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== | == Basic English Word List == | ||
== | ==== Please update this to include senses for every gloss where it may not be clear. ==== | ||
PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE METAPHOR OR OUTDATED COLLOQUIAL USAGE | |||
* account - (as in bank) janta | |||
* account - (explanation) ve ciksi | |||
* account - (judgement) se pajni | |||
* against - fapro, fa'a, (English def. is too loose, word is built into many gismu) | |||
* almost - na'e (?), na'e ru'e, na ru'e, jibni | |||
* among - jbini | |||
* amount - ni, klani | |||
* and - .e, je, ge, gi'e, jo'u, joi, fa'u, ce, jo'e | |||
* any - | |||
* as - sometimes "du'i" | |||
* at - zvati, bu'u | |||
* between - jbini (amidst), bi'i (connective) | |||
* boy - nanla | |||
* branch - (literal) jimca | |||
* by - finti, lamji, zo'a | |||
* chain - linsi | |||
* change - galfi, stika, cenba | |||
* cheap - tolkargu | |||
* cheese - cirla | |||
* chemical - xukmi | |||
* chest - cutne | |||
* chief - ralju | |||
* chin - (related to xedja) | |||
* church - (building) xriso malsi | |||
* church - (community) xriso cecmu | |||
* circle - cuktai | |||
* clean - (v: is clean) jinsa | |||
* clean - (n: to clean) lumci | |||
* clear - klina | |||
* clock - junla | |||
* cloth - bukpu | |||
* cloud - dilnu | |||
* coal - kolme | |||
* coat - kosta | |||
* cold - lenku (is cold) | |||
* collar - karli | |||
* colour - skari | |||
* comb - komcu | |||
* come - klama | |||
* comfort - kufra | |||
* committee - kamni | |||
* common - fadni, kampu | |||
* company - (corporation) kagni | |||
* company - (having people over) kansa | |||
* comparison - nu karbi | |||
* competition - te jivna | |||
* complete - mulno | |||
* complex - pluja | |||
* condition - (a place in many gismu; be morse specific) | |||
* connection - terjo'e/te jorne | |||
* conscious - cikna | |||
* control - jitro | |||
* cook - jukpa | |||
* copper - tunka | |||
* copy - fukpi | |||
* cord - skori | |||
* cork - korka | |||
* cotton - mapni | |||
* cough - kafke | |||
* country - (nation) gugde | |||
* country - (countryside) nurma | |||
* cover - gacri | |||
* cow - (bovine) bakni | |||
* cow - (female) fetsi | |||
* crack - fenra | |||
* credit - dejni | |||
* crime - zekri | |||
* cruel - kusra | |||
* crush - marxa, zalvi | |||
* cry - klaku | |||
* cup - kabri (for liquid); (???? -> hold closely and gently) | |||
* current - cabna | |||
* curtain - murta | |||
* curve - kruvi | |||
* cushion - kicne | |||
* damage - xrani (the result);xairgau (the action) | |||
* danger - ckape | |||
* dark - manku | |||
* daughter - tixnu | |||
* day - (24 hours) djedi | |||
* day - (daytime) donri | |||
* dead - morsi | |||
* dear - dirba | |||
* death - nu morsi | |||
* debt - se dejni | |||
* decision - se jdice | |||
* deep - condi | |||
* degree - gradu;julra'o;kelvo,jacke'o; | |||
* delicate - ralci | |||
* dependent - lacri | |||
* design - platu (verb); se platu (noun) | |||
* desire - djica | |||
* destruction - nu daspo | |||
* detail - tcila | |||
* development - farvi | |||
* different - frica | |||
* digestion - canti | |||
* direction - farna | |||
* dirty - toljinsa | |||
* discovery - te facki | |||
* discussion - nu casnu | |||
* disease - te bilma | |||
* disgust - se rigni | |||
* distance - ni darno (how far); ni jibni (how close) | |||
* distribution - nu fatri | |||
* division - nu fendi | |||
* do - gasnu (agentive); zukte (volitive goal-oriented) | |||
* dog - gerku | |||
* door - vrogai | |||
* doubt - senpi (plus any NU for various senses) | |||
* down - cnita | |||
* drain - te rinci (noun); ve rinci (force); rincygau (verb) | |||
* drawer - dacru | |||
* dress - skaci | |||
* drink - pinxe (verb); se pinxe (noun); xalka (alcohol); sodva (soda pop) | |||
* driving - ma'ersazri (to operate a vehicle); se marce (to be transported by vehicle); klama fu lo karce (going by car) | |||
* drop - falcru; dirgo | |||
* dry - sudga | |||
* dust - pulce | |||
* ear - kerlo | |||
* early - clira; (experimental) xa'o | |||
* earth - terdi; dertu | |||
* east - stuna | |||
* edge - korbi | |||
* education - ctuca (teach); cilre (learn); tadni (study); ve ckule (being taught at a school) | |||
* effect - se rinka (the result of something happening) | |||
* egg - sovda | |||
* elastic - pruni | |||
* electric - dikca | |||
* end - fanmo | |||
* engine - ve marce (thing propelling a vehicle) | |||
* enough - banzu; rau | |||
* equal - dunli (see also mintu, panra) | |||
* error - srera | |||
* even - lanxe (balanced); za'umai (futher more); do'anai (implying an extreme example) | |||
* event - fasnu; nu | |||
* ever - Undefinable. Perhaps pujeca, pujeca'o, or similar. | |||
* every - ro (also 'each') | |||
* example - mupli; mu'a 'for example' | |||
* exchange - canja | |||
* existence - nu zasti | |||
* expansion - prenja (with NU) | |||
* experience - lifri (verb); se lifri (noun) | |||
* expert - certu | |||
* eye - kanla | |||
* face - flira | |||
* fact - fatci | |||
* fall - farlu | |||
* false - jitfa | |||
* family - lanzu | |||
* far - darno; vu | |||
* farm - cange | |||
* fat - plana | |||
* father - patfu | |||
* fear - terpa | |||
* feather - pimlu | |||
* feeble - ruble | |||
* feeling - nuncni; se ganse | |||
* female - fetsi | |||
* fertile - ferti | |||
* fiction - cfika | |||
* field - foldi | |||
* fight - damba | |||
* finger - degji | |||
* fire - fagri; cecla | |||
* first - pamoi | |||
* fish - finpe; fipkalte in agentive sense | |||
* fixed - nalmu'u 'unmoving' ;te lasna (something static which is attached to); pu cikre;pu lasna (in 'attached' sense); pu frati (in sense 'dealt with') | |||
* flag - lanci; ??? in sense 'make specifically visible' | |||
* flame - fagri | |||
* flat - pinta; plita; ??? in sense 'compact urban dwelling' | |||
* flight - nu vofli | |||
* floor - loldi; lolgai in sense 'covering of bottom layer'; le darxi ku falgau (in sense 'strike down'; one might also be floored like {le nu desku ku falri'a}) | |||
* flower - xrula; nu xrula, in event sense | |||
* fly - vofli; sfani (insect sense) | |||
* fold - polje in causative sense; cinje, te polje in 'physical feature' sense | |||
* food - cidja | |||
* foolish - bebna | |||
* foot - jamfu; jmagutci in 'unit' sense | |||
* for - nothing. 'for X' might be te zu'e, fi'o tergu'a, fi'o tergunta; mukti; 'for x reason' = ki'u; "for each X, there is a Y which broda's X" -- use zo'u prenexes and da, de, di | |||
* force - bapli 'compel'; danre, lafti, polje, se randa, te tinsa, ve rinci, se ranti, mosra, marxa, lanxe, jicla, katna, se jdari, se fapro, desku, se torni for various kinds of forces being yielded to, resisted, ignored. | |||
