virkato

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós

Proto-Italic *wiros

Latin virlbor.

Esperanto viro

Esperanto kato

Esperanto virkato

From viro (“man”) + kato (“cat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /virˈkato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: vir‧ka‧to
• Hyphenation: vir‧kato

Noun

virkato (accusative singular virkaton, plural virkatoj, accusative plural virkatojn)

1. male cat; tom

   Hypernym: kato (“cat”)

   Coordinate term: katino (“female cat”)