ambli

ambli

1. inflection of amblar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈambli]
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• Rhymes: -ambli
• Hyphenation: am‧bli

ambli (present amblas, past amblis, future amblos, conditional amblus, volitive amblu)

1. (intransitive) to amble (of quadrupeds: move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other); to ride a quaduped at an ambling pace
   • Ferenc Szilágyi (translator), “La hundo” by Arthur Omre, in Norda Prismo 58/1,

     La hundo amblis supren laŭ la ŝtupoj kaj sidigis sin sur la plankon.

     The dog ambled up the stairs and sat down on the floor.

   • J. Ribillard, Vagado sub palmoj, cited in Reta Vortaro

     ni suden amblis sur sableca vojaĉo

     we ambled southward on a poor, sandy trail

2. (by extension) (of humans) to amble (walk at a similarly leisurely pace)
   • Cezaro Rossetti, Kredu min, sinjorino! Ĉapitro 4,

     Parte laca, parte malalthumora, mi komencis ambli al mia loĝejo.

     Partly tired, partly in low spirits, I began to amble toward the place where I was staying.

• amblo (“amble (gait)”)
• amblulo (“ambler (slow-moving horse)”)