maljuna

Esperanto

Etymology

mal- (“opposite of”) +‎ juna (“young”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /malˈjuna/
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Rhymes: -una
Syllabification: mal‧ju‧na
Hyphenation: mal‧juna

Adjective

maljuna (accusative singular maljunan, plural maljunaj, accusative plural maljunajn)

old (not young)
- 1910, Edmond Privat, “La Familio” (chapter 1), in Karlo‎^[1], Project Gutenberg:
  La gepatroj de Sinjorino Davis estis jam tre maljunaj.
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Synonyms

olda

Antonyms

juna (“young”)

Derived terms

maljunaĝo (“old age”)
maljune (“agedly, oldly”)
maljuneco (“oldness”)
maljunega
maljuni (“to be old”)
maljunulo (“old person”)

See also

malnova (“old (not new)”)