superjaro

Esperanto

Etymology

From super (“above”) +‎ jaro (“year”), probably as a mistaken calque of Yiddish עיבור־יאָר (iber-yor, “leap year”), where the first element is homophonous to איבער (iber, “over, above”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /superˈjaro/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -aro
Syllabification: su‧per‧ja‧ro
Hyphenation: super‧jaro

Noun

superjaro (accusative singular superjaron, plural superjaroj, accusative plural superjarojn)

leap year

Meronyms

supertago (“leap day”)

References

^ Biró, Tamás (2004). "Weak Interactions: Yiddish influence in Hungarian, Esperanto and Modern Hebrew". In: On the Boundaries of Phonology and Phonetics. University of Groningen Department of Linguistics, Groningen, pp. 123-145.