* fork - forca; jimca in 'tree branch' sense; jimca pe'a in 'branch in path' sense; | |||
* form - tarmi; binxo in sense 'create formation'; various places: binxo, se binxo, se banro, te marji - use a specific gismu eg boxfo, bolci, bliku if you want to say X is eg. of spherical form.; ??? in sense 'bureaucratic paperwork' | |||
* forward - ca'u (tense); crane | |||
* fowl - cipni (bird); datka (duck); gunse (goose); jipci (chicken); xruki (turkey) | |||
* frame - greku (most general sense); selca'o 'window frame'; korbi dacti ('picture frame'); kinslexra/temslexra 'animation/film frame') | |||
* free - zifre | |||
* frequent - cafne; cf. di'i | |||
* friend - pendo | |||
* from - ra'i (origin); to'o (apart) | |||
* front - crane | |||
* fruit - grute | |||
* full - culno | |||
* future - ba, balvi | |||
* garden - purdi | |||
* general - kampu | |||
* get - cpacu (get); te dunda (receive) | |||
* girl - nixli; ninmu in some (inaccurate) English usage | |||
* give - dunda | |||
* glass - blaci | |||
* glove - gluta | |||
* go - klama, cliva ('leave') | |||
* goat - kanba | |||
* gold - solji (metal); pelxu (colour) | |||
* good - xamgu; vrude; se vecnu (a saleable good), se pleji, se janta, se cteki, se jdima; kanro, gleki, fadni "i'm good" | |||
* government - turni | |||
* grain - gurni (general); tengu ('wood grain' /appearance/feel sense). se nanba, rarely | |||
* grass - srasu; xukmi in a colloquial sense | |||
* great - banli, traji; mutce xamgu | |||
* green - crino | |||
* grey - grusi | |||
* grip - jgari; jimpe 'get a grip on' | |||
* group - girzu; ganzu fi lo girzu ('group together'/ put into a group) | |||
* growth - nu banro; banro in the sense of 'plant growth' | |||
* guide - gidva | |||
* gun - cecla | |||
* hair - kerfa | |||
* hammer - mruli; jusxai in sense 'severely damage' | |||
* hand - xance | |||
* hanging - dandu 'hang' | |||
* happy - gleki | |||
* harbour - marbi | |||
* hard - jdari ('firm'); fu'inai (emotion); nandu (difficult) | |||
* harmony - sarxe (agreement) | |||
* hat - mapku | |||
* hate - xebni | |||
* have - ponse (own); bevri (to have on one's person); pu (past tense conjugation) | |||
* he - N/A (ko'a?) | |||
* head - stedu | |||
* healthy - kanro | |||
* hear - tirna | |||
* hearing - snaga'e | |||
* heart - risna (organ); cnise'i (metaphorical 'emotional self') | |||
* heat - glare ('is hot'); glanejni ('heat'); glebre ('in heat' (sexual sense] | |||
* help - sidju | |||
* high - galtu (elevation) | |||
* history - citri | |||
* hole - kevna ('cave'/'cavity'); greke'a (passageway) | |||
* hollow - nonvau ! nonce ! | |||
* hook - genxu (shape) | |||
* hope - a'o (emote); pacna (verb); se pacna (noun) | |||
* horn - jirna (body part); tabra (brass instrument); vruca'a (noise-maker) | |||
* horse - xirma | |||
* hospital - spita | |||
* hour - cacra | |||
* house - zdadi'u (building) | |||
* how - ta'i (method); xokau (how many); sai (intensifier); mo (how are you?) | |||
* humour - zo'o (emotive); xajmi (amusing) | |||
* I - mi | |||
* ice - bisli | |||
* idea - sidbo; si'o | |||
* if - ni'igi (logical implication), ri'agi (non-agentive cause), mu'igi (motivation), ki'ugi (justification) | |||
* ill - bilma | |||
* important - vajni | |||
* impulse - djica suksa (sudden desire), muvdu bo temci je junta galfi (change in momentum) | |||
** We probably want a fu'ivla for change in momentum, as it's jargon. | |||
* in - ne'i; nenri | |||
* increase - zengau, ba'orgau (agentive sense); nu zenba SUMTI, nu banro SUMTI (as in 'an increase in ..' or 'a growth of ..') | |||
* industry - gundi | |||
* ink - xinmo | |||
* insect - cinki | |||
* instrument - tutci; various (damri, flani, janbe, jgita, pipno, tabra, xagri) in 'musical' sense, possibly also {se damri}. | |||
* insurance - binra | |||
* interest - a'u (emote); cinri | |||
* invention - se finti | |||
* iron - tirse (metal); xulbuktci (clothing tool) | |||
* island - daplu | |||
* jelly - jduli (consistency); rutpesxu (fruit spread) | |||
* jewel - jemna (polished stone); jmeja'i (for adornment) | |||
* join - jorne | |||
* journey - nu litru (journeying), nu farvi (spiritual or figurative journey) | |||
* judge - (person) pajni | |||
* judge - (judgement) nu pajni | |||
* jump - plipe | |||
* keep - ralte (possesion); ra'irgau (maintain condition); badydi'u (building) | |||
* kettle - patxu ('pot'); jacpatxu ! nonce ! (kettle) | |||
* key - ckiku | |||
* kick - tikpa | |||
* kind - xendo | |||
* kiss - cinba | |||
* knee - cidni; cidni darxi (agentive sense, strike with one's knee) | |||
* knife - dakfu; dakfu gunta (agentive sense, to attack using a knife) | |||
* knot - jgena | |||
* knowledge - se djuno | |||
* land - tumla (parcel); ??? (what happens after flight/falling) | |||
* language - bangu | |||
* last - fanmo (end); renvi (endure) | |||
* late - lerci (not on time) | |||
* laugh - cmila | |||
* law - flalu | |||
* lead - cnisa (metal); xlura (influence); gidva (guide); lidne (precede) | |||
* leaf - pezli | |||
* learning - cilre | |||
* leather - bakskapi | |||
* left - zunle (direction); stali (remain) | |||
* leg - tuple | |||
* let - curmi (allow) | |||
* letter - xatra (missive); se mrilu (parcel); lerfu (character) | |||
* level - pinta (horizontal/flat); klani (degree/amount) | |||
* library - ckusro | |||
* lift - lafti; lafmuvgau (to lift) | |||
* light - gusni | |||
* like - nelci (enjoy); simsa (similar) | |||
* limit - (v) jimte | |||
* line - linji (maths); depypoi (queue) | |||
* linen - matli | |||
* lip - ctebi | |||
* liquid - litki | |||
* list - liste (physical list only) | |||
* little - cmalu | |||
* living - jmive | |||
* lock - stela | |||
* long - clani | |||
* look - catlu (examine); zgana (observe); viska (see) | |||
* loose - kluza | |||
* loss - u'anai (emote); cirko (lose) | |||
* loud - cladu | |||
* love - prami | |||
* low - dizlo | |||
* machine - minji | |||
* make - zbasu (build); finti (invent) | |||
* male - nakni | |||
* man - nanmu | |||
* manager - jitro | |||
* map - cartu | |||
* mark - barna (spot); ??? (verb) | |||
* market - zarci | |||
* married - speni | |||
* mass - gunma (aggregate); junta (weight); grake (gram) | |||
* match - mapti (compatibility); sacki (fire) | |||
* material - marji | |||
* may - cumki (permission) | |||
* meal - sanmi | |||
* measure - merli (to evaluate); platu (strategy/plan) | |||
* meat - rectu | |||
* medical - mikce ('doctor'); ve mikce ('treatment') | |||
* meeting - penmi (to meet at a place); jmaji (a group collecting at a location) | |||
