superŝuti
Appearance
Esperanto
[edit]Etymology
[edit]super (“above, over”) + ŝuti (“to dump, to pour”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]superŝuti (present superŝutas, past superŝutis, future superŝutos, conditional superŝutus, volitive superŝutu)
- to overwhelm, to shower
- 1907, Kabe, chapter 11, in La Faraono, part 1, Hachette, translation of Faraon by Bolesław Prus:
- Oni forŝiris homojn de ilia laboro, superŝutis ilin per insidaj demandoj, batis per bastonoj.
- People were torn from their labor, overwhelmed with insidious questions, beaten with sticks.