Translation
to wash
Word origin
From Latin lavare (to wash), carried into Esperanto through French laver and Italian lavare.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- lavare
- English cognates
- lavatory, laundry
Examples
manĝo.
I wash my hands before the meal.
.
She washed the clothes in warm water.
.
He washes every morning.
Transitive, so something must get washed: the hands, the clothes, the floor. To wash yourself you say sin or use the middle voice i; a bare leaves the listener asking what. From the root the affix system does the housework: o is a washroom or laundry, o a washing machine or whatever tool does the washing, and o the washing as an activity.
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