* memory - morji | |||
* metal - jinme | |||
* middle - midju | |||
* military - bilni | |||
* milk - ladru | |||
* mind - menli (thought); patpei (contrary opinion); jundi (attention) | |||
* mine - pe/po (possession); ponse (possession); te kunra (ore) | |||
* minute - mentu | |||
* mist - dilnu (cloud); bumru (fog/vapor); bumgau (verb) | |||
* mixed - jicla (stir); pluja (complex); | |||
* money - jdini | |||
* monkey - smani | |||
* month - masti | |||
* moon - lunra | |||
* morning - cerni | |||
* mother - mamta | |||
* motion - some sense of 'muvdu' | |||
* mountain - cmana | |||
* mouth - moklu | |||
* move - muvdu (to displace); kelka'u (game); muvgau (agentive) | |||
* much - mutce | |||
* muscle - sluji | |||
* music - zgike ('music'); selsa'a (something sung) | |||
* nail - dinko (tool); degycalku (finger/toe) | |||
* name - cmene | |||
* narrow - jarki | |||
* nation - natmi | |||
* natural - rarna | |||
* near - jibni | |||
* necessary - sarcu | |||
* neck - cnebo | |||
* need - nitcu | |||
* needle - jesni | |||
* nerve - nirna | |||
* net - julne (lit.) | |||
* new - cnino (unfamiliar) | |||
* news - nuzba | |||
* night - nicte | |||
* no - na go'i (disagree); je'enai | |||
* noise - savru (clamor); te tirna (sound interference) | |||
* normal - cnano (average) | |||
* north - berti | |||
* nose - nazbi | |||
* not - na; na'e | |||
* note - notci (short letter); jundi (to notice); zgana (to observe) | |||
* now - cabna; ca | |||
* number - namcu (quantity); lerfu (symbol) | |||
* nut - narge | |||
* observation - se zgana | |||
* of - pe | |||
* off - ganlo (switch) | |||
* offer - friti | |||
* office - briju | |||
* oil - ctile (petrol); grasu (grease); matne (butter) | |||
* old - tolci'o; laldo ! experimental ! | |||
* on - kalri (switch); cpana (upon) | |||
* only - steci; po'o (uniquely) | |||
* open - kalri (state); kargau (action) | |||
* operation - sazri (to use/manipulate); micka'agau (surgery) | |||
* opinion - se jinvi | |||
* opposite - dukti (contrary); to'e (grammar word) | |||
* or - .a (OR), .onai (XOR) | |||
* orange - narju (colour); najnimre (citrus) | |||
* order - cticpe (a meal); minde (issue a command); tervencpe (request a product/service); cnici (arranged) | |||
* organization - ganzu (to organise); bende (group) | |||
* ornament - jadni | |||
* other - drata | |||
* out - bartu (exterior) | |||
* oven - toknu | |||
* over - gapru (above); ga'u (tense); mu'o (radio) | |||
* owner - ponse | |||
* page - papri (book); klacpe (summon) | |||
* pain - cortu | |||
* paint - cinta (pigment); cintypu'i (agentive); pirlarfi'i (art) | |||
* paper - pelji | |||
* parallel - panra | |||
* parcel - se mrilu | |||
* part - pagbu (portion); sepli (separate) | |||
* past - purci | |||
* paste - pesxu (texture/material); fukpu'i (computer) | |||
* payment - se pleji | |||
* peace - panpi | |||
* pen - penbi | |||
* pencil - pinsi | |||
* person - prenu | |||
* physical - ro'o (emote); xadni (corporeal) | |||
* picture - pixra | |||
* pig - xarju | |||
* pin - pijne (fastener); jongau (to attach) | |||
* pipe - flevau (flow); tubnu ('tube') | |||
* place - stuzi (location); punji (put/place/set) | |||
* plane - plita (2D form); vinji (aircraft) | |||
* plant - spati (noun); sombo (verb) | |||
* plate - palta | |||
* play - kelci | |||
* please - pe'u (vocative); pluka (pleasure) | |||
* pleasure - pluka | |||
* plough - sombo (verb) | |||
* pocket - daski (pouch) | |||
* point - farsni (non-agentive); mokca (vertex); degja'o (finger) | |||
* poison - vindu (noun) | |||
* polish - spali (surface) | |||
* political - plajva (policy) | |||
* poor - pindi (impoverished) | |||
* porter - bevri (carry) | |||
* position - munje judri (physical position) | |||
* possible - cumki | |||
* pot - patxu | |||
* potato - patlu | |||
* powder - purmo | |||
* power - te tenfa (maths); nejni (energy) | |||
* present - se dunda (gift); cabna (now) | |||
* price - jdima | |||
* print - prina (noun) | |||
* prison - te pinfu | |||
* private - sivni | |||
* probable - lakne | |||
* process - pruce (non-agentive) | |||
* produce - cupra (production); stagi (vegetable) | |||
* profit - prali (noun) | |||
* property - se ckaji | |||
* prose - prosa | |||
* protest - pante | |||
* public - gubni | |||
* pull - lacpu | |||
* pump - pambe | |||
* punishment - ve sfasa | |||
* purpose - te zukte | |||
* push - catke | |||
* put - punji (place/set) | |||
* quality - se ckaji (trait) | |||
* question - (n) preti, se danfu | |||
* question - (v) senpi ('i question the truth of that') | |||
* question - cf what, where, when, why; cf pau, xu, ma, mo, ji, je'i, ge'i, gi'i, gu'i, cu'e, xo, fi'a, pei, kau, ki'a, go'i | |||
* quick - sutra | |||
* quiet - smaji | |||
* quite - see 'very' | |||
* rail - garna (support) | |||
* rain - carvi | |||
* range - kuspe (extend) | |||
* rat - ratcu | |||
* rate - parbi 'rate of X relative to Y' | |||
* ray - xadba linji (geometry), gusni linji (ray of light) | |||
* reaction - selfra | |||
* reading - ca'o tcidu | |||
* ready - bredi | |||
* reason - nibli (logical implication), rinka (non-agentive cause), mukti (motivation), krinu (justification) | |||
* receipt - nu vecnu kei vreji | |||
* record - vreji | |||
* red - xunre | |||
* regret - xenru (to regret), selxe'u (a regret) | |||
* regular - dikni (cyclic), fadni (normal) | |||
* relation - terki'i | |||
* religion - lijda | |||
* representative - krati | |||
* request - e'o (emote); cpedu (petitions) | |||
* respect - io (emote); sinma (venerate) | |||
* responsible - fuzme (accountable) | |||
* rest - surla (at east); selyli'a (remainder) | |||
* reward - cnemu (verb); ve cnemu (noun) | |||
* rhythm - rilti (music) | |||
* rice - rismi | |||
* right - pritu (direction); dragau (agentive 'correct'); krali (entitlement) !experimental! | |||
* ring - djine (shape); degja'i (jewellery); ??? (sound) | |||
* river - rirxe | |||
* road - dargu | |||
* rod - grana (shape) | |||
* roll - cmananba (food); gurgau (dice); gunro (trundle) | |||
* roof - drudi | |||
* room - kumfa | |||
* root - se tenfa (maths); genja (plants) | |||
* rough - rufsu (texture) | |||
* round - cukla (2D); ??? ('round 1.34 to 1.3'); ??? ('round the edges of a block of wood'); | |||
??? ('as she rounds the corner,...' -- ie movement path ) | |||
* rub - satre (verb); | |||
* rule - javni | |||
* run - bajra | |||
* sad - badri | |||
* safe - snura (secure) | |||
* sail - falnu (noun); fankla (verb) | |||
* salt - silna (noun) | |||
* same - mintu | |||
* sand - canre | |||
* say - cusku (express); | |||
* scale - ckilu (measurement); ??? (climb to top of..); ??? (lizard/fish) | |||
