skvamo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian squama and French squame, both from Latin squāma (“scale; flake”). Compare Portuguese, Irish and Spanish escama, as well as Romanian scamă (“fuzz, fluff; flock”), scvamă (“(botanic) receptacle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskvamo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Syllabification: skva‧mo

Noun

skvamo (accusative singular skvamon, plural skvamoj, accusative plural skvamojn)

  1. scale (piece of keratin covering the skin of fish and reptiles)

Derived terms

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