grimpi
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Verb
grimpi
- inflection of grimpar:
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
grimpi (present grimpas, past grimpis, future grimpos, conditional grimpus, volitive grimpu)
- (intransitive) to climb
- 1916, L. L. Zamenhof, “Paŝtistino kaj kamentubisto”, in Fabeloj Plena Kolekto [Fables, the Full Collection], part II, Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, published 1926:
- ili...grimpis tra la kamentubo malsupren.
- they...climbed down through the chimney.
- 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 1:
- La hobito ne bezonis grimpi ŝtuparon
- The hobbit did not need to climb stairs
Conjugation
Conjugation of grimpi
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present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| tense | grimpas | grimpis | grimpos | ||||
| active participle | grimpanta | grimpantaj | grimpinta | grimpintaj | grimponta | grimpontaj | |
| acc. | grimpantan | grimpantajn | grimpintan | grimpintajn | grimpontan | grimpontajn | |
| nominal active participle | grimpanto | grimpantoj | grimpinto | grimpintoj | grimponto | grimpontoj | |
| acc. | grimpanton | grimpantojn | grimpinton | grimpintojn | grimponton | grimpontojn | |
| adverbial active participle | grimpante | grimpinte | grimponte | ||||
| infinitive | grimpi | imperative | grimpu | conditional | grimpus | ||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- grimpa (“climbing”) (adjective)
- grimpo (“climb”) (noun)
- grimpado (“climb”) (noun)
- grimpisto (“climber”)
- grimpoplanto (“climbing plant”)
- elgrimpi (“to climb out”)
- engrimpi (“to climb in/into”)
- malsuprengrimpi (“to climb down”)
- suprengrimpi (“to climb up”)
- arbogrimpulo (“Certhia”) (genus)
References
“grimpi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020