lingvo
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Learned borrowing from Latin lingua,[1][2] from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.
Pronunciation
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[edit]lingvo (accusative singular lingvon, plural lingvoj, accusative plural lingvojn)
- language
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 11:1.
- Sur la tuta tero estis unu lingvo kaj unu parolmaniero.
- In the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking.
- 2024 August 4, Andy Blair, “Paralela Universo”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 15 September 2024:
- Esperanto estas pli ol nura lingvo; ĝi estas tuta mondo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 11:1.
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See also
[edit]- lango (“tongue”)
References
[edit]- ^ André Cherpillod, “lingvo”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “lingvo”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 90
Further reading
[edit]- “lingvo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “lingvo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
- Wells, John C. (1992), “parlance, tongue”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary[2], →ISBN, pages 326, 396
- Benson, Peter J. (1995), “language, tongue”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary[3], →ISBN, pages 291, 542
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “lingv-o”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[4], →OL, page 251
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