lingvo
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlinɡvo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -inɡvo
- Hyphenation: ling‧vo
Noun
lingvo (accusative singular lingvon, plural lingvoj, accusative plural lingvojn)
- language
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 11:1.
- Sur la tuta tero estis unu lingvo kaj unu parolmaniero.
- In the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking.
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 11:1.
Derived terms
See also
- lango (“tongue”)
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