Esperanto
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Etymology
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From al- + ligi.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [alˈliɡi]
- Rhymes: -iɡi
- Hyphenation: al‧li‧gi
alligi (present alligas, past alligis, future alligos, conditional alligus, volitive alligu)
- to attach (to something), to tie on
Li alligis sian azenon al kverko.- He tied his donkey to an oak tree.
- (figurative) to attach, connect (meaning, importance, etc.)
Al la kontento de niaj klientoj ni alligas multe da graveco.- We attach great importance to the satisfaction of our clients.
- to bind, link (establish a strong relationship between people)
- L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Hamleto (Hamlet) by William Shakespeare, Act IV, Scene 7,
- Kaj, mi—ĉu el pasio aŭ el virto—
- Al ŝi mi estas tiel alligita,
- Ke, kiel stelo nur en sia rondo
- Sin povas movi, tiel mi sen ŝi
- Ne povas vivi.
- and for myself,-
- My virtue or my plague, be it either which,—
- She’s so conjunctive (lit. bound) to my life and soul
- That, as the star moves not but in his sphere,
- I could not but by her.
Conjugation
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