alĵeti

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Etymology

From al- +‎ ĵeti.

Pronunciation

Verb

alĵeti (present alĵetas, past alĵetis, future alĵetos, conditional alĵetus, volitive alĵetu)

  1. (transitive) to throw (in a specified direction); to throw to, at or against.
    • Donald Broadribb (translator), La Miksĉifona Knabino de Oz (The Patchwork Girl of Oz) by L. Frank Baum, Chapter 9,
      “Provu fromaĝon,” diris Oĵo, kaj alĵetis pecon.
      “Try some cheese,” said Ojo, and threw down a piece.
  2. (reflexive) to throw oneself (in a specified direction)
    • Ferenc Szilágyi, “Vintro” in La Granda Aventuro kaj aliaj noveloj,
      Kaj la katastrofa teruro donis al ŝi pli ol homan forton. Ŝi rektiĝis, alĵetis sin kontraŭ la muron, frapegis ĝin, trovis du telerojn, ĵetis ilin al la fenestro
      And the catastrophic terror gave her superhuman strength. She straightened up, threw herself against the wall, pounded it, found two plates and threw them at the window

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