Come blow your horn / Ku bindi vyose bisigaye / Inama

andogigi
2

Kwerekana umwidondoro
Igihugu: Reta zunze ubumwe
Ubutumwa 268

andogigi (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Ntwarante 2009 20:20:32

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?

Matthieu
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Kwerekana umwidondoro
Igihugu: Ubufaransa
Ubutumwa 789

Matthieu (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 27 Ntwarante 2009 20:37:20

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

Rogir
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Kwerekana umwidondoro
Igihugu: Ubuhorande
Ubutumwa 1617

Rogir (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 29 Ntwarante 2009 00:04:40

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

tommjames
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Kwerekana umwidondoro
Igihugu: Ubwongereza
Ubutumwa 1821

tommjames (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 29 Ntwarante 2009 00:16:52

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.

russ
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Kwerekana umwidondoro
Igihugu: Poronye
Ubutumwa 221

russ (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 7 Ndamukiza 2009 10:32:21

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