pomujo
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From pomo (“an apple”) + -ujo (“container for”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
pomujo (accusative singular pomujon, plural pomujoj, accusative plural pomujojn)
- a container for collecting apples, like a barrel or basket
- apple tree
Usage notes edit
The archaic usage of the suffix -ujo (“container for”) to make words for fruit trees comes from the Fundamento de Esperanto, but this was soon supplanted by making compounds with arbo (“tree”). Only early Esperanto materials use pomujo for "apple tree".
Related terms edit
- pomarbo (“apple tree”)