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Etymology edit

From Latin spīca. Compare Italian spiga, French épi.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈspiko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Hyphenation: spi‧ko

Noun edit

spiko (accusative singular spikon, plural spikoj, accusative plural spikojn)

  1. ear (of corn)

Ido edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Esperanto spiko.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

spiko (plural spiki)

  1. ear (of corn)
    • 1926, L. Kauling, Evangelio da Santa Lukas, page 25:
      Lor ula sabato Iesu promenis tra la frument-agri, e lua dicipuli koliis spiki, manu-trituris e manjis oli.
      Once on a sabbath, Jesus walked through the wheat fields, and his disciples plucked ears, triturated them with their hands and ate them.