knabo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knabe (which is now dated, but was still standard at the time of the creation of Esperanto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈknabo]

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• Rhymes: -abo
• Hyphenation: kna‧bo

Noun

knabo (accusative singular knabon, plural knaboj, accusative plural knabojn)

1. boy
   • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio, Project Gutenberg transcription

     La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.

     The small boy had a high fever and with difficulty fought to breathe.

Hypernyms

• geknabo (“kid”)
• infano (“child”)

Hyponyms

• knabaĉo (“brat”)
• knabego (“big boy”)
• knabeto (“little boy”)

Coordinate terms

• knabino (“girl”)
• knabiĉo

Derived terms

• knaba (“boyish”)
• knabaĝo (“boyhood”)

 

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• chnabo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knabô; compare Old English cnafa and Old Norse knapi (“valet”) (Danish knabe (“page”)). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”). See also the related knappo.

Noun

knabo m

1. boy

Related terms

• knappo

Descendants

• Middle High German: knabe
  • German: Knabe