akiri

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French acquérir and English acquire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈkiri]
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  • Rhymes: -iri
  • Hyphenation: a‧ki‧ri

Verb

akiri (present akiras, past akiris, future akiros, conditional akirus, volitive akiru)

  1. to acquire; to get
    • 1906, Kabe, “La ora birdo”, in Elektitaj Fabeloj, translation of original by Brothers Grimm:
      Nun mi helpos vin akiri la oran birdon.
      Now I will help you get the golden bird.

Conjugation

  • akiraĵo (acquisition) (thing acquired)
  • akirebla (obtainable)
  • akiro (acquisition) (act of acquiring something)

Maori

Verb

akiri

  1. to discard, reject