boksi
Esperanto
Etymology
From English box, origin uncertain.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈboksi]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -oksi
- Hyphenation: bok‧si
Verb
boksi (present boksas, past boksis, future boksos, conditional boksus, volitive boksu)
- (intransitive, boxing) to box, punch; strike with the fists.
- 1928, L. L. Zamenhof, La Rabistoj [The Robbers], translation of Die Räuber by Friedrich Schiller:
- Sufiĉe da kuraĝo, por boksi sub minacanta pendingo kun la diablo mem pro mizera pekulo.
- Enough courage to box under a threatening gallows with the devil himself for a wretched sinner.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of boksi
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Derived terms
- boksado
- boksarto
- boksisto
- bokso
- boksopilko
Finnish
Etymology
From English box.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈboksi/, [ˈbo̞ks̠i]
- Rhymes: -oksi
- Syllabification(key): bok‧si
Noun
boksi
- (informal) box
- (informal) box set (related recordings placed in a box to be sold as a unit)
- (informal) studio, room (small apartment or room, often rented for temporary living)
Declension
Inflection of boksi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | boksi | boksit | |
genitive | boksin | boksien | |
partitive | boksia | bokseja | |
illative | boksiin | bokseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | boksi | boksit | |
accusative | nom. | boksi | boksit |
gen. | boksin | ||
genitive | boksin | boksien | |
partitive | boksia | bokseja | |
inessive | boksissa | bokseissa | |
elative | boksista | bokseista | |
illative | boksiin | bokseihin | |
adessive | boksilla | bokseilla | |
ablative | boksilta | bokseilta | |
allative | boksille | bokseille | |
essive | boksina | bokseina | |
translative | boksiksi | bokseiksi | |
instructive | — | boksein | |
abessive | boksitta | bokseitta | |
comitative | — | bokseineen |
Possessive forms of boksi (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | boksini | boksimme |
2nd person | boksisi | boksinne |
3rd person | boksinsa |
Synonyms
- (box): laatikko
- (residence): asunto (“residence”); yksiö (“studio”); huone (“room”); (informal) kämppä, luukku (“residence”)
Compounds
- opiskelijaboksi
Greenlandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish boks.
Noun
boksi (plural boksit)
- safe
- box
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English box.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
boksi (n class, plural boksi)
- box
Synonyms
- sanduku