Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English excavateFrench excaverItalian scavareSpanish excavar. Decision no. 491, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛks.kaˈvar/, /ɛɡz.kaˈvar/

Verb edit

exkavar (present exkavas, past exkavis, future exkavos, conditional exkavus, imperative exkavez)

  1. (transitive) to excavate

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • exkavajo (excavation: the thing excavated for)
  • exkavilo (excavator)
  • exkavo (excavation: the act of excavating)
  • exkavuro (excavation: the result of excavating)
  • subexkavar (to undermine)

See also edit

References edit

  • Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 269
  • Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 434
  • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 98