kontribui
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Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English contribute, French contribuer and Italian contribuire. Learned borrowing from Latin contribuere.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kontribui (present kontribuas, past kontribuis, future kontribuos, conditional kontribuus, volitive kontribuu)
- to contribute
- 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
- La rezulto estas kiel poezio, en kiu ĉiu vorto signife kontribuas al la rakonto.
- The result is like poetry, in which each word meaningfully contributes to the story.
Conjugation
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- kontribuo (“contribution (the act)”)
References
[edit]- ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “kontribui”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 56
- ^ André Cherpillod, “kontribui”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “kontribui”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
- “kontribui”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
- Wells, John C. (1992), “kontribu/i, contribute, redound, subscribe”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary[2], →ISBN, pages 102, 218, 351, 384
- Benson, Peter J. (1995), “contribute, kick”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary[3], →ISBN, pages 135, 285-286
- Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “kontribu-i”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary[4], →OL, page 225
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