Cuy - Wiktionary

See also: cuþ and çüy

Translingual

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Symbol

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cuy

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cuitlatec.

See also

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  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Cuitlatec terms

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:Guinea pig meatWikipedia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Peruvian Spanish cuy (guinea pig) (ultimately from Quechua quwi (guinea pig)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkui/

Noun

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cuy (uncountable)

  1. guinea pig meat

Highland Popoluca

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Noun

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cuy

  1. stick
  2. tree
  3. wood

References

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  • Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999), Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 21

Spanish

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Cuyes

Alternative forms

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  • cui, cúi, cuye, cuis, cuin, cuina
  • cuyo (El Salvador)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua quwi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkui/ [ˈkui̯]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ui
  • Syllabification: cuy

Noun

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cuy m (plural cuyes or cuys or cúis)

  1. (Andes) guinea pig Synonym: conejillo de Indias
  2. guinea pig meat (eaten especially in the Andes; see the Wikipedia article)

Further reading

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  • “cuy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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