güeyu

See also: gueyu

Asturian

FWOTD – 8 October 2012

Alternative forms

uechu (Patsuezu)
uoyu (Northwestern Asturias)
guayu (Pixuetu)
uöchu (Cunqueiru)
oyu (Llanes)
güiyu (South-Central Asturias, metaphonetic form)
ueyu (Western Asturias or obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡweʝu/ [ˈɡwe.ʝu]
Rhymes: -eʝu
Syllabification: güe‧yu
- (Western Asturias) IPA^(key): [ˈwe.ʝu]
  - (Northwestern Asturias) IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ʝu]
  - (Patsuezu) IPA^(key): [ˈwe.t͡ʃu]
  - (Cunqueiru) IPA^(key): [ˈwø.t͡ʃu]
  - (Pixuetu) IPA^(key): [ˈɣwa.ʝu]
- (Ayer) IPA^(key): [ˈbwe.ʝu]

Noun

güeyu m (plural güeyos)

eye
- 2008, Pablo Rodríguez Medina, “¡Dios! ¡La que s’armó!”, in Ello ye too la xente que nun mos compriende‎^[1], Academia Llingua Asturiana, page 9:
  Pues abríi bien los güeyos y entamái a lleer, […]
  Well open your eyes and start reading, […]

Further reading

“güeyu”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “güeyu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN