poŝto
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Etymology
Ultimately from Italian posta, influenced by Slavic descendants like Polish poczta, Slovak pošta, Serbo-Croatian по̏шта (pȍšta), Russian по́чта (póčta). Doublet of fosto and posteno.
Pronunciation
Noun
poŝto (accusative singular poŝton, plural poŝtoj, accusative plural poŝtojn)
- a public institution (usually government-run) to deliver mail, post
- mail distribution in general
- one's mail, collectively
- 1907, Frederiko Schiller, “La Rabistoj”, in La revuo orienta, volume I, page 338:
- — La poŝto venis — Letero de nia korespondanto en Lepsiko....
- “The mail has come — A letter from our correspondent in Leipzig....”
Derived terms
- poŝtaĵo (“a piece of mail”)
- poŝtejo (“post office”)
- poŝtisto (“postal worker”)
- poŝtkarto (“postcard”)
- poŝtkesto (“public mailbox”)
- poŝtoficejo (“post office”)