nelonge

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin nebor.

Latin nōn

Old French ne

Middle French ne

French nebor.

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ne

Proto-Slavic *ne

Russian не (ne)bor.

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Proto-Slavic *ne

Old Polish nie

Polish niebor.

Russian нет (net)bor.

Esperanto ne

Esperanto ne-

Esperanto longe

Esperanto nelonge

From ne- + longe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈlonɡe/
• Rhymes: -onɡe
• Syllabification: ne‧lon‧ge
• Hyphenation: ne‧longe

Adverb

nelonge

1. (duration) briefly, shortly (for not a long time)
   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     Post nelonge Polemarĥo atingis nin.

     Polemarchus reached us not long after.