olho

Galician

Verb

olho

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of olhar

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ollo

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclum, from Latin oculum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Pronunciation

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎʊ/
• Rhymes: -oʎo

Noun

olho m (plural olhos)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• erguer olho
• olho de boi
• olho de cabra
• olho do cuu
• olho mao
• teer olho

 

Descendants

• Eonavian: oyo
• Fala: ollu
• Galician: ollo
• Portuguese: olho (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "olho"

Portuguese

olho (1)

olhos (3)

Etymology 1

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

• oilho (misspelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎu/, /ˈoj.ʎu/ [ˈoɪ̯.ʎu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎu/, /ˈoj.ʎu/ [ˈoɪ̯.ʎu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎo/, /ˈoj.ʎo/ [ˈoɪ̯.ʎo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ʎu/, /ˈoj.ʎu/

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈo.lju/
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈo.ju/
• Rhymes: -oʎu
• Hyphenation: o‧lho

Noun

olho m (plural olhos, metaphonic)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. (figuratively) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)

   Synonym: centro

3. (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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4. (geology) short for olho-d'água (“spring, source”)

   Synonyms: fonte, nascente

Derived terms

• num piscar de olhos
• olhinho (diminutive)
• olhão (augmentative)

Related terms

• ocular
• oculista
• óculos
• olhada
• olhal
• olhar
• olheiro
• olhete
• olho-d'água
• olho-de-gato
• olhudo
• sobrolho

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: udju
• Kabuverdianu: odju
• Papiamentu: wowo
• Saramaccan: wójo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ʎu/

• Rhymes: -ɔʎu
• Hyphenation: o‧lho

Verb

olho

1. first-person singular present indicative of olhar

Further reading

• olho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt