knabo

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

IPA^(key): [ˈknabo]
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Rhymes: -abo
Hyphenation: kna‧bo

Noun

knabo (accusative singular knabon, plural knaboj, accusative plural knabojn)

boy
- 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio‎:
  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

geknabo (“kid”)
infano (“child”)

Hyponyms

knabaĉo (“brat”)
knabego (“big boy”)
knabeto (“little boy”)

Coordinate terms

knabino (“girl”)

Derived terms

knaba (“boyish”)
knabaĝo (“boyhood”)

Old High German

Alternative forms

chnabo

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *knabō.

Noun

knabo m

boy

Related terms

knappo

Descendants

Middle High German: knabe
- German: Knabe
  - → Esperanto: knabo
  - → Kashubian: knôp

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