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The word "knabo" in Esperanto means boy. It originates from the German word "Knabe".

La vorto "knabo" en Esperanto signifas knabon. Ĝi devenas el la germana vorto "Knabe".

Frequency Rank of Word 152
Word knabo
Meanings
    boy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boy

    1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio,

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Wiktionary Entry
Knabe
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Knabe#German
(which is now dated, but was still standard at the time of the creation of Esperanto).

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈknabo/
  • Hyphenation: kna‧bo
  • Rhymes:
    -abo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/abo
  • Audio:
    (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-knabo.ogg
    )

Noun

knabo (accusative singular

knabon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabon#Esperanto
, plural
knaboj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knaboj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
knabojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabojn#Esperanto
)

  1. boy
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/boy
    • 1903, L. L. Zamenhof, Fundamenta Krestomatio,
      Project Gutenberg transcription
      http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8224
      La malgranda knabo estis en forta febro kaj malfacile bataladis pro spiro.
      The small boy had a high fever and with difficulty fought to breathe.

Hypernyms

  • geknabo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geknabo#Esperanto
    (kid)
  • infano
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/infano#Esperanto
    (child)

Hyponyms

  • knabaĉo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knaba%C4%89o#Esperanto
    (brat)
  • knabego
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabego#Esperanto
    (big boy)
  • knabeto
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabeto#Esperanto
    (little boy)

Coordinate terms

  • knabino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knabino#Esperanto
    (girl)

Derived terms

  • knaba
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knaba#Esperanto
    (boyish)
  • knabaĝo
    (boyhood)

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