ambli

Esperanto

Verb

ambli (present amblas, past amblis, future amblos, conditional amblus, volitive amblu)

  1. (intransitive) to amble (of quadrupeds: move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other); to ride a quaduped at an ambling pace
    • Ferenc Szilágyi (translator), “La hundo” by Arthur Omre, in Norda Prismo 58/1,
      La hundo amblis supren laŭ la ŝtupoj kaj sidigis sin sur la plankon.
      The dog ambled up the stairs and sat down on the floor.
    • J. Ribillard, Vagado sub palmoj, cited in Reta Vortaro
      ni suden amblis sur sableca vojaĉo
      we ambled southward on a poor, sandy trail
  2. (by extension, of humans) to amble (walk at a similarly leisurely pace)
    • Cezaro Rossetti, Kredu min, sinjorino! Ĉapitro 4,
      Parte laca, parte malalthumora, mi komencis ambli al mia loĝejo.
      Partly tired, partly in low spirits, I began to amble toward the place where I was staying.
  • amblo (amble (gait))
  • amblulo (ambler (slow-moving horse))
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