ocitar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oscitāre, present active infinitive of oscitō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.t͡si.ˈtar/, /ɔ.t͡si.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

ocitar (present tense ocitas, past tense ocitis, future tense ocitos, imperative ocitez, conditional ocitus)

1. (intransitive) to yawn

   Me povis vidar mea studianti ocitar, do me savis ke la leciono enoyigis.

   I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ocitar

		present		past		future
infinitive		ocitar		ocitir		ocitor
tense		ocitas		ocitis		ocitos
conditional		ocitus
imperative		ocitez
adjective active participle		ocitanta		ocitinta		ocitonta
adverbial active participle		ocitante		ocitinte		ocitonte
nominal active participle	singular	ocitanto		ocitinto		ocitonto
	plural	ocitanti		ocitinti		ocitonti

Derived terms

• ocito (“yawn”)