grimpi

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Verb

grimpi

  1. third-person singular imperative form of grimpar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of grimpar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of grimpar

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grimper.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡrimpi/
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  • 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 (in Esperanto), 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, in Esperanto), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 1:
      La hobito ne bezonis grimpi ŝtuparon
      The hobbit did not need to climb stairs

Conjugation
Conjugation of grimpi
present past future
singular plural singular plural singular plural
tense grimpas grimpis grimpos
active participle grimpanta grimpantaj grimpinta grimpintaj grimponta grimpontaj
acc. grimpantan grimpantajn grimpintan grimpintajn grimpontan grimpontajn
nominal active participle grimpanto grimpantoj grimpinto grimpintoj grimponto grimpontoj
acc. grimpanton grimpantojn grimpinton grimpintojn grimponton grimpontojn
adverbial active participle grimpante grimpinte grimponte
infinitive grimpi imperative grimpu conditional grimpus

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, Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020

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