knanjo

Esperanto

Etymology

From knabino (“girl”) +‎ -njo (affectionate female diminutive, applied to the first or first two syllables of the word).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkna.njo/
• Hyphenation: kna‧njo

Noun

knanjo (accusative singular knanjon, plural knanjoj, accusative plural knanjojn)

1. girly, gal, baby (affectionate term for girl)
   • 2001, “Ĉu vi volas danci? [Do you want to dance?]”, in JoMo friponas, performed by Jean-Marc Leclercq (JoMo):

     Knanjo, ĉu vi volas danci?

     Baby, do you want to dance?

Coordinate terms

• knaĉjo