maljuna
Esperanto
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
From mal- (“opposite of”) + juna (“young”). First attested in Zamenhof's Dua Libro (1888).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /malˈjuna/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) Audio 3: (file) - Rhymes: -una
- Syllabification: mal‧ju‧na
- Hyphenation: mal‧juna
Adjective
[edit]maljuna (accusative singular maljunan, plural maljunaj, accusative plural maljunajn)
- old (of a living being)
- 1910, Edmond Privat, “La Familio” (chapter 1), in Karlo[1], Project Gutenberg:
- La gepatroj de Sinjorino Davis estis jam tre maljunaj.
- The parents of Madam Davis were already very old.
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
adverb
verb
Related terms
[edit]adjective
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “maljuna”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “maljuna”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
Categories:
- Esperanto terms prefixed with mal-
- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂óyu
- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₂yéwHō
- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ey- (life)
- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)mel-
- Esperanto 3-syllable words
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Esperanto/una
- Rhymes:Esperanto/una/3 syllables
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto adjectives
- Esperanto terms with quotations
- Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro
- Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto
- eo:Age