zombio

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Esperanto

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Etymology

Borrowed from English zombie, ultimately from a Bantu language. Compare Kongo nzambi (god), zumbi (fetish), and Kimbundu nzumbi (ghost).

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  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: zom‧bi‧o

Noun

zombio (accusative singular zombion, plural zombioj, accusative plural zombiojn)

  1. zombie
    • 2000, Hans Kamp, “Double meanings”, in alt.support.autism (Usenet):
      La resto de la mondo kondutas kiel zombioj kaj servas la homojn kiuj parolas angle.
      The rest of the world behave like zombies and serves the people that speak English.
    • 2011 May-June, “Nun eĉ eksterteraj zombioj parolas Esperanton”, in Usona Esperantisto, →ISSN, page 5:
      Li prilaboris novan filmon, kiu nomiĝas Attack of the Moon Zombies (“Atako de la Lunaj Zombioj”)
      He worked on a new film named Attack of the Moon Zombies ("Attack of the Moon Zombies")
    • 2014 March, Jorge Camacho, “Motivoj por ne kabei”, in Beletra Almanako, page 74:
      Unue, multaj “normaluloj” surpriziĝas aŭdante pri publikigo de libro verkita en Esperanto (des pli se poemaro!) aŭ pri koncerto de rokmuzika E-bando; ili kredadis la lingvon, la aferon Esperanto morta, kaj jen tamen ĝi plu vivas, aŭ almenaŭ moviĝas simile al estulo vivanta, kiel filmaj zombioj faras.
      For one, many "normal people" are surprised to hear about the publication of a new book written in Esperanto (even more if it's a poetry collection!) or about a concert of an Esperanto rock music band; they thought the Esperanto language and cause were dead, and yet here it still is, living, or at least moving similarly to a living being, as film zombies do.
    • 2016, Jorge Camacho, “La zombioj”, in Strangaj spikoj, page 141:
      Sed, antaŭ tio, la pafilojn ŝargas
      side, en siaj hejmoj, la zombioj.
      But, before that, the guns are loaded
      by those sitting in their homes, the zombies.

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