alflugi

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Etymology

From al- +‎ flugi.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uɡi

Verb

alflugi (present alflugas, past alflugis, future alflugos, conditional alflugus, volitive alflugu)

  1. to fly (to or toward a particular location)
    Elmetu mielon, muŝoj alflugos.
    Put out honey, and flies will come swarming. (L. L. Zamenhof, Esperanta Proverbaro)
    • Trans la Spegulo kaj Kion Alicio Trovis Tie by Lewis Carroll, Chapter 4,
      Alflugis monstra korvo, ho!
      Nigrega kiel kelo,
      Timigis la heroojn, do
      Ekĉesis la kverelo.
      Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
      As black as a tar-barrel;
      Which frightened both the heroes so,
      They quite forgot their quarrel.
    • E. W. Amos (translator), La Tempo-Maŝino (The Time Machine) by H. G. Wells, Chapter 3,
      Mi sentis min nuda en ĉi fremda mondo. Tio estas, kiel birdo eble sentas sin en la klara aero, sciante ke la akcipitro supre estas tuj alflugonta.
      I felt naked in a strange world. I felt as perhaps a bird may feel in the clear air, knowing the hawk wings above and will swoop.

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