Translation
tooth
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Examples
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The child lost its first tooth.
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My teeth have been hurting for three days.
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The dog showed its teeth and barked.
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She has beautiful white teeth.
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The old man has only five teeth.
A root that pays for itself through the suffixes. -- gives , -um- gives nothing useful but sendenta covers toothless, and compounding gives for toothache and dentobroso for a toothbrush. The word also covers the teeth of a comb, a saw or a wheel, exactly as English does. One small point of grammar: possession of body parts uses the ordinary possessive, so , and Esperanto does not do the French trick of leaving the owner implied.
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Word family
Words built on dento with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- dentingonoun
tooth socket
dento-ing-: a holder for a tooth
- dentistonoun
dentist
dento-ist-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 9: dento, pacienco, solena and 7 more words.