fayer

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

• Feier

Etymology

From Old High German fiur, fuïr, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfajəɾ/

Noun

fayer (Wiesemann spelling)

1. fire
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, page 30:

     fayer, hochtsayt, xtayn – fogo, casamento, pedra

     fire, wedding, stone – fire, wedding, stone
     (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)