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de Lynchie, 2010-aŭgusto-03

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Lynchie (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-03 12:22:15

Purely out of interest, but is there an Esperanto word or term for "wink", as in "I winked at her/him.".? thanks ridulo.gif

Miland (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-03 12:29:22

Okulsigni is the verb, in the new Wells and in Butler.

Lynchie (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-03 12:41:10

Thank you ridulo.gif

Akwino (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-03 23:19:18

Lynchie:Purely out of interest, but is there an Esperanto word or term for "wink", as in "I winked at her/him.".? thanks ridulo.gif
okulumo.gif Well, when I clicked on the little winker on the left, "* *okulumo::" appeared in the text box. However, J.C. Wells' old dictionary has 'okulumi' as meaning 'to ogle' and 'okulsigni' as per the previous reply.

biguglydave (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-04 03:07:06

Benson has "palpebrumi" and "palpebrumigi" from palpebro = eyelid.

Mi palpebrumas - I winked (no object - intransitive).

Mi palpebrumigi - I "made eyelids at" (winked at) her (object = her - transitive).

This just seemed a little more specific than the "okul-" root. Good luck.

darkweasel (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-04 06:32:15

biguglydave:Benson has "palpebrumi" and "palpebrumigi" from palpebro = eyelid.

Mi palpebrumas - I winked (no object - intransitive).

Mi palpebrumigi - I "made eyelids at" (winked at) her (object = her - transitive).

This just seemed a little more specific than the "okul-" root. Good luck.
Strange. Logically the second one would be "to make someone wink" if your first definition is right.

biguglydave (Montri la profilon) 2010-aŭgusto-04 07:15:22

darkweasel:Strange. Logically the second one would be "to make someone wink" if your first definition is right.
Good point. Given no more detail in Benson between the intransitive and the transitive (palpebrumi-intr, palpebrumigi-tr), how would you interpret/translate the difference?

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