lafo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian lava. The "v" was changed to "f" to differentiate from lavi (“to wash”). Compare French lave, German Lava, Polish lawa, Russian лава (lava).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈlafo]
• Rhymes: -afo
• Hyphenation: la‧fo

Noun

lafo (accusative singular lafon, plural lafoj, accusative plural lafojn)

1. (volcanology) lava

Derived terms

• lafofluaĵo (“lava flow”)

Samoan

Noun

lafo

1. cloth used as gratuity for a talking chief