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delfenino

delfenino/del.feˈni.no/

delfenino is an Esperanto noun meaning “A female dolphin, a dolphin cow”.

Meaning

  1. A female dolphin, a dolphin cow.

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Pronunciation

IPA
/del.feˈni.no/
Syllables
del·fe·NI·no

Word structure

  1. delfenrootdelfeno
  2. insuffixfemale
  3. oendingnoun

Forms

singularplural
subjectdelfeninodelfeninoj
object (-n)delfeninondelfeninojn

Example sentences

  • La delfenino demandis: “Kien vi naĝas, mia amikino?”The dolphin cow asked: "Whither do you swim, my friend?"
  • […] kie homoj kaŝe kaptas ĉiujare junajn delfeninojn […][…] where people annually catch young dolphin cows by hunting […]

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