"Kie estas la radikoj de tiu planto?"

Translation: Where are the roots of that plant?

[JakeH1]

almost wrote "where are the wheels of that plant" but something about that just didn't seem right

[GreanThom]

I thought the same thing XD

[JenMLee]

Ankaŭ mi.

[rhythmixed]

Hm, they're just... gone.

[LiamBeresford]

Could someone explain 'radikoj' meaning roots?

[MattThomas14480]

What? The word means 'roots'. What needs explaining?

[Wilfred_Ivanhoe]

Yes, i also wanna know

[StultusVer]

Where does "radiko" come from? And how do I get to know an Esperanto word's origin?

[StultusVer]

I got this file https://archive.org/download/EsperantoEtymologicalDictionary/Esperanto.doc which I find pretty useful.

[Konfuzato]

I believe Wiktionary has a lot of Esperanto etymology now

[Majklo_Blic]

If it helps, the square root symbol (√) is also called the radical. That's the (admittedly very nerdy) way I remember it.

[bmatsuo]

Roots radikoj. Confirmed. Dr Z was a punk rocker. Donu (?) al ili la boton!

[idiomas-isaac]

Is the word "tiu" correct here????

[AllanDaemon]

In this case, thinktiu as that specific plant, pointing out, and not just any plant.

[GreanThom]

Yes

[Yiithan4]

Why is "This" accepted?

[linuxier]

If "this" is accepted, there is a mistake: should be "that" instead of "this".

[DavidLamb53073]

Agreed. For "this plant" it would be "ĉi tiu planto" (or "tiu ĉi planto").

[tabi185471]

what's the situation here? two sentences trying to locate the roots of a plant. plant roots are usually where they are expected, so i imagine this is an unusual circumstance.