* school - ckule | |||
* science - saske | |||
* scissors - relselba'e | |||
* screw - klupe (tool) | |||
* sea - xamsi | |||
* seat - stizu (chair); tsestu (generic 'sitting place') | |||
* second - snidu (time); remoi (order) | |||
* secret - mipri | |||
* secretary - ci'arse'u | |||
* see - viska | |||
* seed - tsiju | |||
* seem - simlu | |||
* selection - se cuxna (choose) | |||
* self - sevzi | |||
* send - benji | |||
* sense - ganse | |||
* separate - seirgau (verb) | |||
* serious - junri | |||
* servant - selfu | |||
* sex - gletu; ??? (agentive 'determine the sex of' sense) | |||
* shade - ctino (shadow), selti'o (a shade), nu ctino kei gasnu (to shade something, agentive) | |||
* shake - desku | |||
* shame - o'anai (emote); xenru (regret) | |||
* sharp - kinli (cutting) | |||
* sheep - lanme | |||
* shelf - kajna | |||
* ship - bloti | |||
* shirt - creka | |||
* shock - jenca (stun); ??? (electrocuted) | |||
* shoe - cutci | |||
* short - tordu | |||
* shut - ganlo (state); ga'orgau (verb) | |||
* side - mlana (direction); mlapau (face) | |||
* sign - sinxa | |||
* silk - silka | |||
* silver - rijno (metal) | |||
* simple - sampu | |||
* sister - mensi | |||
* size - cisni !experimental!; te merli | |||
* skin - skapi | |||
* skirt - skaci (garment); mlakla (sidestep) | |||
* sky - tsani | |||
* sleep - sipna | |||
* slip - sakli | |||
* slope - salpo | |||
* slow - masno | |||
* small - cmalu | |||
* smash - marxa | |||
* smell - sumne (verb); se sumne (noun) | |||
* smile - cisma | |||
* smoke - danmo (noun); damva'u (a cigarette) | |||
* smooth - xutla (texture) | |||
* snake - since | |||
* sneeze - senci | |||
* snow - snime | |||
* so - mutce (very); ge'e (sentence beginning) | |||
* soap - zbabu | |||
* society - cecmu (community); kluce'u (sharing culture) | |||
* sock - smoka (garment) | |||
* soft - ranti | |||
* solid - sligu (state) | |||
* some - su'o (number) | |||
* son - bersa (pref. verba). nanla more rarely | |||
* song - se sanga | |||
* sort - ganzu; cf. porsi | |||
* sound - sance | |||
* soup - stasu | |||
* south - snanu | |||
* space - canlu (area); kensa (outer-space) | |||
* spade - canpa | |||
* special - rirci (uncommon); steci (particular) | |||
* sponge - panje | |||
* spoon - smuci | |||
* spring - vensa (season); ??? (suddenly leap); ??? (coil) | |||
* square - kurtenfa (maths); kurfa (shape); ??? (business space) | |||
* stage - tsina (platform) | |||
* stamp - prina (impression/image) | |||
* star - tarci | |||
* start - cfari | |||
* statement - midvla (comp.sci.); selsku (expression) | |||
* station - tcana | |||
* steam - gapci | |||
* steel - gasta | |||
* stem - stani (plant) | |||
* step - stapa (foot); serti (stairs) | |||
* stick - snipa (adhere); grana (shape) | |||
* sticky - snipa | |||
* stiff - tinsa (rigid) | |||
* still - za'o (continuing for too long), bifcau (without wind), na muvdu (not moving) | |||
* stitch - velfe'o (fabric), sluji cortu stuzi (cramp) | |||
* stocking - smoka ?? | |||
* stomach - djaruntyrango (organ); betfu (abdomen) | |||
* stone - rokci | |||
* stop - sisti | |||
* store - sorcu (deposit); zarci (market) | |||
* story - lisri (tale); dijysenta (building) | |||
* straight - sirji (line) | |||
* strange - cizra | |||
* street - klaji | |||
* stretch - tcena | |||
* strong - tsali | |||
* structure - stura (arrangement) | |||
* substance - xukmi (drug) | |||
* such - | |||
* sudden - suksa | |||
* sugar - sakta | |||
* suggestion - selti'i | |||
* summer - crisa | |||
* sun - solri | |||
* support - sarji | |||
* surprise - spaji (a surprise), spaji gasnu (to surprise) | |||
* sweet - titla | |||
* swim - limna | |||
* system - ciste | |||
* table - jubme | |||
* tail - rebla | |||
* take - lebna | |||
* talk - tavla (chat), bacru (utter) | |||
* tall - rajycla | |||
* taste - vrusi (a food taste), nelci selji'i (an art taste), vrusi mupcpa (to taste/sample something) | |||
* tax - cteki | |||
* teaching - ca'o ctuca | |||
* tendency - dikni lakne | |||
* test - cipra (a test), cipra gasnu (to test something) | |||
* than - [[no translation|no translation]] | |||
* that - ta (that which the speaker is pointing at), go'a (that which has been expressed in the conversation), zo'e (something said purely for grammatical purposes) | |||
* the - le | |||
* then - gi (separation of logically connected things), ba (later in time), ce'o (forming a sequence) | |||
* theory - velcki | |||
* there - ta (pointed-at place) | |||
* thick - rotsu (opposite of thin), menli xarnu (dumb) | |||
* thin - cinla (opposite of thick), to'e viknu (opposite of viscous) | |||
* thing - dacti (object), zo'e (something) | |||
* this - ti (held/pointed-at thing) | |||
* thought - pensi sidbo (idea/concept), pu pensi (past think) | |||
* thread - cilta | |||
* throat - galxe | |||
* through - mulno [[sort of|sort of]] | |||
* thumb - tamji | |||
* thunder - lidysna | |||
* ticket - pikta | |||
* tight - tagji (close fitting); trati (taut). {lo tagji} actually makes sense as a xelfanva for 'tights' | |||
* till - rupydacru?; plixa; (till, not 'til) | |||
* time - temci (period of time); tcika (point in time); see 'day','night' | |||
* tin - tinci | |||
* tired - tatpi | |||
* to - n/a mostly; sometimes bi'o seems to be meant, often "fa'a" | |||
* toe - tamji | |||
* together - .a or JOI (almost any JOI; joi itself is most typical.) in | |||
* some senses, kansa ; i'i | |||
* tomorrow - bavlamdei | |||
* tongue - tance | |||
* tooth - denci | |||
* top - drudi; se cpana (additional implications vs drudi); creka ('put on a top') - | |||
* touch - pensu; ganse for 'sense of touch'?; re'o (locational sense);"pencu", kuspe *for 'spans X to Y, touching Z'; | |||
* town - tcadu | |||
* trade - canja; jibri; basti; | |||
* train - trene (vehicular sense); jonpoi (physically-joined-objects sense);crezenzu'e, rapcreze'a | |||
* transport - xe klama /xelkla, xe ka'a;se tcana?, "marce", "bevri" | |||
* tray - palne | |||
* tree - tricu | |||
* trick - tcica, ticygau; | |||
* trouble - raktu | |||
* trousers - palku | |||
* true - jetnu | |||
* turn - carna, kruvi | |||
* twist - torni; sometimes carna | |||
* umbrella - santa (u'i) | |||
* under - cnita; ni'a? | |||
* unit - gradu | |||
* up - ga'u; sort of galtu | |||
* use - pilno | |||
* value - vamji; ve vecnu, se jdima; steci | |||
* verse - pemci; ??? (in sense delimited subset of text) | |||
* very - mutce; in some contexts traji might be meant; carmi. | |||
* vessel - vasru; bloti; kabri; blutu'u | |||
* view - jvinu; se viska | |||
* violent - ka vlile | |||
* voice - voksa | |||
