mevo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish mewa, itself borrowed from German Möwe, from Proto-Germanic *maiwaz. Compare Dutch meeuw, French mauve, Icelandic mávur, archaic English mew.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmevo/
  • Rhymes: -evo
  • Hyphenation: me‧vo

Noun

mevo (accusative singular mevon, plural mevoj, accusative plural mevojn)

  1. gull, seagull