komenco

Esperanto

Etymology

komenci +‎ -o

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈment͡so/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ent͡so
  • Syllabification: ko‧men‧co

Noun

komenco (accusative singular komencon, plural komencoj, accusative plural komencojn)

  1. beginning, start, commencement
    Synonym: eko
    • 1910, Lewis Carroll, E.L. Kearney, transl., La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando, British Esperanto Association:
      "Malseka, same malseka kiel en la komenco," Alicio respondis iom melankolie.
      "Wet, as wet as in the start," responded Alice in a melancholy tone.
    • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎[1] (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:
      EN la komenco Dio kreis la ĉielon kaj la teron.
      IN the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.
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