fuína

Asturian

Alternative forms

  • fuina
  • foína
  • foguina (Santoadrianu)
  • fouguina (Salas)
  • fuguina (Pravia)
  • ḥuína (Mining Basins, Eastern Asturias)

Etymology

Borrowed from French fouine. Cognate with Galician fuíña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈina/ [fuˈi.na]
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: fu‧í‧na

Noun

fuína m (plural fuínes)

  1. beech marten
    Synonyms: garduña, gurrumanxa

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “fuína”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “fuína”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
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