apenaŭ
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See also: apenau
Esperanto
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French à peine, Italian appena, and/or Spanish apenas (“barely”) + -aŭ. First attested in Zamenhof's Unua Libro (1887).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /aˈpenau̯/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) - Rhymes: -enau̯
- Syllabification: a‧pe‧naŭ
Adverb
[edit]apenaŭ
- scarcely; barely; hardly
- La malriĉuloj apenaŭ havas sufiĉan manĝaĵon.
- The poor barely have enough food.
References
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