fäuk
See also: fauk
Westrobothnian
Etymology
Derived from fjuk. Compare Jamtish fouke.
Verb
fäuk (preterite fäukä)
- (intransitive) To emit smoke or steam.
Noun
fäuk m
- A moment, a little while, the last working hour in the evening.
- 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