fuo

See also: FUO

Farefare

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuo/

Noun

fuo

1. Variant of fuugo (“piece of clothing”)

Swahili

Etymology

From -fua (“to launder”) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

fuo class V (plural mafuo class VI)

1. laundry (place where clothes are washed)
2. (act of) washing, doing laundry

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tidore fuo and the second element of Galela kupuwo. Externally, see Sawai pué.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfu.o/

Noun

fuo

1. a cover name for two different legumes
   1. the catjang
   2. the mung bean (Vigna radiata)

      Synonym: tamelo

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh