grimpi

Catalan

Verb

grimpi

1. inflection of grimpar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French grimper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrimpi/

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• Rhymes: -impi
• Syllabification: grim‧pi

Verb

grimpi (present grimpas, past grimpis, future grimpos, conditional grimpus, volitive grimpu)

1. (chiefly intransitive) to climb
   • 1916, L. L. Zamenhof, “Paŝtistino kaj kamentubisto”, in Fabeloj Plena Kolekto [Fables, the Full Collection]‎^[1], part II (overall work in Esperanto), Paris: Esperantista Centra Librejo, translation of Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, published 1926:

     ili...grimpis tra la kamentubo malsupren.

     they...climbed down through the chimney.

   • 2015 [1966], J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 1, in Christopher Gledhill, transl., La Hobito [The Hobbit] (hardcover; overall work in Esperanto), Scotland: Evertype, →ISBN, page 1:

     La hobito ne bezonis grimpi ŝtuparon

     The hobbit did not need to climb stairs

Conjugation

Conjugation of grimpi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		grimpas		grimpis		grimpos
active participle		grimpanta	grimpantaj	grimpinta	grimpintaj	grimponta	grimpontaj
	acc.	grimpantan	grimpantajn	grimpintan	grimpintajn	grimpontan	grimpontajn
nominal active participle		grimpanto	grimpantoj	grimpinto	grimpintoj	grimponto	grimpontoj
	acc.	grimpanton	grimpantojn	grimpinton	grimpintojn	grimponton	grimpontojn
adverbial active participle		grimpante		grimpinte		grimponte
		infinitive	grimpi	imperative	grimpu	conditional	grimpus

Derived terms

• arbogrimpulo (“Certhia”) (genus)
• elgrimpi (“to climb out”)
• engrimpi (“to climb in/into”)
• grimpa (“climbing”, adjective)
• grimpado (“climb”, noun)
• grimpisto (“climber”)
• grimpo (“climb”, noun)
• grimpoplanto (“climbing plant”)
• malsuprengrimpi (“to climb down”)
• suprengrimpi (“to climb up”)

Further reading

• “grimpi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “grimpi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026