aligi

See also: Aligi and aliĝi

Esperanto

Etymology

From al + -igi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈliɡi/
  • Hyphenation: a‧li‧gi
  • Rhymes: -iɡi

Verb

aligi (present aligas, past aligis, future aligos, conditional aligus, volitive aligu)

  1. (transitive) to join, add
    • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Hamleto (Hamlet) by William Shakespeare, Act IV, Scene 2,
      Rosenkranz. Kion vi, princo, faris kun la korpo de Polonio?
      Hamleto. Aligis lin al la tero, al kiu li estas parenca.
      Rosencrantz. What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? (lit. with the body of Polonius)
      Hamlet. Compounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.
  2. (reflexive) to join
    • 1910, E. L. Kearney (translator), La Aventuroj de Alicio en Mirlando (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland), Chapter 8,
      Alicio aligis sin al la procesio inter la gastoj [...]
      Alice joined the procession (among the guests)
  3. (reflexive) to ally oneself (with someone)
    • M. Inman (translator), Gulivero en Liliputo (Gulliver’s Travels) by Jonathan Swift,
      La Homo Monto devos aligi sin al ni kontraŭ malamikoj, kiuj loĝas en la insulo Blefusku, kaj li penos detrui ilian militŝiparon [...]
      The man-mountain shall be our ally (lit. ally himself with us) against [our] enemies in the island of Blefuscu, and do his utmost to destroy their fleet [...]

Conjugation

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