geamikoj

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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ge- (both sexes (or: of any sex)) +‎ amikoj (friends)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡeaˈmikoj]
  • Rhymes: -ikoj
  • Hyphenation: ge‧a‧mi‧koj

Noun

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geamikoj (accusative geamikojn)

  1. (plural only, dated) friends, including both female(s) and male(s)
    • 1906 July, “Kroniko”, in The British Esperantist, volume 2, number 19, page 75:
      En la somero ni esperas babiladi kun niaj Manĉestraj geamikoj ĉe ekskursoj.
      In the summer we waited to chat with our Manchester friends on the trips.

Usage notes

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Dated construction by writers who understood amiko as a masculine noun. Since amiko is gender-neutral now, the ge- prefix is superfluous, unless one wishes to emphasize that a group of friends includes both females and males.