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- -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -- -- - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - aback
abacus
(to) abandon
(to) abase
abashed
(to) abate
ability
abattoir
abbess
abbey
abbot
(to) abbreviate
abbreviation
(to) abdicate
abdomen
(to) abduct
aberration
absolute
(to) absorb
ability
able; to be able to
ably
abnormal
aboard (ship)
about
above
abroad
absent
absolute
absolutely
absolution
(to) absorb
absorbing
abstract
abundant
abuse
(to) abuse
abyss
acacia
ace
accelerator (pedal)
accent
(to) accentuate
(to) accept
accessible
pödio
(to be taken aback = süpädikon; töbikön)
bakud
klemön
bapükön; mükükön
jemüköl
nemödikön; nemödükön
kan
pugöp
jilepädan
lepädanöp
lepädan
brefükön
brefükam
sädünükön
bälid
modugön; ravülön
pöl
leverik
jäfälükön
fäg
kanön + inf.
fägiko
nenomik
in boid
za, zao
* about ten times = za degna
** glad about s.th. = fredik dö bos
*** to be about to do something = primikön ad
löpo, lopü, sus
* above all = mu pato
foginäno, in foginän
foginänio, ini foginän
nekomik
verik
nestipöfiko
sinistiam
nüsugön
jänälöl
nedabinotik, nesiädik
bundanik
migeb
lunofön, migebön
gufur, gur
kaaziad
truf
vapatridöm
kazet, kazetamal
kazetön
dasumön, getedön, lensumön
lügolovik
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accident
(to) accompany
accomplice (in crime)
accordeon
according to
account
accountant
accumulation
accusation
(to) accuse
accused
accuser
(to) accustom
accustomed
ache
achieve
achievement
acid(ic)
(to) acknowledge
acknowledgement
acorn
(to) acquaint
acquaintance
(to be) acquainted (with)
(to) acquire
acquirement
acquisition
acre (of land)
across
act
(to) act
action
active (grammar)
activity
actor
actress
actual
actually
(to) adapt
(to) become adapted (to)
(to) add
(to be) addicted (to)
addictive
(chance event) = fäd
(mishap) = mijenot
dugädön; (music: dugedön)
* accompanied by (person) = sogü
kedöban
tiraharmonöm
bai; ma
(bill) = kalot
(report) = nunod; nunodön (tefü)
(justification) = gidükam; gidükön
(be responsible) = gididön; gididikön
•
I will account for it = ogididikob tefü atos
•
to take into account = demön, vätälön
bukädanolavan
kumam
kusad
kusadön
kusadäb
kusadan
kösömükön
kösömik
* to get accustomed to = kösömikön (ad)
duladol; dol dulik
duinön
duinod
züdöfik
dasevön
dasev
kvär
nunön; sevädükön
seväd; sevädan
sevädön
dagetön
dagetot
daget; dagetot, lefanot
göded
travärü
(theatrical) = süf
(putting on) an act = prodät teatik
bitön; dunön; magulön
* to play ‘Shylock’ = magulön eli ‘Shylock’
** to act as houskeeper = dunodön as jikonöman
*** to act as an upright person = bitön as snatan
dunot
dunalefom
dunöf
dramatan, hidramatan
jidramatan
jenöfik
jenöfo
lönedükön
lönedikön (ad)
(maths) = kobonumön; saedön
(add to something else) = lüükön
divodön (+ dative)
ludivodik
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addition, in
additional
address
addressee
adept
(to) adhere (to)
adjective
adjoining
adjunct (grammar)
(to) adjust
adjustment
(to) administer
administration
admirable
(to) admire
(to) admit
adolescence
(to) adopt
adorable
adoration
(to) adore
adorer
adult
adulthood
advance
advantage
adventure
adventurer
adventurous
adverb
advert (TV commercial)
(to) advertise
advertisement
advice
(to) advise
aerial
aeroplane
affair
(to) affect
(to) affirm
affliction
(to) afford
afloat
afraid
läo
läyümik
ladet
ladetäb
däpäb
slopön
ladyek
näiädik
malod
lönedön
nomükam
guvön
guver
stunidabik
stunidön
koefön, letön
* to admit something = siön bosi
yunüp
daoptön
* an adopted child = hi/jidaoptäb
** an adoptive parent = hi/jidaoptan
leplekabik
leplekam
leplekön
leplekan
daülan
daülüp
(further) = föd; födön
(progress) = proged; progedön
(promote) = fopladam; fopladön
buäd, frut
* to take advantage of (something) = frutidön (bosi)
ventür
ventüran
künik; ventürik
ladvärb
televidanunam
notedön, reklamön
noted, nunam, reklam
(counsel) = konsäl
konsälön
(radio) = lanten
* an aerial view = selogam lutik
flitöm
din
flunön, tefön
siön
dränäl
fägön ad pelön/remön
* I can’t afford it = no fägob ad remön ati / no labob moni
ad pelön osi
flotik
dredik
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(to be) afraid (of)
after
afternoon
afterwards
again
against
age
(to) age
(middle) age
agglutinative
ageing
agency
aggressive
ago
(to) agree
agreeable
agriculture
ah!
aha!
ahead
aid
AIDS
aim
aimless
air
Asia
alarm
alchemist
alcohol
alcove
alder (tree)
(to) alight (from)
alive
all
allegorical
alley
alliteration
(to) allot
(to) allow
alloy
all-round
allusion
almighty
almost
dredön (demü, pro, tefü)
po, pos
•
after each = aipo
•
after all = fino
poszedel
* this afternoon = aposzedelo
** yesterday aft = äposzedelo
latikumo, poso
dönu
to, kol
bäld (= old age); bäldot, menäd (= generation)
bäldikön
zänedabäldot
* Middle Ages = Zänodatimäd
kobioklebik
bäldikam
ganet
komipiälik
bü ...
baicedön (ko); baivögön; baiädön
plitik
feilav
ag! o!
yöbö!
föfio; föfo; büiko
yuf; yufön
fijesiped (= fibot jelasita pedagetöl)
zeil; zeilön
disein; diseinön
nendiseinik
lut
*
air hostess = flitajidaifidan
**
airport = lutapof
*** air post = lutapot
**** airtight = härmetik
***** airliner = leflitöm
Siyop
laram; laramön
* alarm-clock = galükian
lalkiman
lalkohol
bef
lanud
sexänön (de, se)
lifik
valik
lalegorik
lael, lusüt
tonatükam
dalön (+ infinitive)
laliad
valaskilik
lüjonil, mäniotül
valanämädik
tio
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aloe (plant)
alone
along
aloud
already
also
(to) alter
alternately
alto (music)
although
always
(to) amaze
(in) amazement
ambiguous
ambition
ambitious
ambulance
amethyst
amiss (to take)
amnesty
among
amount
(to) amount to
amply
(to) amuse
amusement
amusing
anachronism
anaesthetic
analysis
(to) analyze
ancient
anchor
anchovy
and
anecdote
anemone
angel
angelic
anger
(to) anger
angle
angry
animal
anisette (liqueur)
ankle
anniversary
(to) announce
announcement
(to) annoy
annoyance
annual
answer
(to) answer
laoäd
soalik, soelik
ve
laodiko
ya
i, id
votükön
ceno
lalt
do
ai
stunükön
bluviko
telplänovik
dasteif, stimiäl
dasteifik, labiälik, stimiälik
malädanivabed
maetüt
badocedön
stiam
bevü
mödot; suäm (= price)
suämön
plunätöfo
muadön
muad
* an amusement park = zälaplad
muadik
tatimädim, pölatimed
stordit (= local); narkot (= general)
dilet
diletön
vönik
nak; nakön (len)
najov
e, ed (before vowel)
konotül
naemun
silanan
silananik
zun, skan
skänön
gul
zunik, skänik
nim
naidalikör
futayoin
•
to sprain one’s ankle = viodön futayoini oka
yelam
nunön
dalebüd, noted, nun, nunam
böladön, skänön, tupön
bölad, skän, tup
alyelik
gesag; gespik
gesagön, gespikön
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answer (to a riddle/puzzle)
answering machine
ant
antarctic
antenna
anthracite
antibiotic
(to) anticipate
anti-climax
anti-depressant
antique(s)
antiquity
antler
anus
anvil
anxiety
anxious
any
anybody
anyway
anywhere
aorta
apart (from)
apathy
ape
(to) apologize
apology
apoplexy
apostate
apostolic
(to) appal
apparatus
apparently
appartment
appeal
(to) appeal (to)
appealing (charming)
(to) appear
appearance
(to) appease
appendicitis
appendix
appetite
apple
(to) applaud
appliance
applicable
application
(to) apply for
(to) appoint (s.o.)
appointment
tuvedot
gespiköm
furmid
povasirk sulüdik, sulüdapovasirk
lanten
blägakolat
tanoganilamedin
koslogön
levotikam
taglumaladälamedin
vönot(s)
vön, vönädot
tuigahon
kül
naklüm
dremäl
dredälik, kudik
alseimik
ek; seiman
üfo
seimo
laortad
flanü
lindif
lep
gidükön oki; begön säkusadi
okgidükam; säkusad; säkusadibeg
paopläg
säslopan
paostolik
lejek.ön
parat
jiniko
lödadom
(appeal to) = lapel
(attraction) = tirädanäm
lapelön (lü); yufidön
löfidik
(person) = dajonön oki
(to seem) = jinön
(in general) = pubön
(so someone) = sümätön (lü)
jin, pub
sofälükön
kekunaflamat
kekun (= body); lenseidot (= book)
pötit
pod
lobülön, plodön
läneodot
pötöfik
(for work) = lisit
lisitön
* to apply for a job = lisitön cali
cälodön (eki)
cäl, cälod (= to office); rajan (= with someone)
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(to) appreciate
appreciation
(to) approach
approval
approximately
apricot
April
apron
Aquarium
aquarium
aqueduct
Arab
arabesque (music)
arable (land)
arbour
arcade
arch (of building)
(to) arch (cat's back)
archery
archive
arctic
ardent
arena
(to) argue (about)
argument
(to) arise
arisen
aristocrat
arithmetic
arm
armchair
army
around
aroused (emotions)
(to) arrange
arrival
(to) arrive
(to) arrest
arrow
art
artery
artful
artichoke
article
konsälidadüp
digidön
digid
nilikön (lü)
lobül, zep
•
on approval = logamio
za
brikod
prilul
bavet, jeled
Fitavatiäröp
fitavatiär; fitemavatiäröp (public)
kvaaduk
Laraban
larabot
feilaläned
priel
bobädategöp
bobäd
(to form an arch) = bobotikön
gobadön
caram
ragiv
povasirk nolüdik, nolüdapovasirk
fäküköl (emotional); glutik (hot)
komipöp, mätöp
blöfädön, blöfön
döbatön (dö)
* to win over = slüdön eki ad
blöfastab; döbat, vödafeit
(metaphorically) = davedön
(in fact) = löpikön
(in revolution) = foikön
edavedöl; elöpiköl; efoiköl
patritan
kalkulav
(limb) = brad
(weapon) = vaf; vafön
bradastul, stutömastul
* an armrest (on chair) = bradastutöm
milit
zü, züo
fäkädiko
balädükön, leodükön, lonön
lüköm
lükömön (lü)
* a new arrival = lüköman
fanäbükön
sagit
lekan
ratär
skilöfik
tijod
(Jerusalem artichoke = tijod di „Yerusalem”)
(object) = yeg, din
(newspaper) = lartüg, yeged
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artificial
artist
artistry
as
ascending
ash
ashamed
(to be) ashamed (of)
(to) ask
(to fall) asleep
asparagus
aspect
aspiration
aspire, to
aspirin
ass
assembly
(to) assert
assertion
(to) assist
assistance
assistant
(to) associate (with)
association
(to) assume
assumption
(to) assure
assurance
(to) astonish
astonished
astonishment
astrology
astronomy
astronaut
asylum
at
athletic
atmosphere
(social) atmosphere
atoll
atom
(to) attach
attachment
attack
(part of speech) = lartig
mekavik
lekanan
lekanäl
(preposition) = as, äs
(conjunction) = asä, äsä, bi
(as it were) = äsvo
* as soon as = sosus
löpiköl
zen
* ashtray = zeniär
** ash blonde = zenablonik
*** ash grey = zenagedik
jemik
jemön (demü, tefü)
(favour) = begön
(question) = säkön
slipikön
sparag
lülogedäl, selogam
dasteif, ledesir
besteifön
spirin
cuk
kolkömanef
lesagön
lesag
yufön
* to ask for assistance = yufidön
dünot, yuf
dünotan, yufan
kosädön (ko)
klubam
(take over) = dasumön, lovesumön
(arrogate) = rogön
(suppose) = büocedön
dasum; lovesum, büoced
(verbally) = lesiön
(against risk) = surön
lesiam, sur
stunükön
stunik
stun
strolog
stelav
sinafan
lasil
tö; in; len, pö; ün
latletik
lutem
dälod
korialanisul klöpik
taum
fimükön
fimükam
tatak; tatakön
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attainment
attempt
riv
(plot) = tram
(strive) = steifül
(to) attempt
betramön (eki)
(plot against) = tramön (bosi eke)
(to strive) = steifülön
dugädön; komön (in)
küpälön (ad)
* to attend to (in a café) = botön
** to listen carefully = dalilön
*** to attend to (get on with) = bejäfön
dugäd, kom, küpäl
dugädan, kälädan
käläd, küpäl
* pay attention! = prüdö!
** to draw attention to = küpälükön
blümik, kälädik, küpälik, prüdik
blümäl
masadacem
jästäd (= gesture); lüäl (= of mind)
jänälön, tirädön
tirädanäm
givülön
(to) attend
attendance
attendant
attention
attentive
attentiveness
attic
attitude
(to) attract
attraction
(to) attribute
audible
audience
August
aunt
author
authoritative
authority
(to) authorize
autobiography
autonomous
automatic
automation
autumn
(to) avail
available
avaricious
(to) avenge
avenue
average
avocado (pear)
(to) avoid
(to) await
dalilanef, lüloganef
gustul
jiter, zian
lautan
nämätik
nämät
(the authorities = cifodanef)
dälädön
italifajenäd
itreigik
itjäfidik
itjäfidavm itjäfidükam
fluküp
frutön
gebidik
* to be available = gebidön
** to have available = gebidön (dö)
*** to make s.th. available to s.o. = gebidükön eke bosi
labiälik; lavarik
vinditön
lael
zäned, zänedik
* on average = zänedo
** an average person = komunan
vaogad
büovitön, vitön
spetön
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awake
award
aware
awareness
away
awe
awful
awkward
awkwardness
axe
axiom
azalea (bush)
galik
•
to be awake (watchful) = galikön
gönäd
spetöfik
* to be aware (of) = spetöfön (dö); sevedön
** (to become) aware = sevedikön
galäl, spetöf
mo
dalestüm
dredabik, jeikik
* full of awe = dalestümabik
neskilik, grobälik
neskil
cüd, lecüd
xiom
zaär
-------------------- B ----------------------baby
Babylonia
bacillus
back
backbone
background
back (= rear)
backwards
bacon
bacteriology
bacterium
bad
badger
bag
bait
(to) bake
baker
bakery
balance
(to) balance (an account)
balcony
bald
ball
ballet
balloon
balloonist
balsam
balustrade
bamboo
banal
banana
band
cilil, käläb, putül, sügäb
Babülonän
bazil
bäk
bäkabom
pödaglun
pöd
pödio
* backwards and forwards = pödio e föfio
pined
bakterav
bakter
badik
daf
sakäd, saked
* a paper bag = düd
bätazib
bakön
bakan
baköp
leigavet, vätöm
jötön
bakun
jofik
(dance) = baol
(sphere) = glöp
(bounce ball) = tajedapled
(game) = glöpäd
baolet
bälun
bälunaflitan
balsamin
boidastutöm
bambud
vorädik
benen
(musicians) = musiganef
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bandage
(to) banish
banishment
banjo
bank
banknote
bankrupt
(to) baptize
banquet
barbecue
barber
barber shop
bare
barefoot
bareheaded
(to) bargain
bark
(to) bark
barley
barn
bark (on tree)
barracks
barrel
barricade
barrier
base
basement
basics (guidelines)
basic
basin
basis
basket
basketball
bat
bath
bathroom
bathtub
battery
battle
battlefield
battleship
bay
(to) be
beach
(binding) = tan, tanod
(troupe) = trup
flabülod
xilön
xil
bänyun
(finance) = bank
(of river) = jol
bankazöt
failam (a (financial) failure); failan (person)
* to go bankrupt = failön
blunedön
daif
el „Barbecue”; loetamaparat
jeifan
jeiföp
nüdik; nüdükön
nüdafutik
nüdakapik
bligidön remi/tedoti
* a bargain = rem frutik
(of dog) = vaul, vaulam
(on tree) = jal
vaulön
hod
barak
jal
(military) = kaser
tüb
barikad
stöb
(inferior) = bapälik
(bottom) = stab;
(to base) = stabön
(a foundation, a plinth) = disstütot
(inferior) = bapälik
distead
stabaliens
stabik
bov
stab
bäset
(game) = bäsetaglöpäd
(creature) = flitamug
ban, banöp
* to take a bath = banön
** to bathe outside = banön natädo
banacem
banatüb
kumulator (= for car); ziöbedem (= electrical)
lekomip; lekomipön (ta)
lekomipöp
bländanaf, lekomipanaf
(inlet) = bug
binön
jol, sabajol
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beak
bean
(to) bear
bear
(to) bear
beard
bearded
beast
beastly
(to) beat
beautiful
beauty
because
(to) become
bed
bedlinen
bedroom
bedtime
bee
honed (= on bird)
bon
polön
(animal) = ber
* a bear cub = berül
sufidön
balib
balibilabik
nim, lunim
* beast of prey = ravanim
nimälik
flapön
jönik
jön
bi, ibä
vedön
bed
* to go to bed = golön lü bed
** to get up = löädön se bed
*** a flower bed = bet
bedastofeds
slipacem
slipüp
bien
* a beehive = bienadomil
beech (tree)
bueg
beef
beer
beetle
beetroot
before
bubamit
bir
cäf
betad
(conjunction) = büä
(preposition) = bü, fo
(adverb) = büo
begön (eke bosi)
primön (ad)
prim
begun
lubegan
nemü
bitön; kondötön
bitikam, kondöt
(of place) = po
(of time) = pos
bäjunik
jafäb
* for the time being = büfo
lekred
kredön (mö)
kredidön
posbinükot
klok, klokil, klokül (=door)
bälid
(le)dutön (lü)
dono, donü
(clothing) = zönül
* Green Belt = zönöp grünik
(to) beg (s.th. from s.o.)
