faŭko

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin faucēs. Compare Spanish and Italian fauce (“jaw; mouth”).

Pronunciation
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈfawko]
  • Rhymes: -awko
  • Hyphenation: faŭ‧ko

Noun

faŭko (accusative singular faŭkon, plural faŭkoj, accusative plural faŭkojn)

  1. open mouth cavity of an animal, open jaws
  2. (figuratively) large (especially, dark and scary) aperture; mouth of a tunnel, canyon, mine, sewer, abyss, etc.
  • alfaŭki (“to yell at”)
  • faŭki (“to have a wide open mouth (literal or figurative), yawn, gape”)
  • leonfaŭko, lupfaŭko (“snapdragon”)
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