buku-name: Mini dictionary

a: introduces direct object & nominal complement

Bob a man.
Bob is a person.
i de a vasa.
There was water.
i jage a sino de fungi-veni.
Look for signs of decomposition.
mi-ale i no pensa a da moda.
That's not how we think.

abuso: abuse, assault, abusive (for sexual assault prefer 'sesi-abuso')

Tom i de abuso a Mary.
Tom abused Mary.

ade-kolun: spar (ship), mast

di vela navi i ave a san ade-kolun.
This sailing ship has three masts.
i supa-go a ade-kolun!
Climb the mast!

ade-man: helper, assistant, auxiliary (person)

si ade-man i de sinti a si sapato.
His assistant polished his shoes.

ade: aid, care, concern, help, care for

mi i go ade a tu, pero mi i go no ade a Tom.
I will help you, but I won't help Tom.
tu e sufi matura ke tu i kan ade a tu-ego.
You are old enough to take care of yourself.

adere-imaje: sticker, decal

mi i koleki a adere-imaje.
I collect stickers.

adere: adhere, stick, cling, sticky, glue

i uti a adere baton.
Use a glue stick.

adio: bye, farewell (prefer 'salu')

Aegiptos: Egypt (see 'Mosr')

Sami e de Aegiptos.
Sami originates from Egypt.

aeji: shield, armor

i dona a da aeji go mi.
Give me that shield.

aero-kula: air-con, air con, air conditioner machine

Sami i odi a aero-kula.
Sami hates air conditioners.

aero-loka: airlock

ka mi odi tu, mi senti sama en-i open a aero-loka.
Because I hate you, I feel like opening the airlock.

aero-mini-peso: particulate (atmospheric)

some vakansa-navi i radi sama mui aero-mini-peso sama uno mega karo.
Some cruise ships emit as much particulate matter as one million cars.

aero-pota: airport

aero-pota e en ke?
Where's the airport?

aero-veni: rust

jin i no aero-veni.
Gold doesn't rust.

aero: air, atmosphere, gas

nu aero e ke mi-ale i nese.
Fresh air is what we need.

Aetiopia: Ethiopia

Italia i de milita-move a Aetiopia en 1935.
Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1935.

afa-semi-dia: afternoon

bon afa-semi-dia.
Good afternoon.

afa: after

afa, mi-ale go.
Afterward, we go.
mi e afa tu.
I am after you.
Tom i de kan viva a ma u meno medi viva afa medika-metodo.
Tom was able to live a more or less normal life after the operation.

Afganistan: Afghanistan

Afganistan a lan-runguma paisa.
Afghanistan is a landlocked country.

afoga: drown, submerge, a drowning

viro-kinde i de fuji o naro a afoga.
The boy narrowly escaped drowning.

Afrika: Africa

riva-kavalo i viva en Afrika.
Hippopotamuses live in Africa.

agila: eagle, hawk, a bird of prey

agila i ave a benda biko.
Eagles have curved beaks.

Aisopo: Aesop (greek fabulist)

Aisopo i de a elas saga-man.
Aesop was a Greek fabulist.

aje: age, to age, eon, aged

mi en-i aje.
I am aging.
mi-ale i kan e sama aje.
We must be the same age.

ajenda: program, agenda, plan, computer program

si-viro viro-paren i de aseta a mi ajenda anti si-viro vole.
His father consented to my plan against his will.

ake-filoso: fascism

apara, en-i anti a ake-filoso e ake-filoso.
Apparently, opposing fascism is fascist.

ake: ax, axe, hatchet, machete, to chop

den, ake i de lubi an vola de si-viro mano go pisina.
Thus it happened that the axe slipped and flew out of his hands into the pool.

akonto-man: accountant

akonto-man i favo a suma-foli.
Accountants love spreadsheets.

akonto-siensa: accounting

Tom i labora en akonto-siensa.
Tom works in accounting.

akonto: account, ledger, report, to recount

i open a akonto.
Open an account.

akuse: accuse, accusation, charge (legal)

polisa i de akuse a si.
The police accused him.

akuta: sharp, acute, keen

vasa-retili i ave a akuta denta.
Crocodiles have sharp teeth.

Alarbia: Arabic (language)

Alarbia e duro!
Arabic is difficult!

ale-en-i-savi: omniscient

mega info en-i tenta go ale-en-i-savi.
Big Data is striving for omniscience.

ale-litera: alphabet

i ale-litera a di seri.
Alphabetize this list.

ale-sesi: pansexual

name "ale-sesi" i ave veni o jusa a popula ota go "duo-sesi".
The term "pansexual" has recently become a popular alternative to "bisexual".

ale: all, everything

ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.
mi i no savi a ale ke tu i make.
I don't know everything you do.

alien: foreign, alien

alien e vere.
Aliens are real.

alio: garlic

mi i pensa ke mi i de uti a su alio.
I think I used too much garlic.

Aljeri: Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Aljeri i debe kata a relate kon Saudi-arabia?
Should Algeria cut its ties with Saudi Arabia?

Amerika: America

Bob e de Amerika.
Bob is from America.

amidala: almond, tonsil, amygdala

su bibe i kan duka a amidala.
Binge drinking can damage the amygdala.

amigo: friend, acquaintance, befriend, friendly

man-ale i nese a amigo.
Everyone needs friends.

amo-enkonte: to have a date, to go out on a date

mi-ale i kan eleti a retorante go amo-enkonte eve?
Can we pick a new restaurant for date night?
tu i da favo amo-enkonte e some tempo?
Would you like to go out sometime?

amo-man: darling

amo-man, favo, i memo.
Darling, please remember.

amo-senti: pat, caress, pet, stroke (lovingly)

mi i misi a tu amo-senti.
I miss your caresses.

amo: love, dear

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
mi-ale i amo a dogi.
We love dogs.

amuse: amuse, entertain, fun, entertainment

si i de e amuse?
Was it fun?

an-kosa: accessory, auxiliary (thing), additional, supplementary, add-on

an-ma: etcetera

2, 4, 6, an-ma, a duo-numa.
2, 4, 6, etc., are even numbers.

an-sino: ampersand, and sign, &

an-sino i sinifi a "an".
The ampersand means "and".

an: and, also, add

mi i an a si a mi seri.
I add it to my list.
Tom an mi i de e no solo man ke i de via-viva.
Tom and I weren't the only ones who survived.
Tom i de veni en dia-1 an i de baka-go e uno dia afa.
Tom came on Monday and went back the day after.

Anak: Anak (place, hebrew bible, person) (not to be confused with 'Enak')

Anak a man en ebru Kristo-buku.
Anak is a figure in the Hebrew Bible.

Andalusia: Andalucía

Andalusia e en sude de Espania.
Andalusia is located in the south of Spain.

Angola: Angola

si i de e nati en Sina pero si i viva en Angola.
He was born in China but lives in Angola.

Angugo: Korean (language) (see 'Josunmau')

en-i etudi a Angugo e duro.
Learning Korean is difficult.

ani-loke: anywhere

i karo-para en ani-loke.
Just park anywhere.

ani: any (determiner), whichever, anyone

mi i go no lase ke ani i make a da.
I won't let anybody do that.
tu i kan eleti a ani retorante ke tu i favo.
You can pick whatever restaurant you like.

anima: soul, spirit

anima i esi?
Do souls exist?

animale-fobo: zoophobia

mi i ave a animale-fobo.
I have zoophobia.

animale-medika-kasa: veterinary (place), animal hospital

Santiago i de apara en animale-medika-kasa.
Santiago showed up at the veterinary clinic.

animale-medika-man: veterinarian

mi a lase animale-medika-man.
I am a licensed veterinarian.

animale-medika: veterinary medicine

Tom i ave a animale-medika base.
Tom has a veterinary background.

animale-sela: pen (for animals), corral, enclosure (for animals)

bovi i de begin kuri en animale-sela.
The cows started running in the corral.

animale-sesi: zoophilia, bestiality

animale-sono: roar, growl, howl, bellow, holler (see 'jeritan')

animale: animal

animale i ave manja.
The animal has eaten.
animale i en manja.
The animal is eating.

anjo: angel, angelic

i dansa kon anjo.
Dance with angels.

ankora: yet, even, still

vere duro e ke tu i no savi o ankora ke mi-ale i ave a duro.
The real problem is you don't even know we have a problem.

ano-peso: season (of the year)

ano: year, annual

via penta ano de duka o sela-develo-maladi terapi, si-viro i de fini-make kipa a dereka fase.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

ansio-fiba: nerve

lense ansio-fiba en oko i lase ke tu i mira.
The optic nerve in the eye allows you to see.

ansio: anxious, anxiety, nervous

Annie i de manja o ansio.
Annie ate nervously.

Antartika: Antarctica

ise-tori e orijen de Antartika.
Penguins are endemic to Antarctica.

ante-nese: prerequisite

sivi-neso a ante-nese go vote.
Citizenship is a prerequisite for voting.

ante-nun-aje: premodern, pre-modern

labora de erase-sesi-viro, an, de-i akonto en ante-nun-aje tempo.
An occupation of eunuchs also recorded in premodern times.

ante: before, prior, previous

ante tu i dona-mala-name a some, tu i debe kamina a uno-punto-sita-kilo-mita en si sapato.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

anti-ora-uti-direto: counterclockwise, anticlockwise

tu i tensa a di elika-poten-pin e ke? ora-uti-direto u anti-ora-uti-direto?
How do you tighten this screw? Clockwise or counterclockwise?

anti-poten: offset

anti-sinifi: antonymous, antonym

medi, anti-sinifi de bon a mala.
The usual antonym of good is bad.

anti-tempo-tolera: impatience

Tom i de sede o anti-tempo-tolera.
Tom sat impatiently.

anti: against, anti-, opposite, opposing, oppose

si-viro viro-paren i de aseta a mi ajenda anti si-viro vole.
His father consented to my plan against his will.

antika-fami: ancestor, ancestry, predecessor

antika-gadi: celery

mi i favo a antika-gadi kon nata de fava-nuki.
I like celery with peanut butter.

antika: old, to age, antique, ancient

Tom e su antika ke si i no kan make a da.
Tom is already too old to do that.

anunsi: announce, announcement, declare, declaration

edu-man i de anunsi a si vina.
The teacher pled guilty.

apara: seem, appear, apparent, obvious, appearance

ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.
Ziri de-i apara e mui joli.
Ziri seemed really happy.

apojo-kan: sustainable

di e no apojo-kan.
This isn't sustainable.

apojo: support, backing, advocacy, backup, bolster

no man i de apojo a si-feme.
Nobody supported her.

App: app (as in software application)

ara-fobo: spheksophobia, apiphobia, melissophobia

a rason go mi ara-fobo.
There is a reason for my apiphobia.

ara: bee, hornet, wasp

ara i make a madu.
Bees make honey.

Aragon: Aragón

Aragon a ego-ereki komun en Espania.
Aragon is an autonomous community in Spain.

arana-fobo: arachnophobia

arana i kan ave a arana-fobo.
Spiders can have arachnophobia.

arana: spider, arachnid

mi i odi a arana.
I abhor spiders.

arapan-kipa: await

mi i en arapan-kipa o solo a amigo.
I'm just waiting for a friend.
mi i no kan arapan-kipa ke dia-5 i veni.
I can't wait for Friday to come.

arapan: hope, wait for, expectation, wish

mi i arapan ke tu i go ave a bon afa-semi-dia.
I hope you have a good afternoon.
mi i de no arapan a some-kosa sama da.
I did not expect something like that.

area: area, region, zone, domain, extent, size

di a no fume area.
This is a no smoking zone.

Argentina: Argentina

mi-ale i de en-pota a niku de Argentina.
We imported meat from Argentina.

Armenia: Armenia

Armenia a monte paisa.
Armenia is a mountainous country.

aro: arrow, dart

mi aro e en ke?
Where are my arrows?

aroma: smell, taste

si-ale i ave a raro aroma.
They have a weird smell.

aseta: accept, consent, agree, agreement, accord, pact

si-viro viro-paren i de aseta a mi ajenda anti si-viro vole.
His father consented to my plan against his will.
Tom i de aseta o solo a semi liabili.
Tom only accepted partial responsibility.

Asia: Asia

Tai e en Asia.
Thailand is in Asia.

asido: acid, sour, acidic, vinegar

asido i dona-duka a metali.
Acid attacks metal.

asilu: asylum, refuge, shelter

si-viro i de no kan deteki a asilu.
He couldn't find any refuge.

Asturias: Asturias

Asturias e loke en monte area kon mui an develo veji.
Asturias is situated in a mountainous setting with vast greenery and lush vegetation.

atira: attract, attraction, temptation

anti i atira.
Opposites attract.

Atlas-luna-pisi: Selene setapinnis, Atlantic moonfish

Atlas-mare: Atlantic Ocean

si-ale i de go via Atlas-mare.
They crossed the Atlantic Ocean.

ato-begin: trigger, activate, start up, set off, initiate, turn on

i ato-begin a radi-uti.
Turn on the radio.

ato-fini: deactivate, turn off

i ato-fini a tivi.
Turn off the TV.

ato-name: verb

tu i kan name-muta a di ato-name?
Can you conjugate this verb?

ato: act, performance, behavior, behaviour, active

i ato e ma rapi!
Act faster!

atomo-1: hydrogen

vasa i ave a atomo-1 an atomo-8.
Water contains hydrogen and oxygen.

atomo-2: helium

atomo-2 a aero.
Helium is a gas.

atomo-3: lithium

tu leva de atomo-3 i de e bajo.
Your lithium levels were low.

atomo-4: beryllium

Patrick Etchart, pale-man de Ofisi de Enejia, i dire ke peso i de e make de atomo-94, atomo-92, atomo-4 an no aero-veni fero, en-i uti a vari o danja kami en metodo.
Patrick Etchart, spokesman for the Department of Energy, says the components were made from plutonium, uranium, beryllium and stainless steel, utilizing various dangerous chemicals in the process.

atomo-5: boron

induseri uti de atomo-5 a ke?
What are the industrial applications of boron?

atomo-6: carbon (see 'kabon')

an atomo-6 tarifa?
What about the carbon tax?

atomo-7: nitrogen

kaka de natura polo e tingi en atomo-7.
Organic chicken manure is high in nitrogen.

atomo-8: oxygen

vasa i ave a atomo-1 an atomo-8.
Water contains hydrogen and oxygen.

atomo-9: fluorine

atomo-9 a ten-san-ranko da ma medi atomo en pele de Tera.
Fluorine is the thirteenth most common element in Earth's crust.

atomo-10: neon

atomo-10 a nulo-enejia aero.
Neon is a noble gas.

atomo-11: sodium

atomo-26 i reaki kon atomo-11?
Does iron react with sodium?

atomo-12: magnesium

niku-en-feruta i ave a atomo-12.
Figs contain magnesium.

atomo-13: aluminum, aluminium

atomo-13 tin e gen-rondo.
Aluminum cans are recycled.

atomo-14: silicon

a viva de-i base en atomo-14?
Is there silicon-based life?

atomo-15: phosphorus

fekun i ave a atomo-15?
Do fertilizers contain phosphorus?

atomo-16: sulfur

atomo-16 i aroma sama fungi-veni ovo.
Sulfur smells like rotten eggs.

atomo-17: chlorine

atomo-17 i make ke vasa i aroma e raro.
The chlorine makes the water taste strange.

atomo-18: argon

atomo-18 a nulo-enejia aero.
Argon is a noble gas.

atomo-19: potassium

banana e tingi en atomo-19.
Bananas are high in potassium.

atomo-20: calcium

atomo-20 e misi de si-viro manja-moda.
Calcium is absent from his diet.

atomo-21: scandium

kemi sino de atomo-21 a Sc.
The chemical symbol of scandium is Sc.

atomo-22: titanium

atomo-68 i de ave deteki en besonde o atomo-22 mina-roka.
Erbium has been found in certain titanium minerals.

atomo-23: vanadium

kemi sino de atomo-23 a V.
The chemical symbol of vanadium is V.

atomo-24: chromium

mini-sujo ke i dona a si ruja kolo go ruja-roka a atomo-24.
The dopant that gives rubies their red color is chromium.

atomo-25: manganese

kemi sino de atomo-25 a Mn.
The chemical symbol of manganese is Mn.

atomo-26: iron (see 'fero')

atomo-26 i reaki kon atomo-11?
Does iron react with sodium?

atomo-27: cobalt

Popula-regula-gove republika de kongo i eki-pota a atomo-27.
The DRC exports cobalt.

atomo-28: nickel

di duro-mone e make de atomo-28.
This coin is made of nickel.

atomo-29: copper (see 'kopere')

si-viro i fusi a atomo-29.
He melts copper.

atomo-30: zinc

di metali de-i name a atomo-30.
This metal is called zinc.

atomo-31: gallium

kemi sino de atomo-31 a Ga.
The chemical symbol of gallium is Ga.

atomo-32: germanium

kemi sino de atomo-32 a Ge.
The chemical symbol of germanium is Ge.

atomo-33: arsenic

atomo-33 a venemo.
Arsenic is a poison.

atomo-34: selenium

atomo-1, atomo-6, atomo-7, atomo-15, otomo-8, atomo-16 and atomo-34 a no-metali.
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur and selenium are nonmetals.

atomo-35: bromine

venemo aero de atomo-35 i kan duka a man lunge.
Toxic fumes of bromine can damage one's lungs.

atomo-36: krypton

kemi sino de atomo-36 a Kr.
The chemical symbol of krypton is Kr.

atomo-37: rubidium

makina de-i make de nube de atomo-37 atomo.
The device consists of a cloud of rubidium atoms.

atomo-38: strontium

Davy, britan kemi-man, i de divi a pura atomo atomo-56, atomo-5, atomo-20, atomo-12, atomo-19, atomo-11 an atomo-38.
Davy, a British chemist, isolated the pure elements barium, boron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and strontium.

atomo-39: yttrium

fo kemi atomo, atomo-39, atomo-68, atomo-65 an atomo-70, e name en onore go vila Ytterby en Sbaria.
Four chemical elements, yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden.

atomo-40: zirconium

Some man i pensa ke ringo e no ankora vere, an si e make de kubo atomo-40, meno kote moda go diamante.
Some think that the ring isn't even real, and it is instead made up of cubic zirconium, a cheaper alternative to diamond.

atomo-41: niobium

kemi sino de atomo-41 a Nb.
The chemical symbol of niobium is Nb.

atomo-42: molybdenum

si-feme i de e esita de atomo-42 dipa-etudi de mina-roka kata.
She was elated by the molybdenum assay of the ore sample.

atomo-43: technetium

atomo-43 de-i deteki o raro en natura.
Technetium is rarely found in nature.

atomo-44: ruthenium

kemi sino de atomo-44 a Ru.
The chemical symbol of ruthenium is Ru.

atomo-45: rhodium

atomo-45 a da ma raro metali.
Rhodium is the rarest metal.

atomo-46: palladium

Paul i de nese a atomo-46 go si-viro inventi.
Paul needed the palladium for his invention.

atomo-47: silver (see 'silara')

di e no atomo-47.
This isn't silver.

atomo-48: cadmium

atomo-48 venemo a mui medi rason de mori en sude.
Cadmium poisoning is a very common cause of death in the south.

atomo-49: indium

atomo atomo-49 e mui suave go metali.
Elemental Indium is very soft for a metal.

