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dekstra

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Italian destro, Latin dexter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdekstra/
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  • Rhymes: -ekstra
  • Hyphenation: deks‧tra

Adjective

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dekstra (accusative singular dekstran, plural dekstraj, accusative plural dekstrajn)

  1. right (opposite of left).
    • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 15:12.
      Vi etendis Vian dekstran manon,
      Kaj ilin englutis la tero.
      You stretched out Your right hand,
      And the earth swallowed them.
    Antonyms: (neologism, nonstandard, rare) liva, maldekstra

Derived terms

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin dextra, dexter (right; skillful; fortunate, favorable; proper, fitting), from Proto-Italic *deksteros, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-tero-s, *deḱs- (right).

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Adjective

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dekstra

  1. (anatomy) right: the right side or direction
    Synonym: kanan

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