scivolema

Esperanto

Etymology

From scivola (“curious”) +‎ -ema (“having an inclination towards”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /st͡sivoˈlema/
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: sci‧vo‧le‧ma

Adjective

scivolema (accusative singular scivoleman, plural scivolemaj, accusative plural scivolemajn)

  1. curious, inquisitive

Usage notes

While scivola and scivolema can both be translated as curious, scivolema usually indicates a long-term character trait of wanting to know about various different things, whereas scivola usually indicates an interest to know something specific.

Derived terms

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