Esperanto

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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