knanjo

Esperanto

Etymology

From knabino (“girl”) +‎ -njo (affectionate female diminutive, applied to the first or first two syllables of the word).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkna.njo/
  • Hyphenation: kna‧njo

Noun

knanjo (accusative singular knanjon, plural knanjoj, accusative plural knanjojn)

  1. girly, gal, baby (affectionate term for girl)
    • 2001, “Ĉu vi volas danci? [Do you want to dance?]”, in JoMo friponas, performed by Jean-Marc Leclercq (JoMo):
      Knanjo, ĉu vi volas danci?
      Baby, do you want to dance?

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