(to) begin (to)
beginning
begonia
beggar
(on) behalf (of)
(to) behave
behaviour
behind
beige
being
belief
(to) believe (in)
(to make) believe
belongings
bell
belly
(to) belong (to)
below
belt
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bench
bend
(to) bend
beneath
benefactor
beneficent
benefit
(to) benefit
benevolent
bent
(to) bequeath
bequest
berry
best of all
beside(s)
bestial
bet
better
between
beverage
(to) beware
beyond
bicarbonate of soda
bible
bicycle
(to) bid
bidder
birch (tree)
big
(to) bike
bikini
bilberry
bile
bill
(to) bind
biology
bio-mechanical
biopic (cinema)
bird
birth
birthday
bishop
biscuit
bit
bite
bitter
bittern (bird)
** (for a gun, etc) = lägian
bam
blegod
* a bend in the road = vegablegod
blegükön, flegön
* to bend over = klienön love
dis
benodan
benodälik
frut
benükön, frutön
gudälik
(curved) = blegik
tästumön
posbinot
bäl
gudiküno
näi, plä, zuo
nimälik
yül; yülön
gudikum, gudikumo
bevü, vü
drined
galedön
etflano, etflanü, loveflanü
natrinakarbatazüd telik
bib
saikul
(command) = büdön
(offer) = lofön
lofan
biad
gretik
saikulön
niblitül
vaxen
bil
(invoice) = kalot
(parliamentary) = lonidisin
(bank draft) = tret
tanön, tanädön (= books)
•
to bind up = flabülön
biolog
lificinik
biologamot
böd
moted
• = to give birth to = motön
motedadel
bijop
biskut
bosil; gimil (= electric drill)
beit, beitil; beitön
(taste) = biedik
(emotion) = biedälik
botur
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bitterness
black
blackberry
blackberry bush
blackbird
blackcurrant
blacksmith
bladder
blade
blame
blameless
blanket
blaze
bleach
(to) bleach
(to) bleed
(to) blend
blender
(to) bless
blessed
blessing
blind
(to become) blind
(to) blind
blindness
(to) blink
blissfully
blister
blob
block
blockade
blonde
blood
bloody-minded
(to) blossom
blot
blouse
blow
(to) blow
(to) blow up
blubber
blue
blunt
(to) blush
boar
board
biet, biedäl
blägik
murb
bramarubud
merul
blägaribedabäl
grobasmitan
(anatomy) = vesid
lam
blam; blamön
neblamabik
teged
löflam
vietädamed
vietäd
bludön
* to bleed s.o. = blüdön eki
nümigön
(kitchen) = migöm
benedön, lelobön
läbik, beatik
bened
(unseeing) = bleinik
(roller) = rulakörten
* blind man's buff = bleinanipled
bleinikön
bleinükön
blein
kobiopedön (logalipis)
dabeno
buläd
lutof
blög
blok; blokön
blonik
* ash blon(to) blink
blud
* blood pressure = bludiped
** a blood vessel = fesül
fümädälik
florön
sten
* blotting-paper = nüsugapapür
yäk
(hit) = flap
(tragedy) = damifät
(thro' mouth) = bladön
(wind) = lebladön
spranön
blöb
blövik
(not sharp) = nejapik
redikön
saglied
(wood) = boed
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boast
boat
body
bodywork (vehicle)
Bohemian
(to) boil
bold
bomb
bone
bonnet (of car)
book
(to) book
booking office
book-keeping
boot
booty
(to) booze
border
(to) bore
boring
born
boot
(to be) born
(to) borrow (from)
botany
both
bother
(to) bother (about)
bothersome
bottle
bottom
boulder
bound for
boundary
boundless
bow
(ship) = boid
(food) = bord
(packaging) = karton
* to board ship = boidön oki
** boarding house = bordöp
pleidäl; pleidülön (dö/tefü)
bot
* a rowing-boat = gubabotil
(physique) = koap
(general) = kop
karod
Bömänik
(organization) = klubäd
kukön
* a boild egg = kükanög
** to boil water = kükön vati
*** boiling hot = lehitik)
boldik, künik
boum
bom
kapüt
buk
* bookseller = bukiselan
** bookshop = bukiselöp
*** bookcase = bukaramar
bonedön
bilietabür
bukäd
but
lefanot, prid
ludrinön
(brim) = sim
(hem) = siem
(to border on) = simön
(drill) = gimön
(tire) = naütön
vorädik
pemotöl
but (car boot = päkemaspad tooda)
pamotön
loenön (de)
planav
bofik
tom; tomön
jäfikön (me)
böladik, tupik
flad
(not top) = don
(of sea) = lestab
(of barrel) = stabül
klifablög
vegamü
mied
nenmiedik
(anything curved) = bob
(for shooting arrows) = car
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box
(to) box
boy
bracers
bracket
braggart
braid
brain
brake
branch
brandy
brass
brassière
brave
bread
(to) break
breakfast
breast
breath
breathing
(to) breathe
breathless
breathtaking
breed
(to) breed
(to) brew
(to) bribe
brick
bricklayer
bride
bridegroom
bridge
brudgegead
brief
briefcase
bright
(an act of reverence) = bieg
* to bend low before = biegön lo
** to bend wire = blegükön drati
(large) = bog
(general) = bok
(small) = büg
(case) = kasät
(sport) = boxön (ta)
pul, hipul
blitipolians
kläm = ( ); [ ]; { }
pleidaspikülan
kvatäd
brein
frenöm; frenön
* a footbrake = futafrenöm
** a handbrake = namafrenöm
tuig
konyak
läten
dögipolian
kuradik
bod
* a bread roll = bodedül
** breadfruit = bodepafrut
breikön
*
breaking the law = lonaneföl
** (to) break out (eg war) = rupädön
*** to be broken (out of order) = dädikön
**** to take a break (= short holiday) = vakenülön
janed; janedön
blöt
* to breast-feed = blöto nulüdön
natem
(to hold one’s breath = stöpön natemi oka)
natemam
natemön
nennatemik
natemiravöl
(race) = bidäd
(breed) = bridot
(hatch) = kuvot
bridön
• to hatch eggs = kuvön nögis
birön
remädön
bakasten
masonan
jigam
higam
pon
ponadaemod
brefik
penädasakäd
litik, kleilik
(bright, light, sound) = nedumik
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brilliant
(to) bring
brisk
brittle
broad
broadcast
(to) broadcast
brocade
broccoli
bronze
broom
brocade
brochure
broccoli
bronchi
brothel
brother
brow
brown
(to) brouse (through)
(to) bruise
brush
brusquely
Brussels sprout
brutal
bubble
bubbly
bucket
buckle
bud
Buddhist
budgerigar
(to) build
bulb
bull
bulldog
bullet
bullrush
bun
bunch of grapes
bundle
burdensome
burglar
burglary
nidik (= shining); legudik (= very talented)
(a cut diamond) = nidain
blinön
*
to bring up children = loseidön
** to bring up (a subject) = loblinön
*** to bring about = davedükön, jafädön
liföfik
brekülovik
(spacious) = veitik
(wide) = vidik
broad, broadot, sesed
broadön, sesedön
brokat
sparagabrasid
bronsöt
svip
brokat
brojür
sparagabrasid
bronatuigs
lupanar
brod, higem
logabob
braunik
padön (in)
blütön
kef; kefön
(almost touch) = tiluröbön
groböfiko
sprotianabrasid
grobälik
bulil
bulik
böket
snab
gnob
* flower bud = floragnob
Budan
vefapapagil
bumön
(plant) = läf
(electric) = glutapir
tor
toradoeg
glöb
jog
bodül
vitidabälem
tuf
böladik
nübreikan
nübreik, rav
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burial
sepülam
* a burial ground - sepülemöp
(to) burn
(general) = filön
(conflagration) = lefilön
(to ignite) = filidön
(to consume) = filedön
(to cause to burn) = filükön
* to burn coal = filedön boadakolati
** to burn incense = filükön boväli
kräkön
sepülön
(motora)nibud
bimül
fotülagik
büsid, tedot
büsidan, tedan
* to do business = tedön
jäfädik
* I am extremely busy = binob jäfädikün
bejäfön, jäfön (me)
* to busy oneself with = jäfükön oki me ...
ab
miticöpan
* butcher's shop
bör
pab
glüet
knop; knopön
remön
(person) = fa
(position) = lä
brumön
(to) burst
(to) bury
bus
bush
bushy
business
businessman
busy
(to be) busy (with)
but
butcher
butter
butterfly
buttocks
button
buy
by
(to) buzz
-------------------- C -------------------cabala (teaching)
cabbage
cabin
cabinet (bedside)
cactus
café
caffeine
cafeteria
cage
cake
(to) calculate
calculator
calendar
calf
calibre (bore)
(to) call
(to be) called
calm
kabaal
brasid
kayüt, käben
neitaramaril
kaktud
kafibötöp
kafein
kafetar
cek
kek
kalkulön
numian
kaled
bubül, surad (= anatomical)
kalib
vokön
* to call quits = klirikön
** to call on = levokön
panemön
stilik, takedik
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(to) calve
calyx (flower)
camel
camera
camp
campaign
can (tin)
canal
canary
(to) cancel
candidate
candle
candle-light
candle-stick
canine (tooth)
cannibal
canny
canoe
cannon
cap
capability
capable
capacity
cape
capital
capitalism
(to) capitulate
capsule (pill)
captain
caravan (= travelling group)
car
carab (tree)
carat (gold)
caravan
carbohydrate
carburettor
card
care
career
careful
(to) caress
(to) caricaturize
cargo
carnation
carol
carp
carpenter
carpet
carriage
bubülimotön
kalig
jamod
käm
* a surgical camera = dalukäm
leseatöp
lebit
tünabok
kanäd
kanair
nosükön
lisitan, steifädan
kandel
kandelalit
kandelikipian
jokatut
kaniban
visedik
kanud
* outrigger canoe = kanud kostütömik
kän
luhät (= for head); kapsül (= for bottle)
skil
brafik, fägik, skilik
ninädamafäg
(geographical) = kep
(of country) = cifazif
(money) = katäd
* working capital = febakatäd
katädim
klemedön
kapsul
(army) = kapiten
(ship) = käpten
karov
motoravab, tood
zerat
kirat
lödavab
karbinahidrin
vapüköm
kad
(caring for) = käl
(anxiety) = kud
(to take care) = prüdön
karier
kälöfik
löfülön
mimagodön
fled, lodot
kariof
Kritidalid
(fish) = karip
kapenan
tapäd
dilijan, vab
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carrot
carrousel
(to) carry
(to) carry on
(to) carry out (= accomplish)
cart
cartilage
cartography
cartoon
cartridge (computer, camera)
(to) carve
case
cash
cashmere (wool)
cassette
(to) cast
castanet
castle
cat
cataract
catarrh
catastrophe
(to) catch
category
caterpillar
cathedral
cattle
caught (in the act), to be
cauliflower
cause
(to) cauterize
caution
cautious
cave
cavern
cavity
(to) cease
ceaseless
ceiling
(to) celebrate
celebration
celery
dauk
karusäl
polön
laijäfön
dadunön, ledunön
luvab
kartilag
* costal cartilage = ribakartilag
kaedav
däsinot
(animated film) = däsinotabioskop
niniär
* an ink cartridge = niganiniär
ködön, nücidön
(chest) = bog
(box-container) = bokod, bokül, kasät
(an event) = jenet
(suitcase) = trök
(étui) = vead
(a law case = gitädasäkäd)
(in case of = üfü)
käd
• a cash desk = kädöp
• cash down = kädöfo
kajmir
(tape) = kasät
(audio) = tonakasät
(video) = magodakasät
(molten metal) = gifön
(throw) = jedön
krotöm
kased
kat, jikat
star gedik
katar, snöf
katastrof
fanön
rood
jönul
leglüg
veter
küpodön
florabrasid
kod; kodön, koedön + inf.
graifön
prüd
prüdik
lekev
kev
kevil
stopön, finükön, stöpön
nenropik
nufed
zälizelön, zelön, yubidön
lezälizel
sälärid
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cell
cellar
celtic
cement
cemetery
censorship
cemetery
central heating
centre
century
cereal
certain
certainly !
chain
chalk
chair
chambermaid
chamber-pot
chamois
chance
(to) change
changeable (of weather)
channel
chaos
chap (old friend)
chapel
chapter
character
characteristic
(to) characterize
charade
charge
(to) charge
charged (physics)
charm
(to) charm
charming
chasm
(to) chat
(to) chatter
siül (= in body); ziöb (= biology); leziöb (= prison cell)
kav
kältik
zäm
sepülemöp
sänsur
deadanöp
zänahitükam
zän
* dead centre = takät
tumyel
grenaflog(s)
* a cereal packet = grenaflogapäked
fümik, fümetik, semik (= a certain one)
dido, go fümö!
jän; jänön
kret
stul
* a wheelchair = rölastul
** an easy chair = kovenastul
jiklinükan
neitaskal
cam
fäd, mögod
* by chance = fädo
(money) = cänön
(alter) = votükön
(become different) = ceinön)
* small change = cänamon, smalamon
** loose change = lukönädamon
*** to change places = tökön
**** to change one’s mind = votacedikön
nelaidik
kanäd
kaot
bäldadan
temül
kapit, klerät (ecclesiastic)
kalad
kaladik, kaladapatäd, kaladapatädik
kaladön
jarad
(homework, task) = bligäd
(load) = belodön
(to impose task) = bligädön
(accuse) = kusädön
(electrically) = nämetükön
• to charge someone money for something = kalükön
• free of charge = glato
pefledülöl
keinot
tirädön, keinön
keinik, löfidik
gufur
spikotön
luspikön
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chase
(to) chase
chassis
chauvinism
cheap
check
cheek
cheeky
(to) cheer
cheer up (to)
cheese
chef
chemical
chemist
chemistry
cheque
(to) cherish
cherry
chess
chest
chestnut
(to) chew
chicken
chief
child
childhood
childishness
chilly
(to) get chilly
chimney
chimney-piece
chin
china
(to) chink
chip
chiropodist
chiropractic
chiropractor
(to) chirp
chisel
chives
chloride
chocolate
choice
choir
(to) choke
pöjut, yag
pöjutön, yagönchasm
jasid
suslomänäl
nejerik
(to make sure) = kontrolön; (chess) = cög
(anatomy) = cüg
mäpüdik
lobülavokädön
säglumükön
* cheer up! = trodö!
fromad
kvisinal
kiemik
(industrial) = kieman
(pharmacy) = drogöp, pötekan
kiemav
cäk
kälön
cel
cög
* a chess piece = cögapiäd
(container) = bog, trök
(anatomy) = blöt
skäul
* horse chestnut tree = skäulep
maskön
gokül
le..., cif
* chiefly = ledino
cil
* a child-minder, a nanny = cilijikälädan
cilüp
cilöfot
koldülik
koldülikön
cim
cimamadür
cün
bäsin; (ware) = bäsinot Tsyinänik
* porcelain = bösin
toenön
loetapötetil
futakälan
namapläg
namaplägan
tyilpön
nüsleiföm
bebül
klorin
jokolad
* chocolate bar = jokoladatvilül
väl
kor
teafön
• to choke s.o. = teifön (eki)
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cholesterol
(to) choose
chop
chopper (for food)
chopstick
(to) christen
Christendom
Christian
Christianity
Christmas
chronic
chronicling
church
cider
cigar
cigarette
cinema
cinnamon
circle
(to) circle (round)
circular
(to) circulate
circulation
circumference
circumstance
circumstances
circus
cistern
city
civil (war)
civilian
civilization
(to) civilize
claim
(to) claim
clairvoyance
class
classical
clatter
claw
(to) claw
clay
clean
(to) clean
cleaner
cleanliness
clear
(to) clear (a way)
cleft
clergyman
clerk
clever
kesterin
välön
(cutlet) = ribotül
dacöpilöm
fidastafil
(baptize) = blunedön
kritanef
kritan, kritik
krit
kritid, kritidazäl
* Father Christmas = Fatül Kritid
dulik
jen kronigik
glüg
podamust
zigar
zigarül
bioskopöp
kirfat
sirk, sirkül;
* circle (in theatre) = parket
sirkülön (zü)
(communication) = sirkülapenäd
(shape) = sirkafomik
sirkülükön; ziikön (in society) = kosädön
sirkülam
züot
dinäd, jenot
jäfät
sirkud
cub
zif
zifanakrig
sifädik
kuliv
kulivükön
flag; flagön
lesagön
kleililogam
(category) = klad
klatädik
stur
kluv, kral
kluvön
taim
klinik; klinükön
lekluinön
(ji)klinükan
klinöf, leklin
kleilik
(to) clear one’s throat = kögülön
kulön
slitod
kultan
penan; calan
visedälik
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client
(to) click (on) [computers]
climate
climax
(to) climb (up)
(to) clink
clippers
cloakroom
clock
close
(to) close
closed
clot (of blood)
cloth
clothes
cloud
clover
clownish
club
clue (for puzzles)
clump
coach
coachman
coal
coalman
coarse
coast
coaster
coastline
coat
cobweb
cocain
cock
cockatoo
cockroach
cocoa
coconut
cocoon
cod
code
coefficient (maths, physics)
coffee
coffee-pot
coffin
(to) cohabit
coil
coin
(to) coin
(to) coincide (with)
coincidence
colander
dunetäb
välön (me musaparat)
klimat
sömitamapün
grämön (sui)
toenön
jim
klotikipedön; klünacem
glok
* o'clock = düp
(nearby) = nilo, nilü; (friend) = konfidik
färmükön
pefärmüköl
bludasolidotil
(woven) = vivot, (material) = stof; (worsted) = köbamayän
(piece of) = flab
klots
* = a clothes hanger = klotilägöm
lefog
träf
klaunöfik
klub
geidavöd
blög
bökavab
bökan
(stona)kolat
* soft coal = braunakolat
kolatan
grobälik, grobik
jol
vejolnaföm
melajol
gun, mäned
spuled
kokain
higok
kakad
skaraf
kak
kokot
kokun
gadut
kot
* a code word = kotavöd
koäf
kaf
kafaskal
sark
kelödön
spül
könäd
frapön
kobojenön (ko)
fäd, kobojen
sib
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cold
collar
collar bone
(to) collect
collection
collective
collectivity
collector
college
(to) collide
colon
colonial
colonist
colony
colour
column
coma
comb
(to) comb
combination
(to) combine (with)
combustion
(to) come
(to) come back
comedy
comfortable
comical
comma
command
commander
commander-in-chief
commandment
(to) comment
commerce
commercial
commission
commissioner
(to) commit
committee
common
commonplace
commonwealth
(to) communicate (with)
communication
kold, koldät, koldik
* to catch cold = koldätikön
kolet
klavikul
konletön
conlet
koböfik
koböf
konletan
kadäm
kobojoikön, kobojokön
krasum
kolunänik
* colonial produce = kolunänacans
kolunan, kolunänan
kolunän
köl
* facial colour = täin
padül (= on page); kolum (= architecture)
komad
köb
köbön
yümät
yümätön (ko)
fefilükam
* internal combustion = nifilükam
kömön (lä, lü, nilü)
• to come to one's senses = sevälöfikön
• to come to terms (with) = balädikön (ko)
gekömön
fredadramat
kovenik
drolik
liunül
büd; büdön
* under the command of = sumätöfü
lebüdan
büdal
büd, büded
* the ten commandments = büdeds deg
küpetön
ted
büsidik, tedik
komit
* on commission = komito
lekomitäb
komitetanef
(ordinary) = komunik
(customary) = kösömik
(having in common (with) = kobädo (ko)
vorädik
kobälän
kosädön (ko)
kosäd
* a communication cord (train) = ditretajänil
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communism
kobädim
community
companionship
company
komotanef
kompen
kompenät
• company (social) = sog
comparable
leigodik
(to) compare (s.th. with)
comparison
leigodön (bosi lä)
leigod
* in (by) comparison = leigodo
(of coach) = vabadiläd; (for luggage) = päköp; (small =
dilädil
kompad
kesenäl
mütön
mätedön (ko)
duinafägik
(all senses) = mäted
mätedan
plonön (eke bosi)
plon
lölöfik
löl(öf)iko
fiduin
(facial) = logodakölül, täin
flegot
komplitik
noatädan
binädöl
ladälataked
suemovik
stäänik
kobodranön, kobopedön
keninükön
balädikam
ludämön
dranäl
nünöm
nünömaprogramel
klänedön
kläned
(imagine) = fomälön
(baby) = grodikön
(thought) = tikodön
fomälovik
lüodükön tikis (äl); säntretükön
säntretik
säntretükäl
suemod, tikäd
fomälam, tikod
demäd, din, büsid
compartment
compass
compassion
(to) compel
(to) compete (with)
competent
competition
competitor
(to) complain
plon
complete
completely
completion
complexion
compliance
complicated
composer
composite
composure
comprehensible
comprehensive
(to) compress
(to) comprise
compromise
(to) compromise
compulsion
computer
computer programmer
(to) conceal
concealment
(to) conceive
conceivable
(to) concentrate
concentrated
concentration
concept
conception
concern
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concerning
concert
concise
(to) conclude
conclusion
concrete
(to) condemn
condenser
condition
conditional
condom
conduct
conductor
conductress (bus)
(to) confer (with)
(to) confess
confession
confessor
(to) confide
confidence
confidential
(to) confirm
confirmation
conflicting
(to) conform (to)
(to) confuse
(to) congratulate
congress
(to) conjugate (verbs)
(to) play conkers
(to) connect
connection (= link)
co-operation
(to) conquer
conqueror
conquest
conscience
conscientious
conscious
* to concern = tefön
** to be concerned for = labön demädi pö
tefü
konsärt
naböfik
kludön
fin, klud; (mental) = kludod
* to come to a conclusion (about) = süadön (dö/tefü)
kokret(ot)
(sentence s.o. to) = cödetön eki ad . . . (general = deimön)
(misjudge) = micödön
densitükian
(state) = stad
terms) = stip
stipöfik
tagrodaslivil
kondöt; kondötön
* to guide = dugön
** (music) = dilekön
(person) = dugan
• pipe, wire, material which conducts s.th. (water, heat,
electricity...) = rüd, drat, stöf, kel dugodon bosi (vati,
vami, lektini...)
jizötisumidan
baiodön (ko)
(general) = koefön
(to admit) = lekoefön
koef, lekoef
• to hear someone’s confession = koefidön (oki)
• to go to confession = koefikön
(ecclesiastical) = koefapatär
konfidön
konfid
konfidovik
fümükön, zepön
fümükam, zep
konflitik
lönülön (lü)
bluv, kofud
benovipön
kongred
konyugön
kastaenitaflapön
(train, etc.) = yümädön (ko)
(general) = yümätön (ko)
liud; vüyümäd
* (a personal connection = yümet)
** (telephone connection = telefonalien)
kevoböf
konkerön
konkeran
konker
konsien
konsienöfik
sevedik
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consciousness
consecutive
consent
(to) concentrate
consequence
consequent
(to) conserve
(to) consider
considerable
consideration
considering
(to) consist (of)
(to) console
consultation
(to) consume
constancy
constantly
constitution (state)
constitute, to (= adopt constitution)
(without) constraint
construct
consulate
(to) consult
consultation
contact
(to come into) contact
(to bring into) contact
(to) consider
(to) contain
container
(to) contaminate
contemporary
contempt
content
contented
contentment
contents
contest
continent
continental
continual
continuation
(to) continue
continuity
continuous
continuum
contract
(to) contradict
contradiction
contrary, contrast
* to be conscious of = sevedön, sevälöfön
seved
(spiritual) = datikäl
sökaleodik
däl; dälön + inf.
säntretükön
sek
sekik
dakipön
betikön, letikön, lelogön, tikädön, vätälön
tikädabik
vätäl
vätälü (+ noun)
binädön (me)
binälön (in)
trodön
dakonsälam
nüsumön
laid, laidäl
laiduliko
dalon, stabalon
dalonön
nemütovik
stukön
konsulöp
konsälidön, konsultön
konsult
kontag (= physical); kosam (= personal)
* contact lense(s) = kontagalentül(s)
kosikön
kosükön
letikön
kipädön. ninädön
ninädian
venenön
timakompenik
* a contemporary person = bäldotakompenan
nestüm
kotenik
pekotenüköl
koten
ninäd
befeit
kontinän
kontinänik
laidulik
fövot
fovön (me), fovön
yümöf
nenropik
laidavilup
baläd
(on a contract = bai baläd)
taspikön (eke) bosi
taöf
gü, taädam, taädik
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(to) contribute
contribution
contributor
control
control room
convenient
(to) converge
conversation
conversationalist
(to) converse
conversational
convert (into), to
conviction
(to) convince
cook
cooked
cool
(to) cool down
cooler
(to) co-operate
(to) co-ordinate
(to) cope
copper
copy
coral
cord
cordial
core
coriander
cork
corkscrew
corn
cornea (eye)
corner
corps, disciplinary (army)
corpse
correct
(to) corresond (with)
(to) correspond (to)
correspondence
correspondent
correspondingly
corridor
corset
cosmetics
cosmos
(contrary to = güä + noun)
(on the contrary = taädo, tadilo)
(in contrast with = in taäd tefü)
(contrasting = tapladik)
keblünön
keblünot
keblünan
büdöm
(to) set (the) controls = leodükön büdömis
büdazänod
koveniälik
* is this hour convenient for you? = Düp at, koveniälon-li
ole?
