grimpi

Catalan

Verb

grimpi

  1. inflection of grimpar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grimper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrimpi/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: grim‧pi
  • Rhymes: -impi

Verb

grimpi (present grimpas, past grimpis, future grimpos, conditional grimpus, volitive grimpu)

  1. (intransitive) to climb
    • 1916, L. L. Zamenhof, “Paŝtistino kaj kamentubisto”, in Fabeloj Plena Kolekto [Fables, the Full Collection], part II, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, published 1926:
      ili...grimpis tra la kamentubo malsupren.
      they...climbed down through the chimney.
    • 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 1:
      La hobito ne bezonis grimpi ŝtuparon
      The hobbit did not need to climb stairs

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • grimpa (climbing) (adjective)
  • grimpo (climb) (noun)
  • grimpado (climb) (noun)
  • grimpisto (climber)
  • grimpoplanto (climbing plant)
  • elgrimpi (to climb out)
  • engrimpi (to climb in/into)
  • malsuprengrimpi (to climb down)
  • suprengrimpi (to climb up)
  • arbogrimpulo (Certhia) (genus)

References

grimpi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020

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