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serpentumi

serpentumi/ser.penˈtu.mi/

Official root serpent- (Fundamento, 1905)

serpentumi is an Esperanto verb meaning “meander”.

Meaning

  1. to meander, slither, wind

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Related meanings: worm

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Definition in Esperanto

  1. Iri torde kaj ondolinie kiel serpento; serpenti; tordiĝi, zigzagi
    • rivero, kiu serpentumis ĉirkaŭ arbaro preter multe da kasteloj
    • serpentumantaj riveretoj

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Pronunciation

IPA
/ser.penˈtu.mi/
Syllables
ser·pen·TU·mi

Word structure

  1. serpentrootserpento
  2. umsuffixindefinite meaning
  3. iendinginfinitive

Forms

infinitiveserpentumi
presentserpentumas
pastserpentumis
futureserpentumos
conditionalserpentumus
volitiveserpentumu
active participle · ongoingserpentumanta
active participle · completedserpentuminta
active participle · about toserpentumonta

Example sentences

  • La strato serpentumas sur la monton.The street winds around the mountain. #536009
  • La pado serpentumas tra la arbaro.The path winds through the woods. #1538561
  • La rivero serpentumas tra la arbaro.The river winds through the forest. #4371471

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Related words

serpent-

In other languages

Françaisserpenter, sinuer
Deutschschlängeln, mäandern
Italianoserpeggiare
Polskiwić się serpentyną, tworzyć serpentyny
Русскийзмеиться
Українськазміїтися, звиватися
Nederlandsslingeren, kronkelen
Češtinaplazit se, vinout se (jako had)
Slovenčinaplaziť sa, vinúť sa (ako had)
Magyarkígyózik, kanyarog
中文河曲
日本語蛇行する
Românăse zvârcește serpentină, creați streamere
Catalàserpentejar
Bahasa Indonesiaberbelok-belok, berkelok-kelok, berliku-liku, mengular
Беларускаязьмяіцца

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