vinkar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English victory, French vaincre, Italian vincere and Spanish vencer (compare Esperanto venki).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vinˈkar/
  • Hyphenation: vin‧kar

Verb

vinkar (present tense vinkas, past tense vinkis, future tense vinkos, imperative vinkez, conditional vinkus)

  1. (transitive) to overcome, vanquish, conquer, master, defeat, get the bette of
    • 1927, Hans Höhle, Albert Lantos et. al., Lehrbuch der Weltsprache IDO für Arbeiter: Lernolibro por laboristi, page 120.
      Se tu ja havas kelka samideani, tu povas plu facile vinkar ca rezisto.
      If you already have some comrades, you can overcome this resistance more easily.
  2. (intransitive) to win; be victorious

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • vinko (victory)
  • vinkanto, vinkero (conquerer, victor)
  • vinkanta, vinkema, vinkoza (victorious)
  • vinkala kanto (song of vicory)

Swedish

Verb

vinkar

  1. present tense of vinka.
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