atomo-50: tin (see 'tin')

atomo-50 a suave metali.
Tin is a soft metal.

atomo-51: antimony

mina-roka vare i kon a atomo-47, atomo-79, atomo-92, atomo-51, atomo-74 an kabon.
Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, antimony, tungsten, and coal.

atomo-52: tellurium

man i uti a atomo-52 go ke?
What is tellurium used for?

atomo-53: iodine

man i uti a atomo-53 go-i pura a vasa.
Iodine is used to purify water.

atomo-54: xenon

kemi sino de atomo-54 a Xe.
The chemical symbol of xenon is Xe.

atomo-55: cesium

en Nipon, man i de deteki a atomo-radi atomo-55 en bebe moloko.
In Japan, radioactive cesium was detected in baby formula.

atomo-56: barium

Davy, britan kemi-man, i de divi a pura atomo atomo-56, atomo-5, atomo-20, atomo-12, atomo-19, atomo-11 an atomo-38.
Davy, a British chemist, isolated the pure elements barium, boron, calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and strontium.

atomo-57: lanthanum

kemi sino de atomo-57 a La.
The chemical symbol of lanthanum is La.

atomo-58: cerium

u atomo-58, ke si a impotan materi en rapi-kemi-reaki muta-uti.
Or cerium, which is an important material in catalytic converters.

atomo-59: praseodymium

kemi sino de atomo-59 a Pr.
The chemical symbol of praseodymium is Pr.

atomo-60: neodymium

atomo-60 mageneti a mui poten mageneti.
Neodymium magnets are very strong magnets.

atomo-61: promethium

kemi sino de atomo-61 a Pm.
The chemical symbol of promethium is Pm.

atomo-62: samarium

uno-ranko raro-tera-atomo mageneti de-i develo i de e base en raro-tera-atomo atomo-62.
The first rare earth magnet to have been developed was based on the rare earth samarium.

atomo-63: europium

raro-tera-atomo a junta de 17 metali atomo, sama atomo-60, atomo-63 an atomo-66.
Rare earth elements are a set of 17 metallic elements, such as neodymium, europium, and dysprosium.

atomo-64: gadolinium

kemi sino de atomo-64 a Gd.
The chemical symbol of gadolinium is Gd.

atomo-65: terbium

fo kemi atomo, atomo-39, atomo-68, atomo-65 an atomo-70, e name en onore go vila Ytterby en Sbaria.
Four chemical elements, yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden.

atomo-66: dysprosium

raro-tera-atomo a junta de 17 metali atomo, sama atomo-60, atomo-63 an atomo-66.
Rare earth elements are a set of 17 metallic elements, such as neodymium, europium, and dysprosium.

atomo-67: holmium

mi atomo-67 pianeta i ave a ale ke si i nese.
My holmium planet has everything it needs.

atomo-68: erbium

atomo-68 i de ave deteki en besonde o atomo-22 mina-roka.
Erbium has been found in certain titanium minerals.

atomo-69: thulium

da ma raro raro-tera-atomo e atomo-69.
The rarest rare earth is thulium.

atomo-70: ytterbium

fo kemi atomo, atomo-39, atomo-68, atomo-65 an atomo-70, e name en onore go vila Ytterby en Sbaria.
Four chemical elements, yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden.

atomo-71: lutetium

kemi sino de atomo-71 a Lu.
The chemical symbol of lutetium is Lu.

atomo-72: hafnium

bisinesa i dire ke via-vari-eleki-uti en si sige aje de eleki-metodo-uti i go e make kon atomo-72.
The company says the transistors in its next generation of processors will be made using hafnium.

atomo-73: tantalum

pero an mina ke i de make a atomo-73 u atomo-46 en tu via-vari-eleki-uti?
But what about the mines that produced the tantalum or palladium in your transistors?

atomo-74: tungsten

mina-roka vare i kon a atomo-47, atomo-79, atomo-92, atomo-51, atomo-74 an kabon.
Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, antimony, tungsten, and coal.

atomo-75: rhenium

atomo-75 i kan e inventi kon si liga.
Rhenium can be creative with its bonds.

atomo-76: osmium

atomo-78 a peso de sita atomo-78 junta metali (PGM), en-i kon a atomo-46, atomo-77, atomo-45, atomo-44 an atomo-76.
Platinum is part of the six platinum-group metals (PGM), including palladium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, and osmium.

atomo-77: iridium

atomo-78 a peso de sita atomo-78 junta metali (PGM), en-i kon a atomo-46, atomo-77, atomo-45, atomo-44 an atomo-76.
Platinum is part of the six platinum-group metals (PGM), including palladium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, and osmium.

atomo-78: platinum

atomo-78 a peso de sita atomo-78 junta metali (PGM), en-i kon a atomo-46, atomo-77, atomo-45, atomo-44 an atomo-76.
Platinum is part of the six platinum-group metals (PGM), including palladium, iridium, rhodium, ruthenium, and osmium.

atomo-79: gold (see 'jin')

mina-roka vare i kon a atomo-47, atomo-79, atomo-92, atomo-51, atomo-74 an kabon.
Mineral resources include silver, gold, uranium, antimony, tungsten, and coal.

atomo-80: mercury (see 'liki-metali')

atomo-80 e kelabu.
Mercury is gray.

atomo-81: thallium

atomo-81 a venemo.
Thallium is a poison.

atomo-82: lead

atomo-82 i benda o fasile.
Lead bends easily.

atomo-83: bismuth

kemi sino de atomo-83 a Bi.
aThe chemical symbol of bismuth is Bi.

atomo-84: polonium

man i kan uti a atomo-84 sama mui poten venemo.
Polonium can be used as a very potent poison.

atomo-85: astatine

atomo-85 e mui raro.
Astatine is very rare.

atomo-86: radon

a atomo-86 a ke mui?
How much radon is there?

atomo-87: francium

en ani momen, a, mebi, ba atomo-87 atomo en ale de Tera.
At any given moment, there are perhaps eight francium atoms in the whole of the earth.

atomo-88: radium

ke man i de deteki a atomo-88?
Who discovered radium?

atomo-89: actinium

atomo-89 a atomo-radi atomo.
Actinium is a radioactive element.

atomo-90: thorium

kemi sino de atomo-90 a Th.
The chemical symbol of thorium is Th.

atomo-91: protactinium

atomo-91 e atomo-radi.
Protactinium is radioactive.

atomo-92: uranium

Patrick Etchart, pale-man de Ofisi de Enejia, i dire ke peso i de e make de atomo-94, atomo-92, atomo-4 an no aero-veni fero, en-i uti a vari o danja kami en metodo.
Patrick Etchart, spokesman for the Department of Energy, says the components were made from plutonium, uranium, beryllium and stainless steel, utilizing various dangerous chemicals in the process.

atomo-93: neptunium

atomo-93 e kemi sama atomo-92.
Neptunium is chemically similar to uranium.

atomo-94: plutonium

Patrick Etchart, pale-man de Ofisi de Enejia, i dire ke peso i de e make de atomo-94, atomo-92, atomo-4 an no aero-veni fero, en-i uti a vari o danja kami en metodo.
Patrick Etchart, spokesman for the Department of Energy, says the components were made from plutonium, uranium, beryllium and stainless steel, utilizing various dangerous chemicals in the process.

atomo-95: americium

kemi sino de atomo-95 a Am.
The chemical symbol of americium is Am.

atomo-96: curium

atomo ke mi i pale a atomo-96.
The element I'm referring to is curium.

atomo-97: berkelium

atomo-97 e name en onore go siti de Berkeley, Kalifornia.
Berkelium is named after the city of Berkeley, California.

atomo-98: californium

kemi sino de atomo-98 a Cf.
The chemical symbol of californium is Cf.

atomo-99: einsteinium

tu e make de atomo-7, atomo-8, atomo-83, atomo-43, atomo-1 an atomo-99?
Are you made of nitrogen, oxygen, bismuth, technetium, hydrogen and einsteinium?

atomo-100: fermium

atomo-100 e name en onore de Enrico Fermi.
Fermium is named after Enrico Fermi.

atomo-101: mendelevium

kemi sino de atomo-101 a Md.
The chemical symbol of mendelevium is Md.

atomo-102: nobelium

atomo-102 e name en onore de Alfred Nobel.
Nobelium is named after Alfred Nobel.

atomo-103: lawrencium

atomo-103 e name en onore de Ernest Lawrence.
Lawrencium is named after Ernest Lawrence.

atomo-104: rutherfordium

kemi sino de atomo-104 a Rf.
The chemical symbol of rutherfordium is Rf.

atomo-105: dubnium

kemi sino de atomo-105 a Db.
The chemical symbol of dubnium is Db.

atomo-106: seaborgium

atomo-106 e name en onore de Glenn T. Seaborg.
Seaborgium is named after Glenn T. Seaborg.

atomo-107: bohrium

mi i de manja a atomo-107 an si i de e bon.
I ate bohrium and it was good.

atomo-108: hassium

atomo-108 a ke?
What is hassium?

atomo-109: meitnerium

kemi sino de atomo-109 a Mt.
The chemical symbol of meitnerium is Mt.

atomo-110: darmstadtium

kemi sino de atomo-110 a Ds.
The chemical symbol of darmstadtium is Ds.

atomo-111: roentgenium

atomo-111 i de o uno-ranko e make en 1994.
Roentgenium was first created in 1994.

atomo-112: copernicium

atomo-112 e name en onore de Nicolaus Copernicus.
Copernicium is named after Nicolaus Copernicus.

atomo-113: nihonium

kon atomo numa 113, 115, 117 an 118, fo nu atomo de-i name atomo-113 (Nh), atomo-115 (Mc), atomo-117 (Ts) an atomo-118 (Og).
Given the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118, the four new elements have been named Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) and Oganesson (Og).

atomo-114: flerovium

kemi sino de atomo-114 a Fl.
The chemical symbol of flerovium is Fl.

atomo-115: moscovium

kon atomo numa 113, 115, 117 an 118, fo nu atomo de-i name atomo-113 (Nh), atomo-115 (Mc), atomo-117 (Ts) an atomo-118 (Og).
Given the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118, the four new elements have been named Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) and Oganesson (Og).

atomo-116: livermorium

kemi sino de atomo-116 a Lv.
The chemical symbol of livermorium is Lv.

atomo-117: tennessine

kon atomo numa 113, 115, 117 an 118, fo nu atomo de-i name atomo-113 (Nh), atomo-115 (Mc), atomo-117 (Ts) an atomo-118 (Og).
Given the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118, the four new elements have been named Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) and Oganesson (Og).

atomo-118: oganesson

kon atomo numa 113, 115, 117 an 118, fo nu atomo de-i name atomo-113 (Nh), atomo-115 (Mc), atomo-117 (Ts) an atomo-118 (Og).
Given the atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118, the four new elements have been named Nihonium (Nh), Moscovium (Mc), Tennessine (Ts) and Oganesson (Og).

atomo-enejia: nuclear (atomic) (see 'atomo'), nuclear power, nuclear energy, atomic energy

atomo-enejia e sekura.
Nuclear power is safe.

atomo-radi: radioactive

atomo: atom, atomic

atomo e en ale.
Atoms are in everything.

Ausa: Hausa (people, language)

Australia: Australia

mi i ave janji a Tom ke mi i da go a Australia kon si-viro.
I've promised Tom I'd go to Australia with him.

ave-a: transitive (grammar) (not to be confused with 'via-relate')

da a ave-a ato-name.
That's a transitive verb.

ave: have, possession, marks perfect tense

animale i ave manja.
The animal has eaten.
mi i arapan ke tu i go ave a bon afa-semi-dia.
I hope you have a good afternoon.
Sami i de ave a si diji en si labi an i de roga go Layla ke si i no debe make a sono.
Sami had his finger on his lips and asked Layla not to make a sound.

avion: airplane

aviso: attention, warn, caution, warning, alert, notification

Azeri: Azerbaijan

ba: eight, 8

bagaje: luggage, baggage, gear, personal effects, to lug

bai: bay, gulf, cove

Bait: byte (unit)

bajo-fura: anus

bajo: low, short (height)

baka-dona: return (something), give back

Tom i de baka-dona a si note-pape en si teta poke.
Tom put his pad back into his breast pocket.

baka-go: return (movement), go back

si-viro i de baka-go a Danmak.
He went back to Denmark.
Tom i de veni en dia-1 an i de baka-go e uno dia afa.
Tom came on Monday and went back the day after.

baka-pale-tori: mockingbird

go-i mori a baka-pale-tori.
To kill a mockingbird.

baka-pale: mock

baka-rampa-sino: backslash, escape sign, reverse slash, backslant, reverse slant, \

baka: back (body + adv), rear side, backward, behind

Ziri i de kuri go baka mun.
Ziri ran to the back door.

balansa: balance, equilibrium, a scale, balanced, fair

balena: whale, dolphin, porpoise, cetacean

balo: ball, a spherical object, roll

balon: balloon

balu: bear (animal)

banana: banana

banda: band, strip, ribbon, tape, stripe

bandera: flag, banner

Bangla: Bengali, Bangla

Banglades: Bangladesh

banka: bank, bench, river bank, financial institution

bano: bath, bathe

baraje: barrage, dam, block, impede, obstruct, hinder

Barbari: Berber (languages, people), Tamazight, Amazigh (languages, people), Imazighen

en-i etudi a Barbari de-i ave e vere joli go mi.
Studying Berber has been a real joy for me.

bari: weight, weigh, heavy

Barselona: Barcelona

basara: market, bazaar, fair, to shop

base: base, foundation, ground, floor, basis, fundamental

de begin de lati-maladi, mi-ale i ave make a deside de-i base en siensa, info an dalili de guru de sano.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have made decisions based on science, data and evidence from health experts.
Jordan Peterson e raro seketa-man ke i base a si idea en mentira mentira-siensa de Carl Jung.
Jordan Peterson is a weird mystic who bases his ideas on the discredited pseudoscience of Carl Jung.

basilo-fobo: mysophobia, verminophobia, germophobia, germaphobia, bacillophobia, bacteriophobia

basilo: bacteria, bacillus, germ, microbe

di i go mori a basilo.
This will kill the bacteria.

Bask-lan: Basque Country, Euskadi, País Vasco, Basque Autonomous Community

bata: beat, fight, battle

batisa: dip, dunk, immerse, baptise, baptism

baton: stick, rod

bebe-pota: pregnant, pregnancy, impregnate

tu e bebe-pota?
Are you pregnant?

bebe: baby

begin: start, initial, beginning

de begin de lati-maladi, mi-ale i ave make a deside de-i base en siensa, info an dalili de guru de sano.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have made decisions based on science, data and evidence from health experts.
junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

bela-pinta-erase: makeup remover, nail polish remover

bela-pinta: cosmetics, makeup

bela: beautiful, beauty, beautify

i mira a tingi bela feme ke i en ereki e da.
Look at the tall pretty girl standing there.

beli: stomach, belly, abdomen

beli a peso de bodi de man, si e en bodi.
The stomach is part of people’s bodies, it is inside the body.

Belin-muro: Berlin Wall

Belin: Berlin (Germany)

benda: bend, curve, flex

bene: benefit, advantage, perk, beneficial

bensin: fuel, gasoline, benzene

beri: berry, grape, olive

beso: kiss

si i de e apara ke si-viro i de vole beso a mi.
It was obvious that he wanted to kiss me.

besonde: special, especially, particular, exceptional

e no nese go-i dire ke si-feme e besonde piano-man.
It is not necessary to say that she is an excellent pianist.

bete-neso: bestiality (for the sexual act see 'animale-sesi')

bete: monster, beast, beastly

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

beton: cement, concrete, pave

Bianka-kasa: White House (place)

bianka-kera-veji: parsnip

bianka-rondo-radika-veji: turnip

bianka: white

bibe: drink

man i bibe a vasa.
A person drinks water.
Tom i de bibe a si kafe.
Tom sipped his coffee.

Bide: bidet

biju-botega: jewelry store, jewelry shop

biju: jewel, gem, jewelry

bike: bicycle

biko: beak, to peck, spout

bileta: ticket, a pass, bill, banknote

bira: beer, ale

bisi: hurry, rush, haste, busy

bisinesa-man: businessman, business person

bisinesa-man i en-pota a 200 kilo-gama de vino-beri.
The businessman imports 200 kilograms of grapes.

bisinesa: business, company, negotiate, conduct business

bitume: tar, pitch, bitumen

boba: bubble, boil

bodi-peso: organ (body)

no o viva bodi-peso i de e duka.
No vital organs were damaged.

bodi: body

bodi de viro e no sama bodi de feme.
The body of a man is not like the body of a woman.

bogen: arch, vault, bow (weapon)

boka: mouth

bola: bowl

boli: glass, crystal, a transparent material

bomba: bomb

bon-aroma: tasty, pleasant smell

bon-eleki-peso: proton (atom)

bon-neso: goodness

bon-veni: welcome (see 'en-salu')

bon: good

mega viro i go veni e bon.
The big man will be good.
mi i arapan ke tu i go ave a bon afa-semi-dia.
I hope you have a good afternoon.
si-uno i no nese dire ke vere-fule-neso e da ma bon ajenda.
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.

bore: boring, bore, tedium

boroda: beard, facial hair

Boston: Boston

botega: shop, store, boutique

botelo: bottle

i favo pota a semi botelo de vino go mi.
Please bring me a half-bottle of wine.

boton-taba: keyboard

boton: button, pressbutton, knob, stud

bovi-siren: cowbell

bovi: cow, bovine, steer, ox, bison, buffalo

Brasil: Brazil

Brasil e mui rika; si rika e mui mega; kafe e uno de si o da ma mega rika.
Brazil is very rich; its richness is immense; coffee is one of its greatest riches.

Britan: Britain, UK, United Kingdom

buku: book

di buku e de-i note de mi.
This book is written by me.
si-viro i de note a buku ke i dona-mala-name a Aljeri.
He wrote a book criticizing Algeria.

bulu: blue

buo-navi: hovercraft

buo: float, buoy, buoyant, a float

butero: butter, buttery

da-ma-bon-labora: magnum opus

da-ma-impotan-manja: dinner, supper

da-ma-impotan: main

da-ma: majority (amount)

da-meno: minority (amount)

da: that, there, would

mi da make a da, pero mi no kan.
I would do that, but I can't.
Tom an Mary i de dire ke si-ale i da e di.
Tom and Mary said they would be here.
Tom i da no favo a Australia.
Tom wouldn't like Australia.

dalili-man: witness

dalili-name: thesis

dalili-sentense: argument (logic)

dalili: evidence, proof, demonstration, testimony

de begin de lati-maladi, mi-ale i ave make a deside de-i base en siensa, info an dalili de guru de sano.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have made decisions based on science, data and evidence from health experts.

Dan: Dan

danja: danger, dangerous

danke: thanks, to thank, thankful

Danmak: Denmark, Danmark

dansa: dance

dare: dare, daring, bold, brave, to challenge

amo i nese a dare.
Love needs courage.

de: from, of, about, by, out of, made of, marks past tense

i jage a sino de fungi-veni.
Look for signs of decomposition.
Mary i de muta o fini a si-feme menta.
Mary eventually changed her mind.
mega viro i de manja.
The big man ate.