kobikön
spikot
spikotan
spikotön
spikotälik
feajafön (ad)
süad
süadükön
kvisinan; kvisinön
pekvisinöl
koldälik, koldülik
koldikön
koldülüköm
kevobön
keleodükön
lüdön
kuprin
kopied; kopiedön
• copy (of book = samäd
korial, korul (= colour)
jain; lektina(le)fad (= electric); bäkabomakölüm (=
spinal)
ladöfik
piäf
koriand
buon, koeg
koegitiret
gren; klaf (= on foot)
korned
gul
pönarejimen
fun
verätik; verätükön
* to correct work = koräkön bligädi
spodön (ko)
baiädön (bai)
spod
spodan
baiädiko
luyal
korsät
jönameds
(si)leval, (si)lespad
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cost
(to) cost
cottage
cotton
cough
(to) cough
council
(to) counsel
counsellor
(to) count
counter (in shop)
counterpane
counterpart
counter-resistance
countless`
country
county
couple
courageous
course
court
courteous
courteousness
courtesy
courtier
courtyard
cousin
cover
(to) cover
covered
cow
coward
cowardice
cowardly
(to) cower
crab
crack
(to) crack
cracker (type of biscuit)
(to) crackle
cradle
cranberry
fräd
frädön
ludom, länädadomil
kotin
* cotton wool = vod
kög;
kögön
konsälalef
• Council Chamber = cäm
dakonsälön
dakonsälan
nümädön
dünetatab
löpateged
leigamod
tatareigäbam
nenumovik
län, länäd
a (fellow) countryman = lomänan
open country - nated
grafän
kuradik
( movement) = kul; (of river, etc) = zug; tidodem (=
lessons)
of course = klüliko
kur (royal); yad
* court of law = cödöp
plütik
plütot
plüt
kuran
yad ninik
kös, hiköst, jiköst
(general) = teg
(table linen) = tegäd
(bed linen) = teged
(hard cover) = tegod
tegön
petegöl
kun, jibub
dredöfan
dredöf
dredöfik
blotön
krab
(fracture) = frakat
(burst) = kräk
(rent) = slitod
(bang) = tonät
brekön, kräkön
* crack of the whip = batatonät
biskit
knätärön
klädöm
redavaxen
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crane
cranium
crank (mechanical)
(to) crash
crate
crater
(to) crawl
crayfish
crazy
(to) creak
cream
creamy
(to) create
creation
creative
creativity
creator
creature
credit
creditor
creed
(to) creep
crematorium
crepe
crest
crew (on ship)
crib
cricket
crime
criminal
crimson
crinoline
crisis
crisps
(to) criticize
criticism
(to) croak
crockery
crocodile
crocus
crook
croquet (game)
cross
(to) crouch (down)
crouching
crow
(to) crowd
crowd
krän
kran
tülakurb
troivön
krätäd
kratär
grulön
kref
lienetik
knirön
krem
*
ice cream = gladet
* * whipped cream = flapilakrem
kremik
jafön
jafäd
jafovik
jafäl
jafal
jafäb
kred, kredit
kreditan
lekoef
kripön
filasepülöp
veot
löpot, sömit
nafanef, skip
krib
carad, krik (= insect); krikät (= game)
midun, krim
midunan, kriman;
midunik, krimik
karmisinik
krinul
krisid
(pöteta)cips
krütön
krüt
kvagön
fidacan
krokod
krok
kanayan
krökid
krod (shape)
travärön = to cross perpendicularly
* crossroads = sütitraväröp
** to cross the street = lovegolön love süt
*** to cross by water = lovebotön
**** crosswise through = travärü
kropikön
blotöfik
krov
besteigädön
lemödot, menamödot
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crown
cruel
cruelty
(to) crumble
(to) crush
crust (earth's)
cry
crystal
cub
cube
cucumber
cuckoo
cuff (for shirt)
cul-de-sac
(to) cultivate
cunning
cup
cupboard
curable
cure
curious
curiosity
curl
curly
currant
current
currency (= monetary system)
curse
cursed
curtain
curve
curving (winding)
cushion
custard
custom
customary
customer
customs
cut
cutter (female)
cycle (of events)
cycle (of nature)
(to) cycle
cylinder
cynic
cynicism
kron
* a crown coin = klon
kruälik
kruäl
dädiledikön; dädiledükön (bread, etc)
(tread down) = lepedön
(into powder) = troivön, troivülön
krut
luvokäd; drenön, luvokädön
kristad
• a crystal (radio) set = kristadaparat
-ül (add to relative noun)
kübäd
küg
kukuk
slivül
sakalusüt
befeilön, glöfön
lukäfik
(competition) = köp
(drinking) = bovül
ramar
sanovik
lekäl; sanön
nulälik
* to be curious (about) = nulälikön (dö)
nuläl
herakrugül, krugül
krugülaherik
bäl, lurosin
• a black/red currant - ribedabäl
flum
völäd
blasfäm; blasfämön
deätik; maleditik
körten
krugalien
krugik
kusen
miliganöged
(habit) = kösömot; (traditional) = geböf
kösömik
laidareman, dünetäb
(toll) = toläd
* a customs officer = tolädan
köt, kötäd; kötön
* maikötön = to cut open
jilajiman
lölet, sirkülam
sirkamuf
saikulön
zilid
künidan
künidim
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dad
daffodil
dahlia
daily
dairy
daisy
damage
damn it!
damp
dampness
dance
danger
(to) dare
dark
darling
dart
dash it!
data
date
daughter
dawn
day
daybreak
daydream
dazzling
dead
deaf
(to) deafen
deafening
deal
dealer
dean
dear
death
debt
debtor
decade
decadence
(to) decay
deceit
deceitful
(to) deceive
fat, fatül
narzid
daliad
aldelik, aldeliko
miligöp
bälied
däm; dämükön
maleditilö!
luimöf, luimöfik, luimülik
luimül
danüd; danüdön
* dance tune = danüdüm
riskäd
* to be in danger = riskädikön
(venture) = riskön
(allow to) = dalön + inf.
dag, dagik
löfäb
jedot
* to play darts = pledön jedotis
maleditilö!
nunäds
(of month) = dät
(fruit) = daet
* up-to-date = baitimädik
daut, jison
gödalulit
del
* one (= indefinite) day = ün del semik
delaprim
drimäl
tulitik
deadik
surdik
surdükön
lilämisurdüköl
mödot
• a great deal = bundano, lemödot
* (to) deal (with) = bejäfön
tedan
dekätan
(lovable) = löfik
(expensive) = jerik
(oh, dear !) = vi !
deadam
* to sentence to death = deidacödetön
deb
deban, debetan
degyel
neben
(general) = rübikön
(teeth) = puridikön
cüt
cütik
cütidön, cütön
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December
decency
decent
deception
(to) decide to
(to) decipher
decision
decisive
deck
deckchair
declamation
(to) declare
declaration
(to) decline
(to) decorate
decrease
(to) decrease
decree
to dedicate
(to) deduce
deductive
deed
deep
deer
defeat
defeatism
defect
defective
defence
defenceless
(to) defend
defensive
defiant
deficient
(to) define
definite
definition
(to) deflate (air from tyre)
defoliant
(to) defy
(to) degenerate
degree
(to) dehumanize
(to become) dehumanized
delay
(to) delay
(to) delegate
(to) delete
dekul
plüt
plütik
cütam, cütid, lekäf
sludön (ad)
säkikön
slud
fümälik
(of ship) = däk
takädastul
deklam
lesagön, stetön
* to declare war (on) = plänön militi (ta)
** something to declare (at customs) = tolabot
stet
deklinön (= nouns); klemön, läsikön
dekön
nepluikam; smalükam
nepluikön; smalükön
büad
dedietön
(infer) = kludön
pedütülöl
dun, dunot
dibik
stäg
peräd; vikodön
* to bring about defeat = lüblinön perädi
misekim
def
dádik, defik
jelod
nenjelodik
jelodön
jelodik, taedik
todik
defik
miedetön (= bounds/limits); kleilükön
kuratik, miedik
kleilükam; plän (kuratikum)
leadön deflumön (luti se rif)
säbledemamed
letodön
nexänön
(qualification) = diplom
(thermometer) = grad
(calibration) = gred
(mark, stage) = gredät
(high degree) = vem
* by degrees = gredamo
sämenükön
sämenikön
stopäd, zög
stopädön, zögön
gividön
nosükön
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deliberately
deliberation
delicate
delight
delightful
(to) deliver
deliverance
delivery
delusion
demand
demanding
democracy
(to) demolish
demonstration
demon
den
denial
dense
dentist
(to) deny
(to) depart
department
departure
(to) depend (on)
(to) deposit
depression
(to) deprive (s.o. of s.th.)
depth
deputy
dervish
(to) descend
descendant
descent
(to) describe
description
(to) desert
(to) deserve
deservedly
deserving
design
desirability
desirable
desire
desirous
desk
despair
desperate
(to) despise
dessert
destination
(to) destine (for)
desino
letik
(fragile) = brekovik
lejuit
dafredüköl, lejuitik
(bring) = blünön
(releas e) = libükön
blün, libükam
(in birth) = motam
cütid
(insist(ask price) = flaged; flagedön
flagiälik
demokrat
dosleatön
dajonül, jonetükam, meugijon
diabil, diabül, milanan
sep
* a den of thieves = ravanasep
noam
(thick, fat) = bigik
tutisanavan
* a dentist's surgery = tutisanöp
noön
detävön, motävön
diläd, räyun
* a department store = caniselidöp
detäv, devegam, motäv
sekidön (de)
kipidön
nenkuradäl
sädütön (eke bosi)
(general) = dib
(measure) = dibot
dälädäb
därvid
nexänon
licinan
nexän
bepenön
bepenam
lüvön
meritön
meritabiko
meritabik
(sketch) = disin; disinön
desirab
desirabik
desir; desirön
desirik
püpit
däsper; despärön
däsperik
nestümön
poszib
lükömöp, tävazeil
jonidükön
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destiny
(to) destroy
destroyer
destruction
detail
(to) detain
(to) detect
(to) deteriorate
deterioration
determinative
(to) determine
determination
determinative
(to) determine
determinism
determinist
(to) detest
detriment (to the -- of)
(to) devastate
(to) develop
development
devil
devilish
(to) devise
(to) devote
devoted
devotion
devout
dew
dewdrop
dial
(to) dial
dialogue
diameter
diamond
diaphragm
diary
dictator
dictionary
(to) die
diet
difference (essential)
different
difficult
(to) dig
(to) digest
digestion
digestive system
dignified
(to) dignify
dignity
(to) digress
fät
distukön, nosükön
distukan
distuk, modun
notet, pat
• more detailed = prolidik
• an isolated detail = soelot
(delay) = stöpädön
tüvön
badikumön
badükumam
pemiedükumöl
fümetön
fümetam, lonam
lüyümod
fümetön, lonön
fümetim
fümetiman
naudön
dämü
distukön
daglofön; sävilupön (= photos)
daglof, jenäd
diab, milanan
diabik, diabälik
datikön
liedietön, saludükön
divodik
devod, divod, saludükam
relöfik
dav, gödaluim
davatof
numataplat (on a clock
• numataplatil (on wristwatch)
• numatasirkot (on telephone)
telefonön (numati)
telspikot
diamet
nidain
ditavöl
delabuk
diktoran
vödabuk
deadön
diät
dist
difik
fikulik
jüpön, sebön, tovädön
dicetön
dicet
dicetasitot
gravik
sikön
dinit, grav, stimadig
deikön
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dilemma
diligent
dimension
(to) diminish
dimness
dimple
(to) dine
dining-car
dining-room
dinner
dinosaur
(to) dip
direct
directly
direction
dirty
disadvantage
disagreeable
(to) disappear
(to) disappoint
disappointment
disapproval
(to) disapprove
disaster
(to) disbelieve
(to) disburden
disc (compact)
(to) discard
(to) discipline
discipline
discontented
discothèque
discourse
(to) discover
discovery
discreet
(to) discuss
discussion
disease
(to) disembark
disfigured
disgrace
(to) disgrace
(to) disguise (o.s.)
disgust
dish
dishonest
(to) disinfect
(to) disintegrate
disintegration
dishwasher
diläm
zilik
mafot
disön, nepluükön
trub
cügasepil
fidedön
staudavab
fidacem
fided
dinosaur
blunön
nemedik, stedöfik, stedöfo
(to indicate way) = lüodükön
nemediko
lüod
miotik
däm
neplitik
nelogädikön
(expectations) = läsetön (speti)
(let s.o. down) = säspetükön (eki)
läset
dod, micöd, micödot
micödön
katastrof
nekredön
säfledön
sirkotül
mojedön
tütedön
tüt, nolamapatöf (academic, scientific)
nekotenik
sirkotadanüdasälun
spikäd
tüvön
* to discover country = letüvön
tüv, letüv
prüdik
bespikön
bespik
maläd
säboidön (oki)
mifomik
jemod
jemükön
votaklotön (oki)
naud; naudön
(bowl) = bov
(course) = zib
(large) = skel
nesnatik
sänäfätön
dästurön
sustonäd
bovilavacin
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(to) disinherit
(to) dismiss
dismissal
(to) dispel
(to) disperse
display
(to) displease
(to) dispose of
disposed to
(to be at one's) disposal
disputable
disrespectful
(to) disrupt
(to) disseminate
dissension
dissertation
to disestablish
(to) dissolve
distance
distant
distillery
distinct
(to) distinguish
distinguishable
distinguished
distress
(to) distribute
distribution
district
(to) disturb
disturbance
ditch
ditty (short song)
(to) dive
diver
(to) diverge (from)
(to) divide
(to) divide (by) (maths)
division
divine
divorce
(to get) divorced
dizzy
(to feel) dizzy
(to) do
dock
doctor
doctorate
doctrine
document
dog
sägerükön
sädünükön
sädünükam
seaikön
seidet
neplidön
(get rid of) = moükön
(sell) = selön
klienik ad
gebidön lü
befeitovik
nedalestimik
däropön
vidükön
teläl
penot
sästitön
soluön
vegäd (= distance away); fag (= far off)
fagik
spitifabrik
distik
(differentiate) = distidön
* to distinguish oneself = benodistükön oki
distidovik
stümik, süperik
ditret
in distress = ditreto
seagivön
dilam, seagiv
ziläk
tupön
lemuifükam, tup
söp
priomalidil
daivön
daivan
difön (de)
dilädön, dilön
müedön (dub)
dilam, müedam (= maths)
godik
matiteil
matiteilön
suidik
suidikön
dunön
* to do without = nelabön
** to do business = bligidön
käv
dokan, sanan
dok
lejon
doküm
dog
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doleful
doll
dollar
dolphin
domain
dome
domicile
(to) dominate
dominos (game)
(to) donate
donkey
door
double
(to) double
doubt
doubtful
down (fluffy feathers)
(to) download
downstairs
downwards
(to) doze
dozen
draft
(to) drag
dragon
dragonfly
dragoon (military)
drama
(to) dramatise
(to) draw
drawback
drawer
drawing-room
(to) dread
dreadful
dream
dress
(to) drift
lügik
pup
dolar
delfin
räyun
glöpot
topät
dareigön
dominov
givülön
cuk
yan
* front door = leyan
** a door knocker = noköm
telik
*
a double-barrelled gun = telrüdedagün
telön
dot; dotön (dö)
dotik
daun
säfledön
* to download (from computer) = feapladön
dono
donio
slipilön, slipülön
degtelat
riget (= rough copy); tret (= commercial)
tränön
drak
libelul
drägun
dramatav
dramatön
(pull) = tirön
(make drawing) = däsinön
(attention to) = küpälükön
*
a drawing = däsinot
** to draw a prize = tiredön
mistad
(furniture) = layet
lecem, sälun
dredön (demü, tefü, pro)
dredabik
drim; drimön
(general) = klot
(lady's) = kloted, lädaklot
(suit) = klotem
*
dress circle (theatre) = bakun balid
**
a dress coat (with tails) = trelülagun
***
a dressing-table = klünatab
****
evening dress = zälülaklotem
*****
a dressing gown = cemaklot
******
(to get) dressed = klotön, lenükön klotis
*******
fancy dress ball = klotedazäl
sveamön
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drill (electric)
drink
drive
driver
driving licence
(to) drop
drought
(to) drown
(to) drown (s.o)
drug
drum
drummer
drunk
dry
dryness
(to) dry (oneself)
duchy
duck
due
duet
dull
duly
dumb
dump
duodenum
durable
duration
during
dusk
dust
dustbin
dusty
duty
(to) dwell
dwelling
dwelling-place
(to) dye
dyke
dynamic
dynamite
gimül (lektinik)
drin, drinod; drinön
• soft drinks = drineds nelalkoholerik
(in vehicle) = vabam
(excursion) = spatavabam
* to drive a vehicle = vabükön vabi
joför
toodamazöt
(let fall) = koedön falön, leadön falön
* a drop (of liquid) = tof
** a droplet = tofil
lesig
noyön
nöyön (eki)
drog
trum
* a drum roll = trul
truman
brietik
sägik; sägükön
säg
säluimükön (oki)
dükän
dök
debik
* the train is due at seven = tren mutön lükömöm tü düp
velid
telüm
stupik, dofik, dölik, dumik, trubik
kuratiko
müätik
sturotadelodöp
duoden
dulöfik
dul
(...the time that) = dü
soaralulit
püf
defälotaninädian
püfik
(obligation) = blig
(moral) = söt
(to be on duty) = diurön
* duty free = fläno
blibön, lödön
löd, lödadom
lödöp
kölön
daem
semofabik
dinamit
------------------ E
each
--------------------
a, al, alik
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eager
eagle
ear
earphones
early
(to) earn
earnest
earth
east
Easter
easy
(to) eat
ebony
eclipse
economics
(to) economize
ecstasy
eczema
edge
edible
edition
editor
(to) educate
educated
education
eel
(to) effect
effect
effective
effects
effervescence
efficient
effort
egg
egg-plant
ego(t)ism
egoistical
eiderdown
eight
eighteen
eighty
either ... or
elaborate
elbow
* each time = alna
** at 2 dollars each = a dolars tel
ledesirik
kvil
lil
kapakosädöm
gölik, göliko
gaenön, meritön
fefik
* in earnest = fefo
(planet) = tal
(material) = tail
lofüd
pasatazäl
fasilik, nefikulik
* free and easy = nenmütig
* an easy chair = kovenastul
fidön
bäad
grahan
konömav
spälön
stäat
käsem
(blade) = köted
(border) = siem
(margin) = sim
fidovik
dabükot
dabükan, redakan
(to bring up) = dugälön
(general) = kulivükön
(instruction) = tidön
benodugölik, kulivik
dugäl, kuliv
pil
davedükön
vobed, sek; vobedön
jenöfik, vobedik, vobiälik
(possessions) = dalabots
gas bruidik, löbruid
duinafägik
steifül, töbid
nög
* scrambled eggs = nögs pemufilöl
berjen
okiäl
okiälik
lestekateged
jöl
degjöl
jöldeg
u ... u
ud ... ud (before vowel)
ledunöfik
kubit
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elderberry
election
electricity
electronics
elegant
elefant
element
elevation
eleven
(to) eliminate
elm
eloquence
else
elsewhere
(to) elucidate
(to) emancipate
embankment
(to) embark
embarrassment
(to) embitter
(to) embrace
(to) embroider
embroidery
embryo
emerald
(to) emerge (from)
emergence
emergency
emotion
emotional
(to) emphasize
empire
(to) employ
(to) be employed
employee
employer
employment
empty
(to) enact
(to) encamp
(to) enclose
encounter
(to) encourage
(to) encroach
encyclopedia
end
(to) end
(to) endanger
enemy
energetic
sambukabäl
daväl
lektinik
electricity cut, failure = lektinirop
leäktronav
klotugik
leefad
dilet; lömin (chemical)
föd
degbal
moükön
lorm, lum
spiköf
votik, voto
votaseimo
stetön
sipön
käv
boidön (oki)
töb
bietälükön
bradön
brodön
brodat
brüom
smaragoin
sekömön (se)
daved
ditret
fäk
fäkädik, nämöfik
kazetön
lampörän, reigän
(professionally) = cälön
(to use generally) = gebön
(to make o.s. useful) = jäfükön oki
(non-professionally) = dünükön, vobükön
binön cäläb/vobükäb
cäläb, vobükäb
cälan, vobükan
(profession) = cal
(job) = jäfot
* employment (=business) = büsid
vagik; vagükön
zepön
tänadöpön
läükön, ninädön
(meeting) = kolköm; kolkömön
kuradükön
nüdranön (in); glepön
züklopäod
fin, finot
finidön, finikön, finükön
riskädükön
neflen
nämöfik
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energy
(to) engage
engaged
engagement
(to) engender
engine
engineer
(to) enhance
enigmatic
(to) enjoy
enmity
enormous
enough
enquirer
enquiry
(to) ensure
(to) entangle
(to become) entangled
(to) enter
enterprise
(to) entertain
enterprise
entertaining
entertainment
(to) enthrall
(to) enthuse
enthusiasm
enthusiast
enthusiastic
enticement
entire
entrance
(to) entrust
(to) enumerate
envelope
envious
environment
envy, to
epaulette
epilepsy
episode (radio / TV)
epithet
epoch
epoch-making
equal
(to) equal
equality
equally
(physics) = nämet
(human) = viläl
matirajanön (ko)
(occupied) = beseidik; (to be engaged in) = bejäfön (me)
(betrothal) = matirajan
süvokön
(machine) = cin
(locomotive) = lemüf
(car, bus) = motor
(chief) = kaenal
(mechanical) = cinädan
geilükumön
rätöfik
fredön, fredükön, juitön, yofön (oki)
neflenam
levemik
saidik, saidiko
seividan
seivid
fümükön, garanön
komplitükön
komplitikön
ninikön, nügolön, nükömön
(arts & crafts) = feb
(wine & dine) = daifidön
(receive as guest) = getedön
(amusement) = muadön
febäd
muadik
daifid, muad, säjäfälükam
dafredükön
lanälön, lanälükön
lanäl
lanälan
lanälik
bät
lölik
nügolöp
lükonfidön
patön
köv; kövön
mibönik
züamöp
glötön, mibön; mibönön
peolät
peiläp
näijenot
läod
timäd
kulik
leigik
leigön
leig
leigiko, leigoso
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equator
equestrian
equilibrium
(to) equip
equipment
equivalent
era
(to) erase
eraser
error
erudite
escalator
escape
Eskimo
esotericist
especially
essay
essential
(to) establish
(to) esteem
estate
esteemed (highly)
(to) estimate
etc.
