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Kun L Company Characteristic Considered Separately Zamenhof Proverbaro

The word "kun" is a preposition in Esperanto, meaning "with" or "together with". It derives from the Latin "cum" and similar words in Italian and Spanish.

La vorto "kun" estas prepozicio en Esperanto, kiu signifas "kun" aŭ "kune kun". Ĝi devenas de la latina "cum" kaj similaj vortoj en la itala kaj hispana.

Frequency Rank of Word 14
Word kun
Meanings
    in the company of,
    with
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/with

    characteristic considered separately from the whole

    1961, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro esperanta

Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
cum
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum#Latin
; Italian, Spanish
con
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/con#Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-kun.ogg
    )
  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /kun/
  • Hyphenation: kun

Preposition

kun

  1. in the company of,
    with
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/with
  2. in addition to
  3. characteristic considered separately from the whole
    • 1961, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro esperanta
      Vorto dirita en ĝusta tempo estas kiel oraj pomoj kun arĝentaj ŝeloj.
      A word said at the right time is like golden apples with silver skins.

Derived terms

  • kun-
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kun-#Esperanto
    (together)
  • kunigi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kunigi#Esperanto
  • kuniĝi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kuni%C4%9Di#Esperanto
  • kunligi
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kunligi#Esperanto

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