joelho

Meaning

Noun

knee

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of joelhar

Concepts

knee

knee joint

genu

lap

articulatio genus

bend

human knee

elbow

patella

stifle

Synonyms

regaço

colo

Colo

Translations

Knie

rodilla

genou

knie

ginocchio

genoll

genu

diz

γόνατο

genolh

poples

ركبة

رُكْبة

çog

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʒuˈe.ʎu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: geniculum

Cognate with Galician: xeonllo

In summary

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