alturni

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to turn (something) in a particular direction
 * 2) * Oscar Frode (translator), “La Infanoj de Betlehem” (“Betlehems barn” / “Bethlehem’s Children” by Selma Lagerlöf (originally published in Kristuslegender (Christ Legends)),
 * fruktovendistoj kaj vinvendistoj demetis teren siajn korbojn kaj barelojn apud la soldato, sed li eĉ ne alturnis la kapon por ilin rigardi.
 * fruit venders and wine dealers put their baskets and jugs on the ground beside the soldier, but he scarcely took the trouble to turn his head to look at them. (Velma Swanston Howard translation, Henry Holt, 1908)
 * 1) * Bertil Nilsson (translator), La Volo de l'Ĉielo (Himlens vilja) by Artur Lundkvist,
 * la knaboj [...] instruis al la virŝafoj kornobati, staris antaŭ ili kun alturnita postaĵo kaj lasis sin alfrapi tiel ke ili ridante flugis super la grundo.
 * the boys taught the rams to butt, stood in front of them with their backsides turned toward [them] and laughing, allowed themselves be sent flying over the ground.
 * 1)  to turn towards (something or someone)
 * 2) * William Auld (translator), La ĉashundo de la Baskerviloj (The Hound of the Baskervilles) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Chapter 5,
 * ĝuste kiam li foriris, li alturnis sin kaj diris: “Eble interesos vin, ke vi veturigis sinjoron Ŝerloko Holmso”.
 * just as he was leaving he turned round (lit. turned toward [me]) and he said: ‘It might interest you to know that you have been driving Mr. Sherlock Holmes.’