Deanmingu: South Korea, Republic of Korea, ROK, south koreans

debate: argue, debate, dispute, argument

debe: should, obligation

Aljeri i debe kata a relate kon Saudi-arabia?
Should Algeria cut its ties with Saudi Arabia?
da e sama si i debe veni.
That's how it has to be.

debile: weak, weakness, feeble

defende: defend, guard, protect, protection, defense

i defende de rontgen-radi.
Protect from x-ray.

degu: disgust, disgusting, revulsion, sicken, gore

deja: already, by now/then

tu i ave voka o deja a sano-karo?
Have you already called an ambulance?

dekora: decorate, ornamentation, adorn, fancy

Delauer: Delaware

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

deluje-fobo: antlophobia

deluje: flood, torrent, inundate, overwhelm, overwhelming

demo: demonstration, indicate, show

demon: devil, demon, diabolical

ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.

den: then, in that case

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

Denim: Denim (fabric)

denta-materi: ivory

denta-medika-fobo: dentophobia

denta-medika-man: dentist

denta: tooth, teeth, bite

Tom de-i denta de naga.
Tom was bitten by a snake.

deo: god, divine

dereka: right (direction, moral, legal), straight, orthodox (prefer 'dereko', 'reka')

dereko-filoso: ethics, moral philosophy

si-feme dereko-filoso e elasi.
Her ethics are flexible.

dereko: correct, just, right (moral), human right

deside: decide, decision, adjudicate, resolve, settle

de begin de lati-maladi, mi-ale i ave make a deside de-i base en siensa, info an dalili de guru de sano.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have made decisions based on science, data and evidence from health experts.

desini-evento: example

mui desini-evento de-i kan veni dona.
Numerous examples can be given.

desini: design, sketch, blueprint, pattern

detali: detail, detailed, meticulous

deteki: detect, find, notice, discovery, discovery

mi i pensa ke mi i kan deteki a tu domo.
I think I can find your house.

develo-ruja-feruta: tomato

develo: develop, grow, growth, development

veji i develo en gaden, sama foli-veji, rondo-foli-vejii, onion, alio, melon, bianka-kera-veji, bianka-rondo-radika-veji, ruja-rondo-radika-veji, kavalo-rondo-radika-veji, roka-antika-gadi, longo-midori-melon an oranje-melon.
Greens and vegetables grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.

di-dia: today (see 'nun-dia')

di: this, here

i lase a mi ke mi i make a di e mi jalan.
Let me do this my way.
tu kinde e no di go ke rason?
Why aren't your children here?

dia-1: monday

Tom i de veni en dia-1 an i de baka-go e uno dia afa.
Tom came on Monday and went back the day after.

dia-2: tuesday

dia-3: wednesday

dia-4: thursday

dia-5: friday

mi i no kan arapan-kipa ke dia-5 i veni.
I can't wait for Friday to come.

dia-6: saturday

dia-7: sunday

dia: day, date

fete e en dia seven.
The party's on Sunday.
mi i dia a si sama 1730.
I date it as 1730.

diamante: diamond, adamant

Difuse sitema: distributed systems (software)

difuse-basilo: infection, infect

difuse: spread, diffuse, diffusion

dijesi: digest, digestion

diji: finger, toe, digit

Sami i de ave a si diji en si labi an i de roga go Layla ke si i no debe make a sono.
Sami had his finger on his lips and asked Layla not to make a sound.

dika: fat, thick

dika feo bebe.
Fat ugly baby.

dimenti-neso: forgiveness

dimenti: forget, forgive

mi i de dimenti redi a siren go sekola.
I forgot to set the alarm for school.

dinosoro: dinosaur

dipa-bore: ennui

nu demo e lati-maladi de poten dipa-bore.
The new show is plagued by an aggressive ennui.

dipa-enejia: manic, mania

Tom i ave a vile-tempo de dipa-melankoli de-i sige de lin de dipa-enejia ato.
Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.

dipa-etudi: analysis

dipa-melankoli: depression (mood disorder)

Tom i ave a vile-tempo de dipa-melankoli de-i sige de lin de dipa-enejia ato.
Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.

dipa: deep, depth, profound

dire-abuso: humiliate

viro-paren de Sami i de dire-abuso o mui a si.
Sami's father put him down a lot.

dire: say, tell, utter, recite, utterance, saying

se tu i dire go Tom ke si-viro i debe make a ke, mi e sure ke si-viro i go make a si.
If you tell Tom what to do, I'm sure he'll do it.
i dire a si-feme ke man-ale e di.
Tell her that everyone is here.

direto: direction, orientation, guidance, course, direct, advice, advise

ke man i de direto a kino?
Who directed that film?

disipa: waste (use without good purpose), squander

dive: dive, plunge, submerge, sink

divi-man: separatist

divi-man a en-fini junta en Kabeile.
The separatists are a marginal group in Kabylie.

divi: divide, split, division, separate

dogi-fobo: cynophobia

dogi: dog

dogi i tose.
Dogs bark.

Dolar: dollar, dollars

domo-animale: pet (animal)

domo-bon: hospitality, hospitable

domo: home, domestic, reside, domesticate

dona-duka: attack, assault

dona-mala-name-man: critic (person)

ale man a dona-mala-name-man.
Everybody's a critic.

dona-mala-name: criticize, criticise, condemn

an si-viro i de dona-mala-name a Abimelech ka fonte, ke si-viro dulo i de ave robare o poten.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
ante tu i dona-mala-name a some, tu i debe kamina a uno-punto-sita-kilo-mita en si sapato.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.

dona: give, gift

Tom de-i dona a da labora.
Tom was assigned that task.
tu i debe dona a open-make go Tom i make a da.
You should give Tom a chance to do that.

doragon: dragon

dua-make: commission

dua: request, ask, prayer, invocation, plea, petition

mi i dua a tu. mi i ave a mari-feme an kinde.
I beg you. I have a wife and children.

dubi: doubt

duka-sige: persecution, witch hunt, harry

duka: suffer, pain, suffering, hurt, painful

via penta ano de duka o sela-develo-maladi terapi, si-viro i de fini-make kipa a dereka fase.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.
mi i ave duka sama mui sama tu.
I've suffered as much as you have.

dulo: slave, servant, serf, enslave

an si-viro i de dona-mala-name a Abimelech ka fonte, ke si-viro dulo i de ave robare o poten.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

duo-numa: even (number)

ten duo a duo-numa.
Twelve is an even number.

Duo-rama-atlas-luna-pisi: Selene vomer

duo-ranko-go-fini: second to last, the one before the last one

duo-sesi: bisexual

duo: two, 2

di kosa i ave a duo peso.
This thing has two parts.
mi i de mira a di duo man; ale di man.
I saw these two people; all these people.

duro-mone: coin, to mint coins

Duro-piato: hard disk drive, HDD, hard drive, hard disk

duro-safari: trek, arduous journey

duro-sujesi: insist

duro: hard, difficult, problem

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.
vere duro e ke tu i no savi o ankora ke mi-ale i ave a duro.
The real problem is you don't even know we have a problem.

dusa: shower, to shower, downpour

mi-ale i no kan lase mori a di fiore. i favo dusa a si.
We can't let these flowers die. Please water them.

e: introduces adjectival & adverbial complement

da e go tu.
That’s for you.
manja e Bob.
The food is Bob's.
Tom i de dire go mi ke si-viro i de en senti e mini fatiga.
Tom told me he was feeling a bit tired.
tu e da ma nulo-senti man ke mi i ave enkonte o ni.
You're the most inconsiderate person I've ever met.

Ebru: Hebrew

tu i pale a Ebru?
Do you speak Hebrew?

edu-evento: class (not the room), seminar, course

edu-evento i de e ke moda?
How was the seminar?

edu-man: teacher

edu: teach, educate, education, educated

efeto: effect, result, to effect, effective

egala-sino: equal sign, equals sign, equality sign, =

egala: equal, equality, equation, equally

ego-ereki: independence

ego-man: owner

ego-mori: suicide

mi i go ade a tu ego-mori.
I shall assist your suicide.

ego-sama-manja: autosarcophagy, self-cannibalism, autocannibalism

ego-seketa-pubili: dox, doxx, doxing, doxxing (prefer 'peribadi-pubili')

ego-seketa: private, privacy (prefer 'peribadi')

ego-sesi: gender (see 'ego-tipo')

ego-tipo: gender (see 'ego-sesi')

ego: self, own (adj)

Eire-linga: Irish (language)

mi i pale a Eire-linga e kada dia.
I speak Irish every day.

Eire: Ireland, Éire, Airlann (see 'Ire-lan')

eki-kapa: emancipation

si-feme i de eki-kapa o obe-jura a si-ego de si-viro.
She legally emancipated herself from him.
Tom i de eki-kapa a uno de si-viro dulo.
Tom emancipated one of his slaves.

eki-mun: exit

eki-pota: export

ota eki-pota kon jin, liki-metali, atomo-92, natura aero, an, en some ano, eleki.
Other exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and - in some years - electricity.

eki-terapi: surgery (see 'medika-metodo')

eki: out, ex-, away, external

tu i vole go a eki kon fami, di-dia?
How about going on a family outing to the woods today?
eki i en veni e mui kalori.
It's really getting warm outside.

eko: echo, reflection

ekonomi: economy, economic, thrifty

Ekuador: Ecuador, Equador

Elas: Greece, Hellenic Republic (see 'Gris')

elasi: spring, coil, elastic, springy

elefante: elephant

Elefen: Elefen, Lingua Franca Nova

eleki-loke: website (see 'neto-foli', 'neto-loke')

eleki-metodo-uti: processor, processing unit, CPU

di komputa i ave a Pentium eleki-metodo-uti.
This computer has a Pentium processor.

eleki-ventana: screen (electronic)

eleki: electric, electricity

eleti: elect, election, select, choose, selection

Tom i eleti a si natura-eleti.
Tom goes with his gut.

elika-poten-pin: screw, bolt

i tensa a di elika-poten-pin.
Tighten this screw.

elika: helix, curl, twist, curly, spiral, coil, propeller, at sign, @

emo-name: interjection

emo: emotion, emotional, passionate, emote

en-fini: marginal

divi-man a en-fini junta en Kabeile.
The separatists are a marginal group in Kabylie.

En-go punto: access point

en-go: enter, access, penetrate, penetration (for pierce see 'pika'), step into (see 'en-mun')

en-move: immigration

en-mun: entrance (see 'en-go')

en-pota: import

en-relate: adopt, adoption, adopted

mi-mui i de en-relate a si-ale.
We adopted them.
Tom i de e en-relate.
Tom was adopted.

en-salu: welcome (see 'bon-veni')

en-savi: convince, persuade, make someone else understand

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
mi e fule en-savi de tu nulo-vina.
I'm clearly convinced of your innocence.

en: in, at, on, marks progressive tense

animale i en manja.
The animal is eating.
joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.
mi i kipa en.
I stay in.
si-feme i de go en si-feme moto-bike.
She took off on her motorcycle.

Enak: ʿAnāq (not to be confused with 'Anak')

enejia-kaja: battery (electric)

enejia-kaja de-i no kon.
Batteries not included.

enejia: energy, energize, energetic

sole-luse i make ke mala-eleki-peso en sela i move an enejia e make.
The sunlight makes the electrons in the cells move and energy is produced.

enemi: enemy, nemesis

Eng-lan: England

Engli: English (language, nationality)

enigema: puzzle, enigma, riddle

enkonte: meet, encounter, meeting

mi-ale i go enkonte e sige-dia?
Are we meeting tomorrow?
tu e da ma nulo-senti man ke mi i ave enkonte o ni.
You're the most inconsiderate person I've ever met.

entero: intestines, bowel, entrails, gut

envi: envy, jealous

environ: environment, habitat, ambient, milieu

Epigo koreo: priority mail, urgent mail

epigo: emergency, urgent, to urge, press for

erase-kapo-biju: defrock, dethrone, uncrown

erase-sesi-viro: eunuch

erase-sesi-viro a erase-sesi viro dulo.
Eunuchs are castrated male slaves.

erase-sesi: desex, desexualize, castrate

kemi erase-sesi i kan orijen a sela-develo-maladi.
Chemical castration could cause cancer.

erase: erase, erasure, remove, wipe away

ereki: to stand, upright, erect, straight

i mira a tingi bela feme ke i en ereki e da.
Look at the tall pretty girl standing there.

ero: error, mistake, err

tu i de veni e mui furi ka si-viro ero go ke rason?
Why did you get so angry at his mistake?

Eroin: heroin (drug), diacetylmorphine, diamorphine

esamin-peso: sample

esamin: exam, test, interview, examination, investigation, assessment

esato: exact, precise, precision, exactly, methodical

ese: east

esi: exist, existence, existent

mega ave i no kan esi no kon nulo-jura-neso; mui name i no kan esi no kon mentira.
Great possessions cannot exist without injustice; a multitude of words cannot exist without a lie.

esita: excite, excited

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

Espania: España, Spain

Espaniol: Spanish (language), Español

Etana: Etana

etudi-makina: machine learning, ML (artificial intelligence)

etudi-man: student, researcher

etudi: learn, study, research

en-i etudi a Barbari de-i ave e vere joli go mi.
Studying Berber has been a real joy for me.
tu i vole etudi o mui a si?
Do you want to study it further?

Europa: Europe

Euskara: Basque (language), Euskara (language), Basque Country, Euskadi, País Vasco, Basque Autonomous Community

eve-manja: dinner, supper

eve: evening, night

di eve, si-viro e en eve labora.
He is on night duty tonight.

evento: event, case (instance), occurence

vile de evento, mi no bibe a ani kosa.
During the event, I didn't drink anything.

Everest: Everest, Mount Everest (see 'Jomoglanma', 'Santi-feme-paren-monte')

evita: avoid, dodge, shun, avoidance

fama: fame, famous, glory

fami: family, relative

famine: hungry, hunger, famine

Fanse: French (language)

fantome: ghost, spirit, phantom

fara-leke-makina: teleprompter, autocue

fara: far, distance, remote, extreme

Tom i viva e fara
Tom lives a long way from here.

farina-monte: dune

mi-ale i de kamina e en farina-monte.
We walked on the dune.

farina: flour, dust, a granulated substance, sand, grind

fase-kuretina: veil

fase: face, to face someone

Faser: Fajr (prayer, place)

si-viro i de veka a si-viro fili go Faser dua.
He woke his son up for the fajr prayer.

fasile: easy, ease, simple, straightforward

fata: fate, destiny

fatiga: tire, tired

fatoria: factory, mill, plant

fava-nuki: Arachis hypogaea, peanut

da a nata de fava-nuki?
Is that peanut butter?

fava: bean, legume, pea, lentil

favo: favor, like, favorite, please

gato i favo a fiba.
Cats like yarn.
i favo pota a semi botelo de vino go mi.
Please bring me a half-bottle of wine.

fekun: fertile, fecund, fertilizer, productive

feme-amigo: girlfriend

Feme-dia: Woman's day, International Women's Day

feme-fili: daughter (see 'fili')

feme-fobo: gynophobia

feme-kinde: girl

tu a feme-kinde u viro-kinde?
Are you a girl or a boy?

feme-nati-uti: female genitalia, uterus, vagina, vulva

feme-paren: mother

feme-sibi: sister

feme-viro: femboy

feme: woman, female

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.
mi i no favo a feme sama da.
I don't like women like that.

fen: fen, swamp, bog, marsh

i vaku a fen.
Drain the swamp.

fense: fence, barrier, partition, hedge, fence off

feo: ugly

feri: fairy, sprite, pixie

fero: iron, steel (see 'atomo-26')

feruta: fruit, bear fruit

di feruta e meno ruja sama da.
This fruit is less red than that one.

fete: party, celebrate

fete e en dia seven.
The party's on Sunday.

fevere: fever, feverish

fiba: fiber, string, thread, wire, ply, roughage, strand

a no ruja fiba.
There's no red thread.

fide: faith, to trust, loyal

si-uno i no kan fide a si-feme.
She cannot be trusted.

figado: liver

figura: figure, form, shape, structure, statue, figurine, setup, layout

se tu a no amigo, tu i ave a figura de amigo e ke rason?
If you are not a friend, why are you friend shaped?
Tom e en ma bon fisika figura sama mi.
Tom is in better physical shape than I am.

filete: steak, fillet, to fillet

fili: son, daughter

si-viro i de veka a si-viro fili go Faser dua.
He woke his son up for the fajr prayer.

Filipinas: Philippines, Pilipinas, Las Islas Filipinas

Filipino: Filipino, Wikang Filipino

filoso: philosophy, philosophical, philosophize

Fin-lan: Finland, Suomi

fini-make: achieve, accomplish, complete doing (something)

via penta ano de duka o sela-develo-maladi terapi, si-viro i de fini-make kipa a dereka fase.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

fini-piato: dessert, afters

fini-semana: weekend

fini: finish, final, end

Mary i de muta o fini a si-feme menta.
Mary eventually changed her mind.
Tomi i no kan fini a di labora en uno dia.
Tom can't finish this job in a day.

fiore-fobo: anthophobia

fiore: flower

fisika: physics, physical, physique

Tom e en ma bon fisika figura sama mi.
Tom is in better physical shape than I am.

fisu: crack, fissure, cracked

fo: four, 4

fobo-sonjo: nightmare

ale de di saga e sama sera-fobo fobo-sonjo.
This whole story is like a claustrophobic nightmare.

fobo: fear, horror, fearful, scary

mi i go mira a fobo kino.
I'm going to see a horror film.

fogo-monte: volcano

fogo-monte i de kabuma.
The volcano erupted.

fogo-tori: phoenix

fogo: fire, hot, burn

foli-lan: plain (geographic), flatland

Pluton i ave a ise foli-lan.
Pluto has ice plains.

foli-manja: salad

foli-nase: flat nose

foli-veji: lettuce

foli: sheet, leaf, flat, flatten, page

foma: foam, froth, suds, mousse, lather

fon-fobo: nomophobia

fon: phone

fonte: fountain, spring, well

a ke mui vasa e en da fonte?
How much water is there in that well?

fore-emo: motivate, motivation, driven

fore-pedi: forefeet, forefoot, frontal feet of a quadruped

fore: front, forehead, forward

nun, i go e fore.
Now go forward.

foreta-siensa: forestry

foreta: forest, woods

mi i kamina en foreta, pero si i kipa en.
I walk in the forest, but he stays inside.

fosi: dig, bury

Frans: France, Francia

fuji: flee, escape, run away

fule-bela: elegant, elegance

fule: full, to fill, whole

mi e fule en-savi de tu nulo-vina.
I'm clearly convinced of your innocence.
Tom i de kuri e fule rapi.
Tom ran at full speed.

fume: smoke

fungi-fobo: mycophobia

fungi-veni: decompose, rot, spoil, putresce

fungi: fungus, mold, mildew

fura-fobo: trypophobia

fura: hole, gap, aperture, to drill, bore

furi: anger, angry

mi e no furi go tu, no ma.
I'm not mad at you anymore.
Julius i punjo o furi a sadi viro-kinde.
Julius angrily beats the rude boy.

fusi: pour, fuse, melt, fusion

gaden-man: gardener

gaden: garden, a park, recreation area

Großer Tiergarten u Tiergarten e mega komun gaden de-i loke en semi de Belin.
The Großer Tiergarten or Tiergarten is a large public park located in the middle of Berlin.

