alvoko

Esperanto

Etymology

From alvoki +‎ -o.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈvoko/
  • Hyphenation: al‧vo‧ko
  • Rhymes: -oko

Noun

alvoko (accusative singular alvokon, plural alvokoj, accusative plural alvokojn)

  1. call, invocation, appeal, summoning
    • Cezaro Rossetti, Kredu min, sinjorino! Ĉapitro 36,
      Mi pensis pri Liza, kiu volonte venus responde al mia alvoko; sed ankoraŭ mi ne sciis, ĉu mia entrepreno sukcesos, kaj mi ne volis igi ŝin forlasi sian sekuran laboron favore al la hazardo de mia entrepreno...
      I thought of Liza, who would willingly come if I called on her (lit. in response to my call); but I did not yet know whether my business would succeed, and I did not want to make her abandon her secure position for the uncertainty of my business...
    • Edwin Grobe (translator), “Mia Kontrabandulo” (“My Contraband”) by Louisa May Alcott,
      Ĉu mi devintus lin emocii per alvokoj al fila devo aŭ frata amo?
      Should I have tried to touch him by appeals to filial duty, to brotherly love?
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