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fagu

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See also: fǎgǔ

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fāgus.

Noun

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fagu m

  1. beech
  2. fir
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Corsican

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fāgus.

Noun

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fagu m

  1. beech

References

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  • fagu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *faŋu₁ - cognate of Tongan fangu.[1][2] Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with said Tongan cognate and Hawaiian hue for similar patterns.[3]

Noun

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fagu

  1. bottle gourd or calabash, Lagenaria siceraria
  2. bottle

References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fagu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D.; Pawley, Andrew; Osmond, Meredith (2008), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 424
  3. ^ “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden[1], Benton Family Trust, 2024
  • Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 52

Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin fāgus. Cognate with Aromanian and Corsican fagu, Old French, Occitan, Aragonese, and Catalan fau and Italian faggio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fagu m (plural faga or faghi)

  1. beech

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Italian: Fago, Fagone

See also

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References

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  • fagu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa