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Come blow your horn

by andogigi, March 27, 2009

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andogigi (User's profile) March 27, 2009, 8:20:32 PM

I was curious about the word used for an automobile's horn. I know the word "hupi" is used for "honk", but I wasn't sure about the noun.

Cxu oni hupas "hupon" aux hupas "hupilon" or another word?

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Matthieu (User's profile) March 27, 2009, 8:37:20 PM

According to Reta Vortaro, it's hupo. Hup- is a noun root.

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Rogir (User's profile) March 29, 2009, 12:04:40 AM

Now that makes me wonder what will be the Esperanto word for 'hub' as in usb hub.

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tommjames (User's profile) March 29, 2009, 12:16:52 AM

Rogir:Now that makes me wonder what will be the Esperanto word for 'hub' as in usb hub.

From my dictionary:

hub n. 1. aksingo n. 2. nabo n.

Komputada leksikono also has nabo.

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russ (User's profile) April 7, 2009, 10:32:21 AM

According to PIV2002, hupo is the horn itself, and hupilo is the gadget/switch/etc for sounding the horn:

hupo = sona avertilo (nun elektra) de veturilo
hupilo = hupoŝaltilo