cheo

See also: CHEO, Cheo, chẽo, and chèo

Galician

Alternative forms

• cheio (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chẽo, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Compare Portuguese cheio, Spanish lleno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeo/ [ˈt͡ʃe.ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Hyphenation: che‧o

Adjective

cheo (feminine chea, masculine plural cheos, feminine plural cheas)

1. full

   Antonyms: baleiro, baldeiro

2. (figurative) stuffed, sated

   Synonym: farto

3. (figurative) tired, fed up

   Synonyms: canso, farto

Derived terms

• chea
• manchea (“handful”, literally “handful”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cheo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cheo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /çoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /çɔː/

Noun

cheo m

1. Lenited form of ceo.

Middle English

Pronoun

cheo

1. Alternative form of sche

Portuguese

Adjective

cheo (feminine chea, masculine plural cheos, feminine plural cheas)

1. Obsolete form of cheio.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

cheo (ki-vi class, plural vyeo)

1. rank or title
2. measure

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [cɛw˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *t-rɛːw.

Noun

(classifier con) cheo • (㹦)

1. chevrotain; mouse deer (of the family Tragulidae)

   Synonym: cheo cheo

Etymology 2

Noun

cheo • (招, 𢴿)

1. (historical) a dowry paid to the bride's village or local community