Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from German pumpen and English pump. Compare Yiddish פּאָמפּן (pompn).

Verb edit

pumpi (present pumpas, past pumpis, future pumpos, conditional pumpus, volitive pumpu)

  1. (transitive) to pump
    La maŝino rapide pumpis la akvon el la kelo.
    The machine quickly pumped the water out of the cellar.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • elpumpi (to pump out)
  • pumpilo (pump, noun)
  • pumpo (pump (instance of pumping))