fajfi
Esperanto
editEtymology
editFrom German pfeifen and Yiddish פֿײַפֿן (fayfn). Doublet of fifro and pipo.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfajfi (present fajfas, past fajfis, future fajfos, conditional fajfus, volitive fajfu)
- to whistle
- 1910, Trans. E. L. Kearney, La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando[1]:
- "Ĉion, kion ajn vi volas!" diris la Lakeo, kaj komencis fajfi.
- "Anything you like," said the Footman, and began to whistle.
Conjugation
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