La Eo Conj Alkateni Translator Al Jurij Finkel Vojo

alkateni

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /alkaˈteni/
• Hyphenation: al‧ka‧te‧ni
• Rhymes:
  -eni
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:Esperanto/eni

Verb

alkateni (present

1. (
   transitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
   ) to
   chain
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chain
   (to something)

   La kaptitojn ili alkatenis unu al la alia.

   They chained the captives together.

2. (
   transitive
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive
   ,
   figuratively
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#figurative
   ) to
   fetter
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fetter
   ,
   confine
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/confine
   ,
   bind
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bind
   ,
   rivet
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rivet
   (to something)
   • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “Juda Knabino” in Fabeloj by Hans Christian Andersen, Book 3,

     jam de multaj monatoj [ŝi] estis alkatenita al la lito

     [she] was confined to a sick bed for months

   • Jurij Finkel (translator), La vojo nenien (Дорога никуда / The Road to Nowhere) by Alexander Grin, Part 1, Chapter 7,

     Tiuj vortoj alkatenis la tutan atenton de Davenant al la monto, kiu videblis esperige proksime

     These words riveted Davenant’s full attention to the mountain, which appeared hopefully near

Conjugation