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Mia La Avo Al De Grandfather Sia Estas

Frequency Rank of Word 326
Word avo
Meanings
    grandfather
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandfather

    (

    colloquial
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial
    , sometimes
    derogatory
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatory
    )
    old
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old
    man
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man

Pinyin null
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Example Sentences
Wiktionary Entry
avus
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avus#Latin
(grandfather, ancestor, old man), from
Proto-Indo-European
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language
*h₂éwh₂os
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h%E2%82%82%C3%A9wh%E2%82%82os
.

Pronunciation

  • IPA
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
    (
    key
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
    )
    : /ˈavo/
  • Rhymes:
    -avo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/avo
  • (
    file
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/File:Eo-avo.ogg
    )

Noun

avo (accusative singular

avon
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avon#Esperanto
, plural
avoj
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avoj#Esperanto
, accusative plural
avojn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avojn#Esperanto
)

  1. grandfather
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/grandfather
    Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro.My grandfather is the father of my father.
  2. (
    colloquial
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial
    , sometimes
    derogatory
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatory
    )
    old
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/old
    man
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man
    • 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto!
      [1]
      https://search.onb.ac.at/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=ONB_alma21224788040003338&context=L&vid=ONB&lang=de_DE&search_scope=ONB_gesamtbestand&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,fek%20al%20esperanto&sortby=rank
      , performed by La Pafklik:
      Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
      Elpensita de stulta avo
      I'm talking about a shitty language
      Thought up by a stupid old man

Derived terms

  • Avo Frosto
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Avo_Frosto#Esperanto

Related terms

  • avinjo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avinjo#Esperanto
  • avino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avino#Esperanto
  • avoĉjo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/avo%C4%89jo#Esperanto
  • geavoj
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/geavoj#Esperanto
  • praavino
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praavino#Esperanto
  • praavo
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/praavo#Esperanto
  • prageavoj
    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prageavoj#Esperanto

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