Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

kapo +‎ ne +‎ -i

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kapˈnei]
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  • Rhymes: -ei
  • Hyphenation: kap‧ne‧i

Verb edit

kapnei (present kapneas, past kapneis, future kapneos, conditional kapneus, volitive kapneu)

  1. to shake one's head no
    • 1950, Cezaro Rossetti, chapter 1, in Kredu min, sinjorino!:
      …do kial ne skribi pri viaj spertoj ĝuste tiel kiel ili okazis?…Ne! ne kapneu.
      …so why not write about your experiences exactly as they happened?…No! Don't shake your head.

Conjugation edit

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