samampleksa

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

English samebor.

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *somHós

Proto-Slavic *samъ

Old Polish sam

Polish sambor.

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Proto-Slavic *samъ

Russian са́мый (sámyj)bor.

Esperanto sama

Latin amplector

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin amplexŭsder.

Esperanto amplekso

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto samampleksa

From sama + amplekso + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samamˈpleksa/
• Rhymes: -eksa
• Syllabification: sa‧mam‧plek‧sa

Adjective

samampleksa (accusative singular samampleksan, plural samampleksaj, accusative plural samampleksajn)

1. of the same size or scale; co-extensive
   • Bertil Nilsson (translator), La volo de l’ ĉielo (Himlens vilja) by Artur Lundkvist,

     Mallongaj ripozperiodoj dum la vintra sezono estis uzataj por ĉasado, ĉasado por bataluloj samampleksa kiel malgranda militekspedicio [...]

     Short periods of rest during the winter season were used for hunting: a hunt for warriors, of the same scale as a small military expedition

Further reading

• “samampleksa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN