altulo
Esperanto
Etymology
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From alta (“tall, high”) + -ulo (“person”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtulo/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ulo
- Syllabification: al‧tu‧lo
- Hyphenation: alt‧ulo
Noun
altulo (accusative singular altulon, plural altuloj, accusative plural altulojn)
- tall person
- 2008, Anna Löwenstein, Morto de artisto, Vlaamse Esperantobond, →ISBN, page 90:
- Tiu estis senmentona altulo, kun malestima maniero observi nin desupre laŭ la nazo, kiu pensigis min pri ĝirafo.
- There was a chinless tall person, with a haughty manner of observing us from above along their nose, which made me think of a giraffe.
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- Esperanto terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- Esperanto terms suffixed with -ulo
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