tekto

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French toit, Italian tetto, Spanish techo, all ultimately from Latin tēctum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛk.to/

Noun

tekto (plural tekti)

1. roof (also of carriages, automobiles, etc.)
   • Juergen Viol (tr.), La Evangelio segun Markus, II 4, page 5.

     E pro ke li ne trovis pas-laso pro la multa homi, li facis aperto en la tekto e lasis la lito, sur qua la paralizito jacis, tra la aperto.

     And because they did not find a passageway because of the many people, they made an opening in the roof and let the bed, on which the paralytic lay, through the opening.

Derived terms

• destektizar (“to unroof”)
• sentektigar (“to unroof”)
• tektajo (“roofing”)
• tektizar (“to roof, add a roof to”)
• tekto-kanaleto (“gutter”)
• tekto-kanalo (“gutter”)