olho do cuu

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “eye of the ass”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʎo do ˈkuu/
  • Rhymes: -uu

Noun

olho do cuu m (plural *olhos do cuu)

  1. (vulgar) asshole (the anus)
    • 13th century, Airas Veaz, [cantiga 446]; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 446:

      Conprar quereu Fernam Furado / muo
      q̃ uj andar muy gordo no mercado
      mais trage ia o aluaraʒ ficado
      Fernã Furado, no olho do cuu

      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Galician: ollo do cu
  • Portuguese: olho do cu

References

  • Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2025), “olho do cuu”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
  • Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “olho do cuu”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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