bersilo

Ido
FWOTD – 18 November 2020

Etymology

From bersar (“to rock (a child)”) +‎ -ilo (“instrument”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /berˈsi.lo/

Noun

bersilo (plural bersili)

  1. cradle
    • 1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 673:
      Nultempe bersilo pozesis sur ta sulo.
      Never was a cradle placed on that ground.
    • 1918, Mondo, Volumes 7-10, page 86:
      Ol venenizas la vivo di la homi de la bersilo til la tombo.
      It poisons the life of the humans from the cradle to the grave.
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