altulo

Esperanto

Etymology

alta (“tall, high”) +‎ -ulo (“person”)

Noun

altulo (accusative singular altulon, plural altuloj, accusative plural altulojn)

  1. tall person
    • 2008, Anna Löwenstein, Morto de artisto, Vlaamse Esperantobond, →ISBN, page 90:
      Tiu estis senmentona altulo, kun malestima maniero observi nin desupre laŭ la nazo, kiu pensigis min pri ĝirafo.
      There was a chinless tall person, with a haughty manner of observing us from above along their nose, which made me think of a giraffe.
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