La Altvalora švejk Precious Dum Ni Vladimír Váňa

altvalora

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /altvaˈlora/
• Hyphenation: alt‧va‧lo‧ra
• Rhymes:
  -ora
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/ora

Adjective

altvalora (accusative singular

1. valuable
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/valuable
   ,
   precious
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/precious
   , of
   great
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/great
   value
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/value

   altvalora ŝtono / kunlaboro / bileto ― a precious stone / valuable collaboration / a high-denomination note/bill

   • Vladimír Váňa (translator), Aventuroj de la Brava Soldato Švejk dum la Mondmilito (The Good Soldier Švejk), by Jaroslav Hašek, Part 3, Chapter 2,

     “Obee mi raportas, sinjoro leǔtenanto,” diris Švejk,“ke ni iom trejnas, por ke ni ne forgesu soldatekzercaĵojn kaj superflue ne maldiligentaĉu dum la altvalora tempo.”

     ‘Humbly report, sir,’ said Švejk, ‘we are practising a little so that we shouldn’t forget our drill and waste precious time.’ (Cecil Parrott translation, Heinemann, 1973)