ascua

See also: Ascua

Galician

Etymology 1

Debated. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *askǭ (“ash, ashes”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaskwa̝/

Noun

ascua f (plural ascuas)

  1. ember
    Synonyms: brasa, remol, rescaldo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Debated. From azcona, probably from Basque.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaskwa̝/

Noun

ascua f (plural ascuas)

  1. (archaic) spear

References
  • “ascua” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ascua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ascua” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ascua” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “azcona”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish
ascuas

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaskwa/ [ˈas.kwa]
  • Rhymes: -askwa
  • Syllabification: as‧cua

Noun

ascua f (plural ascuas)

  1. ember

Derived terms

Further reading
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