knuto

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кну́т (knút).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknuto/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: knu‧to

Noun

knuto (accusative singular knuton, plural knutoj, accusative plural knutojn)

2. knout (kind of whip)

   Hypernym: vipo

   • 1990, Ulrich Matthias, “Antaŭparolo [Foreword]”, in Fajron sentas mi interne [I feel a fire inside]‎, Vieno: Pro Esperanto, published 1990:

     “Iom post iom mi abomenis ĉian psikan kaj fizikan perforton”, definitive pritaksas li la edukmanieron “helpe de knuto kaj kuko”: “Necesas prilumigi suferitajn kruelaĵojn, kiujn hodiaŭ multaj homoj rigardas same senkritike kiel iame la faŝismon”.

     “Little by little I abhorred all psychological and physical violence”, he definitively assesses the method of education “with the help of a knout and a cake”: “It is necessary to shed light on the cruelties suffered, which many people today view as uncritically as fascism once did”.

   • 2002 November, “Redakcie”, in La Ondo de Esperanto: gazeto‎, Ruslando: Sezonoj, archived from the original on 25 February 2021:

     […] despotismo de gustumita knuto cedis sian lokon al nenio alia, ol despotismo de negustumita kuko.

     […] the despotism of a seasoned knout has given way to nothing more, than the despotism of an unseasoned cake.

See also

• kuko (“cake”)

Further reading

• “knuto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto knuto, English knout, French knout, German Knute, Italian knut, Russian кну́т (knút), Spanish knut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknuto/
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: knu‧to

Noun

knuto (plural knuti)

2. knout (kind of whip)

   Hypernym: flogilo

Derived terms

• knutagar (“to whip, flog”)
• knutala

Further reading

• knuto in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknu.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -utɔ
• Syllabification: knu‧to

Verb

knuto

1. impersonal past of knuć