belsona
Esperanto
FWOTD – 20 June 2021
Etymology
From bela (“beautiful”) + sono (“sound”) + -a (adjectival ending).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /belˈsona/
- Rhymes: -ona
- Hyphenation: bel‧so‧na
Adjective
belsona (accusative singular belsonan, plural belsonaj, accusative plural belsonajn)
- euphonious
- 1931, British Esperantist, volume 28, page 75:
- Eble tiu vorto ne estas tre belsona, tamen tio estas la loka nomo de la sabla krabo ĝis hodiaŭ.
- Perhaps this word is not very euphonious, but this is the local name of the sand crab up to today.