grimpi

grimpi

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Verb

grimpi

1. third-person singular imperative form of grimpar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of grimpar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of grimpar

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grimper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrimpi/

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• Hyphenation: grim‧pi
• Rhymes: -impi

Verb

grimpi (present grimpas, past grimpis, future grimpos, conditional grimpus, volitive grimpu)

1. (intransitive) to climb
   • 1916, L. L. Zamenhof, “Paŝtistino kaj kamentubisto”, in Fabeloj Plena Kolekto [Fables, the Full Collection]‎, part II (in Esperanto), 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, in Esperanto), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 1:

     La hobito ne bezonis grimpi ŝtuparon

     The hobbit did not need to climb stairs

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimpi 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

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, Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda, 2020