History: Basic English Word List

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 PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE METAPHOR OR OUTDATED COLLOQUIAL USAGE * account - (as in bank) janta * account - (explanation) ve ciksi * account - (judgement) se pajni * against - fapro, fa'a, (English def.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