kolombo
See also: Kolombo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Italian colomba, colombo, French colombe, both from Latin columba, from Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos). Cognate with Russian го́лубь (gólubʹ), Polish gołąb.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kolombo (accusative singular kolombon, plural kolomboj, accusative plural kolombojn)
Hypernyms edit
- kolombedo (“member of family Columbidae”)
Hyponyms edit
- virkolombo (“cock pigeon (male pigeon), cock dove (male dove)”)
- kolombido (“squab (young pigeon or dove)”)
- kolombino (“hen pigeon (female pigeon), hen dove (female dove)”)
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Derived terms edit
- kolomba (“like a pigeon, columbine, peristeronic”)
- kolombejo (“columbary, pigeonhouse, dovecote”)
- kolombokolora (“columbine (color)”)
- kurierkolombo, leterkolombo (“homing pigeon (short form: homer), racing pigeon; carrier pigeon (a common misnomer for the two previous terms, especially in newspaper and magazine articles written by nonspecialists)”)
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Noun edit
kolombo (plural kolombi)