gadi: grass, herb, lawn

Galisia: Galicia, Galiza

gama: gram (SI)

Gana-imperi: Ghana Empire, Wagadou, Awkar (not to be confused with 'Gana')

Gana: Ghana (not to be confused with 'Gana-imperi')

gana: win, gain, victory, earn, earnings, profit, prize

mebi, Tom i go no gana o ni.
Tom probably won't ever win.

gape: yawn, gape

garaje: garage

gare: station, depot

gato-fobo: ailurophobia

gato: cat, feline, catty

gato i favo a fiba.
Cats like yarn.

geko: lizard

gen-begin: restart

i mori a mi an den i gen-begin a mi kore
Kill me and then restart my heart.

gen-eleti: reelection

gen-gen-sono: clatter, clack, rattle

gen-rondo: recycle, recycling

i memo go-i gen-rondo.
Remember to recycle.

gen-viva: revive

gen: again, repeat, repetition, re-

si-viro i de gen a si.
He repeated it again.

gene: inherit, inheritance, genetic, gene

mi-ale i ave a sama gene.
We have the same genes.

gera-ludi: war game, wargame

gera: war

germania-fobo: anti-Germanism, germanophobia, teutophobia

Germania-linga: German (language), Deutsch

Germania: Germany, Deutschland

giga: billion

gitara: guitar, lute, a strummed instrument

go: to, go, towards, for, marks future tense

tu i vole go a eki kon fami, di-dia?
How about going on a family outing to the woods today?
mega viro i go manja.
The big man will eat.
mi i go mira a fobo kino.
I'm going to see a horror film.
si mebi kan go.
He might be able to go.

gomba: mushroom

gota: drop, bead, blob, spot, drip

gota i de gota.
Drops dripped.

gove-ajenda: policy

gove-lida-make: prefecture

gove-padon: amnesty

gove-pale-mudi: diplomatic mission, embassy

gove-pale: diplomacy, diplomat

gove: government, govern

Grinsboro: Greensboro

Gris: Greece, Hellenic Republic (see 'Elas')

Guanga: Mandarin Chinese

gule: throat, gullet

mi gule i senti e seko.
My throat feels dry.

gun-boton: trigger (firearm)

gun: gun, rifle, shoot

Tom i de puse a gun-boton, pero gun i de no gun.
Tom squeezed the trigger, but the gun didn't fire.

guru: teacher, expert (prefer 'edu-man'), priest, guru

i: introduces verb

Mary i de dire ke si-feme i de senti a mare-maladi.
Mary said that she felt seasick.
mi i vole sesi a tu.
I want to make love with you.

ia: hear, listen (see 'mimi')

go-i ia ke tu i dire a da i make ke mi i senti e ma bon.
It makes me feel better to hear you say that.

idea-sinti: inspire

idea: idea, concept, conceptual, ideate

Jordan Peterson e raro seketa-man ke i base a si idea en mentira mentira-siensa de Carl Jung.
Jordan Peterson is a weird mystic who bases his ideas on the discredited pseudoscience of Carl Jung.

Ifel-tore: Eiffel Tower

igi-man: carpenter

igi: tree, wood

Ila Balea: Balearic Islands, Baleares

Ila Kanario: Canary Islands, Canarias

ila-junta: archipelago

Nipon a mega ila-junta.
Japan is an enormous archipelago.

ila: island

ke man i de deteki a ila?
Who discovered the island?

imaje-kapa: camera

imaje: image, picture

tu i de pone a si-feme imaje e en ke?
Where did you put her picture?

Imalea: Himalaya, Himalayas

imperi: command, imperative, rule, empire, imperial

impotan-labora: masterpiece, masterwork

impotan: important, importance, to matter

Indi: Hindi (language)

India-mare: Indian Ocean

India: India, Bharat

Indonesia-linga: Indonesian, Bahasa indonesia

Indonesia: Indonesia

induseri: industry, industrial

infero: hell, to damn, hellish

infiniti-vole: greed

infiniti: infinity, infinite

Info senta: data center, data centre

info: information, inform, informative

de begin de lati-maladi, mi-ale i ave make a deside de-i base en siensa, info an dalili de guru de sano.
Since the onset of the pandemic, we have made decisions based on science, data and evidence from health experts.

inja: wound, injure, injury

inseto-fobo: entomophobia

inseto-siensa-man: entomologist

inseto-siensa: entomology

inseto: insect, bug, pest (see 'iritate')

inta-neto: internet

inta: between, inter-

viro-kinde i de sede inta feme-kinde.
The boy sat among the girls.

inteli: smart, intelligence

interesa: interest, interesting

inventi-man: inventor

inventi: invent, invention, inventive

inveti-banka-man: investment banker

inveti: invest, investment

invite: invite, invitation

mi i de no invite a tu.
I didn't ask you out.

Irak: Iraq

Iran: Iran, Persia

Ire-lan: Ireland, Éire, Airlann (see 'Eire')

iritate: irritate, bother, pester, annoyance

ironi: irony, ironic, sarcasm

ise-lan: iceberg

navi i de kolidi a ise-lan.
The ship hit an iceberg.

Ise-lan: Iceland

ise-nata-suga-bibe: ice cream float, ice cream soda

ise-nata: ice cream

ise-tori: penguin

da a ise-tori?
Is that a penguin?

ise: ice, freeze

Italia-linga: Italian (language)

Italia: Italy, Italia

ja: yes, definitely, certainly

jage: search, hunt, pursuit, seek, quest

i jage a sino de fungi-veni.
Look for signs of decomposition.

jaketa: jacket, coat

da jaketa i de debe kote a rama an noga go tu.
That jacket must've cost you an arm and a leg.

jalan: path, way, road

tu i no kan go a u jalan.
You can’t go either way.

janji: promise, vow, pledge, swear

mi i ave janji a Tom ke mi i da go a Australia kon si-viro.
I've promised Tom I'd go to Australia with him.

Japan: Japan (prefer 'Nipon')

jara: jar, pitcher, jug, carafe, mug, beaker

jari: shrub, bush

jeli: gel, goop, jelly, blob, paste, mush

jemelo: twin

Jemen: Yemen

jenti: polite, gentle, gracious, courteous

jeo: prison, jail, imprison

jeritan: yell, scream, shout, exclaim

Tom i jeritan o tuju go mi.
Tom always yells at me.

Jesu-nati: Christmas

Jesu-veni: Easter

Jesu: Jesus (christianity)

jeti: throw, shot, shoot, hit

mi-ale i jeti a oso en base.
We throw the bones onto the floor.

jin: gold, golden (see 'atomo-79')

mi i nese a ma jin.
I need more gold.

Jini: jinni, genie, jinn, djinni, djinn

jira-unda-go: fall rolling, tumble down, fall suddenly and without grace

jira: turn, gyrate, spin, whirl

joke: joke, jest

joli-arapan: satisfy, pleased (with some result)

tu e joli-arapan?
Are you satisfied?

joli-koda-maladi: happy tail syndrome, limber tail syndrome, acute caudal myopathy

joli-man: cheerleader

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

joli-neso: hapiness, pleasure

joli: happy, joy, frolic, enjoy

nun, Tom e da ma joli man en mundo.
Tom is the happiest person in the world right now.
en-i etudi a Barbari de-i ave e vere joli go mi.
Studying Berber has been a real joy for me.

Jomoglanma: Qomolangma, Chomolungma (Mount Everest) (see 'Santi-feme-paren-monte', 'Everest')

Josun: North Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK

Josunmau: Korean (language) (see 'Angugo')

en-i etudi a Josunmau e duro.
Learning Korean is difficult.

Jouo: Javanese (language), basa Jawa

juda-relijon-manja-neso: kosher

Juda-relijon: Judaism

jue: cheek, jowl

jumpa: jump, bounce, leap, hop, skip, bounce

junta-kopen-man: subscriber

junta-kopen: subscribe (to a service)

junta-labora: teamwork, coordination

junta: join, group, together

divi-man a en-fini junta en Kabeile.
The separatists are a marginal group in Kabylie.
junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

jupiter-igi-nuki: acorn

jupiter-igi: quercus, oak (tree)

Jupiter: Jupiter, Iuppiter

jura-deside-kasa: court of law, court, tribunal

jura-junta: constitution (law)

popula i de no aseta a jura-junta.
The people rejected the constitution.

jura-man: lawyer

jura-neso: justice

jura-pape: contract

jura-tovari: chaperone, chaperon

jura: law, rule, instruction

jusa: just (adv), very recently, to have just, recent

junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

jusi: juice, juicy

ka: because

an si-viro i de dona-mala-name a Abimelech ka fonte, ke si-viro dulo i de ave robare o poten.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.
tu i de veni e mui furi ka si-viro ero go ke rason?
Why did you get so angry at his mistake?

Kabeile: Kabylia, Kabyle (language, people, place)

kabinete: cabinet, hutch, wardrobe

kabon: carbon, coal (see 'atomo-6')

kabuma-oko: pop eye, pop-eyed

kabuma: explode, explosion, blast, detonate, pop

kada: each, respectively

kada uno i leje a uno sentense.
Read one sentence each.
mi i pale a Eire-linga e kada dia.
I speak Irish every day.

kadena: chain, fetters

kadi-ludi: card game

kadi: card, placard, cardboard, charter

kafe: coffee, cafe

Brasil e mui rika; si rika e mui mega; kafe e uno de si o da ma mega rika.
Brazil is very rich; its richness is immense; coffee is one of its greatest riches.

kaja-sino: brackets, parentheses, (), [], {}, ⟨⟩ (see 'rondo-kaja-sino', 'kare-kaja-sino', 'nami-kaja-sino', 'kona-kaja-sino')

i pone a name en kaja-sino.
Put the word in parentheses.

kaja: box

medi, vino de kaja e no mui bon.
Boxed wine isn't usually very good.
tu kaja.
Your box.

kaje: cage, ribcage

kaka-fura: anus

kaka-ropa: diaper

kaka: feces, shit, poop

kakao: chocolate

kalenda: calendar, schedule, timetable

kali-fobo: nyctophobia

kali: dark, black

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

Kalifornia: California

kalite: quality, property, to attribute, feature, trait, -ness

kalori-fobo: thermophobia

kalori-fonte: geyser

safari-man i de en ereki e en rondo de kalori-fonte, en-i superise-gape.
Tourists were standing round the geyser, gawping.

kalori-mui-ke: temperature

kalori: heat, hot, calorie

kama: bed

kambio: exchange, trade, barter

kamera: chamber, room, partition, hall

di a mi kamera.
This is my room.

kamina-man: pedestrian

kamina-neso: walkability

kamina: walk, ambulate, stroll, hike

ante tu i dona-mala-name a some, tu i debe kamina a uno-punto-sita-kilo-mita en si sapato.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

kamisa: shirt

kampo-fogo: campfire, bonfire

kampo: field, camp, to camp, countryside, meadow, rural

kan: can, may, able, ability, skill

mi i ave supose ke solo moda mi i kan make a di e ke Tom i ade a mi.
I've figured out that the only way I can do this is to get Tom to help me.
mi-ale i no kan lase mori a di fiore. i favo dusa a si.
We can't let these flowers die. Please water them.

Kanada: Canada

kanali: canal, channel, gutter, moat

kanali e baraje.
The canal is clogged.

kanario-tori: canary (bird), Serinus canaria, Crithagra flaviventris

kanda: shoulder, shrug

kandela: candle

kanela: cinnamon

kanon: cannon, artillery, gun barrel

Kanon: Canon (music, place, surname, religion)

kansera: crab

Kantabria: Cantabria

kanti-man: singer

kanti: sing, song, tune, melody

kapa: capture, catch, seize, grasp, captive, grab, get hold of

ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.

Kapo direto: cardinal direction, cardinal point

kapo-biju: crown

kapo-gove-kasa: town hall, municipal hall, city hall, town hall, civic centre (building, not plaza)

kapo-sentense: title (text), heading, header (text)

kapo-siti: capital (geography)

kapo-sono-makina: headphone (see 'mimi-sono-makina')

kapo: head, main

kare-kaja-sino: square brackets, []

kare: square, plaza

karera-man: contestant, player, participant, challenger

karera: race, competition, compete

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

karo-man: driver, rider

karo-para: parking, park (a vehicle)

karo-para i de e fule.
Parking was full.

Karo-renta ofisi: car rental place

karo-ringo: wheel

karo: car, vehicle, drive

di karo de-i regula de komputa.
This car is controlled by a computer.
mi i begin rapi a karo.
I start to speed the car.

Kas: cache (computing)

kasa: house, building

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

Kasastan: Kazakhstan, Qazaqstan

kasele: castle, fortress

kasi: almost

Kastila an Leon: Castile and Leon, Castilla y León, Castiella y Llión, Castela e León (see 'Kastila-Leon')

Kastila-Leon: Castile and Leon, Castilla y León, Castiella y Llión, Castela e León (see 'Kastila an Leon')

Kastila-Mansa: Castile La Mancha, Castilla–La Mancha

kata-igi-man: woodman, woodsman

kata: cut, incision, slice, chop

Aljeri i debe kata a relate kon Saudi-arabia?
Should Algeria cut its ties with Saudi Arabia?

Katalan: Catalonia, Catalunya, Catalonha, Cataluña, Catalan (language), Català, Valencià, Valencian

katana: sword

kavalo-fobo: equinophobia

kavalo-kavalo: mule

kavalo-rondo-radika-veji: horseradish, horse radish

kavalo: horse, donkey, mule

kave: cave, cavern

siensa-man i pensa ke raja-topi-viru i mebi ave veni de kave de vola-muso.
The scientist thinks the coronavirus might have come from a bat cave.

ke: what, that, introduce dependant clause

mi i ave a ke si i ave.
I have what she has.
mi i de dire a Tom ke mi i de ave a ajenda.
I told Tom I had plans.
mi vole a keki ke e bon.
I want the cake that is good.
tu e da ma nulo-senti man ke mi i ave enkonte o ni.
You're the most inconsiderate person I've ever met.
tu vole manja afa ke tu aroma a pan?
You want to eat after you smell the bread?

Keisi: Casey

keju: cheese

keki: cake

mi vole a keki ke e bon.
I want the cake that is good.

kelabu: gray, grey

kemi-botega: pharmacy, drugstore, apothecary

kemi-man: chemist

si-feme a kemi-man.
She is a chemist.

kemi-siensa: chemistry

kemi: chemical, drug

Kenia: Kenya

kera: horn (animal + instrument), spike

kerami: ceramic, pottery, china, terracota, clay pot

keredo: believe, belief, creed

mi i pensa ke tu i no keredo o an a Tom.
I take it you don't believe Tom either.
tu i keredo en UFO?
Do you believe in UFOs?

Kerusa-relijon: Catholicism

kerusa: cross, intersect, intersection, crucifix

kia: key, unlock

Pove e kia duro en Marok.
Poverty is a key issue in Morocco.

kilo-ano: millennium

kilo-gama: Kg, kilogram

kilo-mita: kilometer, kilometre, km

kilo: thousand, 1000

kinde-gaden: kindergarten

kinde-ludi: toy

kinde: child

si a pero kinde.
He is but a child.
tu kinde e no di go ke rason?
Why aren't your children here?

kino: film, movie, cinema, to film

mi i de roga go Mary se si-feme i de vole mira a kino kon mi.
I asked Mary if she wanted to go to a movie with me.

kipa-tenden-neso: stability

kipa: keep, stay, remain, remainder, reserve, stockpile

si-viro i de kipa e longo tempo?
Did he stay long?
Tom i debe kipa kon Mary.
Tom should stay with Mary.

Kipro: Cyprus

kirikiti: cricket, grasshopper, locust

kite: leave, quit, abandon, exit

si i kite a no mui go-e vole.
It leaves nothing much to be desired.
tu i kite a Boston?
Are you leaving Boston?

koda: tail, coda

kode: code, cipher, program code

koleki: collect, collection, gather

kolenka-sede: kneel

kolenka: knee

kolidi: crash, collision, collide

kolina: hill

mi i de mira a kolina.
I saw the hill.

kolo-rondo: rainbow

kolo: color, colour, colorful

no mui kolo.
Not much colour.

Kolombia: Colombia

koloni: colony, colonial, colonize

kolun: column, pillar, pole, spine

koma: clause, comma

komedi: comedy, humor, funny

kompare: compare, comparison

komputa: computer, compute

komun-dire-fobo: glossophobia

komun: community, communal, public

Großer Tiergarten u Tiergarten e mega komun gaden de-i loke en semi de Belin.
The Großer Tiergarten or Tiergarten is a large public park located in the middle of Berlin.

kon-pasa: coincide, concur, simultaneous, sync, synchronization, synchronize

kon: with, include

tu i vole go a eki kon fami, di-dia?
How about going on a family outing to the woods today?
Alisa i kon a Bob.
Alice includes Bob.
Tom i debe kipa kon Mary.
Tom should stay with Mary.

kona-kaja-sino: angle brackets, chevrons, ⟨⟩

kona: corner, angle

konditi: condition, state

konfi: comfortable, comfort, cozy

konfuse-konditi: chaos, mess, disaster (not natural), disarray, havoc, disorder

konfuse: confusion, confuse, confusing, perplex

Kongo: Congo (people, place, kingdom, language), Kikongo, Republic of the Congo, Congo-Brazzaville (not to be confused with 'Popula-regula-gove republika de kongo', 'Popula republika de kongo')

konka: shell

Tom i koleki a konka.
Tom collects shells.

kono: cone

konsiense: conscience, awareness, conscious, consciousness

kopa-keki: cupcake, fairy cake

Mary i de make a kopa-keki.
Mary made cupcakes.

kopa: cup, drinking vessel, chalice

kopen-man: shopper, purchaser, customer, buyer, client

mi i de deteki a kopen-man.
I found a buyer.

kopen: buy, a purchase

ke man i kopen a di tipo de seni?
Who buys this type of art?
si i go an i kopen a kavalo.
He goes to buy a horse.

kopere: copper (see 'atomo-29')

kore: heart

mui kore o animale.
Very dear animal.

Korea: Korea (region), Joseon, Hanguk (not to be confused with 'Deanmingu', 'Josun')

koredora: hall, corridor

koreo-kadi: postcard, post card

koreo-sino: stamp (post), postage stamp, post stamp

koreo: mail, letter, post

kosa-reo: transit

kosa: thing, stuff

nun, ke kosa e en vende?
What products are currently on sale?
di kosa e en pasa.
These things belong to the past.

kosina: kitchen, to cook

de-i kosina sama di, veji i ave a bon aroma.
Cooked like this, the vegetables have a nice aroma.
Ziri i de joli kosina a da piato.
Ziri enjoyed cooking that dish.

kote: cost, price, to cost

da jaketa i de debe kote a rama an noga go tu.
That jacket must've cost you an arm and a leg.

koton: cotton

kova-oko: eyelid

mi kova-oko i senti e kalori.
My eyelid feels hot.

kova: cover, covering, conceal, blanket, cloak, shawl

Kristo-buku: Bible

ke man i de note a Kristo-buku?
Who wrote the Bible?

