nucoruptilo

Ido

Etymology

nuco (“walnut; nut”) +‎ ruptilo (“contact breaker”), calque of English nutcracker, French casse-noix, Italian schiaccianoci, Spanish cascanueces.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nu.t͡so.rup.ˈti.lo/

Noun

nucoruptilo (plural nucoruptili)

  1. nutcracker
    • 2006 May/June, K. A. Janotta, "La ferma stansoldato", in Adavane!, issue 15, page 39.
      La nucoruptilo facis kulbuti e l’ardezkrayono su movis gaye sur la planketo
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