fueu

Asturian

Alternative forms

• fuegu (nonstandard)
• fuebu (Central, dialectal)
• fuou, fuogu (Northwestern)
• ḥuebu, ḥuegu, ḥueu (Eastern)
• ḥuöu (Cabrales)
• fou (Valdesan)

Etymology

From Latin focus. Compare Spanish fuego, Galician and Portuguese fogo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfweu̯/ [ˈfwøu]
• Rhymes: -eu̯
• Syllabification: fueu
  • (Central) IPA^(key): [ˈhweu̯], [ˈhweo]

Noun

fueu m (plural fueos)

1. fire

Related terms

• foguera

Further reading

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “fueu”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “fueu”, 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

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin focus.

Noun

fueu m (plural fueos)

1. fire

References

• “fueu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026