malankri

Esperanto

Etymology

mal- +‎ ankri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [malˈankri]
• Rhymes: -ankri
• Hyphenation: mal‧an‧kri

Verb

malankri (present malankras, past malankris, future malankros, conditional malankrus, volitive malankru)

1. to weigh anchor
2. (figurative) to leave, depart, get away
   • Sten Johansson, “Nepoj en Torento,”

     ŝi sentas, ke ŝi nun bezonas malankri de Torento por akiri alian, propran perspektivon.

     she feels that now she needs to get away from Torento to get another perspective, one of her own.

Synonyms

• (weigh anchor): levi la ankron