alkuri

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Etymology

From al- +‎ kuri.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uri
  • Hyphenation: al‧ku‧ri

Verb

alkuri (present alkuras, past alkuris, future alkuros, conditional alkurus, volitive alkuru)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to run toward or up to something
    • Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, Ĉapitro VI,
      Rapidis alkurantoj.
      People came running.
    • Grace Kirkwood (translator), Veneno Kara (Precious Bane) by Mary Webb, Book 3, Chapter 1,
      Kio estas al la knabino? Plejofte mi vidas ilin alkuri kaj ne for kuri kiam aperas junulo.
      What ails the wench? Mostly I see ’em run to and not from when a young chap comes along.
    • William Auld (translator), La Ĉashundo de la Baskerviloj (The Hound of the Baskervilles) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 12,
      Sur ĝia zigzaga supraĵo estis sternita iu malhela neregula objekto. Kiam ni alkuris ĝin, la svaga konturo malsvagiĝis je difinita formo.
      On its jagged face was spread-eagled some dark, irregular object. As we ran towards it the vague outline hardened into a definite shape.

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