish cuyo, from Latin cuius, genitive of quī (“who, which”, interrogative and relative pronoun). Secondarily developed grammatical agreement with the thing possessed, thereby becoming a determiner rather than a pronoun in the strict sense. The grammatical agreement is attested in Plautus and classical Latin texts, though uncommonly.

Determiner edit

cuyo m sg (feminine cuya, masculine plural cuyos, feminine plural cuyas)

whose
la mujer cuyos hijos son cocineros
the woman whose sons are cooks
- 1605, Cervantes, Don Quixote 1.1:
  En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme […]
  In some place of La Mancha, whose name I don't want to remember […]

Etymology 2 edit

From cuy +‎ -o, cf. pijuyo.

Noun edit

cuyo m (plural cuyos)

(El Salvador) Alternative form of cuy