fäuk

See also: fauk

Westrobothnian

Etymology

Derived from fjuk. Compare Jamtish fouke.

Verb

fäuk (preterite fäukä)

  1. (intransitive) To emit smoke or steam.

Noun

fäuk m

  1. A moment, a little while, the last working hour in the evening.
  2. A work that one hurries to finish in time in the evening.

Synonyms
  • kvällsfäuk

References
  • Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Fäuk” and “FÄUK”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 141 and 178
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