kabei

Esperanto

FWOTD – 15 December 2022

Etymology

From Kabe (proper noun, pseudonym of Kazimierz Bein) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [kaˈbei]
• Rhymes: -ei
• Hyphenation: ka‧be‧i

Verb

kabei (present kabeas, past kabeis, future kabeos, conditional kabeus, volitive kabeu)

1. (intransitive) to leave the Esperanto movement after having been an active Esperantist
   • 2010 October, Jorge Camacho, “Intervjuo kun Sten Johansson”, in Jorge Camacho, editor, Beletra Almanako 9, page 75:

     Mi naskiĝis en esperantista familio, lernis Esperanton kiel 16-jarulo, poste dum kelkaj jaroj aktivis en la junulara movado sed kabeis pro elreviĝo.

     I was born into an Esperantist family, learnt Esperanto as a 16-year-old, was later active in the [Esperanto] youth movement for several years but left the Esperantist movement because of disillusionment.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kabei

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		kabeas		kabeis		kabeos
active participle		kabeanta	kabeantaj	kabeinta	kabeintaj	kabeonta	kabeontaj
	acc.	kabeantan	kabeantajn	kabeintan	kabeintajn	kabeontan	kabeontajn
nominal active participle		kabeanto	kabeantoj	kabeinto	kabeintoj	kabeonto	kabeontoj
	acc.	kabeanton	kabeantojn	kabeinton	kabeintojn	kabeonton	kabeontojn
adverbial active participle		kabeante		kabeinte		kabeonte

infinitive		kabei						imperative		kabeu						conditional		kabeus

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cabelo and Spanish cabello and Kabuverdianu kabelu.

Noun

kabei

1. hair