Infinitive
sali
Forms
Tenses
| Present | salas |
| Past | salis |
| Future | salos |
| Conditional | salus |
| Imperative | salu! |
Participles
| Active past | salinta |
| Active present | salanta |
| Active future | salonta |
| Passive past | salita |
| Passive present | salta |
| Passive future | salota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l
3. Proto-Italic *sāls
4. Latin salem
5. Italian saleder.
6. Esperanto salo
7. Proto-Italic *-jezi
8. ▲
9. Latin -ereinflu.
10. Latin -īre
11. French -irbor.?
12. ▲
13. Latin -īre
14. Spanish -irbor.?
15. Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
16. Latin -īre
17. Old Galician-Portuguese -ir
18. Portuguese -irbor.?
19. ▲
20. Latin -ire
21. Italian -irebor.?
22. ▲
23. Latin -iō
24. Romanian -ibor.?
25. Esperanto -i
26. Esperanto sali
27. From salo (“salt”) + -i (“verb”).
Sample Sentences
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Pli bone ne sali, ol sali tro multe. ([It is] better not to salt than to salt too much.) [1910, L. L. Zamenhof, Proverbaro Esperanta:]
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