ochi

ochi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おち

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Italian occhio. Doublet of oculus, borrowed through French.

• IPA^(key): /okʲ/

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ochi m (plural ochi)

1. eye

   Mă ustură ochii. ― My eyes burn/itch.

2. (figurative) loop

• deochea
• ochios
• oacheș

• ochelari

From the above.

• IPA^(key): /oˈki/

a ochi (third-person singular present ochește, past participle ochit) 4th conj.

1. to aim, take aim
2. to set eyes on, set sights on
3. to look intently at, stare at
4. to scan, look about for
5. to perceive, notice, detect
6. to watch
7. to eye (suspiciously), suspect, look askance at
8. to covet

• uita
• privi
• ținti