Etymology

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sango (blood) +‎ -ifar

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sangifar (present tense sangifas, past tense sangifis, future tense sangifos, imperative sangifez, conditional sangifus)

  1. (intransitive) to bleed
    El sangifis ek elua nazo.
    She bled out of her nose.
    • 1908, Johannes Pauli, “La volfa e la hundo”, in K. A. Janotta, transl., Unesma lektolibro:
      Ita dicis: "Jorne on katenizas me e ligas koliaro cirkum la kolo, to igas me sangifar; ma kande noktas, me esas libera e senkatena!"
      That one said: "By day they put me on a chain and put a collar around my neck, that makes me bleed; but when it is night, I am free and without a chain!"

Conjugation

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