aquofalo

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Etymology

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From aquo (water) +‎ falo (fall), a calque of English waterfall, German Wasserfall and borrowed from Esperanto akvofalo.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aquofalo (plural aquofali)

  1. waterfall
    • 1911, Mondolinguo, page 25:
      Kande me transiris de Wallis la paseyo en somera 1882, ula alpano ofris a me restoraji, apud lakterio kelke super la aquofalo.
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    • 2006, K. A. Janotta, “La ferma stansoldato”, in Adavane!, number 15, page 41:
      Pensez: la kanaleto falis ye la fino dil ponto rekte en granda kanalo, qua esis adportonta ad ilu la sama danjero, kam a ni navigar adsur grand aquofalo.
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