cherpar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ĉerpi, from Russian че́рпать (čérpatʹ),[1] from Old East Slavic чьрпати (čĭrpati), from Proto-Slavic *čьrpati, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerp-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃer.ˈpar/, /t͡ʃɛɾ.ˈpaɾ/

Verb

cherpar (present tense cherpas, past tense cherpis, future tense cherpos, imperative cherpez, conditional cherpus)

  1. (transitive) to draw liquids
  2. (figuratively) to take, borrow

Conjugation

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References
  1. Albert Léon Guérard (1921), “Appendix III. A Critical Comparison of Esperanto, Ido, Interlingua and Romanal”, in A Short History of the International Language Movement, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, page 245: “Ido inherited from Esperanto the word CHERPAR, to draw, which is Russian: […]”.
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