superjaro

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From super (“above”) +‎ jaro (“year”), probably as a mistaken calque of Yiddish עיבור־יאָר (iber-yor, “leap year”), where the first element is homophonous to איבער (iber, “over, above”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [superˈjaro]
Rhymes: -aro
Hyphenation: su‧per‧ja‧ro

Noun edit

superjaro (accusative singular superjaron, plural superjaroj, accusative plural superjarojn)

leap year

Meronyms edit

supertago (“leap day”)

References edit

^ Biró, Tamás (2004). "Weak Interactions: Yiddish influence in Hungarian, Esperanto and Modern Hebrew". In: On the Boundaries of Phonology and Phonetics. University of Groningen Department of Linguistics, Groningen, pp. 123-145.

[1] Biró, Tamás (2004). "Weak Interactions: Yiddish influence in Hungarian, Esperanto and Modern Hebrew". In: On the Boundaries of Phonology and Phonetics. University of Groningen Department of Linguistics, Groningen, pp. 123-145.

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