knuto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кну́т (knút).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknuto/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: knu‧to

Noun

knuto (accusative singular knuton, plural knutoj, accusative plural knutojn)

  1. knout (kind of whip)
    Hypernym: vipo
    • 1990, Ulrich Matthias, “Antaŭparolo [Foreword]”, in Fajron sentas mi interne [I feel a fire inside]‎[1], Vieno: Pro Esperanto, published 1990:
      “Iom post iom mi abomenis ĉian psikan kaj fizikan perforton”, definitive pritaksas li la edukmanieron “helpe de knuto kaj kuko”: “Necesas prilumigi suferitajn kruelaĵojn, kiujn hodiaŭ multaj homoj rigardas same senkritike kiel iame la faŝismon”.
      “Little by little I abhorred all psychological and physical violence”, he definitively assesses the method of education “with the help of a knout and a cake”: “It is necessary to shed light on the cruelties suffered, which many people today view as uncritically as fascism once did”.
    • 2002 November, “Redakcie”, in La Ondo de Esperanto: gazeto[2], Ruslando: Sezonoj, archived from the original on 25 February 2021:
      [] despotismo de gustumita knuto cedis sian lokon al nenio alia, ol despotismo de negustumita kuko.
      [] the despotism of a seasoned knout has given way to nothing more, than the despotism of an unseasoned cake.

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Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto knutoEnglish knoutFrench knoutGerman KnuteItalian knutRussian кну́т (knút)Spanish knut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknuto/
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Hyphenation: knu‧to

Noun

knuto (plural knuti)

  1. knout (kind of whip)
    Hypernym: flogilo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • knuto in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknu.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -utɔ
  • Syllabification: knu‧to

Verb

knuto

  1. impersonal past of knuć