ynojo

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• enojo

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate to Old Galician-Portuguese gẽolho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈnoʒo/

Noun

ynojo m (plural ynojos)

1. knee
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 33v. b.

     e / mandol el nr̃o sennor q̃ quãdo / vinieſſe al agua q̃ todos fincaſ / ſen los ynojos e beurien del / agua cõ las bocas como canes

     And our Lord ordered him that when he came to the water [he should separate] all those [who] kneeled their knees and those who drank from the water with their mouths like dogs.

   • Idem, f. 34r. b.

     Todos aq̃llos / q̃ nõ fincaron los ynojos / ala ydola e todas las bocas q̃ / la no beſaron […]

     All those who did not kneel their knees before the idol and all the mouths that did not kiss her […]

Descendants

• Spanish: hinojo