fajo
Fula
Noun
fajo
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Neapolitan
Alternative forms
- faio (alt. spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin fāgeus. Compare Italian faggio.
Pronunciation
- (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈfaːjə]
Noun
fajo m (plural faje)
- beech (tree)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 578: “il faggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 111
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaxo/ [ˈfa.xo]
- Rhymes: -axo
- Syllabification: fa‧jo
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Aragonese faixo, ultimately from Latin fascis. Cognate with English fagot (“bundle of sticks bound together”). Doublet of feje and haz.
Noun
fajo m (plural fajos)
Etymology 2
Verb
fajo
- first-person singular present indicative of fajar
Further reading
- “fajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024