abado

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English abbot, French abbé, German Abt, Italian abate, Russian абба́т (abbát), Spanish abad. The decision to use -d- instead of the more common -t- is to avoid confusion with abatar (“to knock down, fell”). Decision no. 1226, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈbado/

Noun

abado (plural abadi)

  1. abbot (not gendered)

Derived terms

References
  • Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, pages 135, 451
  • Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 69

Further reading
  • abad-(ul)o in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924
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