burso

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin bursa (“leather bag”), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”). Doublet of borso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈburso/
• Rhymes: -urso
• Syllabification: bur‧so

Noun

burso (accusative singular burson, plural bursoj, accusative plural bursojn)

1. purse, wallet (small bag for carrying money)
2. (anatomy) bursa (sac where muscle slides across bone)

Derived terms

• bursito

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English purse, French bourse, German Börse, Italian borsa, Spanish bolsa. Decision no. 656, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈburso/

Noun

burso (plural bursi)

1. purse, wallet, pocketbook

Derived terms

• bursfurtar (“to pickpocket”)
• bursfurto (“pickpocketing”)
• bursfurtisto (“cutpurse, pickpocket”)
• bursfurtero (“cutpurse, pickpocket”)

See also

• monetuyo

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 626
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 267, 690