Dictionary · noun
amindumo
amindumo/a.minˈdu.mo/
Official root am- (Fundamento, 1905)
amindumo is an Esperanto noun meaning “courtship”.
Meaning
- courtship; flirtation; advances
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Related meanings: advance
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Definition in Esperanto
- Ago amindumi
- mi preferus aŭskulti interparoladojn de saĝaj pastroj, ol kantojn kaj amindumojn de elegantaj junuloj
- ĝis nun ĉiuj iliaj amaĵoj ne preterlasis la limojn de negrava amindumeto: kaj subite tiu amindumo aliformiĝis .
see also: flirto
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Pronunciation
- IPA
- /a.minˈdu.mo/
- Syllables
- a·min·DU·mo
Word structure
- amrootamo
- indsuffixworthy of
- umsuffixindefinite meaning
- oendingnoun
Forms
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| subject | amindumo | amindumoj |
| object (-n) | amindumon | amindumojn |
Example sentences
- Li lertiĝis pri amindumo.He got good at flirting. #8417350amindumo: courtship; flirtation; advances
- Ĉu vi povus peri al mi amindumon kun Tomo?Could you set me up with Tom? #13780446amindumon → amindumo: courtship; flirtation; advances
- William Auld (translator), La Ĉashundo de la Baskerviloj (The Hound of the Baskervilles) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 9,That his advances should be rejected so brusquely without any reference to the lady's own wishes, and that the lady should accept the situation without protest, is very amazing.
- Kazimierz Bein (translator), La Faraono (Faraon / The Pharaoh and the Priest) by Bolesław Prus, Part 3, Chapter 20,to-day I would rather hear learned priests than songs and declarations from youthful exquisites. (Jeremiah Curtin translation, Little, Brown & Co., 1902)amindumo: courtship; flirtation; advances
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Related words
am-
- -o -i
- -ind- worthy of
- -aĵ- concrete thing
- -ant- doing (active, present)
- -em- tendency, inclined to
- -at- -eg- -et- -iĝ-
- ek- start, sudden action
- mal- opposite
- compounds
glorama gloramo homamo memamo sinamo amovendisto amovendistino
In other languages
| Español | ligar |
|---|---|
| Français | drague, flirt |
| Deutsch | Liebelei, Flirt, Techtelmechtel |
| Български | ухажване, флиртуване |
| Bahasa Indonesia | gombalan |
| ไทย | การจีบ |
| Беларуская | флірт, заляцаньне, заляцанка |
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