alsalti

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Etymology

From al- +‎ salti.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alti
  • Hyphenation: al‧sal‧ti

Verb

alsalti (present alsaltas, past alsaltis, future alsaltos, conditional alsaltus, volitive alsaltu)

  1. to jump up to, jump out; to pounce (on)
    • Lydia Zamenhof (translator), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Part 2, Chapter 56,
      La retisto dume jen alsaltis al li, jen forsaltis, farante per sia tridenta forkego movojn tiel rapidajn, ke la homa rigardo apenaŭ povis ilin sekvi.
      The retiarius meanwhile sprang up to him, then sprang away, making with his three-toothed fork motions so quick that the eye hardly followed them.
    • Gary Mickle (translator), Ĉe la koro de la tero (At the Earth’s Core) by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Chapter 6,
      Aliaj sagotoj sagis tien kaj aliloken por serĉi aliajn sklavojn, kaj tuj kiam ni aperis, oni alsaltis nin kaj ŝovis nin en la vicon de marŝantaj homoj.
      Other Sagoths were darting hither and thither in search of other slaves, and the moment that we appeared we were pounced upon and hustled into the line of marching humans.

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