Kristo-relijon: Christianity (religion)

Kuba: Cuba

kubita: elbow, nudge, cubit

kubo: brick, cube, block

kujara: spoon

Kuki: cookie (software)

kula-foreta: tundra

mi i odi a kula-foreta.
I hate the tundra.

kula-lubi: ski

mi i no go an i kula-lubi sama mui sama mi i pasa make.
I don't go skiing as much as I used to.

kula-vali: fjord, fiord

a san kula kula-vali en Eire.
There are three glacial fjords in Ireland.

kula: cool, cold

e kula.
It's cool.

kulutura: culture, cultural

kuneli: rabbit, hare, bunny

Kuontonuua: Cantonese

kuretina: curtain, drape, screen, blinds

kuri: run, sprint, jog

Tom i de kuri e fule rapi.
Tom ran at full speed.
Ziri i de kuri go baka mun.
Ziri ran to the back door.

kusin: cousin

kuve: tub, barrel, vat, tank

labi: lip, rim, brim

Sami i de ave a si diji en si labi an i de roga go Layla ke si i no debe make a sono.
Sami had his finger on his lips and asked Layla not to make a sound.

labora-enejia: effort, man power, man-power (not manpower), work (unit)

labora-man: employee, worker, staff

solo o labora-man memba.
Staff members only.

labora-safari: commute, travel from or to work

labora-sitema: operating system, OS (software)

labora: work, labor, hard-working, job

riva El Harrach i labora sama open tubo-laji.
The El Harrach River functions like an open sewer.
Tomi i no kan fini a di labora en uno dia.
Tom can't finish this job in a day.

lada: ladder, escalator, stairs, steps

Ziri i de unda-go a lada e mui ade.
Ziri very carefully descended the stairs.

lado-mira: side-eye, side eye, side-look

lado: side, adjacent, next to

lagima: tears, to cry

vere, mi i kan make a ale, pero uno-ranko, mi i go lagima.
Of course I can do everything, but first I'm going to cry.
Mennad i de lagima ka si-viro i de e dire-abuso.
Mennad was crying because he was embarrassed.

lago: lake, loch, pond

a solo uno tipo de pisi en di lago.
There is one kind of fish in this lake.
i vaku a lago.
Drain the lake.

laji-inseto: cockroach

laji: trash, garbage, waste, to throw away

lakoni-labora: gig, assignment

lakoni-note: article, nonfiction short text

Yanni i de note a mui lakoni-note de niku-en-feruta en Facebook.
Yanni wrote many articles about figs on Facebook.

lakoni: short (length), curt, brief

lampa: lamp

Lan de-i uno de amerika: United States of America, USA

lan-figura: landform

mui lan-figura en Mars i apara sama de-i figura de en-i reo vasa.
Many landforms on Mars appear to have been shaped by flowing water.

lan-runguma: landlock, landlocked

Australia a lan-runguma paisa?
Is Australia a landlocked country?

lan-tumo: cape (geography)

navi i vela e rondo lan-tumo.
The ship sailed around the cape.

lan: land, territory, domain, state

lana: wool

Lanka: Sri Lanka

lase: let, allow, license, permission, licit, marks hortative mood

i lase a mi ke mi i make a di e mi jalan.
Let me do this my way.
lase mi-ale go!
Let's go!
mi-ale i no kan lase mori a di fiore. i favo dusa a si.
We can't let these flowers die. Please water them.

lasi: lazy, indolence, inactivity

lati-maladi: plague, epidemic

lati: wide, broad, width, latitude

riva e lati.
The river is wide.

Latin: Latin, lingua Latīna

lava: wash

leje-man: reader

leje: read, a reading, well-read

dia seven, Tom i leje o solo a buku.
Tom does nothing but read books on Sundays.
kada uno i leje a uno sentense.
Read one sentence each.

lense: lens, eyeglasses, magnifying glass

lenta-unda: parachute

Tom i de lenta-unda o sekura.
Tom parachuted to safety.

lenta: slow, slowly

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

leon: lion, tiger, panther, a big cat

leva-sole: sunrise, dawn, daybreak

leva: level, elevate, rise (see 'supa-go')

levi: left (direction)

liabili: responsible, liable, liability, responsibility

libera kode: open source (software)

libera: freedom, free, liberate

lida-feme-paren: godmother

tu lida-feme-paren a ke man?
Who is your godmother?

lida-make: manage, take care of (an issue), deal with

mi i go lida-make a si.
I'll take care of it.
Tom i go lida-make a da.
Tom is going to take care of that for us.

lida-ofisi: headquarters, main offices

lida-paren: godparent, godfather, godmother, guideparent

tu i enkonte a tu lida-paren a ke mui?
How often do you see your godparents?

lida-viro-paren: godfather

Tom a mi lida-viro-paren.
Tom is my godfather.

lida: lead, leader, direct, guide

bon lida e raro.
Good leaders are rare.

liga-name: compound word

liga: tie, bind, knot, league, link, connection, connect, bond

Liki savon: liquid soap

liki-metali: mercury (see 'atomo-80')

liki-salo: sauce, gravy

liki: liquid, liquify, fluid

lila-fiore: Syringa vulgaris, lilac (flower)

lila: purple, lilac

limako: snail, slug, a mollusk

limi: limit, limited, restriction, boundary, border

limon: lemon, lime, citrus

some de di limon e bon, some e fungi-veni.
Some of these lemons are good, some are rotten.

limpe: limp, flaccid, floppy, to limp, lax

lin: flash, lightning, bolt

Tom i ave a vile-tempo de dipa-melankoli de-i sige de lin de dipa-enejia ato.
Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.

line: line

linga-name: vocabulary

linga-regula: grammar (see 'name-jura')

linga: tongue, lick, language

mi i pensa ke Engli-man i mebi veni pasa o ma a etudi-man de linga sama man en ota paisa.
I think that English people might be more used to language learners than people in other countries.

lipo-patata: fries, chips, french fries, finger chips

lipo: fat, fatty, grease, fatten, to fry

lisa: fox

lita: liter (SI)

litera: letter, literature, character, to spell, literary

Mini i uti a litera a, b, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v.
Mini uses the letters a, b, d, e, f, g, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, r, s, t, u, v.

Litora-de-denta-materi: Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire, République de Côte d'Ivoire

litora: shore, beach, coast, littoral

mi i favo a litora.
I like the beach.

loji-pensa: rational, reason, reasoning

loji: logic, logical

loka: lock, to lock, latch, bolt, clasp

loke: location, locate, place

Großer Tiergarten u Tiergarten e mega komun gaden de-i loke en semi de Belin.
The Großer Tiergarten or Tiergarten is a large public park located in the middle of Berlin.
mega loke.
Big place.

loko: crazy, mad, insane, madden

London: London

Alisa i viva en London.
Alice lives in London.

longo-kare: rectangle

longo-midori-melon: cucumber

veji i develo en gaden, sama foli-veji, rondo-foli-vejii, onion, alio, melon, bianka-kera-veji, bianka-rondo-radika-veji, ruja-rondo-radika-veji, kavalo-rondo-radika-veji, roka-antika-gadi, longo-midori-melon an oranje-melon.
Greens and vegetables grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.

longo-name-fobo: hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

longo-pisi: eel (animal)

longo-ruse: gaslight, gaslighting

tu lida i en longo-ruse a tu.
Your boss is gaslighting you.

longo: long, length, longitude

si-viro i de kipa e longo tempo?
Did he stay long?

Losban: Lojban, la .lojban., lo jbobau

lose-konsiense: pass out, faint, collapse (living), black out, syncope, daze

lose-mone: expense, expenditure

lose: lose, loss, failure, fail

lubi: slip, slide, slippery, glide

ludi-man: player (game)

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

ludi-neso: leisure

ludi: game, play

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.
junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

lujo: luxury, luxurious, opulence, fancy

luki: fortune, luck, lucky

Luksemburg: Luxembourg, Luxemburg

lulu: pearl

luna-vakansa: honeymoon

luna: moon

lunge: lungs

lupo: wolf

mi i pensa ke mi-ale i kan kuri e ma rapi sama da lupo.
I think we could outrun those wolves.

luse-mogi: firefly

luse: light

mi nu Alfa Romeo open-karo e luse ruja.
My new Alfa Romeo convertible is light red.

ma-sama-sino: more-than sign, more than sign, >

ma: more

mi i pensa ke Engli-man i mebi veni pasa o ma a etudi-man de linga sama man en ota paisa.
I think that English people might be more used to language learners than people in other countries.
si-uno i no nese dire ke vere-fule-neso e da ma bon ajenda.
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.

Madrid: Madrid

madu: honey

ale man i amo a madu.
Everyone loves honey.

mageneti: magnet, magnetic

Maiami: Miami

maisa: corn

Maja: Maya (civilizations, language, religion, place)

maji-feme: witch

maji-man: wizard, witch, sorcerer, mage, magician, conjurer, enchanter

maji-name: incantation, conjuration

maji-viro: wizard

maji: magic, magical, conjure

Majorka: Mallorca, Majorca

make-inteli: artificial intelligence, AI

make-linga: constructed language, conlang

make-man: author

make-memo: remind

make-uti: generator, function (mathematics, computer science)

make: make, do, create

si-feme i de no nese make a da labora.
She didn't need to do that work.
tu i da paga a ke mui go mi-ale go-i make a da?
How much would you pay us to do that?

makina: machine, apparatus

mala-eleki-peso: electron (atom)

sole-luse i make ke mala-eleki-peso en sela i move an enejia e make.
The sunlight makes the electrons in the cells move and energy is produced.

mala-feme: bitch

si i aroma sama mala-feme en di.
It smells like bitch in here.

mala-name: curse, swear

mala-pasa: misfortune, hardship, adversity, hard times

mala-tira: misfire

mala: bad, wrong

tamen de mala manja, si i kipa go tamen a retorante.
Despite the bad food, he nevertheless keeps going to the restaurant.
tu make a manja e mala.
You make the food bad.

maladi-man: sick person, patient

maladi-sino: symptom

maladi: malady, sickness, ill

Maleisia: Malaysia (country) (not to be confused with 'Malesia')

Malesia: Malesia (place, moth) (not to be confused with 'Maleisia')

maleta: hammer, mallet

Malta: Malta

man-ale: everybody, everyone

i dire a si-feme ke man-ale e di.
Tell her that everyone is here.

man-mui-fobo: enochlophobia

man-mui: crowd, horde, mob

man: person, human

nun, Tom e da ma joli man en mundo.
Tom is the happiest person in the world right now.
mi i pensa ke Engli-man i mebi veni pasa o ma a etudi-man de linga sama man en ota paisa.
I think that English people might be more used to language learners than people in other countries.

mandiba: jaw, mandible

manja-moda: diet

i muta a tu manja-moda.
Change your diet.

manja: food, eat

mega viro i de manja.
The big man ate.
mi go ave en manja.
I will have been eating.

manka: mark, stain, blemish, spot

mano-balo: basketball

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

mano-buku: hand book, handbook, manual, guidebook, instruction book

mano-jeti-mesura-uti: clap-o-meter, clapometer, applause meter, applaud-o-meter

mano-jeti: applaud, applause

mano-note: handwrite, handwriting

mano: hand

mapa: map, chart

Marati: Marathi, मराठी

mare-fobo: thalassophobia

mare-lago: lagoon

mare-lago e mui dipa.
The lagoon is very deep.

mare-maladi: seasick (see 'vomi-maladi')

mare-man: seaman, seafaring person, sailor

mare: ocean, sea, marine

mare i animale-sono.
The sea roars.

mari-feme: wife, bride

mi i dua a tu. mi i ave a mari-feme an kinde.
I beg you. I have a wife and children.

mari-fobo: gamophobia

mari-man: spouse, wife, husband, married person

mari-viro: husband

mari: marry, marriage

Marok: Morocco

maron: brown

Mars: Mars

masa: mass, pile, heap, to amass, massive

masala-feruta: chili, chilli, chili pepper, chile, spicy pepper, any fruit variety of Capsicum

masala: spice, curry, spiced

matemati-vere: theorem

matemati: math, mathematical

maten-manja: breakfast

maten: morning

materi: matter, material, substance

matura: mature, ripe, adult

tu e sufi matura ke tu i kan ade a tu-ego.
You are old enough to take care of yourself.

mebi-siensa: probability, probability theory

man e mui mala kon en-i savi a mebi-siensa.
People are very bad at understanding probability.

mebi: maybe, possibility

Mary i de dire ke si-feme i da no make o mebi a da.
Mary said she probably wouldn't do that.
universa-viva-siensa a etudi de orijen de viva en tera an mebi de viva en universa.
Astrobiology is the study of life’s origins on Earth and the potential for life in Universe.

medi-savi: common sense

medi: average, medium, normal, usual, standard, norm

Tom i de kan viva a ma u meno medi viva afa medika-metodo.
Tom was able to live a more or less normal life after the operation.

media: media, communication, press

medika-kemi-siensa: pharmacology

medika-man-fobo: iatrophobia

medika-man: doctor

medika-metodo: operation (medical), surgery (see 'eki-terapi')

medika: medicine, medicinal

Mega Britan: Great Britain

mega-basara: supermarket

mega-fobo: megalophobia

mega-ise-lan: glacier

mega-ise-lan i move o lenta.
The glacier moves slowly.

mega-komputa: server (computer)

mega-lida: tycoon

mega-sono: loud

mega-tingi-foli-lan: plateau (geography)

vento i no enkonte a natura baraje en mega-tingi-foli-lan.
The wind encounters no natural obstacles on the plateau.

mega: big, great, large, million, 1000000

mega ave i no kan esi no kon nulo-jura-neso; mui name i no kan esi no kon mentira.
Great possessions cannot exist without injustice; a multitude of words cannot exist without a lie.
mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

Mehiko: México, Mexico (prefer 'Meksiko')

Meksiko: México, Mexico (see 'Mehiko')

melanje-bibe: potion, elixir, tonic

melanje: mixture, mix

melankoli-arapan: disappointed, unsatisfied (with some result), fail to fulfill

melankoli: sad, melancholy, mourn

Melilia: Melilla

melon: melon, gourd, pumpkin

memba: member, adherent

Memo-dia: Memorial Day, Remembrance Day, Poppy Day

memo-name: slogan, tagline, catchphrase

memo: memory, remember

menase: threat, menace, menacing, threaten

meno-sama-sino: less-than sign, less than sign, <

meno-vori: reassure, reassurance

meno: less (comparison), fewer, minus, hyphen, dash (-)

Tom i de kan viva a ma u meno medi viva afa medika-metodo.
Tom was able to live a more or less normal life after the operation.

menta: mind, mental

mentira-keredo: delusion, delusional

mentira-make: pretend, deceive

en da ma meno, i mentira-make ke tu e joli ke tu e di.
At least pretend you're happy to be here.
Mary i de mentira-make no savi ke Tom i de tenta dire a si-feme.
Mary pretended not to understand what Tom was trying to tell her.

mentira-siensa: pseudoscience

Jordan Peterson e raro seketa-man ke i base a si idea en mentira mentira-siensa de Carl Jung.
Jordan Peterson is a weird mystic who bases his ideas on the discredited pseudoscience of Carl Jung.

mentira: lie, false, deceive, deception, fake

di a mentira diamante.
This is a fake diamond.
Tom i de pensa ke Mary i de mentira go si-viro.
Tom thought that Mary was lying to him.

menu: menu

merite: deserve, merit, -worthy

Merkurius: Mercury, Mercurius

mesa-ludi: boardgame, board game, tabletop game

mesa-man: waiter, server (job), bartender

mesa: table

mesaje: message, notification, notify

mesura: measure, measurement, size (clothing), dimension

i dona a mesura go mi.
Give me the coordinates.

metali: metal, metallic

metodo: method, procedure, process, mechanism (as in process) (see 'sitema'), technique, means, methodical

mi-ale: we (includes addressee)

mi-ale i go enkonte e sige-dia?
Are we meeting tomorrow?
mi-ale i no pensa a da moda.
That's not how we think.

mi-ego: myself

mi-mui: we (excludes addressee)

mi: first person, I

mi e no feo?
I’m not ugly?
mi e sama tu.
I am like you.
mi i vole savi a ke i pasa go Tom.
I want to know what happened to Tom.

Mianma: Myanmar, Burma, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

midori-roka: emerald

tu i favo a ke, ruja-roka u midori-roka?
Which do you prefer, ruby or emerald?

midori: green

milita-junta: draft, recruit, enlist (military, by force or choice), levy (as in join the military) (see 'obe-jura-kapa')

milita-move: invasion, invade, raid, incursion

milita: military, army

mime: mimic, copy, imitation

mimi-sono-makina: earphone, earbud (see 'kapo-sono-makina')

mimi: ear (see 'ia')

mina-roka: mineral, ore

Aljeri i ave a mina-roka vare.
Algeria has mineral resources.

mina: mine (place + action)

mini-bela: cute (see 'suga-bela')

mini-gera-ludi: miniature wargame

mini-keki: cookie, biscuit

mini-moda: minimalism, minimalistic

mini-otelo: hostel, inn, motel, lodge (see 'otelo')

mini-peso: bit, small piece, particle

mini-resi: nap, siesta, doze

mini-ruja-feruta: cherry

mini-sujo: dopant

mini-sujo ke i dona a si ruja kolo go ruja-roka a atomo-24.
The dopant that gives rubies their red color is chromium.

mini-viva-fiba: fibril (biology)

mini: small, little

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.
Tom i de dire go mi ke si-viro i de en senti e mini fatiga.
Tom told me he was feeling a bit tired.

minute: minute

mira-fobo: scopophobia

mira: see, look, watch, sight

mi i de roga go Mary se si-feme i de vole mira a kino kon mi.
I asked Mary if she wanted to go to a movie with me.
mi i go mira a fobo kino.
I'm going to see a horror film.

misi: miss, absent, lack, fail to reach/hit/notice

mita: meter, metric

mobili: furniture

moda: mode, way, fashion, mood

si e no ke ke si-viro i de dire, pero moda ke si-viro i de dire.
It's not what he said, but the way he said it.
mi i ave supose ke solo moda mi i kan make a di e ke Tom i ade a mi.
I've figured out that the only way I can do this is to get Tom to help me.

mogi: fly, gnat, mosquito

moloko: milk, milky

momen-reaki: reflex (body)

momen: moment, instant, instantaneous, immediate

Yanni i de voka o momen a polisa.
Yanni called the police immediately.

monato: month, monthly

mone-apojo-junta: fund (organization)

inveti mone-apojo-junta i inveti o solo e en morale bisinesa.
This investment fund only invests in ethical companies.

mone-apojo: funding (economical), fundraising, subsidy, financing, sponsorship, subsidize, fund (of money) (see 'mone')

mone-apojo i ave develo.
Funding has increased.

mone-fobo: plutophobia

mone-kadi: credit card, creditcard, debit card, payment card

mone-pura: money laundering

mone-regula: capitalism

mone: money

man, ke ave a mui mone, no vole labora.
A person that has a lot of money does not want to work.

monki: monkey, gorilla, chimpanzee

monte: mountain, hill, bump, protrusion, protrude, bumpy

mi i supa-go a monte.
I climb mountains.

Montreal: Montréal, Montreal

morale: moral, morality, moralize, morale, virtue

more: custom, habit, customary, tradition, traditional

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

mori-dona: inheritance, inherit (see 'gene')

mori-note: will (death)

mori-rite: funeral

Mori-ruja-fiore: Lycoris radiata, red spider lily, corpse flower, higanbana

Higanbana a nipon-linga name go Mori-ruja-fiore.
Higanbana is the Japanese word for the red spider lily.

mori-tori: vulture (Accipitridae, Cathartidae)

mori: death, die, dead, kill

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
mi-ale i no kan lase mori a di fiore. i favo dusa a si.
We can't let these flowers die. Please water them.

