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Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from German Knabe (which is now dated, but was still standard at the time of the creation of Esperanto), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *knabō, an alternative reconstruction of *knappō. Compare English knave, knape, German Knappe, Dutch knaap.
Pronunciation
Noun
knabo (accusative singular knabon, plural knaboj, accusative plural knabojn)
- boy
- 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio[1]:
- La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.
- The small boy had a high fever and with difficulty fought to breathe.
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Coordinate terms
- knabino (“girl”)
Derived terms
Old High German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *knabō.
Noun
knabo m
Related terms
Descendants
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