spiko
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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.