nigrulo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *negʷ-?

Latin nigerbor.

Esperanto nigra

Russian -у́ля (-úlja)bor.?

Proto-Slavic *-uľa

Polish -ulabor.?

Esperanto -ulo

Esperanto nigrulo

From nigra (“black”) + -ulo (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈɡrulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: ni‧gru‧lo
• Hyphenation: nigr‧ulo

Noun

nigrulo (accusative singular nigrulon, plural nigruloj, accusative plural nigrulojn)

1. a person of dark brown skin color, black person, Negro

   Synonym: negro

2. (board games) the player of black game pieces, black player

Derived terms

• nigrulaĉo
• nigrulaj vivoj gravas

See also

• blankulo (“white player, Caucasian”)
• flavulo (“yellow player, Asian”)