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Lafo Letter Accusative Plural Null Wikt Esperanto Article

The word "lafo" in Esperanto and other languages, including Italian, English, French, German, Polish, and Russian, refers to molten rock from a volcano. Esperanto uses 'f' instead of 'v' to avoid confusion with the word "lavi" (to wash).

La vorto "lafo" en Esperanto kaj aliaj lingvoj, inkluzive de la itala, angla, franca, germana, pola kaj rusa, estas fandita roko el vulkano. La Esperanto-formo uzas "f" anstataŭ "v" pro eviti konfuzon kun "lavi".

Frequency Rank of Word 4012
Word lafo
Meanings
    (
    volcanology
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volcanology
    )
    lava
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lava
Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
lava
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lava#Italian
,
English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
lava
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lava#English
,
French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language
lave
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lave#French
,
German
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language
Lava
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lava#German
,
Polish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_language
lawa
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lawa#Polish
, and
Russian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language
лава
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0#Russian
(lava). The letter v was changed to the letter f because the word
lavi
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lavi#Esperanto
already means "to wash".

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈlafo/
  • Hyphenation: la‧fo
  • Rhymes:
    -afo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/afo

Noun

lafo (accusative singular

lafon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lafon#Esperanto
, plural
lafoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lafoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
lafojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lafojn#Esperanto
)

  1. (
    volcanology
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/volcanology
    )
    lava
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lava

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