* waiting - nu denpa/denpa; nu djabeipre (IOW waiting on people; waiter.) | |||
* walk - cadzu | |||
* wall - bitmu | |||
* war - jamna | |||
* warm - mligla or glare, depending on level of exaggeration. | |||
* wash - lumci; flecu in sense 'wash of water/backwash' | |||
* waste - festi, xaksu, vikmi | |||
* watch - zgana, catlu; mencti; junla; ??? (in sense 'a watch/patrol'; some kind of zgaku'i. bilzgaku'i?) | |||
* water - djacu (a quantity of water), djacu je spati dunda (to water some plants) | |||
* wave - boxna | |||
* wax - lakse | |||
* way - pluta/ve pluta (route), tadji (method) | |||
* weather - tcima | |||
* week - jeftu (a week's duration), co'i jeftu ("the week") | |||
* weight - junta (not tilju, but it may be relevant.) | |||
* well - xamgu (good), jinto (water source), kanro (healthy), ke'u nai (continuing the discussion, "Well then, let's discuss the software package.") | |||
* west - vu'a ("west of..."), stici (the west (not meaning America/Europe] | |||
* wet - cilmo | |||
* wheel - xislu | |||
* when - ca ma | |||
* where - bu'u ma (physical location), vi ma (near-to physical location) | |||
* while - ca (at the same time as), ca'o (some time during) | |||
* whistle - siclu (to make a whistling noise), se siclu (a whistling noise), se siclu tutci (a whistle) | |||
* white - blabi | |||
* who - ma, ma kau ("I know who killed Johnny") | |||
* why - ki'u ma (what is the justification), mu'i ma (what is the motivation), ri'a ma (what is the physical/non-agentive cause), ni'i ma (why is that true), se ja'e ma (what effected it) [[also each with "kau" appended, as in "I know WHY it is"]] | |||
* wide - ganra | |||
* will - ba (future tense), te zukte (the will to do something), morsi ke minde notci (legal will) | |||
* wind - brife | |||
* window - canko | |||
* wine - vanju | |||
* wing - nalci | |||
* winter - dunra | |||
* wire - cilta (thin), skori (thick/braided) | |||
* wise - prije | |||
* with - se pi'o (using), tugni (agree) | |||
* woman - makcu ninmu | |||
* wood - mudri | |||
* wool - sunla | |||
* word - valsi | |||
* work - gunka (to labor), briju (location), te jerna (paid work), jibri (job), se finti (creation), tolpo'u (functioning), jai rinka (to be effective) | |||
* worm - curnu (invertebrate), lumbrinki (earthworm) | |||
* wound - cagna (EXPERIMENTAL)/pilka je se cortu (a wound), xrani (to wound) | |||
* writing - ca'o ciska (to be writing), selci'a (a writing) | |||
* wrong - jitfa (false), toldrani (not right), te venfu (immoral) | |||
* whip - bikla (sudden motion), bikla xarci (weapon) | |||
* year - nanca | |||
* yellow - pelxu | |||
* yes - go'i/ja'a | |||
* yesterday - prulamdei | |||
* you - do (you, the listener), do'o (you, the listener, and others) | |||
* young - citno |
Latest revision as of 08:08, 30 June 2014
Basic English Word List
Please update this to include senses for every gloss where it may not be clear.
PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE METAPHOR OR OUTDATED COLLOQUIAL USAGE
- account - (as in bank) janta
- account - (explanation) ve ciksi
- account - (judgement) se pajni
- against - fapro, fa'a, (English def. is too loose, word is built into many gismu)
- almost - na'e (?), na'e ru'e, na ru'e, jibni
- among - jbini
- amount - ni, klani
- and - .e, je, ge, gi'e, jo'u, joi, fa'u, ce, jo'e
- any -
- as - sometimes "du'i"
- at - zvati, bu'u
- between - jbini (amidst), bi'i (connective)
- boy - nanla
- branch - (literal) jimca
- by - finti, lamji, zo'a
- chain - linsi
- change - galfi, stika, cenba
- cheap - tolkargu
- cheese - cirla
- chemical - xukmi
- chest - cutne
- chief - ralju
- chin - (related to xedja)
- church - (building) xriso malsi
- church - (community) xriso cecmu
- circle - cuktai
- clean - (v: is clean) jinsa
- clean - (n: to clean) lumci
- clear - klina
- clock - junla
- cloth - bukpu
- cloud - dilnu
- coal - kolme
- coat - kosta
- cold - lenku (is cold)
- collar - karli
- colour - skari
- comb - komcu
- come - klama
- comfort - kufra
- committee - kamni
- common - fadni, kampu
- company - (corporation) kagni
- company - (having people over) kansa
- comparison - nu karbi
- competition - te jivna
- complete - mulno
- complex - pluja
- condition - (a place in many gismu; be morse specific)
- connection - terjo'e/te jorne
- conscious - cikna
- control - jitro
- cook - jukpa
- copper - tunka
- copy - fukpi
- cord - skori
- cork - korka
- cotton - mapni
- cough - kafke
- country - (nation) gugde
- country - (countryside) nurma
- cover - gacri
- cow - (bovine) bakni
- cow - (female) fetsi
- crack - fenra
- credit - dejni
- crime - zekri
- cruel - kusra
- crush - marxa, zalvi
- cry - klaku
- cup - kabri (for liquid); (???? -> hold closely and gently)
- current - cabna
- curtain - murta
- curve - kruvi
- cushion - kicne
- damage - xrani (the result);xairgau (the action)
- danger - ckape
- dark - manku
- daughter - tixnu
- day - (24 hours) djedi
- day - (daytime) donri
- dead - morsi
- dear - dirba
- death - nu morsi
- debt - se dejni
- decision - se jdice
- deep - condi
- degree - gradu;julra'o;kelvo,jacke'o;
- delicate - ralci
- dependent - lacri
- design - platu (verb); se platu (noun)
- desire - djica
- destruction - nu daspo
- detail - tcila
- development - farvi
- different - frica
- digestion - canti
- direction - farna
- dirty - toljinsa
- discovery - te facki
- discussion - nu casnu
- disease - te bilma
- disgust - se rigni
- distance - ni darno (how far); ni jibni (how close)
- distribution - nu fatri
- division - nu fendi
- do - gasnu (agentive); zukte (volitive goal-oriented)
- dog - gerku
- door - vrogai
- doubt - senpi (plus any NU for various senses)
- down - cnita
- drain - te rinci (noun); ve rinci (force); rincygau (verb)
- drawer - dacru
- dress - skaci
- drink - pinxe (verb); se pinxe (noun); xalka (alcohol); sodva (soda pop)
- driving - ma'ersazri (to operate a vehicle); se marce (to be transported by vehicle); klama fu lo karce (going by car)
- drop - falcru; dirgo
- dry - sudga
- dust - pulce
- ear - kerlo
- early - clira; (experimental) xa'o
- earth - terdi; dertu
- east - stuna
- edge - korbi
- education - ctuca (teach); cilre (learn); tadni (study); ve ckule (being taught at a school)
- effect - se rinka (the result of something happening)
- egg - sovda
- elastic - pruni
- electric - dikca
- end - fanmo
- engine - ve marce (thing propelling a vehicle)
- enough - banzu; rau
- equal - dunli (see also mintu, panra)
- error - srera
- even - lanxe (balanced); za'umai (futher more); do'anai (implying an extreme example)
- event - fasnu; nu
- ever - Undefinable. Perhaps pujeca, pujeca'o, or similar.
