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PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE METAPHOR OR OUTDATED COLLOQUIAL USAGE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
History: Basic English Word List

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