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Etymology
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From al- + peli.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): [alˈpeli]
- Rhymes: -eli
- Hyphenation: al‧pe‧li
alpeli (present alpelas, past alpelis, future alpelos, conditional alpelus, volitive alpelu)
- to drive or propel toward (something or someone)
- Petr Tomašovský (translator), Justa Chess by Vláďa Zíka, Chapter 10,
- [li] ordonis, ke ĉiuj, krom kvin, forrajdu al la gregoj kaj alpelu ilin ankoraŭ pli proksimen al la farmo.
- he gave the order for all but five of them to ride out to the herds and drive them in closer to the farm.
- J. W. Eggleton (translator), La Karavano (Die Karawane) by Wilhelm Hauff,
- “Tio estas la malbeno de mia kruela patro,” ekkriis li, plorante; “jen ĝi alpelas min al malhonora morto [...]”
- “That is my cruel father’s curse,” he cried, weeping; “now it is driving me to a dishonorable death!”
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