puerpo

Ladino

Alternative forms

• cuerpo, kuerpo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cuerpo (“body”), from Latin corpus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrep-. The initial consonant shift might have been a product of either assimilation to the labialized velar approximant or anticipatory assimilation at a distance. Cognate with Spanish cuerpo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

puerpo m (Hebrew spelling פואירפו)

1. body (being's structure)
   • 1960, Michael Molho, Literatura sefardita de Oriente‎^[1], Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Arias Montano, page 47:

     Poco favlar, salud para el puerpo.

     Talking little: good for the body.