- every - ro (also 'each')
- example - mupli; mu'a 'for example'
- exchange - canja
- existence - nu zasti
- expansion - prenja (with NU)
- experience - lifri (verb); se lifri (noun)
- expert - certu
- eye - kanla
- face - flira
- fact - fatci
- fall - farlu
- false - jitfa
- family - lanzu
- far - darno; vu
- farm - cange
- fat - plana
- father - patfu
- fear - terpa
- feather - pimlu
- feeble - ruble
- feeling - nuncni; se ganse
- female - fetsi
- fertile - ferti
- fiction - cfika
- field - foldi
- fight - damba
- finger - degji
- fire - fagri; cecla
- first - pamoi
- fish - finpe; fipkalte in agentive sense
- fixed - nalmu'u 'unmoving' ;te lasna (something static which is attached to); pu cikre;pu lasna (in 'attached' sense); pu frati (in sense 'dealt with')
- flag - lanci; ??? in sense 'make specifically visible'
- flame - fagri
- flat - pinta; plita; ??? in sense 'compact urban dwelling'
- flight - nu vofli
- floor - loldi; lolgai in sense 'covering of bottom layer'; le darxi ku falgau (in sense 'strike down'; one might also be floored like {le nu desku ku falri'a})
- flower - xrula; nu xrula, in event sense
- fly - vofli; sfani (insect sense)
- fold - polje in causative sense; cinje, te polje in 'physical feature' sense
- food - cidja
- foolish - bebna
- foot - jamfu; jmagutci in 'unit' sense
- for - nothing. 'for X' might be te zu'e, fi'o tergu'a, fi'o tergunta; mukti; 'for x reason' = ki'u; "for each X, there is a Y which broda's X" -- use zo'u prenexes and da, de, di
- force - bapli 'compel'; danre, lafti, polje, se randa, te tinsa, ve rinci, se ranti, mosra, marxa, lanxe, jicla, katna, se jdari, se fapro, desku, se torni for various kinds of forces being yielded to, resisted, ignored.
- fork - forca; jimca in 'tree branch' sense; jimca pe'a in 'branch in path' sense;
- form - tarmi; binxo in sense 'create formation'; various places: binxo, se binxo, se banro, te marji - use a specific gismu eg boxfo, bolci, bliku if you want to say X is eg. of spherical form.; ??? in sense 'bureaucratic paperwork'
- forward - ca'u (tense); crane
- fowl - cipni (bird); datka (duck); gunse (goose); jipci (chicken); xruki (turkey)
- frame - greku (most general sense); selca'o 'window frame'; korbi dacti ('picture frame'); kinslexra/temslexra 'animation/film frame')
- free - zifre
- frequent - cafne; cf. di'i
- friend - pendo
- from - ra'i (origin); to'o (apart)
- front - crane
- fruit - grute
- full - culno
- future - ba, balvi
- garden - purdi
- general - kampu
- get - cpacu (get); te dunda (receive)
- girl - nixli; ninmu in some (inaccurate) English usage
- give - dunda
- glass - blaci
- glove - gluta
- go - klama, cliva ('leave')
- goat - kanba
- gold - solji (metal); pelxu (colour)
- good - xamgu; vrude; se vecnu (a saleable good), se pleji, se janta, se cteki, se jdima; kanro, gleki, fadni "i'm good"
- government - turni
- grain - gurni (general); tengu ('wood grain' /appearance/feel sense). se nanba, rarely
- grass - srasu; xukmi in a colloquial sense
- great - banli, traji; mutce xamgu
- green - crino
- grey - grusi
- grip - jgari; jimpe 'get a grip on'
- group - girzu; ganzu fi lo girzu ('group together'/ put into a group)
- growth - nu banro; banro in the sense of 'plant growth'
- guide - gidva
- gun - cecla
- hair - kerfa
- hammer - mruli; jusxai in sense 'severely damage'
- hand - xance
- hanging - dandu 'hang'
- happy - gleki
- harbour - marbi
- hard - jdari ('firm'); fu'inai (emotion); nandu (difficult)
- harmony - sarxe (agreement)
- hat - mapku
- hate - xebni
- have - ponse (own); bevri (to have on one's person); pu (past tense conjugation)
- he - N/A (ko'a?)
- head - stedu
- healthy - kanro
- hear - tirna
- hearing - snaga'e
- heart - risna (organ); cnise'i (metaphorical 'emotional self')
- heat - glare ('is hot'); glanejni ('heat'); glebre ('in heat' (sexual sense]
- help - sidju
- high - galtu (elevation)
- history - citri
- hole - kevna ('cave'/'cavity'); greke'a (passageway)
- hollow - nonvau ! nonce !
- hook - genxu (shape)
- hope - a'o (emote); pacna (verb); se pacna (noun)
- horn - jirna (body part); tabra (brass instrument); vruca'a (noise-maker)
- horse - xirma
- hospital - spita
- hour - cacra
- house - zdadi'u (building)
- how - ta'i (method); xokau (how many); sai (intensifier); mo (how are you?)
- humour - zo'o (emotive); xajmi (amusing)
- I - mi
- ice - bisli
- idea - sidbo; si'o
- if - ni'igi (logical implication), ri'agi (non-agentive cause), mu'igi (motivation), ki'ugi (justification)
- ill - bilma
- important - vajni
- impulse - djica suksa (sudden desire), muvdu bo temci je junta galfi (change in momentum)
- We probably want a fu'ivla for change in momentum, as it's jargon.
- in - ne'i; nenri
- increase - zengau, ba'orgau (agentive sense); nu zenba SUMTI, nu banro SUMTI (as in 'an increase in ..' or 'a growth of ..')
- industry - gundi
- ink - xinmo
- insect - cinki
- instrument - tutci; various (damri, flani, janbe, jgita, pipno, tabra, xagri) in 'musical' sense, possibly also {se damri}.
- insurance - binra
- interest - a'u (emote); cinri
- invention - se finti
- iron - tirse (metal); xulbuktci (clothing tool)
- island - daplu
- jelly - jduli (consistency); rutpesxu (fruit spread)
- jewel - jemna (polished stone); jmeja'i (for adornment)
- join - jorne
- journey - nu litru (journeying), nu farvi (spiritual or figurative journey)
- judge - (person) pajni
- judge - (judgement) nu pajni
- jump - plipe
- keep - ralte (possesion); ra'irgau (maintain condition); badydi'u (building)
- kettle - patxu ('pot'); jacpatxu ! nonce ! (kettle)
- key - ckiku
- kick - tikpa
- kind - xendo
- kiss - cinba
- knee - cidni; cidni darxi (agentive sense, strike with one's knee)
- knife - dakfu; dakfu gunta (agentive sense, to attack using a knife)
- knot - jgena
- knowledge - se djuno
- land - tumla (parcel); ??? (what happens after flight/falling)
- language - bangu
- last - fanmo (end); renvi (endure)
- late - lerci (not on time)
- laugh - cmila
- law - flalu
- lead - cnisa (metal); xlura (influence); gidva (guide); lidne (precede)
- leaf - pezli
- learning - cilre
- leather - bakskapi
- left - zunle (direction); stali (remain)
- leg - tuple
- let - curmi (allow)
- letter - xatra (missive); se mrilu (parcel); lerfu (character)
- level - pinta (horizontal/flat); klani (degree/amount)
- library - ckusro
- lift - lafti; lafmuvgau (to lift)
- light - gusni
- like - nelci (enjoy); simsa (similar)
- limit - (v) jimte
- line - linji (maths); depypoi (queue)
- linen - matli
- lip - ctebi
- liquid - litki
- list - liste (physical list only)
- little - cmalu
- living - jmive
- lock - stela
- long - clani
- look - catlu (examine); zgana (observe); viska (see)
- loose - kluza
- loss - u'anai (emote); cirko (lose)
- loud - cladu
- love - prami
- low - dizlo
- machine - minji
- make - zbasu (build); finti (invent)
- male - nakni
- man - nanmu
- manager - jitro
- map - cartu
- mark - barna (spot); ??? (verb)
- market - zarci
- married - speni
- mass - gunma (aggregate); junta (weight); grake (gram)
- match - mapti (compatibility); sacki (fire)
- material - marji
- may - cumki (permission)
- meal - sanmi
- measure - merli (to evaluate); platu (strategy/plan)
- meat - rectu
- medical - mikce ('doctor'); ve mikce ('treatment')
- meeting - penmi (to meet at a place); jmaji (a group collecting at a location)
- memory - morji
- metal - jinme
- middle - midju
- military - bilni
- milk - ladru
- mind - menli (thought); patpei (contrary opinion); jundi (attention)
- mine - pe/po (possession); ponse (possession); te kunra (ore)
- minute - mentu
- mist - dilnu (cloud); bumru (fog/vapor); bumgau (verb)
- mixed - jicla (stir); pluja (complex);
- money - jdini
- monkey - smani
- month - masti
- moon - lunra
- morning - cerni
- mother - mamta
- motion - some sense of 'muvdu'
- mountain - cmana
- mouth - moklu
- move - muvdu (to displace); kelka'u (game); muvgau (agentive)
- much - mutce
- muscle - sluji
- music - zgike ('music'); selsa'a (something sung)
- nail - dinko (tool); degycalku (finger/toe)
- name - cmene
- narrow - jarki
- nation - natmi
- natural - rarna
- near - jibni
- necessary - sarcu
- neck - cnebo
- need - nitcu
- needle - jesni
- nerve - nirna
- net - julne (lit.)
