bersilo

Ido

FWOTD – 18 November 2020

Etymology

From bersar (“to rock (a child)”) +‎ -ilo (“instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /berˈsi.lo/

Noun

bersilo (plural bersili)

1. cradle
   • 1913, Progreso, volume 5, page 673:

     Nultempe bersilo pozesis sur ta sulo.

     Never was a cradle placed on that ground.

   • 1918, Mondo, Volumes 7-10, page 86:

     Ol venenizas la vivo di la homi de la bersilo til la tombo.

     It poisons the life of the humans from the cradle to the grave.