Moritan: Mauritania

Mosr: Egypt (see 'Aegiptos')

Sami i de move a si go Mosr go some tempo.
Sami ended up moving to Egypt for a while.

moto-bike: motorcycle, motorbike

moto: motor, engine

tu i kan duka a moto de tu karo se tu i karo kon bajo ole.
You can damage your car’s engine if you drive around with low motor oil.

move-imaje-ludi: video game, videogame (prefer 'video-ludi')

move-imaje: video (prefer 'video')

move: move, movement, motion, movie

Sami i de move a si go Mosr go some tempo.
Sami ended up moving to Egypt for a while.
tu i go ade go mi ke tu i move a di ofisi?
Will you help me move this desk?

Mozambik: Mozambique

mudi-make: prey

mudi: purpose, goal, objective, aim, end, intend, target

mui-rite-ropa: suit, tuxedo

mui-vole-neso: itchiness

mui-vole: itch, compulsive desire, yearn, crave

mui: very, many, much, a lot

da viro-kinde e mui lasi!
How lazy those boys are!
tu i de veni e mui furi ka si-viro ero go ke rason?
Why did you get so angry at his mistake?

muko: mucus, snot, phlegm

mumi: wax, waxy

mun-siren: doorbell

mun: door, gate

se tu open a mun, mi-ale i go e de-i suko en vaku.
If you open the door, we will be sucked into space.
mi i kan open a da mun go tu.
I can open that door for you.

mundo: world, globe, global

nu mundo semi-aje vile-tempo i en veni.
A new worldwide medieval era is coming on.

muravi-senti: formication

muravi: ant

muro: wall

Mursia: Murcia

musele: muscle, muscular

musika-teata: opera

musika: music, musical

muso-fobo: musophobia

muso: mouse, rat

muta-numa: version (number)

muta-numa i apara sama 1.0.1.
A version number looks like 1.0.1.

muta-uti: converter, transformer

u atomo-58, ke si a impotan materi en rapi-kemi-reaki muta-uti.
Or cerium, which is an important material in catalytic converters.

muta: change, modify, modification, mutation

Mary i de muta o fini a si-feme menta.
Mary eventually changed her mind.

nafasa: breathe, breath

naga-fobo: ophidiophobia

Tom i ave a naga-fobo.
Tom suffers from ophidiophobia.

naga: snake, slither

Naijiria: Nigeria

Naja: Nigerian Pidgin, Naijá, Naija

naje: swim

najima-etudi: astrology (see 'najima-keredo')

najima-keredo: astrology (see 'najima-etudi')

najima-siensa: astronomy (see 'univesa-siensa')

najima: star, to highlight, celebrity

name-buku: dictionary

name-jura: grammar (see 'linga-regula')

name-muta: conjugate (a word), inflection

tu i kan name-muta a di ato-name?
Can you conjugate this verb?

name-tari-siensa: etymology

name: name, word

mega ave i no kan esi no kon nulo-jura-neso; mui name i no kan esi no kon mentira.
Great possessions cannot exist without injustice; a multitude of words cannot exist without a lie.
mi name a feme-kinde a Alisa.
I name the girl Alice.

nami-kaja-sino: curly brackets, braces, {}

nami-sino: tilde, ~

nami-sino e an uti en Espaniol.
The tilde is also used in Spanish.

nami: wave, undulation

naro-lan: isthmus (geography)

Panama kanali i kata e via Panama naro-lan.
The Panama Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama.

naro-vasa: strait (geography)

Taiuan naro-vasa i ave a 130 kilo-mita de lati.
The Taiwan Strait is 130 kilometers wide.

naro: narrow, thin, strait

nase: nose

man i ave a uno nase, duo oko, an penta diji en kada mano.
A person has one nose, two eyes, and five fingers on each hand.

nata: cream, creamy

nati-dia: birthday

nati-fobo: lockiophobia

nati-uti: reproductive organ, sex organ, genitalia, genitals

nati: birth, give birth

natura-eleti: instinct, intuition, hunch, gut feeling

Tom i de ave a natura-eleti ke Mary i da no lagima.
Tom had a hunch that Mary wouldn't cry.

natura: nature, natural

ota eki-pota kon jin, liki-metali, atomo-92, natura aero, an, en some ano, eleki.
Other exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and - in some years - electricity.

Navara: Navarre, Navarra, Nafarroa

navi: boat, ship

navu-man: prophet, diviner, forecaster

navu: predict, prophecy, prediction, prophetic

nea: near, neighborhood, close by, approach, nearly

mi i no viva e nea di.
I don't live around here.

nebu: mist, fog, foggy, nebulous

neka: neck

Nepal: Nepal

Neptunus: Neptune

nese: need, necessity, requirement, necessary

si-feme i de no nese make a da labora.
She didn't need to do that work.
si-uno i no nese dire ke vere-fule-neso e da ma bon ajenda.
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.

neso: abstract, abstraction, -ness, -ity

neto-baton-ludi: tennis (game)

neto-baton: racquet, racket

neto-foli: webpage (see 'eleki-loke', 'neto-loke')

neto-komun: server, online community, forum

neto-loke: website (see 'eleki-loke', 'neto-foli')

neto-muro: firewall (computing)

neto: net, network, mesh, web, enmesh

neve-fobo: chionophobia

neve-tufan: snowstorm (see 'neve-vento')

neve-vento: blizzard (see 'neve-tufan')

neve: snow

ni: never, ever

si-ale i dire ke i de vole make o ni a da.
They say they never wanted to do that.
si-viro i go make o ni a si?
Will he ever do it?

nida: nest, hive, den

Nikaraua: Nicaragua

niku-aroma: umami

niku-en-feruta: fig (fruit)

Yanni i de note a mui lakoni-note de niku-en-feruta en Facebook.
Yanni wrote many articles about figs on Facebook.

niku-sando: hamburger, burger

niku: meat, flesh

nin: nine, 9

Ninja imaje-kapa: surveillance camera, CCTV camera, monitoring video camera

ninja: spy (noun), snoop, scout, surveil

Nipon-linga: Japanese (language)

Nipon: Japan (see 'Japan')

nise: sneeze

no-ave-a: intransitive (grammar)

Tom i no savi a ota inta ave-a an no-ave-a ato-name.
Tom doesn't understand the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

no-duo-numa: odd (number)

si a no-duo-numa.
It's an odd number.

no-fini: unfinished, not finished, unpolished

no-kon-vole: by accident, accidentally, by chance, unintended, unintentional

no-kon: without, exclude

no-liga: untie, unbind, unknot, unlink, disconnect

no-man: no-one, no one, nobody

no-man i de apojo a si-feme.
Nobody supported her.

no-metali: nonmetal

atomo-1, atomo-6, atomo-7, atomo-15, otomo-8, atomo-16 and atomo-34 a no-metali.
Hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulfur and selenium are nonmetals.

no-mori-man: zombie, undead

no-mori: undead, zombification, to make an undead, to become undead

no-muta: constant

no-nese-efeto: side effect, side-effect, aftereffect

no-nese-name: pleonasm

no-obe-jura: illegal

no-paren: orphan, orphaned

si-feme i de a no-paren ke i de lose a si paren en kolidi de avion.
She was an orphan who lost her parents in a plane crash.

no-vole-anunsi: spam

no: no, not

mi-ale i no kan lase mori a di fiore. i favo dusa a si.
We can't let these flowers die. Please water them.
Tom i da no favo a Australia.
Tom wouldn't like Australia.

noga-niku: ham, a piece of ham meat

noga: leg

da jaketa i de debe kote a rama an noga go tu.
That jacket must've cost you an arm and a leg.

nonga: farm, cultivate, agricultural

nore: north

Norvega: Norway, Norge

note-dalili: documented, document (verb), proof with physical evidence

note-pape: notepad, memo book, notebook (for writing)

Tom i de baka-dona a si note-pape en si teta poke.
Tom put his pad back into his breast pocket.

note-sino: label, tag

tu i kan an a note-sino.
You can add tags.

note: write, a writing

si-viro i de note a buku ke i dona-mala-name a Aljeri.
He wrote a book criticizing Algeria.
Yanni i de note a mui lakoni-note de niku-en-feruta en Facebook.
Yanni wrote many articles about figs on Facebook.

Nu siti-neso: New Urbanism

Nu York: New York (prefer 'Nu-york')

Nu-york: New York (see 'Nu York')

nu: new

mi nu Alfa Romeo open-karo e luse ruja.
My new Alfa Romeo convertible is light red.
nu mundo semi-aje vile-tempo i en veni.
A new worldwide medieval era is coming on.

nube: cloud, cloudy

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

nudelo: noodle, pasta

nudi: nude, naked, nudity

nuga: rub, friction, massage, caress, tickle, chafe

nuki: nut

nulo-arapan: despair, hopeless

nulo-benda: inflexible, stubborn, obstinate

nulo-ego-ereki-esi-maladi: parasitosis, parasitic disease

nulo-ego-ereki-esi: parasite

nulo-ego-ereki: dependence, depend on, rely on

nulo-enejia: listless, sluggish, lethargic, inert

nulo-fide: unfaithful, adulterous

Vera i de odi a Sergey ka si-viro i de nulo-fide go si-viro mari-feme.
Vera looked down on Sergey because he was cheating on his wife.

nulo-jenti: impolite, rude, ill-mannered

nulo-jura-neso: injustice

mega ave i no kan esi no kon nulo-jura-neso; mui name i no kan esi no kon mentira.
Great possessions cannot exist without injustice; a multitude of words cannot exist without a lie.

nulo-kipa-tenden-neso: instability, unstability

mi-ale i no vole a nulo-kipa-tenden-neso en Aljeri.
We don't want instability in Algeria.

nulo-mira: blind

nulo-pelo: hairless

nulo-sekura: insecure, insecurity

nulo-senti: insensitive, numb

tu e da ma nulo-senti man ke mi i ave enkonte o ni.
You're the most inconsiderate person I've ever met.

nulo-sesi: asexual

nulo-sori: unapologetic

Alberto i de e mui bata an nulo-sori.
Alberto was very combative and unapologetic.

nulo-uti: useless, in vain

nulo-vina: innocence, lack of guilt

nulo: nothing, zero, 0

numa-sino: hash, number sign, pound sign, #

Instagram i de ruina a numa-sino.
Instagram ruined hashtags.

numa: number

nun-aje: modern

nun-dia: today, present day, currently (see 'di-dia')

nun: now

nuta-eleki-peso: neutron (atom)

nuta: neutral, bland, neuter, boring, impartial

o: modifier separator

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.
mi i begin o rapi a karo.
I start the car quickly.
viro-paren de Sami i de dire-abuso o mui a si.
Sami's father put him down a lot.

oasi: oasis (prefer 'saara-lago')

obe-jura-kapa: arrest, imprisonment, incarceration, legal restraint, detention, levy (legal, by an authority), requirement (by legal means)

obe-jura: legal

obe: obey, compliance, obedient

odi: hate, hatred, enmity

Mary i de no savi a rason ke Tom i de odi a si-feme.
Mary didn't know why Tom hated her.
Vera i de odi a Sergey ka si-viro i de nulo-fide go si-viro mari-feme.
Vera looked down on Sergey because he was cheating on his wife.

ofensa-man: criminal, lawbreaker, felon, delinquent

ofensa: crime, offense, sin, offensive, criminal

ofera: sacrifice, offering

ofisi: office, official, bureau, desk

Okapi: Okapia johnstoni, okapi, zebra giraffe, forest giraffe

Okinaua: Okinawa

oko: eye, glance, one's sight

Oksford: Oxford

ole: oil, unctuous

onion: onion, bulb

onore: honor, honorable, reputation

open-karo: convertible (car), cabriolet

mi nu Alfa Romeo open-karo e luse ruja.
My new Alfa Romeo convertible is light red.

open-make: chance, opportunity

tu i debe dona a open-make go Tom i make a da.
You should give Tom a chance to do that.

open-neso: accessibility, openness

open: open

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.
riva El Harrach i labora sama open tubo-laji.
The El Harrach River functions like an open sewer.

opitala-fobo: nosocomephobia

opitala: hospital

ora-uti-direto: clockwise (direction)

ora-uti: clock

ora: hour, o'clock, clock time

oranje-kera-veji: carrot

oranje-melon: pumpkin

oranje: orange

orijen: origin, source, original

universa-viva-siensa a etudi de orijen de viva en tera an mebi de viva en universa.
Astrobiology is the study of life’s origins on Earth and the potential for life in Universe.

Oseania: Oceania

osila: oscillate, swing, a swing

oso: bone

mi-ale i jeti a oso en base.
We throw the bones onto the floor.

osura: shadow, shade, obscure, hide, hidden

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

ota-sesi: heterosexual

ota: other, different

nun, Tom e sama ota man.
Tom is like a different person now.
ota eki-pota kon jin, liki-metali, atomo-92, natura aero, an, en some ano, eleki.
Other exports include gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, and - in some years - electricity.

otelo: hotel

otono: autumn, fall (season)

oven: oven, furnace, bake, heater

ovi-man: shepherd

ovi: lamb, sheep

ovo-veji: eggplant, aubergine

ovo: egg

padon: pardon, forgive, condone, an excuse

go-i ero, e man. go-i padon, e deo.
To err is human, to forgive divine.

paga: pay, payment, spend

tu i da paga a ke mui go mi-ale go-i make a da?
How much would you pay us to do that?

paisa: nation, country, national

paketa-12: dozen

paketa: package, parcel, packet, bundle

Pakistan: Pakistan

pale-man: spokesperson, spokesman, spokeswoman

pale-man e ujana.
The speaker is young.

pale-tori: parrot

pale: talk, speech, discussion, speak

mi i pale a Eire-linga e kada dia.
I speak Irish every day.
mi-ale i go pale kon Tom.
We'll have to have a talk with Tom.

pan: bread

da pan e da ma bon.
That bread is the best.
tu i no manja a ale pan.
You didn't eat all the bread.

Panama: Panama, Panamá

Sami i viva en Panama.
Sami lives in Panama.

panta: pants, trousers

papaver-kemi: opium

Papaver: Poppy (flower)

pape: paper

papilon: butterfly, moth

para: stop, halt

i para mala-name.
Stop cursing.
ke i para a tu?
What's stopping you?

parada: parade, march, procession

paren-paren: grandparent, grandfather, grandmother

paren: parent

pari: bet, wager, gamble

parija: grill, grid, grate, broiler, gridiron

Parisi: Paris (France)

pasa-begin: arise, begin to happen, emerge (not from a liquid), come up (not as in movement)

pasa-dia: yesterday

pasa-en-tempo: frequency

pasa-pota: passport

pasa: pass, happen, past, marks habitual tense

mi i no go an i kula-lubi sama mui sama mi i pasa make.
I don't go skiing as much as I used to.
mi i pensa ke Engli-man i mebi veni pasa o ma a etudi-man de linga sama man en ota paisa.
I think that English people might be more used to language learners than people in other countries.
mi pasa savi a feme.
I used to know the woman.

pase-tori: dove, pigeon

pase-veni: calm, chill out, calm down, quiet down, appease

pase: peace, peaceful

paso: step, stride, pace

patata: potato

patio: patio, courtyard, yard

joli-man i de labora o duro en en-i esita a junta ante ludi-man i de apara en patio go fini ludi de karera de mano-balo de Delauer tingi-sekola.
The cheerleaders worked hard to fire up the crowd before the players took the court for the final game of the Delaware high school basketball playoffs.

pato-mira-fobo: anatidaephobia

pato: duck, goose, swan, waterfowl

pausa: pause, break, interruption

pedi-balo: football, soccer

pedi: foot, by foot, kick, stomp, feet

Pekin: Beijing (China)

pele-manka: freckle, mole (skin), birthmark

pele-seni: tattoo

pele-sofio-maladi: dermatitis, eczema

pele: skin, surface, peel, hide (animal)

pelo-bovi: bos grunniens, yak, domestic yak, tartary ox, grunting ox, hairy cattle

pelo: hair, fur, feather, hairy

pen: pen, pencil, stylus

pende: hang, hanging, suspension, suspense

penelo: brush, comb, sweep, rake

pensa: think, thought

mi i no pensa ke Tom i savi a rason ke Mary e fobo.
I don't think Tom knows why Mary is afraid.
Tom an Mary i de dire go mi-ale ke si-ale i de pensa ke si-ale i da gana.
Tom and Mary told us they thought they'd win.

Pensilvania: Pennsylvania

penta: five, 5

via penta ano de duka o sela-develo-maladi terapi, si-viro i de fini-make kipa a dereka fase.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

pepa: pepper, spicy

peribadi-pubili: dox, doxx, doxing, doxxing

peribadi: private, privacy

pero: but, except

mi i go ade a tu, pero mi i go no ade a Tom.
I will help you, but I won't help Tom.
Tom i de puse a gun-boton, pero gun i de no gun.
Tom squeezed the trigger, but the gun didn't fire.

Peru: Perú

peso-ave-man: shareholder, stakeholder, stockholder

peso-neve: snowflake

peso: piece, part, component

bodi de man i ave a mui peso.
People’s bodies have many parts.

pianeta: planet, planetary

piano-man: pianist

piano: piano

piato: plate, dish, disc, disk, tray, to plate

piega: fold, crease

pigi: pig, boar

pigu: butt, ass

pika-senti: tingle, tingling, shiver or prickle sensation

pika: prick, pierce, sting

pila: yellow

pile: pill, pellet, bullet

tu i vole a some pile kon tu whiskey?
You want some pills with your whiskey?

pilo: pillow, cushion

pin-fobo: trypanophobia

pin-senti: paresthesia, tingling on the skin

pin: pin, needle

pinta: paint, painting, painted

pipi: pee, urinate

pirami: pyramid

pirata: pirate

piron: fork

Pisa: pizza, Pisa (Italy)

pisi-buo: fishing float, bobber

pisi-fobo: ichthyophobia

pisi: fish

en some loke, a mui pisi.
In some places there are lots of fish.
si i apara sama sama tipo de pisi. pero si e no sama. si a ota tipo.
It looks like the same kind of fish. But it’s not. It’s another kind.

pisina: pool of water, pond, swimming pool

piti: pity, mercy, compassion, sympathy, sympathize

piuma: feather

Pluton: Pluto

poesi: poem, poetry, poetic

poke: pocket

polisa-man: police agent, police officer, police person, policeman, policewoman

polisa: police

politi: politics, political, politicize

polo-fobo: alektorophobia

polo: chicken, fowl

si-feme i de kopen a polo.
She bought chicken.