- new - cnino (unfamiliar)
- news - nuzba
- night - nicte
- no - na go'i (disagree); je'enai
- noise - savru (clamor); te tirna (sound interference)
- normal - cnano (average)
- north - berti
- nose - nazbi
- not - na; na'e
- note - notci (short letter); jundi (to notice); zgana (to observe)
- now - cabna; ca
- number - namcu (quantity); lerfu (symbol)
- nut - narge
- observation - se zgana
- of - pe
- off - ganlo (switch)
- offer - friti
- office - briju
- oil - ctile (petrol); grasu (grease); matne (butter)
- old - tolci'o; laldo ! experimental !
- on - kalri (switch); cpana (upon)
- only - steci; po'o (uniquely)
- open - kalri (state); kargau (action)
- operation - sazri (to use/manipulate); micka'agau (surgery)
- opinion - se jinvi
- opposite - dukti (contrary); to'e (grammar word)
- or - .a (OR), .onai (XOR)
- orange - narju (colour); najnimre (citrus)
- order - cticpe (a meal); minde (issue a command); tervencpe (request a product/service); cnici (arranged)
- organization - ganzu (to organise); bende (group)
- ornament - jadni
- other - drata
- out - bartu (exterior)
- oven - toknu
- over - gapru (above); ga'u (tense); mu'o (radio)
- owner - ponse
- page - papri (book); klacpe (summon)
- pain - cortu
- paint - cinta (pigment); cintypu'i (agentive); pirlarfi'i (art)
- paper - pelji
- parallel - panra
- parcel - se mrilu
- part - pagbu (portion); sepli (separate)
- past - purci
- paste - pesxu (texture/material); fukpu'i (computer)
- payment - se pleji
- peace - panpi
- pen - penbi
- pencil - pinsi
- person - prenu
- physical - ro'o (emote); xadni (corporeal)
- picture - pixra
- pig - xarju
- pin - pijne (fastener); jongau (to attach)
- pipe - flevau (flow); tubnu ('tube')
- place - stuzi (location); punji (put/place/set)
- plane - plita (2D form); vinji (aircraft)
- plant - spati (noun); sombo (verb)
- plate - palta
- play - kelci
- please - pe'u (vocative); pluka (pleasure)
- pleasure - pluka
- plough - sombo (verb)
- pocket - daski (pouch)
- point - farsni (non-agentive); mokca (vertex); degja'o (finger)
- poison - vindu (noun)
- polish - spali (surface)
- political - plajva (policy)
- poor - pindi (impoverished)
- porter - bevri (carry)
- position - munje judri (physical position)
- possible - cumki
- pot - patxu
- potato - patlu
- powder - purmo
- power - te tenfa (maths); nejni (energy)
- present - se dunda (gift); cabna (now)
- price - jdima
- print - prina (noun)
- prison - te pinfu
- private - sivni
- probable - lakne
- process - pruce (non-agentive)
- produce - cupra (production); stagi (vegetable)
- profit - prali (noun)
- property - se ckaji
- prose - prosa
- protest - pante
- public - gubni
- pull - lacpu
- pump - pambe
- punishment - ve sfasa
- purpose - te zukte
- push - catke
- put - punji (place/set)
- quality - se ckaji (trait)
- question - (n) preti, se danfu
- question - (v) senpi ('i question the truth of that')
- question - cf what, where, when, why; cf pau, xu, ma, mo, ji, je'i, ge'i, gi'i, gu'i, cu'e, xo, fi'a, pei, kau, ki'a, go'i
- quick - sutra
- quiet - smaji
- quite - see 'very'
- rail - garna (support)
- rain - carvi
- range - kuspe (extend)
- rat - ratcu
- rate - parbi 'rate of X relative to Y'
- ray - xadba linji (geometry), gusni linji (ray of light)
- reaction - selfra
- reading - ca'o tcidu
- ready - bredi
- reason - nibli (logical implication), rinka (non-agentive cause), mukti (motivation), krinu (justification)
- receipt - nu vecnu kei vreji
- record - vreji
- red - xunre
- regret - xenru (to regret), selxe'u (a regret)
- regular - dikni (cyclic), fadni (normal)
- relation - terki'i
- religion - lijda
- representative - krati
- request - e'o (emote); cpedu (petitions)
- respect - io (emote); sinma (venerate)
- responsible - fuzme (accountable)
- rest - surla (at east); selyli'a (remainder)
- reward - cnemu (verb); ve cnemu (noun)
- rhythm - rilti (music)
- rice - rismi
- right - pritu (direction); dragau (agentive 'correct'); krali (entitlement) !experimental!
- ring - djine (shape); degja'i (jewellery); ??? (sound)
- river - rirxe
- road - dargu
- rod - grana (shape)
- roll - cmananba (food); gurgau (dice); gunro (trundle)
- roof - drudi
- room - kumfa
- root - se tenfa (maths); genja (plants)
- rough - rufsu (texture)
- round - cukla (2D); ??? ('round 1.34 to 1.3'); ??? ('round the edges of a block of wood');
??? ('as she rounds the corner,...' -- ie movement path )
- rub - satre (verb);
- rule - javni
- run - bajra
- sad - badri
- safe - snura (secure)
- sail - falnu (noun); fankla (verb)
- salt - silna (noun)
- same - mintu
- sand - canre
- say - cusku (express);
- scale - ckilu (measurement); ??? (climb to top of..); ??? (lizard/fish)
- school - ckule
- science - saske
- scissors - relselba'e
- screw - klupe (tool)
- sea - xamsi
- seat - stizu (chair); tsestu (generic 'sitting place')
- second - snidu (time); remoi (order)
- secret - mipri
- secretary - ci'arse'u
- see - viska
- seed - tsiju
- seem - simlu
- selection - se cuxna (choose)
- self - sevzi
- send - benji
- sense - ganse
- separate - seirgau (verb)
- serious - junri
- servant - selfu
- sex - gletu; ??? (agentive 'determine the sex of' sense)
- shade - ctino (shadow), selti'o (a shade), nu ctino kei gasnu (to shade something, agentive)
- shake - desku
- shame - o'anai (emote); xenru (regret)
- sharp - kinli (cutting)
- sheep - lanme
- shelf - kajna
- ship - bloti
- shirt - creka
- shock - jenca (stun); ??? (electrocuted)
- shoe - cutci
- short - tordu
- shut - ganlo (state); ga'orgau (verb)
- side - mlana (direction); mlapau (face)
- sign - sinxa
- silk - silka
- silver - rijno (metal)
- simple - sampu
- sister - mensi
- size - cisni !experimental!; te merli
- skin - skapi
- skirt - skaci (garment); mlakla (sidestep)
- sky - tsani
- sleep - sipna
- slip - sakli
- slope - salpo
- slow - masno
- small - cmalu
- smash - marxa
- smell - sumne (verb); se sumne (noun)
- smile - cisma
- smoke - danmo (noun); damva'u (a cigarette)
- smooth - xutla (texture)
- snake - since
- sneeze - senci
- snow - snime
- so - mutce (very); ge'e (sentence beginning)
- soap - zbabu
- society - cecmu (community); kluce'u (sharing culture)
- sock - smoka (garment)
- soft - ranti
- solid - sligu (state)
- some - su'o (number)
- son - bersa (pref. verba). nanla more rarely
- song - se sanga
- sort - ganzu; cf. porsi
- sound - sance
- soup - stasu
- south - snanu
- space - canlu (area); kensa (outer-space)
- spade - canpa
- special - rirci (uncommon); steci (particular)
- sponge - panje
- spoon - smuci
- spring - vensa (season); ??? (suddenly leap); ??? (coil)
- square - kurtenfa (maths); kurfa (shape); ??? (business space)
- stage - tsina (platform)
- stamp - prina (impression/image)
- star - tarci
- start - cfari
- statement - midvla (comp.sci.); selsku (expression)
- station - tcana
- steam - gapci
- steel - gasta
- stem - stani (plant)
- step - stapa (foot); serti (stairs)
- stick - snipa (adhere); grana (shape)
- sticky - snipa
- stiff - tinsa (rigid)
- still - za'o (continuing for too long), bifcau (without wind), na muvdu (not moving)
- stitch - velfe'o (fabric), sluji cortu stuzi (cramp)
- stocking - smoka ??
