lingvo

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlinɡvo]
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  • Rhymes: -inɡvo
  • Hyphenation: ling‧vo

Noun

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lingvo (accusative singular lingvon, plural lingvoj, accusative plural lingvojn)

  1. 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.

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