Translation
to catch, capture, seize
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Examples
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The cat caught a bird in the garden.
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They caught the robber in the street.
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He seized my hand and would not let me go.
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The boy tried to catch the dog.
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We will catch them before nightfall.
is the physical seizure, the hand closing on the thing. is neutral taking and is holding on afterwards, so a full sequence runs kapti, teni, lasi. Add - and you sharpen it to a snatch: . The suffix machinery covers the rest of the field without new roots, o for a trap, for a captive, i for getting caught. Figurative use works too, , but keep it for moments rather than ideas.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 11: kapti, ekvidi, besto and 7 more words.