- stomach - djaruntyrango (organ); betfu (abdomen)
- stone - rokci
- stop - sisti
- store - sorcu (deposit); zarci (market)
- story - lisri (tale); dijysenta (building)
- straight - sirji (line)
- strange - cizra
- street - klaji
- stretch - tcena
- strong - tsali
- structure - stura (arrangement)
- substance - xukmi (drug)
- such -
- sudden - suksa
- sugar - sakta
- suggestion - selti'i
- summer - crisa
- sun - solri
- support - sarji
- surprise - spaji (a surprise), spaji gasnu (to surprise)
- sweet - titla
- swim - limna
- system - ciste
- table - jubme
- tail - rebla
- take - lebna
- talk - tavla (chat), bacru (utter)
- tall - rajycla
- taste - vrusi (a food taste), nelci selji'i (an art taste), vrusi mupcpa (to taste/sample something)
- tax - cteki
- teaching - ca'o ctuca
- tendency - dikni lakne
- test - cipra (a test), cipra gasnu (to test something)
- than - no translation
- that - ta (that which the speaker is pointing at), go'a (that which has been expressed in the conversation), zo'e (something said purely for grammatical purposes)
- the - le
- then - gi (separation of logically connected things), ba (later in time), ce'o (forming a sequence)
- theory - velcki
- there - ta (pointed-at place)
- thick - rotsu (opposite of thin), menli xarnu (dumb)
- thin - cinla (opposite of thick), to'e viknu (opposite of viscous)
- thing - dacti (object), zo'e (something)
- this - ti (held/pointed-at thing)
- thought - pensi sidbo (idea/concept), pu pensi (past think)
- thread - cilta
- throat - galxe
- through - mulno sort of
- thumb - tamji
- thunder - lidysna
- ticket - pikta
- tight - tagji (close fitting); trati (taut). {lo tagji} actually makes sense as a xelfanva for 'tights'
- till - rupydacru?; plixa; (till, not 'til)
- time - temci (period of time); tcika (point in time); see 'day','night'
- tin - tinci
- tired - tatpi
- to - n/a mostly; sometimes bi'o seems to be meant, often "fa'a"
- toe - tamji
- together - .a or JOI (almost any JOI; joi itself is most typical.) in
- some senses, kansa ; i'i
- tomorrow - bavlamdei
- tongue - tance
- tooth - denci
- top - drudi; se cpana (additional implications vs drudi); creka ('put on a top') -
- touch - pensu; ganse for 'sense of touch'?; re'o (locational sense);"pencu", kuspe *for 'spans X to Y, touching Z';
- town - tcadu
- trade - canja; jibri; basti;
- train - trene (vehicular sense); jonpoi (physically-joined-objects sense);crezenzu'e, rapcreze'a
- transport - xe klama /xelkla, xe ka'a;se tcana?, "marce", "bevri"
- tray - palne
- tree - tricu
- trick - tcica, ticygau;
- trouble - raktu
- trousers - palku
- true - jetnu
- turn - carna, kruvi
- twist - torni; sometimes carna
- umbrella - santa (u'i)
- under - cnita; ni'a?
- unit - gradu
- up - ga'u; sort of galtu
- use - pilno
- value - vamji; ve vecnu, se jdima; steci
- verse - pemci; ??? (in sense delimited subset of text)
- very - mutce; in some contexts traji might be meant; carmi.
- vessel - vasru; bloti; kabri; blutu'u
- view - jvinu; se viska
- violent - ka vlile
- voice - voksa
- waiting - nu denpa/denpa; nu djabeipre (IOW waiting on people; waiter.)
- walk - cadzu
- wall - bitmu
- war - jamna
- warm - mligla or glare, depending on level of exaggeration.
- wash - lumci; flecu in sense 'wash of water/backwash'
- waste - festi, xaksu, vikmi
- watch - zgana, catlu; mencti; junla; ??? (in sense 'a watch/patrol'; some kind of zgaku'i. bilzgaku'i?)
- water - djacu (a quantity of water), djacu je spati dunda (to water some plants)
- wave - boxna
- wax - lakse
- way - pluta/ve pluta (route), tadji (method)
- weather - tcima
- week - jeftu (a week's duration), co'i jeftu ("the week")
- weight - junta (not tilju, but it may be relevant.)
- well - xamgu (good), jinto (water source), kanro (healthy), ke'u nai (continuing the discussion, "Well then, let's discuss the software package.")
- west - vu'a ("west of..."), stici (the west (not meaning America/Europe]
- wet - cilmo
- wheel - xislu
- when - ca ma
- where - bu'u ma (physical location), vi ma (near-to physical location)
- while - ca (at the same time as), ca'o (some time during)
- whistle - siclu (to make a whistling noise), se siclu (a whistling noise), se siclu tutci (a whistle)
- white - blabi
- who - ma, ma kau ("I know who killed Johnny")
- why - ki'u ma (what is the justification), mu'i ma (what is the motivation), ri'a ma (what is the physical/non-agentive cause), ni'i ma (why is that true), se ja'e ma (what effected it) [[also each with "kau" appended, as in "I know WHY it is"]]
- wide - ganra
- will - ba (future tense), te zukte (the will to do something), morsi ke minde notci (legal will)
- wind - brife
- window - canko
- wine - vanju
- wing - nalci
- winter - dunra
- wire - cilta (thin), skori (thick/braided)
- wise - prije
- with - se pi'o (using), tugni (agree)
- woman - makcu ninmu
- wood - mudri
- wool - sunla
- word - valsi
- work - gunka (to labor), briju (location), te jerna (paid work), jibri (job), se finti (creation), tolpo'u (functioning), jai rinka (to be effective)
- worm - curnu (invertebrate), lumbrinki (earthworm)
- wound - cagna (EXPERIMENTAL)/pilka je se cortu (a wound), xrani (to wound)
- writing - ca'o ciska (to be writing), selci'a (a writing)
- wrong - jitfa (false), toldrani (not right), te venfu (immoral)
- whip - bikla (sudden motion), bikla xarci (weapon)
- year - nanca
- yellow - pelxu
- yes - go'i/ja'a
- yesterday - prulamdei
- you - do (you, the listener), do'o (you, the listener, and others)
- young - citno