eternal
eternity
eunuch
euthenasia
(to) evaporate
eve
even
evening
evenly
event
eventful
eventual
eventually
ever
every
everyone
everywhere
evidence
evident
evidently
evil
(to) evolve
exact
exaggeration
kveator
monit
* an equestrian statue = monitanamagot
leigavet
blimön
blimot
leigät
timäd
radön
radagum
pl
nolik
rolatridem
mofug, skeap; skeapön, mofugön (de, se)
Läskioman
pödakösömedan
pato
baläd
binälik
• in essence = binäliko
fünön, stitön
digidön
glunidalabot, länilabot; posbinot (= legal estate)
dalestümik
täxetön
e.r. (e ret, e rets)
laidüpik
laidüp
homen
deadiyuf
vapikön
büsoar
(level) = kamik; kamükön
(notwithstanding) = igo
soar
leigöfiko
jenot
*
in any event = alo
** course of events = goled
*** a single event = soelot
veütik
baik, sekik
fino. mögädo
(at all times) = ai
(at any time) = föro
(ever since) = siso
alik
dabinanef, valikans
valöpo
klülab
klülabik
klülabiko
bad
daglofön
kuratik, kuratälik, stediko
tuükam
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(to) exaggerate
examination
(to) examine
examiner
example
(to) exceed
exceeding
exceedingly
(to) excel
excellent
except
exception
excessively
exciting
(to) execute
exercise
excess
excessive
(to) exchange
exchange rate
(to) exhaust
(to) excite
excitable
excitement
(to) exclaim
exclamation
(to) exclude
excluding
exclusively
excrement
excursion
excuse
exemplar
exercise
(to) exhaust
exhausted
exhaustion
(to) exhibit
exhibition
(to) exist
existence
exit
exotic
(to) expand
expansion
(to) expect
expectation
expectantly
tuükön
vestig, xam
vestigön, xamön
vestigan, xaman
sam
* for example = as sam / äs sam
pluön (demü, tefü, in)
plödakösömik
plödakösömiko
(distinguish o.s.) = benodistükön oki
(to abound with) = pluön lä
cädik, süperik
pläamü
pläam
* without exception = nenpläoto
** with the exception of = sesumü
tumödo
stigedik
dadunön; cödetadeidön (death penalty)
tur (gymnastic); pläg (physical); okskilükam (mental)
plumaf
plumafik
cänön
* to exchange (one thing for another) = tökön (tä)
cänakursüd
lefenikön
(stir up) = fäkädükön
(stimulate) = stigedön
fäkädik
fäkäd, stiegedam
vokädön
vokäd
fakipön, plödakipön
fakipü ..., plödakipü ...
te
jiedot
zugot
säkusad; säkusadön
dasaman
okskilükam, bligäd
* physical exercise = koapaskilükam
lefenükön, nenämükön
lefenik, nenämik, penenämüköl
* to be exhausted = lefenön
lefen
dajonädön
dajonäd
dabinön
dabin
segolöp
pakön
stäänükam
spetön
spet
spetiko
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expedition
expel
expenditure
expense
expensive
experience
(to) experience
experienced
experiment
experimental
expert
(to) explain
explanation
explicit
(to) exploit
exploration
(to) explore
explorer
export, to
(to) express
expression
expressionless
(to) extend
extensive
extent, to what
(to) exterminate
external
extinct (to become)
(to) extinguish
extortion
extra
(to) extradite
(to) extract
extraordinarily
extraordinary
extreme
extremely
extremist
extremity
eye
eyeball
eyebrow
eyedrop
eyelash
eyelid
eyesight
eye socket
------------------fable
face
vestigatäv
momofön
fegeb
fräd, fräds
jerik
belifot, lifot, plak
belifön
plakugik, plobik
sperimänt
sperimäntik
* experimental stage = stadäd sperimäntik
jäfüdisevan
kleilükön, plänädön, plänön
plän
kuratik
tufrutidön
vestig
beletävön, vestigön
vestigan
seveigön
notodön
notod
nennotodiko
stäänikön (love)
lardik
viomafädo
dadeidön
plödik
dadeadön
kvänön
demüt
läfulükik
dablünön
setratükön, setirön
nekösömiko
nekösömik
lefäkälik, lemuam, lemuik
levemo, lemu
lölimik
(superlative degree) = lemuam
(poin, tip) = finot
log
• an eye clinic = logasaunüköp
logaglöp
logabob
logatof
logaflipaher
logalip
vidikan
logakev
F
--------------------
fab
logod
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facility
facing
fact
factory
faculty
(to) fade
faeces
(to) fail
failure
faint
faint-hearted
(to) faint
fair
fairness
fairy
fairyland
fairy-tale
faith
faithful
falcon
fall
(to) fall asleep
(to) fall in love with
(to) fall ill
fallopian tube
false
falsehood
falsification
(to) falsify
fame
familiar
familiarity
family
famine
famous
fanatic
fanatical (act)
fanaticism
fancy
fanfare
fantasy
far
fare
fasilot
visoik
jenöfot
* in fact = ibo, jenöfo
fabrik
fäg, fakultet
fainikön
jied(ot)
defön; döbön; dufalön
döbot. dufalan (= a person); failam (= financial); lepök
lefenik; svenön; fibik
dredöfik
lesuidikön
(not dark) = blonik
(honest) = snatik
(seemly) = gidöfik
(a travelling fair) = kermetatrup
gid
* in fairness to = ko gid kol
fey, feyik
feyalän, märalän
mär
(general) = fied
(trust) = konfid
(religion) = lekred
fiedik, lekredik
falok
fal; falön
* fall in prices, temperature, etc. = nepluikam; nepluikön
** to fall short of = pödablibön
slipikön
lelöfädiköm dö
malädikön
nögameat
dobik, dobälik
dob, dobäl
dobükam
dobükön
fam
komunöfik, nätimik
komunöf, nätim
famül
a family line = dafamül
faemaditret
famik
lezilan
dunikod
lezilim
(imagination) = fomäl
(day-dreaming) = magäl
(passing thought) = vim
(fantasy) = magälod
fafar, tambur
magäl
fagik
vegamasuäm
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farewell
farm
farmer
fascinating
fascist
fashion
(to) fashion
fashionable
fast
(to) fasten
fat
fatal
fate
father
father-in-law
fatigue
fault
favour
favourable
favourite
fear
feasibility
feast
feather
feathered
feature
federal
feeble
(to) feed
(to) feel
feeling
feeling(s)
February
fellow
felt
femur
fenale
ferocious
(to) fetch out
female
fence
fern
ferryboat
ferry crossing
fertile
festival
ledit
farm, farmadom; feilön (me)
farman
jänälik
fajistik
vogäd
fomön
vogädik
(religious) = cun; cunön
(fixed) = fimik
(speedy) = vifik
(fix) = fimükön
(ample) = bigik
(stout) = pinädik
mifätik
fätot
fat, hipal
lüfat
lefen
midun, döbot
(döbot duton lü ol ! = it's your fault !
gön; gönön
böniälik, gönik
gönik
dred; dredön
pötöf
daif, zäl
plüm
plümilabik
fomäd
fedik
fibik
nulüdön
(ill, well) = senön
* to feel sorry (for) = keliedön (ko)
sen, senäl
ladäl
febul
kompenan, hikompenan
• a fellow- countryman = kelomänan
fülik
femur
vomik
kruälik
süramenön
vomik
(hedge) = buid; buidön
(wood) = kiud; kiudön
* to fence (sport) = fegön
** to fence off = deteilön
filig
lovenaf
lovenafamöp
fluköfik
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(to) fetch
fever
feverish
few
fiasco
fibre
field
fierce
fig
figment (of imagination)
fight
figure
file
(to) fill
film
(to) film
fin
final
finally
finance
finch
(to) find
fine
finger
(to) finish
fir
(to) fire
fireguard
fireman
fireplace
firm
firmness
ramenön
fif
fifilik
nemödik
misek
faib
(general) = fel
(enclosure) = feled
(terrain) = läned
(wild) = sovadik
(wrath) = lezunik
(angry) = zunik
fig
fomälod
komip; komipön ta
(illustration) = figur
(appearance) = kopafom
(numeral) = numat
(computer) = ragiv
(folder) = map
(tool) = räp
fulikön, fulükön
*
to fill a pipe = steigädön
**
to fill a tooth = plumbön
*** to fill in (forms) = benüpenön
**** a (tooth) filling = plumbafulükot
biomagodem (= movie); film, filmod (= substance)
* a film star = bioskopastelan
filmön
(fish) = stiragöb
finik
fino
finen
janafrin
tuvön
(not dense) = feinik
(in order) = jönik
(penalty) = monapönod
doat; doatön
• (the) little finger = rikül
• fingernail = doatanuel
(complete) = fimekön
(conclude) = finükön
fir
* a fir cone = konüd
** a fir tree = kanad
(weapon) = jütükön
treil
lefilapoldan
filetatopafön
(enterprise) = fiam
(fixed) = fimik
(certain) = fümik
(persevering) = laidälik
(solid) = solidik
laidäl
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first
firstly
first-rate
fish
fisherman
fist
fit
five
(to) fix
flabbergasted
flag
flake
flame
(to) flap (wings)
flash
flat
(to) flatter
flattery
flea
(to) flee
fleet
flesh
flexible
(to) flicker
flight
flimsy
(to) fling
(to) flit
float
(to) flock (to)
flood
flooding
floor
flour
flow
flower
flowerbed
fluent
fluid
(to) fly
balid
* in the first place = büiküno
balido
balidkladik
fit; päskarön
* fish and chips = fit e loetapötetüls
(hi)päskaran
pun
(opportune) = pötik
(qualified) = skilik
(suitable) = lönedik
(clothes, shoes, etc) = seadöfön (oke)
lul
fimükön
pebluvüköl
stän
flog
flam; flamön
• to flame up = löflamön
mufükön (mäpetiko) flitämis
kämalelit (= photographic); leklär (= of lightning)
käramalit, pokalampad (= flashlight)
(level) = platik
(even) = plenöfik
* a flat = lödadom, lödatead (in block)
** a flat tyre = rif döfik
flätön
flät
flib
(run away) = mofugön
nafem
(human) = mid
flekik
flägrülön, flamülön
(air travel) = flit
(of stairs) = (vüplateda)tridem
voalaslenik
lejedön
mufätön
(raft) = floted; flotön
trupön (lü)
flud(ot)
tuvatam
glun, tead
lemeil
(of liquid) = flum; flumön
* to flow around = züflumön
flor; florön
florabet
skilädik
flumot
(in sky) = flitön
(escape) = defugön
(flee) = fugön
* a domestic fly = musak
** a UFO = yeg flitöfik no pedientifüköl
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foam
(to) focus
fog
fold
folder
(to) follow
following
fond
food
fool
foolhardy
foolish
foot
footprint
football
footbrake
for
forbearance
(to) forbid
force
fore
forecast
forefather
forehead
foreign
foreigner
foreman
forename
forenoon
forerunner
(to) foresee
foresight
forest
forester
forestry
(to) foretell
forethought
forever
foreword
former (deceased)
(to) forge
(to) forget
forgetfulness
(to) forgive (s.o. s.th.)
forgiveness
fork
forked
form
sköm
foukön
fog
plif; plifön
map, plifiär
(on) = fovön
(after) = sökön
(mentally) = suimön
sökik, sököl
lelöfädik
fid, nulüdot, zib
fopan
lukünik
fopik
fut
* a foot (in verse) = liänülam
** a foot (measure) = pied
futaretod
futaglöpäd
futafrenöm
(preposition) = ad, pro
(conjunction) = ibä
spal
proibön
näm; mütön
föfo
* to the fore = lü (sui) föfaglun
(to predict) = büosagod; büosagön
* weather forecast = büosagod stoma
büröletan
flom
foginik, foginänik
foginänan
(of jury) = cif yulacödalefa
pösodanem
büzedel
büogolan
büologön
büologam
fot
fotikonöman
fotikonöm
büosagön
desin
ai, laidio
fovöd, fonun
büätik
smitön
glömön
glömäd
pardön (eke bosi)
pard
fok
zikzakik
(shape) = figur; fom; fomön
(seat) = bam
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format
former
formerly
formula
fortification
fortnight
fortune
fortunate
fortunately
forward(s)
fortune
foster-child
foster-parent
foul
fountain (in garden)
fountain-pen
(to) found
foundation
four
fowl
fowler
fox
fracture
fragile
(to) fragment
fragmentation
fragrance
frame
framework
franc (currency)
frank
frankly
freckle
free
freesom
freemason
(to) freeze
freezer
freezing
freight trade
freighter
frequent
frequently
(to fill in) = fomet
(form of address) = lüspikavöd
fomät
büätik, büik
büäto, vönädo
fomül
fortif
telvig
benofät, lieg
* a fortune teller = büosagan
läbik
läbiko
föfio, föfiö!
monem
hi/jikäläb
hi/jikälan
miotik
foned
fulükapen
(establish) = fünön
fünod, stababumäd
fol
* in fours = folo
böd, gok, higok, jigok
bödan
renar
* fox fur = renarapläd
bomabrek
brekovik
brekotön
smalotülam
smel
(for portraits) = fremäd
(base-frame) = jasid
(to frame) = fremön
(window-frame) = fenätafrem
(to put into words) = fomätön
skelät
fran
stedälik
stedäliko, stedälo
feelid
libik
• free and easy = nenmütig
• free of charge = glatik, glato
lib
lelivamasonan
flodön
* to freeze to death = deiflodön
** to freeze (due to actions, emotions) = flodöfön
flödacin, flödöm
flodam
fledinaif
fledanaf
dünuamik, suvöfik; visitön suviko
dönuamo, suöfikna
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fresco
fresh
Friday
fried egg
friend
friendly
(close) friendship
friendship
fright
(to) frighten
frivolous
frog
frolicsome
from
front
frontier
froth
frost
frosty
(to) frown
frugal
fruit
frustration
(to) fry
frying pan
fuel
(to) fulfil
full
(to) fumigate
fun
function
(to) function
fun
fundamental
funeral
funnel (of ship)
funny
fur
furious
furnace
(to) furnish
furniture
further
(to) further
furthermore
furry
freskod
(new) = flifik, flifädik
(chilled) = koldülik
fridel
loetanög
flen
flenöfik
flenalöf
flenam
jek
jekön, jeikön
badöfafredik
frog
badöfafredik
de
• from then on = denu, sisoik
(forehead) = flom
(forefront) = föfaflan
(in front of) = föfü
(military) = front
mied
sköm
flod
flodik
fronükön flomi
späliälik
fluk
neodül
loetön
loetamapaäl
filamastöf
fölön; jenöfükön
fulik
sesmokädön
cog
jäfid (= general); sekät (= maths)
jäfidön
drol
• to have fun = böfön
• to make fun of = kofön
stabik
(interment) = sepülam
(funeral party) = sepülanef
kaskod
cogik, drolik
pläd
lezunik
fön, lefön
(chairs, etc.) = möbön
(to fit out) = blimön
(items) = möbs, möbem
pluik
födön
fovo
plädik
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fury
furtively
future
vut
lükölo
fütür, fütürik
-------------------- G
gaiety
gaily
gain
galaxy
gallery (theatre)
(to) gallop
gallstone
(to) gamble
game
gang
gangway
gap
garage
garden
(to) garden
gardener
garlic
garret
gas
gastric juice
gate
(to) gather
gauze
gay
(to) gaze
gear box
gear lever
geese
gene
general
generally
generation
generous
genetic
genitals
genius
gentleman
genuine
--------------------
lefred
lefrediko
gaenod; gaenön
galaxid
bakun kilid
galotön
bilaston
gämön
(play) = pled; (food) = jib
lusog
golaboed
bevüspad
garad
gad
gadön
gadan
läl
masadacem
(petrol) = bänsin
(gasworks) = gasin
(natural) = vap
stomägavaet
leyan
(money) = kädedön; (things) = konletön
(include) = ninükön
(bring in) = nüblinön
(crops) = klopön
(meet) = kobikön
(pick) = plökön
* to gather (mentally) from = kludön se
gaod, veot
(happy) = lefredik
(homosexual) = otgeniälik
logetön (föfio)
mofian
traböm
gans
gered
(person) = general
(universal) = valemik
valemo
menäd
giviälik
gerädavik
genäms
(tutelary) = jelalan
* man of genius = letälenan
siör, söl
legik
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geographic
geography
geometry
gesture
(to) get
(to) get on (with)
(to) get (out of)
(to) get rid of s.o.
(to) get up
geyser
ghost
giant
(the) gigantic
gift
gigantic
gill
gimlet
ginger
girl
giraffe
(to) give
glad
glance
(to) glance through
gland
glaring
glass
glazier
(to) glean
(to) glide
(to) glimmer
glitch
(to) glitter
gloom
gloomily
gloomy
(to) glorify
glorious
glory
glove
glow
(to) glue
glum
gnat
(to) go
goal
goalkeeper
goat
taledavik
taledav
geomet
jäst
getön
kosädön (ko)
seikön (se)
nelabükön bosi
(rise) = löädön (de/se)
gäysär
lan, späk
gianan, gianagretik
gian
legivot
gianik, gianagretik
(fish) = ciel
gim
zingib
jipul, jicil
giraf
givön, gevön
*
to give rise to = süükön
**
to give way (under) = sukubön (sekü)
**** to give back = gegivön
fredik
loged viföfik
luxamön
glan
tulitik
(material) = glät, glätik
(drinking) = vär, väret
(one-way glass) glät ballüodik
glätädan
gleinön
sleafön, slifön
flamülön, glimön
jäfidatup
glimön
glum, glumäl
skano
glumik, glumälik
glorükön
glorik
glor
gluf
glut; glutön
gludön
favik
muskitil
(on foot) = golön (ad, len, lü, ve)
(in vehicle) = vabön (me)
(to go through = to use one after another) = mojütön
finot, zeil
zeiligaledan
(nanny) = jikapar
(billy) = hikapar
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(to) go away
(to) go out
(to) go to bed
God
godchild
godparent
gold
goldfish
goldsmith
golf (game)
gong
good
good-bye
good-for-nothing
goods
good-tempered
goose
gooseberry
goshawk
gossamer
gossip
(to) gossip
Gothic (type)
gout
(to) govern
government
grace
graceful
gracious
gradation
grade
gradual
gradually
graduate
(to) graft
granddaughter
grandfather
grandiose
grandmother
grand (piano)
grandson
(to) grant
grape
grapefruit
graphology
grasp
grass
grasshopper
(to) grate (irritate)
mogolön
plödikön, segolön
golön lü bed
God
*God forbid! = God galedomös obis!
hi/jispönäb
hi/jispönan
(ore) = goldin
(golden) = goldik
ziporüt
goldismitan
golf
goun
gudik
adyö!
