oreya

Asturian

Alternative forms

• oureya (Western)
  • orea, ourea, urea (Northwestern, Valdesan, Allande)
  • ureicha, oureicha, ourecha, urecha (Southwest)
  • ureyya (Westernmost Brañas)

Etymology

From Latin ōricula and auricula, with East-Central simply merging the two and Western dialects oscillating between variants with ou- (from auricula) and u/o- (from ōricula).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾeʝa/ [oˈɾe.ʝa]
• Rhymes: -eʝa
• Syllabification: o‧re‧ya

Noun

oreya f (plural oreyes)

1. (anatomy) ear

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “oreya”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “oreya”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN