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Etymology
From al- + kuri.
Pronunciation
Verb
alkuri (present alkuras, past alkuris, future alkuros, conditional alkurus, volitive alkuru)
- (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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