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Patronyms and matronyms

kelle poolt Oŝo-Jabe, 7. september 2009

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Oŝo-Jabe (Näita profiili) 7. september 2009 19:31.11

What would fully Esperanto patronym or matronym look like? What about names based on places?

Would something like "Paŭlo, Johanido el Esperantujo" work for a character named Paul from Esperantujo, whose father was John? Would "filo de Johano" be preferable to "Johanido?"

Rogir (Näita profiili) 7. september 2009 19:54.09

I think either Paŭlido or Paŭlfilo sound nice.

jchthys (Näita profiili) 7. september 2009 21:08.17

I believe that the Esperanto suffix -ido is derived from the Greek patronymic suffix -ιδης (-ides, as in Atreides).

ceigered (Näita profiili) 8. september 2009 9:11.37

Maybe Paul Johnson could be rendered as 'Johanida Paŭlo'? okulumo.gif

erinja (Näita profiili) 8. september 2009 23:58.28

Esperanto is not really equipped to deal with patronyms. I would say "filo de Johano"

If you really insisted on doing something other than that though, I'd go with the -id- suffix. Paŭlo Johanido.

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