chenullo

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• chinullo, chinollo

Etymology

From Navarro-Aragonese genollo, from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈnuʎo/
• Rhymes: -uʎo
• Syllabification: che‧nu‧llo

Noun

chenullo m

1. knee

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “hinojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 366
• “rodilla”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)