Translation
to summon, to call over
Examples
ojn.
The king summoned his advisers.
.
She called the servant over with her hand.
meze .
They summoned a doctor in the middle of the night.
, .
I will call you over when everything is ready.
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The leader summoned all the members to the meeting.
The - prefix adds the direction: is to call, is to call somebody so that they come to you. That is a real distinction, not decoration, and it is why carries authority - kings, courts and bosses . The person summoned is the object and takes -n; the place they are summoned to takes , which produces the slightly odd-looking but correct . Alvoko is a summons or a public appeal, the sort of thing a movement issues.
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Start your free weekThis word is part of lesson 18.