cuy
See also: cuþ and çüy
Highland Popoluca
Noun
cuy
- stick
- tree
- wood
References
- Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41) (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 21
Cuyes
Spanish
Alternative forms
- cui
- cuyo (El Salvador)
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua quwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkui/ [ˈkui̯]
- Rhymes: -ui
- Syllabification: cuy
Noun
cuy m (plural cuyes)
- guinea pig
- Synonym: conejillo de Indias
- guinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article)
Further reading
- “cuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014