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de Lynchie, 3 août 2010

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Langue: English

Lynchie (Voir le profil) 3 août 2010 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 (Voir le profil) 3 août 2010 12:29:22

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

Lynchie (Voir le profil) 3 août 2010 12:41:10

Thank you ridulo.gif

Akwino (Voir le profil) 3 août 2010 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 (Voir le profil) 4 août 2010 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 (Voir le profil) 4 août 2010 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 (Voir le profil) 4 août 2010 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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