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Esperanto
Etymology
From pomo (“an apple”) + -ujo (“container for”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pomujo (accusative singular pomujon, plural pomujoj, accusative plural pomujojn)
- a container for collecting apples, like a barrel or basket
- apple tree
Usage notes
The archaic usage of the suffix -ujo (“container for”) to make words for fruit trees comes from the Fundamento de Esperanto, but this was soon supplanted by making compounds with arbo (“tree”). Only early Esperanto materials use pomujo for "apple tree".