* to say goodbye = leditön
nenvöladan
can(s)
benovimik
* bad-tempered = mivimik
gan
stigaribedabäl
gokahauk
lutofad
kagulan
kagön. (malicious) = lukagön
fraktur
gig
guverön
reiganef
benäd, kein
* with good grace = keino
** with bad grace = nekeino
keinik
benädik
gredam
gred
gredik
nelaidiko, pianiko
(university) = bitüran, gredätükäb
* to graduate (at university) = gredätükön
grifön
posdaut
lefat
sublimik
lemot
göbapianod
posson
dälön, gevön
vitidabäl
pampelut
penät
gleip; gleipön
yeb
krikül
knirön
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grateful
(to) gratify
gratis
gratitude
grave
gravel
gravitation
gravity
grazing land
great
great-grandfather
great-grandmother
greedy
green
greenhouse
greet
greeting
grey
grief
(to) grieve
grievous
(to) grind
(to) grin
grit
(to) groan
ground
ground floor
group
grove
(to) grow
(to) growl
growth
(to) grumble
(to) guarantee
guard
guardian
(to) guess
guest
guest-room
guidance
guide
guild
guiltless
guilty
guinea-pig
guitar
gulf (coastal)
danöfik
kotenükön, plitön
(free of charge) = glato
danöf
(tomb) = sepül
(serious) = fefik
gronaston
vetotanäm
fef, vetädanäm (science)
bälätöp
gretik
dalefat
dalemot
zibidesirik
grünik
planaglätadom(il)
glidön
glid
gedik
glif
glifön, glifükön, lenofön
glifik
(small) = grainön
grinedön, grinön
grüd
hagön
glun, glunot
donatead
grup; grupön
lael
(animals, plants) = bridön
(general term) = glofön, glöfön
(to become) = vedön
yamedön
glof
murön
garanön
(watchman) = galedan; galedön
* railway guard = trenigaledan
tütan
(conjecture) = niludön
(puzzle out) = rätön
(to find out) = tuvedön
* I'm up to your tricks = etuvob käfodis ola
lotan5, lotidan, lotidäb, vüdäb
lotidacem
lüodäl
(person) = geidan; geidön (eki)
(book) = geidian
döb
nendöbik
döbik
* to be found guilty = döbikön
kavead
gitar
lebug
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gullet
gum
gun
gunpowder
gushing
gymnasium
slug
(in mouth) = gingif
(chewing-gum) = maskagumod
(shot-gun) = gün
(canon) = kän
pur
susflumöl
turöp
-------------------- H
habit
habitual
habitually
hacker (computer)
haddock
haggard
hail
hailstone
hair
hairbrush
hairdresser
hairdryer
hairstylist
half
half-an-hour
halibut
halo
hall
hallowed
hallucination
ham
hammer
(to) hammer
hand
handbag
handbrake
handful, (by the)
handkerchief
handle
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kösöm, kösömot
kösömik
kösömo, kösömiko
nüdranädan
veitafit
lumägik
gräl; grälön
grälaston
her, herem
*
hair loss = herasefal
**
(hair) parting = heremiteil
*** hair oil = pin
**** hair tongs = zäp
***** a haircut = heremikötäd
heremikef
(ji)heran
heremisagüköm
heremamastan
laf, lafik
düpatelid
holbut
nimbud; saludananid (around saint’s head)
lecem
saludükik
pölafomälam
ham
fög
fögön
nam
*
a clock hand = jonian
**
a hired servant = loatäb
***
to have at/to hand = gebidön (dö)
****
second-hand = neflifedik
****** second-hand book shop = selidöp neflifedabukas
***** on the other hand = votaflano
****** to hand out = ditibön
******* palm of the hand = namakev
******** namanamo = hand in hand
(lady's) = saked
namafrenöm
nameto
pokasärvätül
gleipäd, gleiped;
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(to) handle
handsome
handwriting
(to) hang
(to) happen
happiness
(to make) happy
harbinger
harbour
hare
hard
hardening
hard-hearted
hardness
hardly
hardware
harebell
harm
harmful
harmless
harmonious
harmony
(to) harness
haste
hastily
hat
hate
haughty
harvest
haste
(to) haunt
(to) have
hawk
hawker
hawking
hay
hazy
(to become) hazy
he
head
headache
headland
headlight
headmaster
health
headquarters
healthy
gleipülön; tölatön (tools, etc)
nobik, jönik
penät
(down, up) = lagön
(s.th.) = lägön
(a hanger-on) = sekidan
jenön
* what’s the matter? = Kis ga ejenos-li?
fred, läb
gredükön, läbükön
bügolan
pof
liev
düfik, fikulik
* hard labour = mütavob
düfikam
düfälik
(material) = düf
(scarcely) = töbo
feracan(s)
luäg
däm; dämön, dämükön
dämik
nendämik
baitonik
baitonav
harnadön, yokön
spid
spido
hät
het; hetön
pleidälik
klopüp; klopön
spidiäl
späkön
• This house is haunted = Späkos in dom at
• I will haunt you = Ospäkob lä ol
labön
falok
kolportan, lutedan
beluted
sigayeb
* a hay loft = sigayebamasad
fogül
fogülön
om
kap, cif
• to lose one’s head = perön süeni oka
kapadol
fobel
fläkömalampad
letidan
saun
* health care = sanakäl
zänabür
saunik
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heap
(to) hear
hearer
hearing
heart
heartbreak
hearth
heathland
heartily
hearty
heat
heated
heater (electric)
heather
heatshield
heaven
heavy
hedge
hedgehog
(to) hedge in
heel
height
helicopter
hell
helmsman
help
hemp
hen
hence
henceforth
henceforward
herb
herd
here
heresiarch
heresy
hermetic
hero
heroic
heroine
heroism
heron
herring
(to) hesitate
hesitation
heterosexual
(to) hide (o.s.)
hierarchy
(to) hinder
hindu (= person)
hinge
high
highway
kum
lilön
dalilan
(sense of) = lilasien
lad (hard-hearted = düfaladälik)
* by heart = nenbuko
** heart and soul = binäl
ladälalied
filetatop, filetatopafön
brüyäralän
ladöfiko
ladöfik
hit; hitükön
hitik
hitöm
brüyär
tahitajeläd
sül
vetik, vetöfik; (weather) = teifülik
buid
lüstrid
buidön
hil
geil (= general); geilot (= measure)
tovaskrubian
höl
stiran
yuf; yufön
jan
jigok
denu, isao, sekü atos
denu, de tim at, fovo
denu, de tim at, fovo
keb
jep
is
lehäretal
häret
härmetik
heroedan
heroedik
juheroedan
heroed
härod
hareng
zogön
zog
votageniälan
klänedön (eki)
dinitaleod; (religious = kleraleod)
stöpädön
hindutan
fleged
geilik
* High Street = cifasüt
lesüt, leveg, vabamakul
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higgledy-piggledy
hill
hinny (she-mule)
hint
hip
hippopotamus
(to) hire
historian
historic(al)
history
hit
hither
hitherto
hm !
hoarse
hobby
hockey
hoe
hood
hoist (mechanical)
(to) hoist (up)
hole
(to) hold
hole
holiday
holiness
hollow
hologram
holy
holly
home
homeland
homosexual
honest
honesty
honey
honeycomb
honeymoon
honour
hoof
hook
(to) play at hoop and hook
hop (for beer- making)
(to) hop
hope
hopelessness
horizon
hormone (sensitive)
pemiko
lubel
jimulat
jon(il)
(anatomy) = hip
flumedajevod
dünükön (= people); loatön (eke bosi)
* hire fee = loatamon
jenavan
jenavik
jenav
* life history = lifajenäd
flap; flapön
isio
jünu
ö!
löfäl
hokiy
cop
kapüt
tovian
tovedön
hog
dakipön, kipön
• hold of a ship = lodaspad
• hold an opinion, theory, etc = dakipön
• to get hold of (= to acquire) = labedön
hog
* the black hole = siblägahog
vaken, zäladel
salud
kev, kevöfik
hologram
saludik
liäg
lom, lomio, lomo
* nursing home = lasilöp
lomän
otgeniälan
snatik
snat
miel
mielaziöbem
matedatäv
stim; stimön
(animal) = saf
huk; hukön
rifedön
humul
bunülön
spel; spelön
nespelöf
horit
* on the horizon = tö horit
spörinasenöfik
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horn
hors-d'oeuvre
horse
horsepower
horse-radish
horse-shoe
hosepipe
hospital
hospitality
hostess
hostility
hot
hotel
hour
house
household linen
household (= management)
housekeeper
(to) hover
how?
however
human
humane
humanity
(to) humanize
humble
humid
(to) humiliate
humiliation
humility
hundred
hunger
hungry
(to be) hungry
hunt
hunter
(to) hurl
hurry
hurt
husband
hut
hyacinth
hyena
hygiene
hymn
hypocrite
hypnosis
hypothesis
(on animal) = hon
(musical) = horn
büzib
jevod
jevodanäm
räfor
safafer
tuin
malädanöp
lotidiäl
hi/jidaifidan
mimeug
hitik
lotidöp
düp
*
per hour = a düp
** an hour and a half = düp bal e lafik
dom
vietastofäd
konöm
jikonöman
vebön
lio?
* how much? = liomödoto-li?
ön mod seimik, ön kel . . .; too, ye
* however strange = kiobisariko
menik
menälik
menät
menätükön
mükik
luimöfik
mükükön
mükükam
mük
tum
faem
faemik
faemön
yag; yagön
yagan
lejedön, sturön
spid; spidön, vifükumön
(pain) = dol; dolön
(injury) = viod; viodön
himatan, matan
ludomil
hüasen
hüen
saunikäl
hüm
simulan
hüpnod
hüpotet
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ice
Iceland
idea
ideal
(to) idealize
identity
idle
idleness
idler
idly
idiotic
if
igloo
ignition
ignorance
ignorant
(to) ignore
iguana
ill
illegal
(to) illuminate
illumination
illusion
(to) illustrate
illustration
ill-will
image
imagery
imaginable
imagination
(to) imagine (something)
(to) imitate
imitation
immediately
immense
immigrant
imminent
immoderate
immodesty
immortality
I
--------------------
ob
(frozen water) = glad
(ice cream) = gladet
(ice cube) = gladül
(ice hockey) = gladahokiy
Lisladän
tikamagot
dial, dialik
dialön
dientif
* identification, an identity card = dientifäd
(lethargic) = nevobik; nevobön
(unoccupied) = nenvobik
(shiftless) = trögik; trögön
(inactivity) = nosdun
(shiftlessness) = trög
(person) = nosdunan
nevobiko, nendesino, trögiko
* aimlessly = nendesino
diotik
if
gladadom (Läskiomik)
filid
nennol, nensev, nesev
nennolik, nensevik, nesevik
nedemön
leguan
maläd
ill-tempered mivimik
• good-tempered = benovimik
talonik
litükön
litükam
pölaced
magodön
leigamagod (parable); magodam, magod
nebenäl
mag, magod
magäl
datikovik, magovik
magäl
magälön (bosi)
sümädön
* to ape s.o. = züpädön eki
sümäd, sümädot, züpäd
sunädo (= of time)
* (of space) = nemediko
levemik
nütevan
sunokömöl
nestönik
nepued
nedeadöf
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imp
impaired
impending
imperfect
implant (medical)
implement
(to) implore
impolite
(to) import (goods)
important
(to) impose (on)
impossibility
impossible
(to) impregnate
(to) impress
impression
impressive
(to) imprison
imprisonment
improbable
improper
(to) improve
improvement
impulse
in
inalienable
inaudible
in-built
incalculable
incapable
incessant
inch
incident
incidental
incidentally
incision
inclined (to)
(to) include
inclusion
inclusive of
income
incomparable
incomprehending
inconceivable
inconvenience
inconvenient
incorrigible
increase
incredible
incurable
indebted
indecency
diabül
dädik
tädik
defik; (grammar) = pasetatim
ninotian
stöm
lebegön
neplütik
nüveigön
veütik
suseitön (su)
nemög
nemögik
prägenön
(stamp) = stäpedön
(senses) = magädön (pö)
(on the mind) = stäpodön
stäpedot, magäd
magädabik, magädafägik
fanäbükön
fanäbam
neluveratik
negidöfik
gudikumön, gudükumön, menodön
menod, gudükumam
stigäd
(place) = in
(time) = ün
nelovedutovik
nelelilovik
ninedik
nekalkulovik
nefägik
laidulik, nenzedik
puid
jenot
fädik
näio
ködet, kötädil
(disposed) = klienik
länumön, ninädön, ninükön
ninükam
keninükamü...
lemesed
nenleigodovik
nesuemovik
nesuemovik
nekoveniäl
nekoveniälik, neplidik, tupik
neträitöfik
glof; glofön
pluikam; pluikön; pluükön
nekredovik
nesanovik
debik
nepued
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indeed
indefinable
indefinite
indignant
indignation
indigo
indisposed (to)
indistinct
indistinguishable
(to) induce
inductor
indulgent
industrial
industrialist
industrious
industry
ineffective
inefficient
inevitability
inevitably
inexhaustible
inexpensive
inexperienced
(to) infect
dido, jenöfo; jenöfö!
nefümükikün
nefümik
* to put off indefinitely = cögön dü tüp nefümik
livätik
taleab
nebepenovik
gum Lindänik
jonön
lindifön
* lindifos = it doesn’t matter
leskanik
leskan, sidin
lindigot
neklienik (ad)
nekleilik
nedistidik
stigädön
nidutian
dälälik
dustodik
dustodan
vobiälik, zilik
dustod, vobiäl, zil
nenvobedik
negidöfik
nevitovöf
nevitoviko
nejafovik
nejerik
nenplakik
näfätön
inferior
infidel
(to) infiltrate
infinity
(to) inflate
inflation (economics)
influence
influential
in - folio (album)
(to) inform
information
informative
ingenuous
ingratitude
(to) inhabit
inhabitant
(to) inherit
inheritance
inheritor
initiative
bapik
nenlekredik
nüdranön (ini)
nenfinam
bladosvolükön
niflat
flun; flunön
flunilabik
fliodabuk
nunön
(office) = nünamabür
nüniälik
nüniälik
nedanöf
lödükön; pöpön (me)
lödan
gerön
gerot
geran
primät
independent
indenture (apprentice's)
indescribable
India-rubber
(to) indicate
(to be) indifferent
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(to) inject
(to) injure
injury
ink
inkjet (computer)
inkwell
innate
inner ear
innocence
innocent
innovative
innumerable
inoffensive
(to) inquire
inquirer
inquiry
inquiry office
inquisitive
insane
insect
insecure
(to) insert (into)
insert
inside
insignificant
(to) insist
insistence
insomnia
insolence
insolent
(to be) insolent
insomniac
(to) inspect
inspection
inspector
inspiration
(to) inspire
instance
(to) install
instantly
instead
instep (of shoe)
(to) instigate
instinctively
institute
nüskutön
dämükön, viodön
däm, viod
nig
nigaskutiär
nigiär
lönanatälik
lilamazän
nedöb, nennefölot, nensin
nedöbik, nennefölotik, nensinik
nulodik
susnumik
neskänik
säkön, seividon
säkölan, seividan
säk, seivid
nünamabür
noliälik, nulälik
lienetik
näsäk
nesefik
nüpladön (ini); ninükön
ninädianil
nin, ninik, nino, ninü
* inside right (football player = nidetatatakan
pülik
(to make oneself insignificant) = blotükön (oki)
(the insignificant) = pül
flagedön; flagön
(to) insist on one's own view : - blibön su tikädöp okik
blibön pö ced okik
laidäl
nenslip
rog
rogik
rogön
nenslipan
dalogön
dalogam
dalogal
nügiv
lanön
(case) = jenet
(example) = sam
(occurrence) = stadät
* in the first instance = pö stadät balid
* at the instance of... = flagü
stitön
sunädo
(preposition) = pla
(conjunction) = plas
* if I were you = if binoböv pla ol
gared
mufükön
klienälo
stitod
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(to) instruct
instruction
instructive
instructor
instrument
(to) insulate
insulated
insulation
insult
insurance
(to) insure
intact
(to) integrate
intelligence
intelligent
(to) intend
intensity
intention
intercourse (sexual)
interest
interesting
interface (computers)
(to) interfere
interference
interior (of country)
internal
internet
to interpret (dreams, etc)
interpreter
(to) interrogate
(to) interrupt
interruption
interval
intervention
(to) interview
interviewee
interviewer
intestine(s)
intimate
into
(to be) intrigued
intrinsic
(to) introduce
introductory
intruder
intrusive
intuition
(to) invade
invariably
(to) invent
invention
inventor
(to) invest (money)
tidön
lejonod, tid
tidaliegik
tidal
stum
siolön
siolik
siol
(le)nof; (le)nofön
sur
surön
nätik
nülimükön
sagat, vised
kapälik, sagatik, visedik
desinön
vemöf
desin
kosäd (genik)
nited, nitedäl; nitedön, nitedälön (dö)
* (cash) interest = fien
nitedik
(nünöma)vüyumädöm
vügolön (vü)
tup
nilän
ninik
* internal combusion = nifilükam
vüretod
plänädön
nätäpretan
besäkön
ropön
rop
vütim
vüköm
bespikön
bespikäb
bespikan
ninäm(s)
nätimik
ini
trigön
ninedik
nüdugön
* to introduce someone to someone else = jonodön
nüdugik, nüdugöl
dranädan
dranädik
klienäl
tutatakön
nenpläoto
datuvön
datuvot
datuvan
dagebön (moni)
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investigation
(to) invigorate
invisible
invitation
(to) invite
(to) involve (in)
iris
iron
irregularity
irreplaceable
irresistible
irresolute
(to) irritate
(to become) irritated
island
isolated
(to) isolate
isolation
(to) issue
it
item (single)
itinerary
ivy
vestig
liföfükön
nelogamovik
vüd
vüdön
tefön (pö)
lirid (of the eye and also flower)
(metallic substance) = fer
(chemical element) = ferin
(smoothing-iron) = smufükammafer; smufükön
(iron ore) = ferinamün
(cast iron) = gifafer
nenomot
neplaädovik
netadunovik
nefümälik
lestigädön, skänön
tirädikön, stigedön
nisul
siolik, soelölik
siolön
siol
dabükön
on, os
balat, (written) = notet
tävadisin
-------------------- J ------------------jack
jackal
jacket
Jacuzzi
jam
janitor
jar
jaw
January
javelin
jaw
Jazz
jealous
jealousy
jet-propelled
jewel
jeweller
(car-raising device) = tovöm
jakal
jakät, yäk
viraban
kompot
leyanan
maxül
* the lower jaw = donamaxül
yanul
sped
• javelin throw = spedijedam
maxül
el “jazz”
glötik, jaludik
jalud
skutilemofik
* a jet (aircraft) = skutaflitöm
** a jumbo jet = leskutaflitöm
*** a jet (hose) = skutalavian
bijut
bijutel
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jewellery
jigsaw puzzle
job
(to) join
joint
joke
jolting
journalist
journey
joy
jubilantly
jubilee
judge
judgment
jug
juggler
juice
July
(to) jump
jump
June
jungle
juniper berry
jurisprudence
just
justice
justification
(to) jut out
* a jeweller's shop = bijutel
bijutül, bijutüls
koboyümükarät
vob, vobod
yümön
• Come and join us! = Lükömolös lü obs!
yoin
cog; cogön
jokam
gasediman
täv; tävön
fred
yöbölo
yubid
cödal; cödön
cödot
luflad
hestan
vaet
yulul
bunön
bun
* high jump = geilotabunam
** long jump = fagotabunam
yunul
cöngul
yunipabäl
gitav
(fair) = gidik
(just now) = ebo
(scarcely) = töbo
(simply) = naedilo
gid
gitod
seädön
-------------------- K
kangaroo
kayak (boat)
keen
(to) keep
kelp
kernel
kettle
key
keyboard
key-hole
(to) key in
--------------------
kangur
kayak
(sharp) = japik
(maintain) = kipedön, laibinükön
(retain) = kipön
varäk
püt
cafed
* a kettle drum = timpun
kik (= for door); klav (= for musical keyboard)
klavem (= musical insgtruments); nünöma-,
penamacinaklavem – keyboards for computers, typewriters.
kikahog
* key-hole surgery = dalukötetav
klavön
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kick
(to) kid (oneself)
kiddie
kidney
kidney bean
kilometre
(to) kill
kind
king
kiss
kitchen
knave (of hearts)
knee
knickers
knife
knight
(to) knit
(to) knock
knob
knot
(to) know
(to get to) know
(to make) known
knowledge
known
knuckle
Koran
tridod; tridodön
simulön (oki)
cilül
roin
* kidney stone = roinaston
vietabon
milmet
deidön
(polite) = flenöfik
(kind-hearted) = gudälik, löföfik
(one kind of) = balsotik
(any/some kind of) = seimik
(all kinds of) = alseimik, alsotik
(category) = sot
hireg, reg
kid; kidön
kvisinöp
köraman
kien
* to kneel down = dokienön
sleafablit
neif
kavidan
trikön
* a knitting needle = trikanad
nokön
gnob
snob; snobön
nolön, sevön
sevädön
notükön
kesev, nol
sevädik, lesevädik
maleol
Kuraan
-------------------label
laboratory
laborious
labour
labourer
labyrinth
lace
lack
ladder
lady
lake
lamb
L
--------------------
ninädapenäd
sperimäntöp
vobiälik
vob, vobod
* hard labour = mütavob
voban
labüren
led
def, nelab; defön, nelabön
xänöm
läd
lak
jipül
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lamp
lance
(to) land
landowner
landscape
lane
language
lap-dog
larder
large
lark
larynx
laser
last
last night
last week
lasting
late
lather
latitude
lattice
(to) laugh (at)
laughter
laundry
(to) launch
laundry
lava
lavatory
law
lawn
lawsuit
lawyer
(to) lay (with concrete, etc)
(to) lay (railway line, garden)
layer (thin)
laziness
lazy
(to) lead
lead
leaden
lampad, lantär (= decorative)
sped
(on shore) = jilön; (aviation) = jolön
* an emergency landing = ditretajolam (aviation)
länedal
länod
lusüt
(phrasing) = fraseod
(community) = pük
(expression) = spikamamod
vümadog
viktualacem
gretik
(bird) = laud
larin
laser
lätik, lätiko; dulon
* at last = fino
** last of all = lätiküno
*** to last (for) = dulön (dü) (= duration)
äneito
ävigo
dulik
(tardy) = latik, lato
* late-lamented = büätan
** at the latest = lätiküno
sobasköm
videt
laed
smilön (dö)
smil
* a burst of laughter = smilarorül
(place) = lavastitod
(washing) = lavastofädem, lavod
lejedön
• launching pad (rocketry) = lejedöp
lauk
lavat
(general) = tvalet
(on bus, trains) = prifet
lavatory pan = tvaletabasin
lon, lonem
* by law = lono
** a lawsuit = gitädasäkäd
*** father-in-law, mother-in-law = lüfat, lümot
yebafeled
cödäd
lavogan
beseitön
meikön
jüd
trög
trögik
dugön, stirikön (steer)
(metal) = plumb, plumbin
plumbik
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leader
leaf
leafless
leaflet
leafy
league
lean
(to) lean
(to) leap
leap-year
(to) learn
least
leather
leave (armed services)
(to) leave
lecture
(to) lecture
leek
left
leg
legation
legend
legion
leisure
lemon
lemonade
(to) lend s.th. to s.o.
length
(to) lengthen
lenient
lens (eye)
lentil
leper
leprosy
less
lesson
lest
(to) let
letter
letter-box
lettuce
level
level-crossing
lever
dugan
bled
nenbledik
bledil
* pamphlet = pämod
bledagik
fed
* to be in league with / against = fedön (ko / ta)
(not fat) = mägik
klivön, klienön
* to lean against = stutön (ta)
bunön
vüpladotayel
lärnön, lelilön
nemu, pu
at least = nemuiko
küir, küirik
livod
lüvön
* (to) leave (behind) = posbinükön
** to take leave (of) = ditön (de)
komoreid; spikäd
komoreidön, spikädön
porud
nedetik
* on the left = nedeto
lög
legät
konäd
legion
livüp
zitron
limonad
prünön (eke bosi)
(geographical) = lunet
(spatial) = lunot
lunükön
dälälik
lentül
* contact lense(s) = kontagalentül(s)
lentül
lepradan
leprad
nepluik, läs, neplu
* less and less = ai neplu
lärnod
dat no...
(lease) = bailön (eke bosi); leadön + infinitive (to allow)
* let us go! = golobsöd!
