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Translation

finger

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Examples

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He pointed at the door with his finger.

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She wore a gold ring on her finger.

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My fingers were cold because of the wind.

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The child touched the water with one finger.

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He raised his finger and began to speak.

covers fingers and toes alike, which surprises English speakers. If it matters, say for a toe and manfingro for a finger, though the bare word is understood as a finger by default. , the thick finger, is the thumb.

The joy of the root is o, a thimble, built from and with nothing invented. Point at things with per, not : per .

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Word family

Words built on fingro with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • thumb

    dikafingro

  • fingringonoun

    thimble

    fingro-ing-: a holder for a finger

  • toe

    piedofingro

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This word is taught in chapter 7, lesson 9: fingro, soldato, festo and 7 more words.