Polska: Poland, Polska

Polski: Polish (language), polski

poma-sake: cider

poma: apple

pone-name: describe, description

pone-sinifi: define, definition

pone: put, lay, place

si-viro i de pone a si-viro bibe.
He put down his drink.
tu i de pone a si-feme imaje e en ke?
Where did you put her picture?

ponte: bridge

Popula repubika de sina: People's Republic of China, PRC, Zhōngguó (not to be confused with 'Repubika de sina')

Popula republika de kongo: People's Republic of the Congo, République populaire du Congo (not to be confused with 'Popula-regula-gove republika de kongo', 'Kongo')

Popula-regula-gove republika de kongo: Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, République démocratique du Congo, RDC (not to be confused with 'Kongo', 'Popula republika de kongo')

Popula-regula-gove republika de kongo i eki-pota a atomo-27.
The DRC exports cobalt.

popula-regula-gove: democracy

popula: people, population, populate, populous, popular

Portugal: Portugal

Portukale: Portuguese (language), português

Posol: Pozol (drink)

Posole: Pozole (food)

pota-lati: bandwidth

pota-navi: ferry, ferryboat

pota-neso: transportation

pota: carry, transport, transfer, port, cargo

i favo pota a semi botelo de vino go mi.
Please bring me a half-bottle of wine.

pote: pot, pan, cauldron, crucible, saucepan

poten-pin: nail (fastener)

i dona a ma poten-pin go mi.
Give me another nail.

poten: power, force, strong

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
go-i go o poten a ke no man i ave go ante.
To boldly go where no man has gone before.

pove: poor, poverty

pubili-dua: campaign (movement), solicit votes, push for

pubili: print, publish

puja: worship, praise, adore, adoration

puko: knife, dagger, stab

di a mini puko.
This is a small knife.

pulasi: plastic, plastics, malleable

pumpa: pump (motion, tool)

puni: punish, punishment

punjo: fist, punch, knob, hilt, handgrip

Julius i punjo o furi a sadi viro-kinde.
Julius angrily beats the rude boy.

punto-impotan: focus, emphasis

punto: point, dot, spot, indicate, pointy, sharp, period

pupe: doll, puppet

Pura enejia: clean energy, sustainable energy, green energy

pura: pure, clean, cleanse

i pura a si.
Clean it.

puse: press, push, shove

Tom i de puse a gun-boton, pero gun i de no gun.
Tom squeezed the trigger, but the gun didn't fire.

radi-uti: radio (machine)

si-viro i vende a radi-uti.
He sells radios.

radi: ray, beam, radiate, bolt, radius

radika: root, rooted, rhizome, tuber

raja-ludi: chess

raja-paisa: kingdom

raja-senjore: majesty, highness

raja-topi-viru: coronavirus

raja: ruler, royal, king, queen

raka: rack, shelf, ledge

rama: arm, limb, branch

da jaketa i de debe kote a rama an noga go tu.
That jacket must've cost you an arm and a leg.

rampa-sino: slash, stroke, solidus, forward slash, diagonal, /

rampa: ramp, lean, incline, slope, bow, slant, tilt, tilted

rana: frog, toad

randon-kubo-ludi: dice game

randon-kubo: dice, die

randon: random, arbitrary, caprice

ranko: rank, status, ordering, -th (ordinal), ranking

rano: early, too soon

rapi-kemi-reaki: catalysis

u atomo-58, ke si a impotan materi en rapi-kemi-reaki muta-uti.
Or cerium, which is an important material in catalytic converters.

rapi: fast, speed, quickly

si kipa pale rapi.
She keeps talking quickly.
Tom i de e mui o ma rapi sama Mary en en-i make a da.
Tom was much quicker at doing that than Mary was.

raro-fase: gurn, gurning

Peter Jackman i de erase a si denta en 2000 go-i fasile a fara raro-fase.
Peter Jackman had his teeth removed in 2000 to facilitate extreme gurning.

raro-tera-atomo: rare-earth element, REE, rare-earth metal, rare-earth oxides, rare earth

raro-tera-atomo a junta de 17 metali atomo, sama atomo-60, atomo-63 an atomo-66.
Rare earth elements are a set of 17 metallic elements, such as neodymium, europium, and dysprosium.

raro: rare, weird, strange

Jordan Peterson e raro seketa-man ke i base a si idea en mentira mentira-siensa de Carl Jung.
Jordan Peterson is a weird mystic who bases his ideas on the discredited pseudoscience of Carl Jung.

rasa-divi: racial segregation

rasa: race, ethnicity, racial

raso: shave, scrape, graze, scratch

rason: reason, cause, explanation

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
mi i no pensa ke Tom i savi a rason ke Mary e fobo.
I don't think Tom knows why Mary is afraid.

ratio: ratio, rate, proportion, fraction

reaki-makina: telephone answering machine, answerphone

reaki: answer, response, reaction

Tom i de no reaki o ni.
Tom never wrote me back.

rebele: rebel, rebellion, revolution, treason, rebellious

redi: ready, available, prepare, set up, preparation

mi i de dimenti redi a siren go sekola.
I forgot to set the alarm for school.

refere: refer to, reference, mention, allusion

regen-aroma: petrichor

regen-fobo: oluviophobia

regen-uti: umbrella

regen: rain

junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

regula-feme: dominatrix

Mary a regula-feme.
Mary is a dominatrix.

regula: regulate, regulation, control, ruler (tool), a rule

di karo de-i regula de komputa.
This car is controlled by a computer.

reka: right (direction)

rela-gare: train station

rela: rail, train, bar

relate: relate, relation, relationship, connection, connect with

Aljeri i debe kata a relate kon Saudi-arabia?
Should Algeria cut its ties with Saudi Arabia?

relijon-kasa: church

relijon-mesa: altar, shrine

relijon: religion, religious

remo: oar, rudder, to row

rena: kidney

renta: rent, borrow, loan, lend

banka i de renta a 500 dolar go si.
The bank loaned him 500 dollars.

reo: flow, current, rhythm, influence

repare-vari: edition, edit, version (not to be confused with 'muta-numa')

repare: fix, correction, improvement, repair, mend

mi i kan repare a si.
I can fix him.

Repubika de sina: Taiwan, Republic of China, ROC, Zhōnghuá Mínguó (not to be confused with 'Popula repubika de sina') (see 'Taiuan')

repubika: republic, republican

resi-figura: lie down, lay down

resi-man: retiree

resi: rest, sleep

si debe resi.
She should rest.
si i vole resi?
Does he want to sleep?

retili-fobo: herpetophobia

retili: reptile, crawl, creep

retorante: restaurant

Alisa i go a retorante.
Alice goes to the restaurant.

revela: reveal, divulge, disclose, revelation, disclosure

rika-neso: richness, abundance, plethora, cornucopia (as in abundance)

rika: rich, wealth

Brasil e mui rika; si rika e mui mega; kafe e uno de si o da ma mega rika.
Brazil is very rich; its richness is immense; coffee is one of its greatest riches.

rima: rhyme, rhyming

ringo: ring, loop, hoop, circuit, halo

rio: river, stream (prefer 'riva')

Rioha: La Rioja

risa: laugh

risiti-labora: hire, employ (as worker)

risiti-ofisi: front desk, reception place

risiti-valu: estimation, appraisal, judgment, judgement, evaluation, appreciation

risiti: receive, get, receipt, acknowledge, reception

mesaje de-i risiti.
Message received.

riso: rice

rite-neso: formality

rite: rite, ceremony, ceremonial

riva-kavalo: Hippopotamus amphibius, hippopotamus

riva-kavalo i favo a vasa.
Hippopotamuses love water.

riva: river, stream

riva El Harrach i labora sama open tubo-laji.
The El Harrach River functions like an open sewer.

roba: dress, robe

robare: steal, theft

an si-viro i de dona-mala-name a Abimelech ka fonte, ke si-viro dulo i de ave robare o poten.
And he reproved Abimelech for a well of water, which his servants had taken away by force.

roboto: robot

roden: rodent (non-mouse), squirrel, beaver

roga: ask, question

mi i de roga go Mary se si-feme i de vole mira a kino kon mi.
I asked Mary if she wanted to go to a movie with me.
Sami i de ave a si diji en si labi an i de roga go Layla ke si i no debe make a sono.
Sami had his finger on his lips and asked Layla not to make a sound.

roka-antika-gadi: parsley

Roka-raka: Rockledge (place)

roka: rock, stone

roketa: rocket, missle, projectile

rompe: break, rupture, smash, disrupt

rondo-foli-veji: cabbage

rondo-kaja-sino: round brackets, parentheses, ()

rondo-nun: turn (turn to play)

rondo: circle, round, around

ronko-dire: complain

ronko: snore, grunt

Rontgen-radi: X-ray

ropa: clothing, wear

rosa: pink, rose

ruina: destroy, ruin, destruction, downfall

i no ruina a mi sitema.
Don't mess up my system.

ruja-bulu: magenta

ruja-lati-maladi: smallpox, red plague

ruja-roka: ruby

tu i favo a ke, ruja-roka u midori-roka?
Which do you prefer, ruby or emerald?

ruja-rondo-radika-veji-maladi: raphania (sickness)

ruja-rondo-radika-veji: radish

ruja-veni: irritation, irritate, irritant, sore

ruja: red

rumora: gossip, rumor, rumored

runguma: hug, embrace

rusa: deer

ruse: trick, hoax, ruse, fraud, scam, tricky

Rusia-linga: Russian (language)

Rusia: Russia

ruto: burp, belch

saara-lago: oasis

Tera a mi-ale saara-lago.
Earth is our oasis.

saara: desert

e saara.
It's deserted.

Saara: Sahara

sadi: mean, cruel, sadistic

Julius i punjo o furi a sadi viro-kinde.
Julius angrily beats the rude boy.

Safari-man info ofisi: tourist information place

safari-man: traveler, adventurer

safari: journey, voyage, trip, travel, adventure, adventurous

saga-kompare: analogy

saga-man: storyteller, fabulist

tu a mui bon saga-man.
You're a very good storyteller.

saga-pota: metaphor

saga: story, narrate, fictional

saje: wise, wisdom

sake: alcohol, liquor

Tom i de bibe a san sake.
Tom drank three cocktails.

sako: bag, sack

saliva: saliva, spit, expectorate

mi i saliva en tu!
I spit on thee!

salo: salt, salty, seasoning

salon: salon, parlor

salu: hello, greet, greeting, salute, goodbye, bye

salu, gen
Hello, again.

sama-manja: cannibalism

sama-sama: you are welcome

sama-sesi: homosexuality, homosexual, gay, lesbian

sama-sinifi: synonymous

sama: like, as, than, same

ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.
mi e sama mega sama tu.
I am as big as you.
mi i no favo a feme sama da.
I don't like women like that.

san: three, 3

di vela navi i ave a san ade-kolun.
This sailing ship has three masts.
si i dona a san.
They give three.

sando: sandwich

sange-fobo: hemophobia

sange: blood, bleed

sano-karo: ambulance

sano-neso: healthcare

sano: health, healthy, heal

si-viro i go veni sano e mui sun?
He will get well very soon.

Santi-feme-paren-monte: Holy Mother (Mount Everest) (see 'Jomoglanma', 'Everest')

santi-man: saint

santi: holy, spiritual

sapato: shoe

Saturnus: Saturn

Saudi-arabia: Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA

sava: save, rescue, salvation, salvage, retrieve

savaje: wild, savage, feral, uncivilized, wilderness

savi-man: expert, specialist, master (in something)

savi-suma-buku: encyclopedia, encyclopædia

savi: know, understand, knowledge

mi i no savi a ale ke tu i make.
I don't know everything you do.
tu i go kan savi o sure e ke se tu i de roga o ni?
How could you know for certain if you never asked?

savon-gadi: cilantro, coriander

savon: soap

Sbaria: Sweden, Sverige

fo kemi atomo, atomo-39, atomo-68, atomo-65 an atomo-70, e name en onore go vila Ytterby en Sbaria.
Four chemical elements, yttrium, erbium, terbium, and ytterbium, are named after the village of Ytterby in Sweden.

se: if, whether

se mi i kan go, mi i da go.
If I could go, I would.
tu i go kan savi o sure e ke se tu i de roga o ni?
How could you know for certain if you never asked?

seda: silk

sede: sit, seat, chair

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.
viro-kinde i de sede inta feme-kinde.
The boy sat among the girls.

sekeleton: skeleton, framework, scaffolding

seketa-gove-ajenda: conspiracy

seketa: secret, mystery

seko: dry, dryness

sekola-make: schoolwork, homework, assignment (school)

sekola: school

sekon: second (time)

sekura: secure, safe, safety, security

sela-develo-maladi: cancer, cancerous

sela: cell (biology + room)

sole-luse i make ke mala-eleki-peso en sela i move an enejia e make.
The sunlight makes the electrons in the cells move and energy is produced.

selo: sky

semana: week, weekly

semen: seed

semi-aje: middle age (era, human age), medieval

nu mundo semi-aje vile-tempo i en veni.
A new worldwide medieval era is coming on.

semi-dia-manja: lunch

semi-dia: noon, midday

semi-ila: peninsula

Italia a semi-ila.
Italy is a peninsula.

semi-pota: semiconductor

semi-rondo: arc

semi: half, partial, incompletely

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.
Tom i de aseta o solo a semi liabili.
Tom only accepted partial responsibility.

sena: scene, stage

sende: send, transmit, dispatch, broadcast, a post

Sengai: Shanghai

seni: art, artistic

senjore: mr., ms., sir, madam, lord, master

senta-eve: midnight, middle of the night

si-viro i de veni en senta-eve.
He arrived at midnight.

senta: center, centre

sentense: sentence, phrase, proposition, verdict, conviction (legal)

senti-fobo: haphephobia

senti: sense, feel, touch, feeling

i lase a mi ke mi i dire go tu ke mi i senti o vere e ke.
Let me tell you how I really feel.
Tom i de dire go mi ke si-viro i de en senti e mini fatiga.
Tom told me he was feeling a bit tired.

sento-ano-ovo: century egg, hundred-year egg, thousand-year egg, millennium egg, black egg, blacking egg

Jo i favo a sento-ano-ovo.
Jo likes century eggs.

sento-ano: century

sento: hundred, 100

sera-fobo: claustrophobia

sera: close, shut, seal

Serbia: Serbia, Srbija, Србија

mi-mui i viva en Serbia.
We live in Serbia.

sereale-koleki: harvest

sereale: grain, cereal, wheat

serebe: brain

seri: series, list, order, row, enumerate

mi i an a si a mi seri.
I add it to my list.

serio: serious, earnest, seriousness

sesi-abuso: violation (sexual), rape, sexual assault

sesi-ego: masturbate, masturbation

sesi-ego e medi?
Is masturbation normal?

sesi-mano: handjob, hand job, fingering (see 'sesi-ego')

sesi-topi: orgasm

sesi: sex, sexy, copulate, gender

mi i vole sesi a tu.
I want to make love with you.

sete: thirst, thirsty

Seuta: Ceuta

seven: seven, 7

severe: severe, strict

si-ale-ego: themselves

si-ale: they

si-ale i dire ke i de vole make o ni a da.
They say they never wanted to do that.
Tom an Mary i de dire ke si-ale i da e di.
Tom and Mary said they would be here.

si-duo: both

si-ego: himself, herself, itself

si-feme: she

i dire a si-feme ke man-ale e di.
Tell her that everyone is here.
Mary i de dire ke si-feme i da no make o mebi a da.
Mary said she probably wouldn't do that.

si-kosa: it

si-ota: the other one

si-uno: one (indefinite pronoun)

si-uno i no kan fide a si-feme.
She cannot be trusted.
si-uno i no nese dire ke vere-fule-neso e da ma bon ajenda.
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.

si-viro: he

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.
Tom i dire ke si-viro i ave dire o ni a mentira.
Tom claims that he's never told a lie.

si: third person, he, she, it

mi i dia a si sama 1730.
I date it as 1730.
Tom i de bibe a si kafe.
Tom sipped his coffee.

sibi: sibling, brother, sister

sibila: whistle, hiss, fizzle, whiz, zip

Sidni: Sydney, Sidney (surname)

siensa-kamera: laboratory

siensa-man: scientist, researcher

siensa-mui: multidiscipline

siensa: science, scientific, -ology

sigaro: cigar, cigarette

sige-dia: tomorrow

sige: next, follow, subsequent, succeeding

Tom i ave a vile-tempo de dipa-melankoli de-i sige de lin de dipa-enejia ato.
Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.
tu e sige.
You are next.

Sikago: Chicago

mi i kan gana a Sikago karera se mi i uben e sufi duro.
I could win the Chicago Marathon if I train hard enough.

Sikilia-lupo: Sicilian wolf, Canis lupus cristaldii

Sikilia: Sicily, Sicilia

silaba: syllable

silara: silver, silvery (see 'atomo-47')

silen: silence, silent

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.
Tom i de kipa e silen vile da-ma-impotan-manja.
Tom remained silent during dinner.

sili-man-fobo: coulrophobia

sili-man: clown

sili: silly, foolish, trivial, triviality

sina: chest, torso

Sina: China, Zhōngguó (see 'Repubika de sina', 'Popula repubika de sina')

bon-veni go Sina!
Welcome to China!

sinda: cinder, ash, ashy

sinifi: meaning, to mean, sense, significance, significant

si-viro i de en-savi a mi ke viva i ke, an mori i sinifi a ke, an rason ke amo e ma poten sama si-duo.
He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

sino: sign, mark, symbol, signal, token, logo

i jage a sino de fungi-veni.
Look for signs of decomposition.

sinti: sparkle, twinkle, polish, shine

siren: bell, siren, alarm, to chime, handbell, doorbell

mi i de dimenti redi a siren go sekola.
I forgot to set the alarm for school.

sisora: scissors, shears

sita: six, 6

sitema: system, systematic, systematize, mechanism

siti-neso: urbanism

siti-senta: downtown, city centre, city center

Sami i de kamina go siti-senta.
Sami walked downtown.

siti: city

sivi-neso: citizenship

Tom i ave a duo sivi-neso.
Tom has dual citizenship.

sivi: citizen, civilian, civil, civilize

Skakus: chess (prefer 'raja-ludi')

so: so, such

Mennad e so nulo-sekura, ankora.
Mennad is still so insecure.
mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

sofa: sofa

sofio: blow, inflate, puff

soke: sock, stocking

sole-fiore: sunflower, Helianthus annuus

sole-fobo: heliophobia

sole-fogo: sunburn

sole-lense: sunglasses, shades

sole-luse: sunshine, sunlight

sole-luse i make ke mala-eleki-peso en sela i move an enejia e make.
The sunlight makes the electrons in the cells move and energy is produced.

sole: sun

soli: soil, dirt, clay, mud

solidi: solid, firm

solo: single, alone, only

Tom an mi i de e no solo man ke i de via-viva.
Tom and I weren't the only ones who survived.
Tom i de aseta o solo a semi liabili.
Tom only accepted partial responsibility.

solu: solve, solution, loose, untie, dissolve

soma: summer

some-kosa: something

mi i de make a some-kosa seketa.
I did something mysterious.
mi i de no arapan a some-kosa sama da.
I did not expect something like that.

some-si-uno: someone, somebody, anyone

tu i kan voka a some-si-uno go-i pota a mi sako go supa?
Could you have someone carry my bag upstairs?

some-tempo: sometimes

some-tempo, mala kosa i pasa go bon man.
Sometimes bad things happen to good people.

some: some, few, an indefinite amount, somewhat

Sami i de move a si go Mosr go some tempo.
Sami ended up moving to Egypt for a while.
tu i da favo amo-enkonte e some tempo?
Would you like to go out sometime?

