superjaro
Esperanto
Etymology
From super (“above”) + jaro (“year”), probably as a mistaken calque of Yiddish עיבור־יאָר (iber-yor, “leap year”), where the first element is homophonous to איבער (iber, “over, above”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /superˈjaro/
- Hyphenation: su‧per‧ja‧ro
- Rhymes: -aro
Noun
superjaro (accusative singular superjaron, plural superjaroj, accusative plural superjarojn)
- leap year
Meronyms
- supertago (“leap day”)