esfueya

Asturian

FWOTD – 2 February 2014

Alternative forms

• esfuecha
• esḥueya (Mining Basins, Eastern Asturias)
• erbueya (Ayer)
• ergüeya (Ayer)
• esbueya (Ayer)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈfweʝa/, [esˈfwe.ʝa]

Noun

esfueya f (plural esfueyes)

1. the act of husking maize

   Synonyms: esfoyaza, esfoyón

2. a gathering of people to husk maize

   Synonym: esbilla

   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 70:

     «La esfuecha, al cabu, yera una fiesta. […]

     “The esfuecha, at the end, was a party. […]

Related terms

• esfoyar