To Wink
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Ubutumwa 7
ururimi: English
Lynchie (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 3 Nyandagaro 2010 12:22:15
Miland (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 3 Nyandagaro 2010 12:29:22
Lynchie (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 3 Nyandagaro 2010 12:41:10
Akwino (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 3 Nyandagaro 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
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 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 4 Nyandagaro 2010 03:07:06
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 (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 4 Nyandagaro 2010 06:32:15
biguglydave:Benson has "palpebrumi" and "palpebrumigi" from palpebro = eyelid.Strange. Logically the second one would be "to make someone wink" if your first definition is right.
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.
biguglydave (Kwerekana umwidondoro) 4 Nyandagaro 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?