(communication) = pened
(of alphabet) = tonat
penedabog
salad
nivät, nivod
(railway) = trenavegamöp
tovian, tovömatig (= arm)
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(to) liaise (with)
liar
liberal
liberation
liberty
library
licence (driving)
(to) lick
lid
(to) lie down; (lay, lain)
lie
lieutenant
life
lifeboat
lift
light
lighter
lightning
lighthouse
like
likewise
lilac
lily
lily of the valley
lime
limit
(to) limp
line
linen
lining
link
(to) link
linoleum
lion
lip
lipstick
liqueur
liquid
liquorice
(to) lisp
list
(to) listen
listener
literate
literary
baiodön (ko)
lugan
veitacedik
libükam
lib
bukem
toodamazöt
läkön
tegot
seatön
lug; lugön
liötan
lif
* a way of life = züäd
savabot
lift; tovön
(to ignite) = filidön
(not heavy) = leitik
(not dark) = klilik
(traffic light) = maletalit
filidöm
leklär
far, maletamatüm
(similar, same) = sümik, ot
(to like) = löfilön, plidön
(preposition) = äs
leigo
süren
lel
mügät
svidalelmun; tiliad (fruits); zem
mied; miedükön
boatagolön, lemülön
(clothes) = jain
(fishing) = lefad
(written) = lien
* on the lines of = prinsipü
stofädem, linumastof, linumik
furot
liud (= connection); yumädalim (= mechanical); vüyümäd
kedülön; yumädön
linkrust
leon
* a sea lion = leonatoar
lip
lipastafül
likör
(liquid body) = flumot
(not solid) = flumöfik
likvir, likvirod
säyön
lised; lisedön
dalilön
dalilan
nolik
literatavik
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literature
litter
little
(to) live
(to) live on (= without end)
livelihood
liver
livestock
living
load
(to) load
loan, to
(to) lobotomize (in brain operation)
lobster
local
locality
(to) locate
lock
(to) lock
locomotive
lodger
logic
logical
lollipop
long
longboat
longer
(to) long for
longitude
look
look-out
(to) loosen
(to be) loose
loosely
lorry
(to) lose
loss
lot
literatav
defal
(small animals) = nimül(s)
nemödik, smalik, boso, nemödo
* little by little = pianiko
lifön, lödön
lailifön
kosid
(anatomy) = foad
nimed
kosid
• to make a living = kosidön
fled, fledot, lodot
fledön, lodön
fledülön (a gun)
loenön
löbidakötön
humar
topik
topam
pladön
• to be located = topön
• a location = topam
klut (= nautical) lök (= in door)
färmükön löko, färmükön me lök
lemüf
loatan
tikav
tikavik
sugadaifet
lunik
jalup
* so long as = ün tim, das; sovüo jüs
lunikum
desirön, ledesirön
lunet
loged; logedön, logodön (äs), logotön
(to) look after = kälön
(to look like) = logotön; (to look forward to) = fredo
koslogön
(to) look up = suilogedön.
(to) look round = zilogedön
(to) look at = logedön (lü)
selogam; galädöp (= building)
livükön
livön
slobiko
fledatood, fledavab
perön
* to lose the way = pölavegön
per
(thing lost) = perot
* lost = peperöl
(destiny) = fät
(everything) = lemöd
(lottery chit) = loterazöt
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loud
louse
love
low
(to) lower
loyal
loyalty
(to) lubricate
luck
lucky
luggage
lukewarm
lunch
(to have) lunch
lung
(to) lust
lustre
luxurious
luxury
lychee (= fruit)
lying-place
lymph (gland)
laodik
puf
löf, lelöf; löfön, lelöfön
• a loved one = löfäb
• to fall in love (with) = lelöfädikön (dö)
(not high) = lövik
* lower (primary) school = donajul
donükön
ritöfik
ritöf
leülön, smivön
läb
läbik
päkem
* Left Luggage Office = päkemikipedöp
** luggage compartment = päköp
vamülik
koled
koledön
lueg
rütön
nid
lüxüödik
lüxüöd
licid
seatöp
lümf
-- -------------------macabre
machine
mackerel
mad
magazine
magic
magician
magistrate
magnanimous
magneto
magnitude
magnolia (tree)
mahogany
maiden
mail
main
mainiacal
mainland
mainly
mains (connection)
maintenance
(to) maintain (an opinion, theory)
maize
majestic
M
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ledredodik
cin
skomb
lienetik
(to go made) = lienetikön
gased
magiv
* to practise magic = magivön
magivan
cödan
nobaladälik
magnet
(maths) = greted
magnol
mahun
jipul, jivirgan, vomül
pot; potön
cifa..., cifik
lienetik
cifalän
ledino
dugian
nätükam
dakipön
mait
mayedik
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majesty
major
majority
(to) make
male
malefactor
malice
mayed
mayor, gretikum
(adulthood) = nentüt
(greater number) = pluamanum
mekön
(to make up a bed) = leblimön
manik
mifätan
badöf
(to) manifest
dajonön oki
mankind
menef
(behaviour) = kondöt
manufacturer
fabrikan
marmalade
* supermarket = susmaket
(bone) marrow
pif
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(to) massage
masseurmasseuse
mast
master
masturbation
mat (of straw)
mate (= pal)
(to) materialize
match
matchless
(to) mate
material
mathematics
mathematician
matter
mattress
maximum
maze
May
Mayonnaise
mayor
maxim
meadow
meal
mean
(to) mean
(to be) mean
(to) meander
meaning
means
meantime (in the)
measles
measure
(to) measure
meat
(religious ceremony) = mäsäd
(a great deal) = mödot
masetön, röbön
hi/jimasetan
(ship's) = maat
mastan; bemastön
masturbat
stolajuged
keolan
jenöfikön
(for striking) = lümät
(competition) = mät
(to correspond to) = baiädön (bai)
* to be a match for = plobön (pro)
(without equal) = neleigodovik
koitön (ko)
mater
matemat
matematan
din, stöf
• it doesn't matter = lindifos
• what’s the matter? = kis binos-li?
matrad
muikos
* to the maximum = muiko
pölagad
mayul
mäyonäd
sifal
prinsip
bälät, yebalän
(general) = fidäd
(dinner) = fided
(evening meal) = säned
(flour) = meil
* a meal time = fidüp
(average) = zäned
(centre) = zänod
(opine) = cedön
(to intend) = diseinön
(lowly) = bapälik
negiviälik
krugikön, snekogolön
siämöf
(income, salary) = lemesed
(by means of...) = medü...
means to an end) = medöm
vüo
misul
maf; (device) = mafetöm
mafön
mit
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mechanic
medical
medicine
mediocre
medit
Mediterranean
medlar (tree)
medium
(to) meet
meeting
melancholy
melody
melon
(to) melt
member
membership
memory
menagerie
(to) mend
meninges
mental
(to) mention
menu
merchant
merciful
merciless
mercury
mercy
mere
merit
mermaid
merriment
merry
merry-making
message
messager, instant
messenger
metaphysical
metaphysics
metal
metallic
method
metodical
methodology
metric
metrology
micrococcus
microcosm
microscope
microwave
mufavan
sanavik
* medical man = sanan
(remedy) = medin, sanamed
(science) = sanav
zänedöfik
meditation
Zänodamel
mäspil
zänedik. züäd
kolkömön
(assembly) = kobükam
glumaladäl
melod
melun
smetön, smeitön
lim, liman
limedükam, limanam
mem
nimikonlet
(patch up) = nägedön
(restore, heal) = nätükön
menen
tikälik
mäniotön
fidädakad (= menu d'hote) zibalised (= à la carte)
tedan
miserik
nenmiserik
(substance) = märkurin
däläl
te
meritab; meritön
sären
lefred
lefredik
yof
nun
(a text message = vödanunil)
sunädanunükian
nunan
metafüdik
metafüd
metal
metalik
metod
metodavik, metodik
metodav
metik
* metric system = metöf
metöfav, metrigav
kök
daluval
daluskop
mikrovef
* microwave oven = mikrovefafurnod
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midday
middle
midfield (football)
midnight
midsummer
might
mighty
(to) migrate
mild
mile
military
militia
milieu
milk
(to) milk
milk tooth
mill
miller
million
millionaire
millstone
mind
mine
miner
mineral
miniature
minimum
mining
minibar
miniskirt
minister
Ministry (government department)
minority
mint
(to) mint (money)
minute (time)
miracle
mirage
mirror
zedel
zänod
* Middle Ages = Zänodatimäd
zefel
* midfield player = zerönan
zeneit
zehitüp
nämäd
nämädik
(se)tevön
fiböfik, sofik
liöl
militik
sifanakomipanef
züäd
milig
* milk shake = miligamigot
** milkbar = miligasälun
tätön
miligatut
mül
mülan
balion
balionan
mülaston
(reason) = tikäl
(take to heart) = kälälön
(occupied with) = jäfikön me
(call to mind) = süvokön
(frame of mind) = ladälod
(presence of mind) = süen
(to change one’s mind) = votacedikön
meinäd
meinan
min
* mineral water = minavat
miniatürik
nemuikos, nemuikün
meinav
bötädil
brefajuüp
(politics) = ministeran
(religion) = pastan
minister
nepluamanum
mänt (= plant ); mint (= money)
frapön
minut
milag
• a miracle worker = milagidunan
magälod
lok; lokön
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(to) misbehave
misbehaviour
(to) miscalculate
mischief-maker
mischief (a little child)
mischievous
mischievousness
miser
miserable
misgiving(s)
(to) mispronounce
(to) miss
miss
(to) miss (= neglect)
missionary
mist
mistake
mistress
misuse
(to) misuse
(to) mix
mixed
mixer
mixture
mobile
(to) mock
mockery
mockingly
model
moderate
moderation
modern
modest
modesty
moisture
molasses
mole
moment
Monday
money
monitor (radar, computer)
monk
monkey
monopoly
monster
monstrous
* a mirror image = lokamamagod
mikondötön
mikondöt
pölakalkulön
jäpülan
put
badöfafredik
badöfil
lavaran
miserabik
dod
mipronön
(not hit) = nedrefön; (miss out) = seletön
lädül, vomül
lustebedön (= neglect); senön nekomi (= to miss someone)
• we miss her = senobs nekomi ofa.
lekredanasedäb
fog
* evening mist = soaravoal
(oversight) = pök; pökön
(error) = pöl; pölön
* to mistake for = pölacedön (äs)
jimastan
migeb
migebön
migön
• to mix up together = pemükön
• to mix (= socialize) with = sogön (oki lä)
pemigöl
(food) = migöm
migot
golovik, vabovik
** a mobile ('phone) = telefon polovik
kofön
kof
lukofo
pated, samot
* to model oneself on . . . = magulön oki su . . .
tämik; tämükön
täm
nulädik, nutimik
neflagiälik, pülik
neflagiäl
luimöf
melat
(animal) = talp
pülatimil, timül
mudel
mon
jonülöm
hikleudan
lep
monopul
most
mostöfik
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month
monthly
monument
mood
moon
moral
morality
more
(the) more ... (the more)
morose
morosely
the more . . . . the more
moreover
morning
morrow
morsel
mortal
mosquito
moss
most
mostly
mother
motion
motionless
moth
motor
motorbike
motorway
motto
mountain
(to) mourn (s.o.)
mouse
moustache
mouth
(to) move
movement
movie (cinema)
(to) mow
mower
Mr.
mul
almulik
mebamal
vim
* good/bad mood = benovim/mivim
mun
* full moon = fulamun
südöfik
südöf
plu
* more and more = ai plu
** more or less = pluuneplu
*** all the more = plüo
plü ... plü
favik, skanik
faviko, skano
plü . . . . plü
zuo
göd
odel
daifotil
deadöfik
muskit
musk
muik
mödadilo, pato
jipal, mot
muf
* to motion by hand = vinegön
nenmufik
neitapab
* clothes moth = tarm
motor, mufükian; vabön
motorasaikul
toodaleveg
devid
bel
belügön (eki)
mug
(computer) = mugaparat
bafod, mustag
mud
* mouth of river = seflum
(state) = mufön
(budge) = müfön
(move house) = fealotedön
(move on [from one place to another] = topätikön
(move (something/someone from one place to another) =
topätükön
(emotionally) = fäkikön, fäkükön
muf
biologamot
fodön
fodian
* lawn mower = yebifodian
Söl
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Mrs.
much
mucous membrane
mucus
mud
muddy
mulled wine
mule
multi-coloured
multiplication
(to) multiply
(to) mumble
murder
murderer
murderous
(to) murmur
muscle
Muse
museum
mushroom
music
musician
mussel
mustard
mutual
mutton
muzzle
mysterious
mystery
mythology
-------------------nail
naked
name
nap, to have a
nape (of neck)
napkin
narcissus
narrow
nation
national
nationality
native
Läd
mödo, mödik
• much more = mödo mödikumo
slimaflid
slim
släm
slämik
glutavin
mulud
mödakölik
naedot
(maths) = naedön
murülön, stötön
sasen; sasenön
sasenan
sasenik
mürön
muskul
Musof
mused
garid, jaben
• fungus = funig
musig
* musical instrument = musigöm
** (sheet) music - noated, noatem
musigan
koananim, müul
mutar
rezipik, kobädik
hojipamit
lemudiär
müsterik, klänöfik
müster, rätöf
miteodav
N
--------------------
nail, kluf; klufön
* a finger/toenail = nuel
nüdik
nem; nemön
slipülön
nük
särvät
narzid
(tight) = nabik
(roads, lanes) = rovik
(thinness) = rovik
net
netik
(National Socialism = Naziism) = Netasogädim
netät
(born and bred) = länan, lomänan
(native land) motedalän
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natural
naturalist
nature
naughty
nausea
navel
navy
near
neat
nebula
(to be) necessary
necessary
necessity
neck
neckerchief
need
needle
needlework
needy
negative
(to) neglect
negligence
negligible
negro
neighbour
neighbourhood
neighbouring
neither ... nor
nephew
nerve
nervous
nest
(to) nestle
net
network
neuron (motor)
neutered
never
nevertheless
new
news
newspaper
newt
next
nice
nickname
nicotine
* patriot = lomänälan
natik, natöfik
nativestigan
nat, natäl
neplütülik
tufav
numbril
(fleet) = nafem
(colour) = maren
nilo, nilü
klinik, plitülik
silefog
zesüdön
zusüdik
zesüd
nük, särvig
tanod
neodot; nedön, neodön
nad
namavob (vomik)
neodik
noik
nedemön, nedunön, nefölön, nekälön
nekäl
neledamabik
nägär
nilädan
niläd
nilädik
ni ... ni
hinef
nev
* nervous system = nevasitot
närvodik; plafik
näst; nästön
nästülön (len)
filät
filäts, resod
nevasiül
penegenüköl
neai, neföro, nonikna
too
nulik
nulods, nuns
delagased
salmun
mu nilü
* next coming = okömöl
** next week = ovigo
*** next to each other = bal len votik
(good-looking) = jönik
(disposition) = plitälik
(neat, smart) = plitülik
(well-behaved) = söto
länem; zanädanem (abusive)
nikotin
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niece
night
nightingale
nine
(to) nip
nipple
no!
no longer
nobility
noble
nobleman
nod (of the head)
(to) nod one's head (in agreement)
noise
nomad
(to) nominate
nonchalantly
nonsense
nonsensical
none
noodle
noon
nor: neither ... nor
norm
normal
north
northern
nose
nostril
not
notary
note
notebook
nothing
notice
(to) notice
noticeable
notion
novel
novelist
novelty
November
jinef
neit
reitak
zül
knibön
blötatät
(denial) = nö!
no fovo, no plu
noub
(worthy) = nobik
(aristocracy) = noubik
nouban
nut
nutön
lenoid
nomad
cälön
lindifiko
nesiäm
nesiämik
nonik
pested
zedel
ni ... ni
nom
nomik
nolüd
nolüdik
nud
nudahog
no
* not even = igo no...
** not at all = leno
*** not yet = no nog
notaran
(musical) = noat
(short) note) = penet, penetil
(counterfoil) = zöt
* a short letter= penedil
** to (take) note = penetön
päm, penetabukil
nos
(nothing more than ...) = lenos plu ka ...
(absolutely nothing) = lenos
(information) = nun
(warning) = nuned
(note) = penet
(observe) = küpedön
küpön
küpedovik, sienovik
suemod
lekoned
lautan lekonedas
nuläd
novul
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now
nowhere
nucleus
nude (model)
nuisance
numb
number
numerate
numerous
numismatics
nun
nurse
(to) nurse
nursery
nut
nutmeg
nylon (fabric)
nu
* nowadays = nutimo
** now and then = semikna
*** just now = enu
neseimo
ker, püt
nudädan
bölad
pesäsienüköl, sorditik (figuratively)
(quantity) = num
(in series) = nüm
nümädik
mödik
könädav
jikleudan
(nursery nurse) = cilijikälan
(in hospital) = jikälan
(wet nurse) = sügan
kälön
(plants) = planidabridöp
(infants) = putacem
nöt
muskat
nailon
--------------------- O --------------------oak (tree)
oasis
oatmeal
oats
obedient
(to) obey
object
objection
(to) oblige
oblong
obscure
observance
observation
observatory
(to) observe
observer
obstacle
obstinate
obstinately
(to) obstruct
(to) obtain
obvious
occasion
occasional
occupant
occupation
kvärep
loasid, vasov
grot
vaen
lobedik
lobedön
(thing) = yeg
(to object) = taspikülön, taön (ta)
taspikül
bligön
lunädik
trubik
küped
küpedot
küpedöp
küpedön
küpedan
neletian
fümädik
fümäd(ik)o
neletön
dagetön
klülabik
pöt
(on the occasion of = pötü)
semiknaik
beseidan
(in occupation) = beseid, bepladam
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occult
(to) occupy
occupation
(to) occur
occurrence
ocean
octavo (page size)
October
octopus
odd
oddity
oesophagus
oestrogen
of
off
offence
(to) offend
offender
offensive
offer
office
officer
official
officious
often
oh!
oil
ointment
old
old-fashioned
olive
olive oil
olive tree
omelette
omen
ominous
omission
ominous
(to) omit
on
once
one
onion
(profession) = cal
koult
beleseatön, bepladön, beseidön
febod
jenön
jenot
sean
jölplifätik
tobul
polüd
bisarik, neteldilovik
bisar
söof
löstrogenin
de
de
nof, skän
nofön, skänön
nofan
skänik, tatakalebit
lofot; lofön
(room) = bür, büröp
(position) = cal
(head office) = lebür
(military) = fizir
calan, calöfik
ticalöfik
suvo
o!
