nokteskar

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Etymology[edit]

From nokto (night) +‎ -eskar.

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nokteskar (present tense nokteskas, past tense nokteskis, future tense nokteskos, imperative nokteskez, conditional nokteskus)

  1. (impersonal) to become night
    • Jean Martignon, "Silvestro II, la Papo Amiko dil Diablo", Kuriero Internaciona, 1 (January-June 2003), 5.
      On raportas ke dum lua puereso il gardis mutoni ed observis la steli kande nokteskis, per speco de serbatano facita ek kavigita sambuko-brancho.
      It is said that during his childhood he herded sheep and observed the stars when night fell, by means of a type of blowgun made out of a hollowed sambuke neck.

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