ocitar
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin oscitāre, present active infinitive of oscitō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.t͡si.ˈtar/, /ɔ.t͡si.ˈtaɾ/
Verb
ocitar (present tense ocitas, past tense ocitis, future tense ocitos, imperative ocitez, conditional ocitus)
- (intransitive) to yawn
- Me povis vidar mea studianti ocitar, do me savis ke la leciono enoyigis.
- I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ocitar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | ocitar | ocitir | ocitor | ||||
| tense | ocitas | ocitis | ocitos | ||||
| conditional | ocitus | ||||||
| imperative | ocitez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | ocitanta | ocitinta | ocitonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | ocitante | ocitinte | ocitonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | ocitanto | ocitinto | ocitonto | |||
| plural | ocitanti | ocitinti | ocitonti | ||||
Derived terms
- ocito (“yawn”)