Translation
gale, storm
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Examples
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The gale broke two big trees.
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A ship was lost in the storm.
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We heard the gale all night long.
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After the storm came a great silence.
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A furious gale drew near to the shore.
plus the augmentative --: a big wind. Esperanto builds most of its weather this way rather than borrowing a separate root for each intensity, so you also get o for a breeze, o for a downpour and o for a blizzard. That is four English words replaced by one root and two suffixes, which is the whole argument for the language in miniature. covers everything from a gale to a full storm; for a hurricane proper, exists as a borrowing.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 4: ventego, ege, ekrigardi and 7 more words.