alteni

Meaning

1. to hold on, cling (to); to rivet
2. to hold on, cling

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Definition in Esperanto

1. Teni proksima al iu aŭ io
   • ili [perforte] rompis ĉiujn ligilojn, kiuj altenis min al ili
   • kapo, al kiu la kvin rimenoj altenis tiel same kiel radioj al centro .

   see also: ligi

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Pronunciation

IPA

/alˈte.ni/

Syllables

al·TE·ni

Word structure

1. alrootalo
2. tenrootteno
3. iendinginfinitive

Forms

Example sentences

• Karlo Bodó (translator), “Ŝminko” in Norda Vento by Frigyes Karinthy,Terrified, I grabbed the lamp and held on to it.alteni: to hold on, cling; to rivet
• Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 4, Chapter 3,In such circumstances should he stop shitting in the middle of the process and fly out of the door of the W.C., holding his trousers (lit. to himself) in one hand and saluting with the other? (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)alteni: to hold on, cling; to rivet
• Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk) by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 1, Chapter 10, II,‘I’ve been with the archbishop,’ he shouted, clinging to the gate in the carriage entrance. (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)

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