spiko
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Latin spīca. Compare Italian spiga, French épi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spiko (accusative singular spikon, plural spikoj, accusative plural spikojn)
- ear (of corn)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto spiko.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spiko (plural spiki)
- 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.