exkavar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English excavate, French excaver, Italian scavare, Spanish excavar. Decision no. 491, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛks.kaˈvar/, /ɛɡz.kaˈvar/

Verb

exkavar (present exkavas, past exkavis, future exkavos, conditional exkavus, imperative exkavez)

1. (transitive) to excavate

Conjugation

Conjugation of exkavar

		present		past		future
infinitive		exkavar		exkavir		exkavor
tense		exkavas		exkavis		exkavos
conditional		exkavus		—		—
imperative		exkavez		—		—
adjective active participle		exkavanta		exkavinta		exkavonta
adverbial active participle		exkavante		exkavinte		exkavonte
nominal active participle	singular	exkavanto		exkavinto		exkavonto
	plural	exkavanti		exkavinti		exkavonti
adjective passive participle		exkavata		exkavita		exkavota
adverbial passive participle		exkavate		exkavite		exkavote
nominal passive participle	singular	exkavato		exkavito		exkavoto
	plural	exkavati		exkaviti		exkavoti

Derived terms

• exkavajo (“excavation: the thing excavated for”)
• exkavilo (“excavator”)
• exkavo (“excavation: the act of excavating”)
• exkavuro (“excavation: the result of excavating”)
• subexkavar (“to undermine”)

See also

• kavigar

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 269
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 434
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 98