feko

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fecalbor.

Latin faex, faecis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -al

Middle French -al

French -al

French fécalbor.

German fäkalbor.

Italian fecalebor.

Russian фека́льный (fekálʹnyj)bor.

Spanish fecalbor.

Ido fekobor.

Esperanto feko

Borrowed from Ido feko, borrowed from English fecal, French fécal, German fäkal, Italian fecale, Russian фека́льный (fekálʹnyj), and Spanish fecal, all ultimately from Latin faecalis, from faex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeko/

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• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: fe‧ko

Noun

feko (accusative singular fekon, plural fekoj, accusative plural fekojn)

1. (uncountable) feces, excrement, poop
2. (countable) turd, piece of feces
3. (figuratively, vulgar, rare) crap, shit, rubbish
4. (rare) a single act of defecation

Synonyms

• fekaĵo

Related terms

• feki (“to defecate”)
• fekado (“defecation”)
• fekejo (“place for defecation”)
• fek (“shit”) (interjection)

See also

• merdo (“shit”)
• sterko (“manure”)

Ido

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fecalbor.

Latin faex, faecis

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -al

Middle French -al

French -al

French fécalbor.

German fäkalbor.

Italian fecalebor.

Russian фека́льный (fekálʹnyj)bor.

Spanish fecalbor.

Ido feko

Borrowed from English fecal, French fécal, German fäkal, Italian fecale, Russian фека́льный (fekálʹnyj), Spanish fecal, all ultimately from Latin faecalis, from faex. (See fekala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfeko/

Noun

feko (plural feki)

1. feces, crap, shit
2. excrement, dung (of animals)

Synonyms

• (dung): sterko, dungo

Derived terms

• fekala (“fecal”)
• fekifar (“to void the bowels, defecate”)
• fekizar (“to befoul (with feces)”)
• fekopulvero (“dried night soil”)
• fekacho

Descendants

• Esperanto feko

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognate with Minica Huitoto feko and Nüpode Huitoto peko.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸɛkɔ]
• Hyphenation: fe‧ko

Root

feko

1. edible larva

Derived terms

• fekoda
• fekorai

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 54