Translation
wood (the material), timber
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Examples
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The table is made of wood.
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We need wood for the fire.
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The door is of heavy dark wood.
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He carried wood from the forest.
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The wood burned all night.
English gets one word where Esperanto insists on three. is the material you saw and burn, is the living tree, and is the wood you walk through. Mixing them up produces sentences about carrying a forest indoors. The material takes , not : . is wooden, o a wooden article, and brulligno is firewood.
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Word family
Words built on ligno with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- lignohakistonoun
woodcutter, lumberjack
lignohaki-ist-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 2: ligno, lernejo, rekoni and 7 more words.