sonjo: dream

sono-bata: noisy dispute, argy-bargy

sono-fobo: misophonia

sono-makina: audio speaker, loudspeaker, sound system, earphone, headphone (see 'mimi-sono-makina', 'kapo-sono-makina')

sono: sound

sonri: smile

sori: sorry, to be sorry, contrition, remorse

sosia-regula-gove: socialism

sosia: society, social

su-fero-maladi: hemochromatosis, haemochromatosis, iron overload (sickness)

su: too, too much

mi labora i veni e su duro.
My work becomes too hard.
Tom e su antika ke si i no kan make a da.
Tom is already too old to do that.

suave: smooth, soft, sleek, even

subita-lan: cliff, precipice, barranca, barranco

ota paso, an tu i go unda e en subita-lan.
Another step, and you will fall down the precipice.

subita: sudden, suddenly, abrupt, to precipitate

Sudan: Sudan

Sude afrika: South Africa (country), Republic of South Africa

sude: south

sue: sew, stich, seam

sufi: enough, sufficient, suffice

si-feme e sufi bela.
She's beautiful enough.
tu e sufi matura ke tu i kan ade a tu-ego.
You are old enough to take care of yourself.

suga-basilo-moloko: yogurt, yoghurt, yogourt, yoghourt

suga-bela: cute (see 'mini-bela')

suga-bibe: soda, soft drink, soda pop, fizzy drink

suga-nuki-oranje-melon: butternut squash (pumpkin)

suga: sugar, sweet

sujesi: suggest, suggestion, hint, insinuation, propose (an idea), recommend

tu i da sujesi a ke go Tom?
What would you recommend to Tom?

sujo-ropa: laundry

sujo: dirty, grime, filth, to taint, corruption

suko: suck, suction

suma-foli: spreadsheet

suma: sum, total, calculate, score

Sumatra: Sumatra

Sumatra a ila.
Sumatra is an island.

sumete: surrender, submit, yield, give in, submission

ke man i de sumete?
Who surrendered?

sun: soon

Suomi: Finland, Suomi

supa-ato: condescending, patronizing

i no e supa-ato.
Don't be condescending.

supa-go: go up, climb, rise (see 'leva')

supa-move: upload

supa: above, over, up

supe: soup

superise-gape: gawk, gawp

superise: surprise, astonish, shock, unexpected

suponji: sponge

supose: suppose, guess, conjecture, hypothesis, assume

mi i ave supose ke solo moda mi i kan make a di e ke Tom i ade a mi.
I've figured out that the only way I can do this is to get Tom to help me.
mi i de supose ke Tom i de savi a ke mi-ale i de en pale.
I assumed that Tom understood what we were talking about.

sure-pedi-neso: sure-footedness

sure: certain, sure, certainty

se tu i dire go Tom ke si-viro i debe make a ke, mi e sure ke si-viro i go make a si.
If you tell Tom what to do, I'm sure he'll do it.
tu i go kan savi o sure e ke se tu i de roga o ni?
How could you know for certain if you never asked?

susura: whisper, rustle, murmur

taba: board, plank, beam, slat

tabu: taboo, forbid, forbidden

tadi: late, tardy, delay

Tagalog: Tagalog, Wikang Tagalog

Tai: Thailand, Thai (language), Tai (language family)

Taiuan: Taiwan (see 'Repubika de sina')

talon: heel

tambo: drum

tamen: although, though, nevertheless, in spite of, however, regardless

mi-ale debe kipa di, tamen.
We should stay here, however.
tamen si i go mori, si deside open a loka.
Although s/he will die, s/he decides to open the lock.

tami: filter, sieve, colander

Tamiru: Tamil

Tansania: Tanzania (place, spider), United Republic of Tanzania

tape: carpet, rug

tari-kasa: museum

tari-saga: myth, legend

tari: history, historical

tarifa: charge, bill, tax

Tasmania: Tasmania

tavan: ceiling, roof

tea: tea

tu i vole a kafe u tea?
Do you want coffee or tea?

teata: theater, theatrical

teke: goat, antelope, ibex, a caprine

teki-man: technologist

teki: technology, technological, technical

tela: cloth, fabric

Telugu: Telugu

tema: theme, subject, topic, to be about, to concern

tempo-area: time zone

tempo-mesura: timekeeper

tempo-tolera: patience

tempo: time

pasa tempo ke mi i de go a litora, mi de-i mui sole-fogo.
The last time I went to the beach, I got badly sunburned.
ale demon i de apara e sama tempo go-i kapa a si-ale mudi-make.
The demons came out all at once to capture their prey.

ten-ano: decade

ten: ten, 10

i numa go ten.
Count to ten.

tenden: tendency, bias, inclination, inclined to

teni: hold, grasp, cling to

tensa: tense (action + state + grammar), stretch, strained, tighten, fasten

tenta: try, attempt, experiment, trial, tentative, provisional

Mary i de mentira-make no savi ke Tom i de tenta dire a si-feme.
Mary pretended not to understand what Tom was trying to tell her.
si-viro i de tenta no pensa o no ma a si-feme.
He made an effort not to think about her any more.

teoria: theory, theorize

tera-vibe: earthquake, temblor

ke i orijen a tera-vibe?
What causes earthquakes?

tera: earth

universa-viva-siensa a etudi de orijen de viva en tera an mebi de viva en universa.
Astrobiology is the study of life’s origins on Earth and the potential for life in Universe.

terapi: therapy, treatment, treat, cure, therapeutic

tese: weave, woven, knit

teta: breast, tit, boob

Tom i de baka-dona a si note-pape en si teta poke.
Tom put his pad back into his breast pocket.

tie: uncle, aunt

tila-kan: reachable

tila-savi: to start to understand, reach knowledge

tila: until, till, up to, approach, reach

en-i open o mui lenta o ade a ventana, si-ale i de arapan-kipa tila kali nube i de ave osura o semi a eve, an den uno de uno i de kamina go mini gaden.
Opening the window very slowly and carefully, they waited until a dark cloud had somewhat obscured the night, and then one by one passed through into the little garden.

timi: timid, shy, coy, reserved

tin: tin (see 'atomo-50'), can

tingi-fobo: acrophobia

tingi-foli-lan: mesa

lenta-unda fogo en-i veni e de tingi-foli-lan.
Parachute fire coming over the mesa.

tingi-nati: noble (status)

tingi-sekola: high school

tingi-tingi-sekola: university

Mario i de kan ave go a ani tingi-tingi-sekola ke si-viro i de vole, pero si-viro i de eleti UConn ka si viro-paren i de go a da.
Mario could have gone to any college he wanted, but he chose UConn because that’s where his dad went.

tingi: high, tall, height

i mira a tingi bela feme ke i en ereki e da.
Look at the tall pretty girl standing there.

tinta: tint, ink, hue

tipi: tent, teepee, hut

tipo: type, quality, kind, typical

ke man i kopen a di tipo de seni?
Who buys this type of art?

tira: pull, tug

Titanik: RMS Titanic

tivi: tv, television

tobako: tobacco

toilete-pape: toilet paper, toilet roll, toilet tissue, bathroom tissue, loo roll

toilete: toilet, urinal, restroom, wc, use bathroom

Tokio: Tokyo

tolera: tolerate, tolerance, tolerant, accepting

toma: take

mi i toma a kosa go tu.
I take the thing to you.
some man i de toma a si. mi i no savi a ke man.
Someone took it. I don’t know who.

tonere: thunder

topi-gove-man: mayor, president, governor, head of government, chief minister, prime minister

topi-noga: lap (front of thighs), thigh

topi: cap, hat, top, summit

tore: tower, skyscraper, turret, steeple, minaret

tori-fobo-pupe: scarecrow

tori-fobo: ornithophobia

tori: bird

a mui tipo de tori.
There are many kinds of birds.

tose: cough, bark

toti: turtle, tortoise

tovari: companion, spouse, partner, comrade

tu-ale: you all

tu-ego: yourself

tu: second person, you

mi i arapan ke tu i go ave a bon afa-semi-dia.
I hope you have a good afternoon.
tu a feme-kinde u viro-kinde?
Are you a girl or a boy?

tubo-laji: sewer, drain

tubo: tube, pipe

Tuerk: twerk, twerking

tufan-fobo: astraphobia, lilapsophobia

tufan: storm, stormy, typhoon, hurricane

tuju: always, forever, ever

Tom i jeritan o tuju go mi.
Tom always yells at me.

tumba: grave, tomb

gen-viva de no-mori bete i de kon-pasa kon ruina de si tumba.
The revival of the undead beast coincided with the destruction of his tomb.

tumo: tumor, swell, swelling, bulge

tupe-kavalo-sono: bray

tupe-kavalo: donkey, ass (animal)

tupe: dull, blunt, obtuse, dumb

Turki: Turkey

Turse: Turkish (language)

u: or, either

Großer Tiergarten u Tiergarten e mega komun gaden de-i loke en semi de Belin.
The Großer Tiergarten or Tiergarten is a large public park located in the middle of Berlin.
Tom i de kan viva a ma u meno medi viva afa medika-metodo.
Tom was able to live a more or less normal life after the operation.

uben: exercise, training, practice, drill

ubuntu: kind, humane, humaneness, solidarity

da a da ma ubuntu puni go ofensa-man, no?
Isn't that the most humane punishment for criminals?

udan: shrimp, lobster, a crustacean

Uganda: Uganda

Uimbeldon: Wimbledon (place, sports)

ujana-jeo: juvie, youth detention center, reform school, approved school

ujana: young, youth, a youth

uka: hook, hanger, crook (shepherd), mitre

Ukraina: Ukraine

ulu: owl

umile: humble, modest, humility, shame

unda-go-vasa: fall (of liquid), waterfall, cascade, cataract (of water)

i mira a da unda-go-vasa!
Look at that waterfall!

unda-go: fall, descend

Ziri i de unda-go a lada e mui ade.
Ziri very carefully descended the stairs.

unda-meno: underscore character, low line, low dash, _

si-ale i limi a si-ale-ego go solo litera, numa, unda-meno an punto go ke rason?
Why limit themselves to only letters, numbers, underscore and punctum?

unda-move: download

unda-rela-gare: subway station

unda-rela: subway, underground railway

unda-sole: sunset, twilight, sundown

unda: under, below, down, fall

animale, en-e mega su, i unda.
The animal, being too large, falls.
kalori-ke-mui e unda nulo, di-dia.
The temperature is below zero today.

undon-loke: gym, gymnasium

undon: sport, athletic, physical exercise

ungu: nail, hoof, claw

univesa-siensa: astronomy (see 'najima-siensa'), cosmology

univesa-viva-siensa: astrobiology

univesa: universe, univesal

uno-deo: monotheistic, monotheism

uno-kamera-domo: single room occupancy, studio flat, bedsit

uno-punto-sita-kilo-mita: mile (length)

ante tu i dona-mala-name a some, tu i debe kamina a uno-punto-sita-kilo-mita en si sapato.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.

uno: one, 1

Brasil e mui rika; si rika e mui mega; kafe e uno de si o da ma mega rika.
Brazil is very rich; its richness is immense; coffee is one of its greatest riches.
Tom i de veni en dia-1 an i de baka-go e uno dia afa.
Tom came on Monday and went back the day after.

Uranus: Uranus

Urdu: Urdu

Usbekistan: Uzbekistan

utero: womb, uterus

uti-make: service

uti: use, tool

tu i vole uti a ke kosa?
Which thing do you want to use?

Uu-linga: Wu Chinese (languages)

Uu: Wu (region)

vaga: wander, roam, rove

vagen-gare: bus station

vagen: wagon, van, cart, bus, truck

vakansa-dia: bank holiday, national holiday

vakansa-navi: cruise ship (not to be confused with cruiser ship)

vakansa-navi en-i dive.
The cruise ship is sinking.

vakansa: vacation, holiday

vakili-name: pronoun

tu vakili-name a ke?
What are your pronouns?

vakili-umile: proxyshame, fremdschämen

mi i senti a vakili-umile.
I feel proxyshame.

vakili: represent, stand for, representative, agent, envoy

vaku-kera: hollow horn, cornucopia (as in a receptacle)

vaku-man: spaceman

vaku-man i kan mira a najima ka si ventana i en punto eki de Tera.
The spaceman can see the star because his window is pointing away from Earth.

vaku: empty, vacuum, outer space, vacuous

Valensia: Valencia

vali: valley

kali i de kova o ankora a vali.
Darkness still covered the valley.

valu: value, worth

vanila: vanilla

vanita: vanity, pride, proud

vapo-moto: steam engine

vapo: steam, vapor

vare: resource, wares, supply, merchandise, commodity

vari: vary, variety, various, variation, variance

vasa-fobo: aquaphobia

vasa-foreta: jungle

si-ale i de go e en a vasa-foreta.
They entered the jungle.

vasa-retili: crocodile, alligator, caiman

vasa-retili i kan mori a man.
Crocodiles can kill people.

vasa: water

a vasa.
There is water.
e vasa.
It’s wet.

vasanta: spring (season)

Vatikan: The Vatican, Vatican City

ve: where

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.

veji-manja-man: vegetarian

veji-manja-neso: vegetarianism

veji: plant, vegetable

en-i no vasa a veji, a mala kosa.
Not watering the plants is a bad thing.
veji i develo en gaden, sama foli-veji, rondo-foli-vejii, onion, alio, melon, bianka-kera-veji, bianka-rondo-radika-veji, ruja-rondo-radika-veji, kavalo-rondo-radika-veji, roka-antika-gadi, longo-midori-melon an oranje-melon.
Greens and vegetables grow in gardens, such as lettuce, cabbage, onions, garlic, gourd, parsnip, turnip, radish, horse radish, parsley, cucumbers and pumpkin.

veka: awake, wake, aware

si-viro i de veka a si-viro fili go Faser dua.
He woke his son up for the fajr prayer.

vela: sail

ven: when

salu! ven tu i ave a ma tempo, i veni an ludi!
Goodbye! When you have more time, come back and play!
junta i de ave begin ludi o jusa ven regen i de begin.
The teams had just started to play when it began to rain.

vende-anunsi: ad, advertisement, advertising, publicity

vende-man: seller, vendor, retailer, merchant

an, a vende-man ke i apojo a Linux.
There are also vendors who support Linux.

vende: sell, sale

sesi i vende.
Sex sells.

vendeta: revenge, vengeful, to seek revenge

venemo: venom, poison, to poison

venera: respect, veneration, respectful

veni-ma-bon: improve, enhance, become better

veni-meno-bon: worsen, decline, get worse

veni: come, become

de nun, tu i go veni e tu ego.
From here on out, you'll be on your own.
mi i go veni e di sige-dia, mi i pensa.
I'll be here tomorrow, I think.
mini viro i go veni a mega viro.
The small man will be a big man.

ventana: window, mirror, screen

vento-fobo: ancraophobia

vento: wind, windy

Venus: Venus

vepon: weapon, arms, to arm, weaponize

vere-fule-neso: honesty

si-uno i no nese dire ke vere-fule-neso e da ma bon ajenda.
It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy.

vere-fule: honest, truthful, frank, sincere

vere-make: implement, carry out

vere: true, truth, really

en-i etudi a Barbari de-i ave e vere joli go mi.
Studying Berber has been a real joy for me.
vere duro e ke tu i no savi o ankora ke mi-ale i ave a duro.
The real problem is you don't even know we have a problem.

vese: west

veta: weather, climate

da ke veta i de go make i de e no apara.
It wasn't obvious what the weather was going to do.

via-linga-man: translator

via-linga: translate, translation

via-relate: transitive (as in the relation between three objects) (not to be confused with 'ave-a')

via via-relate kalite, tu i de pipi en si-viro boka.
By the transitive property you peed in his mouth.

via-sesi: transexual

via-vari-eleki-uti: transistor

inventi de via-vari-eleki-uti i de begin a nu aje.
The invention of the transistor introduced a new era.

via-viva: survive

via: through, across, trans-

via penta ano de duka o sela-develo-maladi terapi, si-viro i de fini-make kipa a dereka fase.
Throughout the five years of painful cancer treatments, he managed to keep a stiff upper lip.

vibe: vibe, shake, vibrate, agitate, vibration, turbulence

video-ludi: video game, videogame

video: video

Viet-linga: Vietnamese (language)

Vietnam: Vietnam, Viet Nam

vila: village, town

si-feme vila e en kolina.
Her villa sits on the hill.

vile-tempo: period, interval (of time)

nu mundo semi-aje vile-tempo i en veni.
A new worldwide medieval era is coming on.
Tom i ave a vile-tempo de dipa-melankoli de-i sige de lin de dipa-enejia ato.
Tom has periods of debilitating depression followed by bursts of manic activity.

vile: while, during

vile tu open a loka, mi toma a mi fini nafasa.
While you open the lock, I take my last breath.
Tom i de kipa e silen vile da-ma-impotan-manja.
Tom remained silent during dinner.

vina-man: culprit, wrongdoer

vina-moda: whataboutery, whataboutism

dona-mala-name-man i go dire ke ale de di a vina-moda.
The critics will say this is all whataboutism.

vina: blame, fault, guilt

vinge: wing, brim, vane

vino-beri: grapes

vino: wine

medi, vino de kaja e no mui bon.
Boxed wine isn't usually very good.
i favo pota a semi botelo de vino go mi.
Please bring me a half-bottle of wine.

vinta: winter

viola: viola, violin, a string instrument

violensa: violence, violent

vipi: whip, lash

viro-amigo: boyfriend

viro-feme: tomboy

viro-fili: son (see 'fili')

viro-kinde: boy

da viro-kinde e mui lasi!
How lazy those boys are!
viro-kinde i de sede inta feme-kinde.
The boy sat among the girls.

viro-mari-feme: boywife, boy-wife

viro-nati-uti: penis, dick, cock, male genitalia

viro-paren: father

si-viro viro-paren i de aseta a mi ajenda anti si-viro vole.
His father consented to my plan against his will.
viro-paren de Sami i de dire-abuso o mui a si.
Sami's father put him down a lot.

viro-semen-sela: spermatozoon, sperm, spermatozoa

viro-semen: semen, seminal fluid, cum

viro-sibi: brother

viro: man, male

mega silen i sede en bete kasa ve so mui de viro an feme i de more enkonte en ota dia.
An impressive silence broods over the monstrous structure where such multitudes of men and women were wont to assemble in other days.
mega viro i manja.
The big man eats.

viru: virus, viral

visita: visit

viva-kamera: living room

viva-kan: livable

viva-moda: lifestyle

viva-savi: experience

viva-siensa: biology

viva: life, live

mi i no viva e nea di.
I don't live around here.
Tom i de kan viva a ma u meno medi viva afa medika-metodo.
Tom was able to live a more or less normal life after the operation.

voka: voice, call, call out, summon

tu i ave voka o deja a sano-karo?
Have you already called an ambulance?
Yanni i de voka o momen a polisa.
Yanni called the police immediately.

vola-fobo: aerophobia

vola-muso: bat (animal)

vola: fly, flight

vole: want, desire

mi i no vole a ma ronko-dire.
I don't want any more complaining.
tu i vole etudi o mui a si?
Do you want to study it further?

vomi-fobo: emetophobia

vomi-maladi: nauseous (see 'mare-maladi')

vomi: vomit

vori: worry, concern

mi e mui vori de di tema.
I'm very concerned about these matters.

vote: vote

vudu: curse, hex, jinx, spell

vuma: worm

vunda: wonder, miracle, marvel, wonderful