leül; leülön
* an oil and viinegar set = leülevinigalöläd
** hair oil = pin
nugvet
(age) = bäldik
(not fresh) = neflifedik
(old) = vönedik
(ancient) = vönik
vönädavogädik
learafluk
learaleül
lear
moelät
mimalaloged
tädik
moäd, nedun
mimalik
moädön, nedunön, seletön
su
• on top of = löpü
(one time) = balna
(numeral) = bal
(s.o.) = balan, ek
(one-way glass) glät ballüodik
(pronoun) = oy
beb
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only
onslaught
opal
(to|) opalise
open
opening
(to) operate (vehicle, etc)
operation
opium
opinion
opportune
opportunity
(to) oppose
opposite
(to) oppress
optician
optimism
optimist
optimistic
or
oracle
orange
oration
orbit
orchid
order
ordinary
ore
ordinary
organ
organic
organization
organism
organist
(to) organize
orgasm
origin
original
(to) originate
(sole) = balik
(mere) = te
(is only) = pas
tutatak
poalain, poaloin
poalön
maifik; maifikön; maifükön; (to open a book) = maipadön
maifod, slit
tölatön
kötet (surgical); tölat (general)
mäkun
ced
* a general opinion = levalidaced
koveniälik, pötik
pöt gönik
taädön (ko), tadunön, taön, tapladön
(facing) = kos
(contrary) = taik
sumätükön
lünavan
fredim
frediman
fredimik
u, ud, ü, üd
* either ... or = u ... u; ü ... ü
roag
(colour) = rojanik
(fruit) = rojat
spikäd
zümuf
lorkid
(command) = büd; büdön
(subscription) =leboned; lebonedön
(arrangement) = leod; leodön
(goods) = bonedön
(of numbers) = söket
(usual) = geböfik
(common) = komunik
(customary) = kösömik
mün
* iron ore = ferinamün
komunik, kösömik
(animal/plant) = jäfidäm
(human) part) = jäfidan
(journal), etc.) = jäfidot
(musical instrument) = gel
(to play the organ) = gelön
jäfidämik
noganükam
nogan
gelan
noganükön
sömitamapün
rig
rigädik, rigik
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ornithologist
ostrich
other
otherwise
out
outburst
outcast
outer
outline
(to) outline
(to) outlive
(to) outshine
outside
outspread
outstanding
outstretched
outward
oven
over
overall
overbalance
overcast
overcoat
(to) overcome
overdue
overenthusiasm
(to) overexert
overflow
overhead
(to) overlook
overpopulated
overproduction
(to) overrate
overseas
(to) overshadow
overstatement
(to) overstate
(to) overstrain
(to) overtake
overture (music)
overweight
overwhelming
(to) owe
owl
own
owner
ox
oxygen
oyster
bödavan
strut
votik
pläo
de, dese, se
rupäd, splodül
deimäb
plödik
skät; züliun
skätön
• in outline = skäto
lovelifädön
lestralön (love)
plödio, plödo, plödü
* an outsider = foginan
stäänik
lelogädik (= very noticeable); pelabik (= due for payment)
petenüköl
plödik
furnod
love, sus
* over there = usio
valodik
pluvät; dofalön
(weather) = glumidik, lefogik
* to become overcast (mentally) = glumikön
plögun, plömäned
bemastön
tulatik
tuzil
tutöbidön
loveflum, tuvatam;
loveflumön, tuvatön
löpo
neküpön
tupöpagik
tujafäd
tudigidön
lovemelik
lovejadön
tuükam
tuükön
tutöbidön
reivön
primüm
pluvät
nespalik
(money) = debetön
(someone something) = debön (eke bosi)
lül
(one's) = lönik; soaliko; soeliko; dalabön (to possess)
dalaban
hobub
loxin
hüit
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--------------------- P -------------------pack
(to) pack
packet
page
pain
(to) pain (= hurt)
painful
paint
(to) paint
paintbrush
painter
painting
pair
pal
palace
palate
palate (soft)
pale
(to) become pale
palm
palmistry
pan
pancake
pancreas (gland)
panel
(to) panic
panorama
pansy
panties
pantry
pants
paper
(to) paper
papyrus
parachute
parade
paradox
paraffin
paragon
paragraph
parallel
paralysis
paraphrase
parasite
parcel
pardon
päk
päkön
päkil
pad
a double page = telpad
dol
dolön
dolik
kölam
kölön
• to paint on canvas = pänön
pensit
(house) = kölan
(artist) = pänan
pänot
pär; pärükön
keolan
ledom, regadom
palat
müdapalat
faalik, paelik
paelikön
(tree) = pam
(of hand) = namakev
namabüosag
paäl
paänakek
pankreat
fremül
tudredälön
banorem
kilkölaviol
niblit
viktualacem
niblit
(newspaper) = delagased
(ordinary) = papür
(wallpaper) = tapot
(wallpaper) = tapön
papürod
falajelöm
päräd
taced
parafin
dasaman
bagaf
fagotaleigik
lem; paralüd
prafad
parasit
(ordinary) = päked
(small) = päkedil, päkil
pard, säkusad; pardön, säkusadön
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parent(s)
parish (area)
park
parliament
parlour
parrot
(to) parse (grammar)
parsley
part
(to) participate (in)
particular
parting (of hair)
partition
partly
partner (in firm)
partridge
patriotism
(many) parts
party
(to) pass
(to) pass on
passenger
passer-by
Passion (of Christ)
passion (sexual)
passionately
passive (grammar)
passport
past
pastime
pasture
patella
patent (shoes)
path
patient
patio
patricide
patriotism
patrol
pause
(to) pave
pavement
paw
(to) pawn
(to) pay
payment
pea
peace
peaceful
peach
pal(s)
pädän
legad, parköp (= for vehicles)
dail
lomöfacem
papag, psitak
miedetön
pärjid
dil, dilot; dilön
* part in a play = roul
** to take part (in) - kompenön (pö)
kompenön (pö)
patik
heremiteil
kiud
* partition of staves = stafädakiud
dilo
kompenätan
pädrit
lomänäl
kombinator
(faction) = palet; social gathering = zälül
beigolön, beivegön
lovestürön
tävan
beian
Lügadramat
levip
lefäkiko
sufalefom
dientifäd, tävapäs
(time) = paset, pasetik
(close by) = bei
livüp
bälätöp
patel
laigaküir
luveg
(person) = malädan
(long-suffering) = sufädik
gadapiadil
fatisasen
lomänäl
patrul
paud; paudön
pavön
* to pave the way = kulön vegi
pavot, pärunaveg
(of animal) = lufut
panön
pelön
pel, pelam
pisäl
püd
püdik
pärsig
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peanut
pear
pearl
peasant
peat
peculiar
peculiarity
pedal
(to) pedal
peddler
pedestrian
peel
(to) peel
(to) peep (at)
peg
pelican
pelt (= animal skin)
pen
penalty (death)
pence
pencil
pencil sharpener
pendulum
(to) penetrate
peninsula
penniless
penguin
pensioner
penis
people
pepper
(to) perceive
per cent
percentage
perception
perch
perchance
perennial
perfect
(to) perforate
(to) perform
performance
performer
perfume
perhaps
period
periodical
permanent
raagid
bün, guayad, vaogad (= avocado)
pärlat
* mother-of-pearl = nakar
feilan
torf
patik
pat
tridöm
tridön
kolportan
futogolan
säjalam
säjalön
sülogedön
• a peep - hole = logedahog
• a peepshow = logedadajonäd
huk
pelek
pläd
pen
deadapönod
pänid(s)
stib
stibijapüköm
pendül
nüdranön
tinisul
nenmonik
pinguen
pänsionäb
koitöm
(persons) = mens
(one) = oy
(community) = pöp
kapsig (= Spanish pepper plant); pep (= general)
• a pepper pot = pepiär
küpön, sienön
dötum
dötumanum
küp, sienam
bemül
fädiko
dulik, laidik
nedöfik, nendöfik
hogön
(to do) = dunön
(achieve) = ledunön
(present) = plösenön
(theatre, etc.) = plösen
plösenan, roulan
benosmelot
ba
period
gased, timapenäd, periodik
laidik
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permanently
permission
(to) permit
pernicious
perpetuation
(to be) perplexed
(to) persecute
persecution
perseverence
persimmon
(to) persist
person
personal
personality
personnel (= staff)
(to) persuade
persuasion
pessimism
pessimist
pessimistic
pet
petal
petrol
petroleum
petticoat
petty (to be - about)
phalanx
pharmacist
pharynx
phase
phenomenon
philosophy
photograph
photographer
photography
phrase (turn of)
phrenology
physical
physics
physiotherapist
pianist
piano
(to) pick
pickaxe
picnic
laidiko, laidio
däl
dälön, leadön (+ infinitive)
rübüköl
laidulükam
bluvön
pöjutön
pöjutam
laidäl
plakminep (tree); plakminepafluk (fruit)
laidulön
pösod
* a (certain) person = seman
** any person = seiman
pösodik
pösodöf
pösodef
süadükön
süad, süadükam
badim
badiman
badimik
nimül
petiol
bänsin
*
petrol tank = bänsinacub
**
petrol consumption = bänsinifegeb
*** petrol station = bänsinöp
petrol
nijuüp
demilön (dö)
doatabomil
pötekan
farin
stadäd
maged
filosop
fotografot
fotografan
fotograf
fraseod
frenolog
kopik
* physical training = koapiskilükam, turav
füsüdav
füsiolekälan
pianodan
pianod
* a grand piano = göbapianod
** to play the piano = pianodön
*** a piano-accordeon = pianodaharmonöm
(pluck) = plökön
(pick up) = lasumön
* (rich) pickings = pisälabemül
tipotacop
pignig
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(to) picnic
picture
pie
piece
pier
(to) pierce
pig
pigeon
pike
pill (medication, in strip)
pillow
pillowcase
pilot
pin
pinafore
(to) pinch
pine (tree)
pineapple
pincer(s)
pink
pipe
pirate
pit
pitiable (worthy of compassion)
pity
place
plague
plaice
plain
(to) plait
plan
'plane
planet
plant
plaster (to cover wound)
plastic
plate
platform
play
pleasant
please!
(to) please
pleasure
pleated
pignigön
(illustration) = magod
(painting) = pänot
(portrait) = pöträt
(pastry) = bastet
(fruit pie) = flukatoed
balat, kötot
melajetet, melapon
dadranön
svin
pijun
(fish) = paik
(tanoteda)pilul
kapakusen, bedakusen
kapakusener
stirädan
peän; peänön
bavet
knibön
pein
nanad
zäp
(flower) = diant
(colour) = redülik
(tobacco) = pip
(water, etc.) = rüd
melaravan, piratan
mein, sep
keliedabik
pid; pidön
plad, top; pladön, topön
• to take place = jenön
päst
(fish) = veitafit
(location) = plen, kamalän
(level) = plenöfik
(clear) = kleilik
(smooth) = smudik
flökön
(intention) = desin; desinön
(aim) = disein; diseinön
(sketch) = disin; disinön
(aeroplane) = flitöm
planet
plan; planön
mäplat
plastätik
boved
(railway) = xänakäv
pled; pledön
blesirik
begö!
plidükön, plitön
blesir, yof; yofön
* a pleasure yacht = blesirayakt
plifädik
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plenty
pliers
plough
ploughman
plug
plum
plumber
(to) plunder
(to) plunge
plush
pneumonia
pocket
poem
poetic
poetry
point
(to) point
pointed
poison
poisonous
poker
pole
police
policeman
police station
policy
(to) polish
polite
politeness
political
politics
(to) pollute
pollution
polyanthus
polyp
polyphony (music)
polytheism
pomegranate
pomp
pond
(to) ponder
pool
bundan, bundanik
* in plenty = bundano
zäp
plaud: plaudön
(constellation) = sigretaber
plaudan
buon (= for sink); kontagabuonäd (= electrical)
bujid (= a sparking plug)
plöm
rüdan
beravön
blunön
trib
luegaflamat
pok; pokön
poedot
poedik
poedav
(dot) = pün
(sharp end) = tipot
(point of view) = leced
(to make pointed) = tipükön
(to be on the point of doing something = primikön ad)
jonön
tipik
venen; venenön
venenik
(for fire) = lefilahuk
staf
*
pole vault = bunstafabunam
** north / south pole = nolüda- / sulüdapov
*** polar region = nolüda-/sulüdapoviän
**** arctic/antarctic = nolüda-/sulüdapovasirk
(force) = poldanef
poldan
poldabür
dunamod
lekluinön, smufetön
plütik
leplüt; plüt;
bolitik
bolit
miotükön
miotükam
primul
polip
mödavög
mödagod
granat
lumagif
lulak
ninälön
fiv
* swimming pool = svimöp
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poor
poppy
popular
population
poplar (tree)
popularity
(to) populate
population
populous
porcelain
porch
pork
port
porter
portfolio
porthole
portion
portly (gait)
(to) pose in the nude
position
positive
positively
positivism
positivist
(to) possess
possibility
possible
possibly
post
postage
postcard
postman
post office
pot
potato
potentate
potential
potter
pound
(to) pour
(to) pout
poverty
powder
pöfik
pop
brafik, pöpedik, pöpätik
pöp
plop
pöped, pöpät
pöpön
pöp
pöpagik
bösin
yal
svinamit
(seaport) = pof
(spirit) = portvin
päkemipolan
map
(nafa)fenätil
dilod
klöpöfik
nudädön
(in society) = sogät
(general) = stad
(army) = leseatöp
(electrical) = positik; (outlook) = siik
(optimistic) = siik
siämo
siädim
siädimik
dalabön
* to take possession of = labedön
mög
mögik
* as much as possible = mögiküno
bo
(workplace) = bür
(job) = cal, calül
(mail) = pot; potön
(postbox) = penedabog
(stake) = stafäd
potamon
potakad
penediblinan
potöp
skal
pötet
nämädan
mögod
skalel
paun
(cast) = gifön
(drinks) = nügifön
(rain etc.) = stürön
(pour out emotions) = sestürön
prulön
pöf
(gunpowder) = pur
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power
powerless
(to be) practicable
practical
practice
(to) practise
(to) praise
praiseworthy
(to) prattle
prawn
(to) pray
(to) preach
preacher
(to) precede
(without) precedent
precisely
precinct
precious
precipice
precise
predator
predecessor
(to) prefer
preferable
preferably
pregnant
prejudice
(to) prejudice
prematurely
premonition
(to) prepare
preparedness (mental)
preparation (medical)
(to) prescribe
prescription
prerequisite
(in the) presence (of)
present
(to) present
(to) preserve
(to) preside
presidency
president
(to) press
press
(toiletry) = puin
nämäd, lektinanäm (= electrical)
power cut = lektinirop
nenämik
pötöfön
plagik, pötöfik
(acquiring skills) = okskilükam
(actually doing) = plag
(not theory) = pläg
plagön, plägön
lelobön
lelobabik
kagön
krevát
plekön
predön
predan
befoön, fogolön
nensamik
ebo
(pedestrian) = futagolanazon
(shopping) = selidöpazän
jeragik
kliv
kuratik
ravanim
fogolan
buön, buükön
buikumik
buikumo, buo
grodik
* a pregnant woman = jigrodan
bücödot, bümicödot; bücödön
bümicödön
tusuniko
nuned
blümükön, mökön, preparön
gespiköf
mökot
büdülön
rezäp
bümal; büostip
komü, lo
(gift) = legivot; legivön, lofön
(place) = komik
(time) = presenik
dajonön
• to be present = komön
• to exist = komädön
kipedön
presidön
presidanam
presidan
dränön
(news media) = gasedem
(to apply pressure) = dranön; pedön
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pressure
prestige
presumably
(to) presume
presumption
(to) presuppose
presupposition
pretence
(to) pretend
pretension
pretentious
pretext
pretty
(to) prevent
prevention
previous
previously
prey (beast of)
price
pride
priest
priesthood
prince
princess
principal
principality
principle
print
(to) print
printer (computer)
prior
prison
(to be in) prison
prisoner
privacy
private
privilege
prize
probable
probably
problem
problematical
procedure
(to) proceed
proceedings
proconsul
(to) procrastinate
produce
(to) produce
ped (physical); pedäl (mental)
* air pressure = lutaped
prästig
niludo
büocedön, niludön
nilud
büocedön
büoced
cedid
(feign) = cedidön, simulön
rog
rogik
kodül
plitülik
büoneletön, neletön, taedön
büonelet, nelet
büik
büo, büiko
ravanim
suäm; premädön
pleid
(catholic) = pädan
(evangelical) = pastan
(general) = kultan
kultanam
plin, leson
* Crown Prince = geraleson
jiplin, ledaut
cif, cifa..., cifik, ledinik
plinän
prinsip
(in principle) = prinsipo
bük; litod (= photos)
bükön; litodön (= photos)
dabüköm
lekleudan
fanäböp
fanäböpön
fanäböpäb
soelöf
(confidential) = konfidik
(restricted) = privatik
privileg
prem
luveratik
bo, luveratiko
säkäd
säkädik
bit
progedön, biton (äs)
nunod(s)
prokonsulan
nefümälön
prod, cans
* colonial produce = kolunänacans
prodön
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product
production
(to) profess
professional
professor
profit(s)
profitable
profitably
programme
progress
progression
progressive
progressively
project
proliferation
promenade
prominent
promise
promontory
promotion
(to) promote
prompt
(to) pronounce
pronunciation
proof
(to) propagate
proper
properly
property
proportion
proposal
(to) propose
proposition
prose
prostate
prostitute
(to) protect
protection
protective
protector
protegée
protein
protest
protestant
proud
(to) prove
proverb
fabrikot, jäfüd, prod, prodäd
prodam
(work) = cal
(faith) = lekoef
calik
(person) = jäfüdan
profäsoran
frut, gaenät, gaenod
* to profit by = gaenätön dub, se
frutik
fruto
program
proged; progedön
proged
progedöfik
progedöfiko
disin, proyek
mödükumam
melaspataveg
lelogädik
prom; promön
fobel
föd
födön
blümik, vifik
pronön
pron
blöf
propagidön
(fitting) = gidöfik
(one's one) = lönik
(straightforward) = voik
gidöfiko, veräto, voiko
(possession) = dalabot
(quality) = patöf
(specific quality) = ledutod
propor
* in proportion = maä (+ verb)
mob
(suggest) = mobön
teorod
prosad
prostat
jinepuedan
jelön
jel
jelöfik
jelan
jijeläb
protein
protest; protestön
(person(s)) = protästan(s)
pleidik
(give proof) = blöfön
(try out) = blufön
spiket
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(to) provide
providence
province
provision(s)
provisional
prow (of ship)
(to) prune
psychiatrist
psychiatry
psychology
pub
public
public
publicity
to) publish
publisher
pudding
(to) pull
pullover
pulse (medical)
pulsar
pump
pumpkin
punch
punctuality
(to) punch
(to) punish
punishment
pupil
purchase
pure
(to) purify
purple
purpose
(to) purr
purse
purser
(to) pursue
pursuer
pus (medical)
push
(to) push
(to) put
puzzle
puzzled
(to be) puzzled
blümükön, blünön (= deliver); jonidükön
* to provide with = labükön
büologam
provin
fidastok, viktuals, viktualastok
büfik
föfastev
(trees) = kötülön
lanivestigan
lanivestig
lanav
(house) = bötidöp, pöb
notidik, notik, publügik
(audience) = lüloganef
(general) = publüg
reklam
dabükön
dabükan
svidazib
tirön
* to pull out = setirädön
** to pull up = lötirön
*** to pull back (= retreat) = gegolädükön
loviotiraklot
peb; pebön
pebastel
pömöm; pömön
* to pump up (inflate) = fuliopömön, nübladön
zukad
pöjin (= an alcoholic drink)
kuratäl
daflapön
pönön
pön
julan, lärnan, püpil (of eye), tidäb
rem; remön
klinik (= general); rafinik (= of metals)
rafinükön
purpurik
desin
* on purpose = desino, nefädo
snurön
böb
pelal
pöjutön, sörönön
pöjutan
purul
jok
dränön, joikön
* to push back (= out of the way) = pleifön
pladön, seitön
• to put on clothes = lenükön klotis
lerät; bluvükön
* it puzzles me = atos bluvükon obi
bluvik
bluvön (dub)
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puzzling
pygmy
pyjamas
pyramid
python
* I'm puzzled by it = binob bluvik
(or) bluvob dub atos
bluvüköl
• a puzzling question = säkäd bluvüköl
pügmen
piyam
piramid
pütonasnek
--------------------- Q -------------------quadriplegia
quail
quality
quantity
quantum (theory)
quark (physics)
quarrel
(to) quarrel
quarrelsome
quarry
quarter
quartet
quasar
queen
queer
(to) quench (thirst)
question
questionnaire
queue
(to) quibble
quick
quickwitedness
quiet
quintal (100 kg)
quite
(to be) quits (money)
(to) quiz (someone)
quotation
(to) quote
follimaflap
kotur
kaliet, patöf
mödot
kvant
nenvöladet
zan
zanön
zaniälik
(hunt) = lefanot
(workplace) = stonöp
(of an hour) = düpafoldil
(fraction) = foldil
(of a city) = harat
folüm
zastelikos
jireg
bisarik
• (slang for) homosexual = otgeniälik
säsoafükön
säk; säkön
säkablog
poodked
blamilön
vifik
gespiköf
stilik, takedik
* to be quiet (say nothing) = takedön
kuin
löliko, go
leigetön
vestigülön (eki)
(price, market) = maledot
(from document) = saitot
(price, market) = maledön
(from document) = saitön
---------------------- R -------------------rabbit
race
krolig
(breed) = bidäd
(competition) = mätarön; mätarönön
(rat race) = lumarat
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rack (for towels, etc)
racket (tennis)
radar
radiator (car)
radically
radio
radioactivity
radish
radius
raft
(to) rage
rail
railway
rain
rainbow
raincoat
rainy
(to) raise (up)
raising (impromptu)
(to) rake
rampart
random
range
(to) range
ranger
rank
rapid
rapidity
rapier
rare
rarefied
rarely
raspberry
rash
rat
rate
rather
(to) ratify
ration
rational
rattle
rattlesnake
raw
ray
razor
razor-blade
(to) reach
reach
kipian
räkät
radar
koldülüköm
staböfo
radionaparat
a radio transmitter = radionasesedöm
stralamikodab
raf
radiut
floted
vutön
ferod
ferodarutaveg, trenaveg
rein; reinön
reinabob
reinamäned
reinöfik
löükön, tovön
süpalöükam
räkön
daemod
nenzeilo
* at random = ma fäd
mögov (= radio reception); portat
tenön
kälädan, fotikonöman
dinit, ledinit, gredät
vifik
vif
den
seledik, plödakösömik
feinüköl
selediko, plödakösömiko
frambod
• a raspberry bush = frambodarubud
nesüenik
rat
mafäd, propor, suäm
* rate of exchange = cänakursüd
** (house) rates - domatrip
*** at any rate = alo
ze, buikumo
lonön
por
tikälik
krot
krotasnek, noidülasnek
(rough) = grobik
(uncooked) = krüdik
(coarse) = raodik
stral
jeiföm
jeifalam
rivön
portat
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(to) reach out
(to) react
reaction
(to) read
(to) read out
reading (passage)
ready
real
realisation
(to) realize
reality
(to) realize (mentally)
really
reason
(to) reason
reasonable
reasoning
(to) reassure
(to) re-baptize
rebellious
(to) rebuild
receipt
(to) receive
recent
recently
receptionist
recess
(to) recite
recognizable
(to) recognize
(to) recollect
recollection
(to) recommend
recommendation
(to) reconcile
record
(to) record (on disc, etc)
recorder
record player
(to) have recourse (to)
(to) recover
recovery
red
redcurrant
red-indian
redoubt (military)
reifön
geükön
geükam
reidön
loreidön
reided
blümik
* ready to wear = konfäkot
jenöfik
spetöf
dasevön
lejenöf
dasuemön
jenöfo
(cause) = kod
(reason) = täläkt
(mind) = täläkt, tikäl
datikön, meditön
* for some reason = se kod nepesevöl
täläktik
tikälamod
lesiön (dönu), lekredükön
feablunedön
todälik
dönubumön, votabumön
(document) = kitazöt
getön
de tim lätik, brefabüik
enu, bü brefüp
getedan
nik
komoreidön
sevädovik
dasevön, memosevön
memön
(in remembrance) = meb
(to remember) = mem
komandön
komand
balädükön
(disc) = tonodasirkot
(LP) = mikrodagrufasirkot
(achievement) = reaf
(competitive) = rekord (volarekord = a world record)
(leäktroniko) registarön
blögaflut (= musical instrument); tonodisumodöm (=
tape
recorder); magodisumodöm (= video recorder)
tonodisumodöm
yufidön
(cover again) = dönutegön
(be restored to health) = saunikön
saunikam
redik
redaribedabäl
redaskinan
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(to) reduce
reduction
reed
reef (coral)
(to) refer
reference
(to) reflect
reflection
(The) Reformation
refrain (music)
(to) refresh
refreshing
refreshment
refreshment room
refrigerator
refuge (from traffic)
refusal
(to) refuse
(to) refute
(to) regain
regard
regatta
regime
region
regression
regret
regrettable
regular
regularly
(to) regulate
rehearsal
reindeer
(to) reject
(to) rejoice
(to) relate
relation
relatively
(to) relax
(to) release
relevance
relevant
reliability
reliable
reliance
relief
(to) relieve
religion
läsükön, nemödükön
läsükam, nemödükam
rid
korialaref
jonön, tefön
jon, tef
* a reference (person) = lenünan
(light) = fläkön
(light) = fläk
Reformat
dönuod
(eat) = staudön
(freshen up) = flifädükön, klietön
klietik
flifädükam, kliet, staud
• refreshments = klietots
staudalecem
gladaramar, koldülüköm
sütasefädöp
klem, refud
klemön, refudön
tablöfädön
dagetön dönu, gegaenön, rivön dönu
(refer to) = dem; demön
(high regard) = lestüm; lestümön
(glance) = loged; logedön
regat
reigamod
topäd
gelogam, pödikam
pid; pidön
pidabik
nomädik, nomik
nomiko
nomükön
lepläg
ren
* reindeer skin = renaküir
deimön
fredön, yöbön
(story) = konön
hi/jiröletan
tefädiko
sätenidükön (oki)
(set free) = libükön
(let go) = livükön
(release spring) = süükön
demäd
drefik
konfidov
konfidovik
konfid
takedükam (emotion); (from weight) = leitükam
* Takedükam kion! = What a relief!
