160. Any preposition may be used as a prefix to a verb, provided the
resulting compound is intelligible. A few prepositional compounds are
given below, only verbs being shown, although nouns, adjectives and
adverbs may be formed from these (116):
alveni = to arrive. interparoli = to converse.
aldoni = to add. kontrauxdiri = to contradict.
antauxdiri = to predict. kunlabori = to collaborate.
cxirkauxpreni = to embrace. kunveni = to assemble.
cxeesti = to be present. priskribi = to describe.
dependi = to hang from, to depend. subteni = to support.
demeti = to lay aside. surmeti = to put on.
depreni = to subtract. traguti = to percolate.
enhavi = to contain. travidi = to see through
eliri = to go out. transiri = to cross.
[Footnote: Like English "out" the preposition "el" often develops in
composition a secondary sense of "thoroughly" or "completely" (cf. "I am
tired out"): "eltrovi", to find out, to discover. "elpensi", to think
out, to invent. "ellabori", to work out, to elaborate. "ellerni", to
learn thoroughly, to master. "eluzi", to use completely, to wear out
(transitive).]