dabi

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See also: dābī, and dǎbǐ

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English dab.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈdabi]
  • Rhymes: -abi
  • Hyphenation: da‧bi

Verb

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dabi (present dabas, past dabis, future dabos, conditional dabus, volitive dabu)

  1. (transitive) To softly tap; to wipe, dab.
    La kuracisto dabis la gratvundon per vato kaj oksigena akvo.
    The doctor wiped the wound with cotton wool and oxygenated water.
    Ŝi dabis al si la okulojn per sia naztuko.
    She dabbed at her eyes with her handkerchief.

Conjugation

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