puertu

Asturian

FWOTD – 29 July 2013

Alternative forms

• puerto (Ayer, Ḷḷena, Riosa, Los Argüeyos, Villacidayo)
• puirtu (Ayer)
• puorto (Tox)
• puörtu (Cabrales)

Etymology

From Latin portus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweɾtu/ [ˈpweɾ.t̪u]
• Rhymes: -eɾtu
• Hyphenation: puer‧tu

Noun

puertu m (plural puertos)

1. port, harbour
   • 2001, Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana, 3rd edition, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 361:

     puertu → aeropuertu

     port → airport

2. mountain pass
   • 2001, Gramática de la Llingua Asturiana, 3rd edition, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 361:

     los camiones nun pasen pel puertu

     the trucks don’t go through the mountain pass

3. a pasture located in high ground
   • 1991, Equipu Bueida, El Pueblo Quirosán: una Unidá Social in Cultures, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, page 84–85:

     A esto hai qu'añidir que cada pueblu ye, comu yá diximos, una unidá económica porque tien un espaciu d'aprovechamientu agrícola (cortines y güertos) y ganaderu (morteres y puertos) que ye esplotáu polos grupos familiares qu'ellí viven.

     To this one must add that every village is, as we have already said, an economic unity because it has an agricultural (communal crop fields and gardens) and livestock (communal pastures and high pastures) use which is exploited by the family groups who live there.

Derived terms

• aeropuertu