udju

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese olho. Cognates with Kabuverdianu odju.

The Portuguese word comes from Old Portuguese ollo (“eye”). The Old Portuguese word comes from Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”). The Vulgar Latin word comes from Latin oculus (“eye”). The Latin word comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).

Noun

udju

  1. eye
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