aminde

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Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aminda +‎ -e (adverbial ending), from ami (to love) +‎ -inda (worthy of).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aˈminde/
  • Hyphenation: a‧min‧de
  • Rhymes: -inde

Adverb[edit]

aminde

  1. affectionately, kindly, sweetly
    • Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 5,
      Sinjorino Harding tre aminde kaj vere forte petis min postresti ĝis sabato.
      Mr. Harding very kindly and quite forcefully asked me to stay on until Saturday.
    • D. H. Lambert (translator), Julio Cezaro (Julius Caesar) by William Shakespeare, Act V, Scene 4,
      Kaj traktu lin aminde: mi preferas
      Amikojn tiajn ol la malamikoj.
      Give him all kindness (lit. treat him kindly): I had rather have
      Such men my friends than enemies.