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Kolego Accusative Plural Neck Wordplay Large Etymology Noun

The word "kolego" in Esperanto means "colleague" and is derived from "kolo" (neck) plus "-eg-" (augmentative), possibly as a wordplay on a large neck.

La vorto "kolego" en Esperanto signifas "kullaboranto" kaj derivas el "kolo" plus "-eg-", signifante grandan kolon laŭvorte, aŭ estas vortludo.

Frequency Rank of Word 2284
Word kolego
Meanings
    (
    rare
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#rare
    , wordplay
    ) a large neck

    colleague
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/colleague

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