takedükön; leitükön
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religious
(to) relinquish
(to) rely
(to) remain
remainder
remark
remarkable
remedy
(to) remember
(to) remind
reminder
remnant
remote
(to) remove
renaissance
renaming
render
(to) renew
(to) renounce
rent
repair
(to) repair
(to) repay
repeat
repeatedly
(to) repent
repentance
repercussion
repertoire
repetition
(to) replace
replica
reply
(to) reply
report
reporter
(to) represent
representation
representative
reprimand
reproach
(to) reproduce
reproduction
reproductive system
reptile
republic
republican
relöfik
klemön
lekonfidön
(stay) = blebön, bleibön (+ infinitive), blibön
(lasting) = laidön
(be left over) = retön
(left over) = ret
(observation) = küpet; küpetön
(in text) = noet
(annotation) = penet; penetön
küpädik
tamed
memön
mebön
meib
retil
fagoseatik
moükön
to remove (house) = fealotädön
gemotam
votanemükam
(return) = gegiv; gegivön
(transmit) = lovegiv; lovegivön
nululön, nulükön
klemön
loatamon; loatön
nätükam
nätükön
bläfön (= good for bad )
gepelön (= money)
dönuam; dönuön
dönuamo
lepidön
lepid
duinavotem
dönuam
plaädön
räplig
begesag, gespik
begesagön, gespikön, geön
(account) = nunod; nunodön
nunodan
(graphically) = magön
(in person) = pladulön
mag
(adjective) = pladulik
(personal) = komulan, pladulan
leblam; leblamön
riprod; riprodön (eke bosi)
söjafädön
söjafädot
söjafädasitot
räptul
repüblikän
repüblikänan
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(to) repudiate
(to) repulse
reputation
repute
request
(to) require
rescuer
research
(to) resemble
reservation
reserve
reserved
(to) resign
resignation
resigned
(to) resist
resistance
resistant
resolute
resolution
resolve
resort (seaside)
respect
respectability
respectfully
respective
respiratory system
responsibility
(to be) responsible (for)
rest
restaurant
restoration
(to) restore
restraint
(to) restrict
restriction
result
(to) retain
retina
(to) retire
retirement
(to) retrace
(to) retreat
retrorocket
return (fare)
return (ticket)
deimön
gejoikön
benorepüt
repüt; pacedön
* he is reputed to be rich = pacedom ad binön liegik
beg; begön
* a begging letter = begapenäd
flagedön, flagön (eke bosi)
libükan
vestig; vestigön
leigön, sümätön (ko), sümön (ko)
(mental) = büdakip
resärf; resärfön
(have low profile) = nenotodälik
(quit) = klemön, sädünikön
(to resign oneself) = sufedön
klem, sädünikam; (from work); sufod (= acceptance)
klemöl, klemölo
tadunön
tadun
sufidik
fümälik
fümäl, slud
slud; sludön (ad)
banatop
(reference) = tef; tefön
(esteem) = stüm; stümön
stimadig
stimo
tefädik
natemasitot
gidid
gididön (demü)
(remainder) = ret; retön
(repose) = takäd; takädön
staudöp
(repair) = nätükam
(health) = saunükam
(repair) = nätükön
(health) = saunükön
täm
miedükön
miedöfükam
sek; sekön
* to result (in) = finikön (me); kludön (me)
dakipön
retin
(depart) = gegolädön
(work) = necalikön
(from society) = soalükön oki
necalikam, oksoalükam, takädastad
(one's step) = gestepön (lü)
gegolädön
geraket
getävasuäm
getävabiliet
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(to) return
(to) reveal
revenge
(the) reverse
review
(to) revise
(to) revive
revolt
revolution
revolutionary
(to) revolve
revue (musical)
reward
rewarding
rhetoric
rhinoceros
rhododendron
rhubarb
rhythm
rib
ribbon
rice
ricefield
rich
richness
rickshaw
rid
riddance
ride
to ridicule
ridiculous
right
rigid
ring
(to) ring out
ripe
(to) ripen
(to) ripple
(to) rise
(give back) = gegivön
(go back) = gegolön; gevegön
(action) = geikön
sävilupön
vindit; vinditön (eke me)
taäd
* reverse (edge) = bäkasiem
(publication) = gased
(book, etc.) = krüt; krütön
(parade) = päräd; pärädön
revidön
dönulifükön
volut; volutön, volutikön
levolut; levolutükön
(adjective) = levolutik
(adherent) = levolutan
tülön, tulön
rövüd
belegivön (= with a gift); mesed; mesedön
mesedik
spiköfav
rinoserod
rododen
rabarb
ritmut
(anatomy) = rib
tanod
risat
risataläned
liegik
liegöf
rikjod
(to be rid of) = moikön
(to get rid of) = moükön, nelabükön
sälabükam
* Good riddance! = Sälabükam gudik!
monit; monitön
besmilön
ledrolik, smilöfik
(not left) = detik
(in the right) = gidetön
(decent, just) = gidik, gidöfik
(just claim) = gität
(not wrong) = verätik
* an inside right (football) = nidetatatakan
stifik
(bell) = toen; toenön
(general) = ton; tonön
(on finger) = lin
(ring finger) = linär
(circle) = sirkül; sirkülön
datonön, toenön
madik
madikön
mürön
(from bed, chair) = löädön (se)
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risk
(to) risk
risky
river
road
(to) roam
roar
roast
(to) roast
(to) rob
robot
robber
robbery
rock
(to) rock
rocket
rocky
rod
roll
(to) roll
rôle
romantic
roof
room
root
rope
rose
rosy
rot
rotation
rough
roulette (game of chance)
round
routine
row
(to) row
rowan (tree)
rower
rowing-boat
royal
royalty
(to) rub
rubber
(to draw out of) = süükön
riskäd
riskön, riskädikön
riskädik, riskodik
flumed
veg
zütevön
ror; rorön
loet, loetamit
* a roast goose = ganaloet
loetön
beravön, ravön
mäikamen
ravan
rav
klif
klädön, kledön
raket
klifik
staf
• rod iron = stafafer
• a divining rod = vaälatuigül
(rolled up) = ruläd
(cylinder) = zilid
rolön, rölön
* bread roll = bodedül, bodül
roul
romatik
nuf; nufön
(of house) = cem
(space) = spad
vul; vulikön, vulön
(to be rooted) = süstegön
jain
rosad, rosadaredik
rosadaredik
puridikam
* to become rotten = puridikön
** to make rotten = puridükön
** rotten = puridik
flekam, leflekam
groböfik, raodik
rulät
klöpik
rot
(line) = ked
gubön
sorbabim
guban
gubabot
regik
regam
röbön, röülön
(to rub on) = smivön
(India-rubber) = gum
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rubbish
rubric
rude
rudeness
Rugby football
ruin
(to) ruin
ruined (person)
ruinous
rule
(to) rule
rum
(to) rummage
rumour
(to) run
runners (of sledge)
rural
ruse
rush
rusty
rye
(eraser) = güm, radagüm
debreikot, däfalot, failot(s), gagot
rubrig
grobik, grobälik, neplütik
grob, grobäl, neplüt
el Rugby
bumädafailot, failot(s)
nosükön, päridükön
päridikan
failabik, päridüköl
(regulation= = nom; nomükön
(master) = mastön
rom
dasukön
(gossip) = sagäd
* it is rumoured, that... = sagoy, das...
rönön, vifagolön
slifabems
feilanik
käfod
jug (= plant); dranön (= of blood); juted, tatak; jutedön,
tatakön
* the rush hour = lekosädadüp
ruilik
sägul
--------------------- S --------------------sabotage
sack
sacrament
sad
saddle
sadness
safe
safety
safety-pin
saffron
sage
sail
sailor
saint
sake
salad
salamander
salary
sale
salesperson
saliva
salivary duct
salmon
salt
sabot
sak
• to get the sack = sädünikön
sakram
lügik
säed
lüg
sefik
sef
sefanad
safran
(herb) = salb
sail; sailön
matrod, melan
hi/jisaludan
dem
* for the sake of = demü
salad
salmun
mesed, lemesed
sel
selan
salif
salifameat
salm
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salty
same
sample
sand
sandal
sandwich
(to) sap
sapphire
sarcasm
sash
satellite
satire
satisfaction
satisfied
(to) satisfy
(to) saturate
Saturday
Saturn
sauce
saucer
saucepan
sauna
sausage
savage
(to) save
(to) save up
saw
(to) saw
sawdust
saxophone
(to) say (s.th. to s.o.)
scaffold
scale(s)
scalp
scaly
(to) scan
scar
(to) scar
scarce
scarcely
scarcity
(to) scare
(to) scatter
(to be) scattered (with)
scene
scenery
scent
*
a salt and vinegar set = salevinigalöläd
** an oil and vinegar set = leülevinigalöläd
*** a salt-cellar = saliär
salöfik
ot
* just the same = ebo ot
samed
sab
sandal
sändvig
sävaetükön
safirain
sarkad
järp
munäd
satir
kotenükam
pekotenüköl
kotenükön
daükön
zädel
Saturn
sod
disbovedil
sosit
saunad
sosit
* sausage roll = sositaruläd
(cruel) = kruälik
(wild) = sovadik
(rescue) = savön
spälön
saov
saovön
saovät
saxofon
sagön (eke bosi)
skafod
(measure) = gredaked
(of fish) = tegül(s)
(machine) = vätöm
skalp
skoilik
skrutön
skar
skarükön
nebundanik, seledik, töbo saidik
töbo
def
jeikön
jedülön, sestürülön
bestürülön (me)
(theatrical) = kulit, süfül
(theatre) = teatam
benosmelot
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sceptical
scheme
scholastic
school
sciatica
science
scientific
scientist
scissors
scope
scoundrel
scourge
scout
(to) scrape
scraper
scratch
scream
screen
screw
(to) screw
screwdriver
scrotum
scurvy
scythe
sea
seagull
(to) seal
seal
sealion
seam
seamstress
seaport
search
searchlight
seasickness
season
(to) season (food)
seat
(to) seat (o.s.)
seated
seating
seaweed
second
(to) second
secrecy
secret
(to) secrete
dotimik
skemat
skolik
jul
iskiat
natav, nolav
natavik, nolavik
nolavan
(pair of) = jim
stäänikam
jäpan, kanayan
lebat
boskotan
kratön
lekluinöm
krat; kratön
luvokäd; luvokädön
(partition) = jelöm
(cinema, TV) = jonet
skrub
skrubön
skrubitulöm, skruböm
skrot
skorbut
fod; fodön
mel
möv
snilön
fuk, meladog , rob
* elephant seal = makrorin
leonatoar
sim
jinägan
melapof
sukön
litijedian
melamaläd
(of year) = säsun
pitön
(bench) = bam
(place) = plad
(bus, train) = seadöp
(chair) = stul
seidön (oki)
* Sit by me! = Seidolös oli lä ob!
seadik
sead
laleg
(time) = sekun
(number) = telid
(person) = telidan
stütön, yufön
klänäd
klänik
* a secret society = klänafed
skretön
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sect
secure
security
(to) see
seed
seemly
seen (to be)
seesaw
(to) seize
seizure
seldom
(to) select
selection
self
self-confidence
self-conscious
self-control
self-denial
self-interest
self-government
(to) sell
Sellotape (adhesive, transparent tape)
(to) send
sender
senile
sensation
sense
sensible
sensitive
sensor
sentence
sentiment
separate
(to) separate (from)
separation
September
sequence
series
serious
sermon
serum
servant
(to) serve
lekredakobäd, seg.
neriskodik, sefik; sefükön
neriskod, sef
logön
* see you soon! = dönulogö!
sid; sidön
gidöfik
logädön
kledöm
gleipön
gleip, gleipäd
selediko, seledo
(pick out) = sesukön
(choose) = välön
sesuk, sesukot, väl, välid, välot
it, ok
* the essential self = lönäl
** by myself, yourself, etc = ito
*** self-sufficiency = liväl
saidäl
oksevedik
okreig
oknoäd
lönafrutäl
itreig
selön
el „Sellotape”
sedön
* to send back = gesedön
desedan
pefibiköl
sen, stunükam
(feeling) = sen
(good/bad sense) = siäm
(one of five) = sien
(meaning) = sinif
(to come to one's senses) = sevälöfikön
* in a sense = semo
siämöfik, süenik
* a sensible person = siämöfan, süenikan
senälöfik, senöfik
senovöm
(judicial) = cödet, cödot; cödetön (eki ad)
(group of words) = set
senäl
livik
ditön (de)
dit, teil
setul
sökaleod
sökod
fefik
pred
bludaväd
dünan, loatäb (= hired)
(meals) = bötön
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serviette
service
set
(to) settle
settled (weather)
settlement
settler
seven
several
severe
severity
to) sew
sex
shabby
shade
shadow
(to) shade (off)
shady
shaft
(to) shake
shallot
shallows
shame
shampoo
shape
share
(to) share
shark
sharp
(to) sharpen
(to) shatter
shave
shawl
she
she-mule
sheep
sheepish
sheet
shelf
shell
(people) = dünetön, dünön
(God) = kultön
(in certain capacity) = bitikön (äs)
särvät
dünot, kult, kultipläg (= religious)
* to do military service = dünodön
(collection) = konlet
(team) = kvip
(whole) = löläd
* to set down = seidön
** to set out = bestepön
*** to set free = stadükön libio
(colonize) = kolunön
(settle down) = lomädikön (oki)
dulöfik
kolun, kolunän
kolunan
vel
ömik, mödikum
sevärik
sevär
nägön
* sewing machine = nägacin
gen
vorik
jad; jadön
jad
säjadön
jadaliegik
stag
* a (mine) shaft = sop
lemufükön
* to shake hands = lemufükön nami
jalot
nedibäd
jem; jemön
jämpod
fom; fomön
dilod
dilodön, dilön
jak
(keen edge) = japik
japükön; tipükön (= a pencil)
troivön
jeif; jeifön
lebavet
of
jimulat
jip
stupädik
(bedlinen) = bedastofed
(of paper) = blog
(for books) = bukaboed
(husk/peel) = jal
(conch/sea-shell) = koan
(legume, pod) = ligum
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shellfish
shelter
shelves
shepherd
sherry
shift (duty)
(to) shimmer
shin
(to) shine
shingle
ship
shipwreck
shipyard
shirt
shock
(to) shock
(to be) shocked
shocking
shoe
shoe-lace
shoemaker
(to) shoot
shop
shop-assistant
shopper
shore
short
shortcoming
shorthand
shot-put
shoulder
(to) shout
shoulder
(to) shove
shovel
(to) show (o.s.)
shower
shriek
(to) shrink
koanaf
(garret) = disnufamaludom
* to find somewhere to stay = disnufön (oki)
* asylum = lasil
(for books) = bukaboeds
jipagaledan
järid
diur
lunidilön
tibiad
litastralön, nidön, stralön (love)
joad
naf; nafön
* a space ship = levalanaf
nafön
* to be shipwrecked = nafädön
nafibumöp
jit, plöjit
* shirt cuff = slivül
jek
fäkükön, jeikön, jeikülön, skanön (= to cause scandal)
skanön
jekälik
juk; jukön
jukatanodül
jukel
(execute) = deijutön (eki)
(gun) = jütön
(shoot off) = däbejütön
selidöp; nüremön
* shopping = remot(s)
selidöpan
nüreman
jol
brefik
* to be short of cash = labön monadefi
** short of breath = brefanatemamik
*** short-tempered = fäkädälik
döfäd
stenograf
glöbijedam
jot; jotön
* shoulder blade = skapular
luvokädön, lerorön
* to shout for joy = vokädön fredo
jot
dränön
jüpül; jüpülön, kolatajup (coal shovel)
jonön (oki)
* He didn't show up = no ädajonom oki
(weather) = stomül, reinastomül
(bath) = dujet
* to shower upon ... = stürön bundano sui ...
** shower fitting = dujetaparat
leror
trakön
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shrivelled
shroud
shrub
shrug
shudder
shut
(to) shut
shutter
shuttle (craft)
shy
sick
(to) sicken
side
sideboard
(to) side with
siege
signal
signature
sigh
sight
sign
signal
signature
(to) signify
sight (tourism)
silence
silent
silently
silhouette
silk
silken
silly
(to be) silly
silver
similar
(to be) similar (to)
similarly
simple
simplicity
simply
simulation
simulator
sin
sinus
sinew
dafainik
funaklot
bimül
lemufükam
• to shrug off = moükön ko tovül jotas
dremön
pefärmüköl
färmükön
(to shut in = nüfärmükön)
kläped (of window)
färmüköm (of camera)
moegenaf
plafik
luvomitik, malädik
naudön
flan, sim
blümükamatab, büfät, flanatab
stütön
beleseat
* to lay siege (to) = beleseatön
malet
dispenäd, nemapenät
seif; seifön
logam, logasien, logot, logöfot (= tourist)
* at first sight = pö logot balid
(written) = mal; malön
(emblem) = mäk
(hint) = vineg
• to sign one's name = dispenön
• sign language (for the deaf) = malamanäträpet
malet
dispenäd
sinifön
logöfot
(keep silent) = seil; seilön
* to silence s.o. = seilükön eki
müätik (= unable to speak); seilik
seiliko, seilölo
jadamagod, silhuät
sadin, sadinik
sadinasofik
klaunöfik, stupädik
böfön
largent (metallic substance); largentin (chemical element)
* table silver = largentastömem
sümik
sümön (ko)
ön mod sümik
balugik
balugöf
naedilo
sümädot
sümädöm
sinod; sinön (ta)
sinud
kordül
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since
sincere
(to) sing
singer
single
singlet
sink (in kitchen)
(to) sink
sinner
sinus
(to) sip
sir
siren (= mermaid)
sister
(to) sit
site
sitting-room
(to be) situated
situation
size
six
size
skate
(to) skate
skeleton
ski
skiing
(to) ski
skilful
(to) ski
skill
skilled
skin
skinny
(to) skip
skirt
skull
sky
slander
slap
slate (school)
(to) slaughter
slave
slavery
sleep
sleepy
sleeve
(to) slice
(to) slide
slight
slim
sling
sis
stedälik
kanitön
hi/jikanitan
balatik, seliban
niyäk
lavabasin
(go under) = sadön, sädön
sinan
sinud
slürfön
söl
sären
jiblod, jigem, sör
* a religious sister = jikleudan
seadön; seidön oki
topet
sälun
topön
* to be situated on a river = topön len flumed
plad, stad
gret (= general); gretot (= shoe); miedalien (= maths)
mäl
fomät, gretot
sket
sketön
bomem
skiy
skiyam
skiyön
skilik
skiodön
kan, skil
jäfüdaskilik
skin
mumägik
bunädön
juüp
kran
sil
* skyscraper = silikratabumot
slän; slänön
flapil
sletot
pugön
hi/jislafan
slaf
slip; slipön
slipöfik
sliv
lenkötön
sleafön, slifön
* a sliding section = sleifakät
pülik
lunedik
snal
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slip
slipper
slipshod
slit
(to) slither
sloop
slope
slovenly
slow
sluice
slug
sluggishness
slums
sly
small
smart
smear
(to) smear
smell
smile
smoke
smooth
(to) smooth
(to) smoulder
snail
snake
(to) snap
(to) snarl
(to) snatch
sneeringly
sneeze
(to) sniff
snobbery
snore
(to) snore
snout
snow
so
(to) soak
soap
soapy
(to) soar (spiritually)
sob
sober
(to) sober up
so-called
social
slifäd; slifädön
* slip of the tongue = pök linega
pantuf
slapik
slit
slifön
jalup
kilv; klivön
slapik
nevifik
klut
laläf, vegasnel
trög
luharat, luslöm, slöm
lukäfik
smalik
klotugik
smiv
smivön
(odour) = smel
* to smell of = smelön äs
** to smell s.th. = smeilön bosi
*** sense of smell = smeilasien
smilil; smililön (dö)
smok; smokön, smökön (= cigarette, cigar)
smudik, smufik
smufükön
smolön
snel
snek
* snake-charmer = snekimagivülan
frakatön, fraketön
yamedön
snapön
lukofiko
snid; snidön
bruvön
lucäd
snok, snor
snokön, snorön
snud
nif; nifön
• snowdrift = nifakum
** snowdrop = galant
so
leluimön, leluimikön
sob
* soap opera (on TV) = televidalekoned (aldelik)
sobik
sublimükön
slok; slokön
dinöfälik
säbrietikön; säbrietükön
sonemik
sogädik
* a social circle = sogod
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socialism
socialist
(to) socialize (with)
socializing
society
sociology
sock
sodden
sofa
soft
software (computers)
soil
sojourn
(to) sojourn
soldier
sole
solemn
solemnity
solid
solidarity
solution
(to) solve
some
someone
(to) somersault
somehow
sometimes
somewhat
somewhere
son
sonnet
son-in-law
song
soon
soothingly
sorrow
sorry
sort
soul
sound
soup
sour
source
south
soutnern
(to) sow
sogädim
sogädiman
sogön (oki lä)
sogalif
(general) = sog, sogäd
(organized society) = klub
(high society) = lesogäd
sogädav
(anklesock) = lustog
daluimüköl
söf
(not hard) = molik
(gentle) = sofik
nünömaprogram
glun; miotön
steb
stebedön
soldat
(of foot) = futaplant
(seafood) = sölit
(of shoe) = sömäl
lezälik
lezäl
(not liquid) = solidik
kobät
soül, soülot, tuvedot
soulön, soülön, tuvedön (puzzle, etc)
(several) = anik
ek
daivülön
in mod seimik
ömna, semanaedo, semikna
boso
seimo
hicil, son
poedot degfolliänik
lüson
kanit
suno
* as soon as = sosus
takedükölo
glum
(miserable) = lügik
(pitiable) = pöfädik
• I'm very sorry = Pidob vemo
• To feel sorry for = keliedön (ko)
bid, sot
lan
ton; toenön, tonön
* to be sound = saunik
sup
züdöfik
fon, fonät
sulüd
sulüdik
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sower
soya bean
space
spacious
spade
(to) span
spanner
spare
(to) spare
spark
(to) sparkle
sparrow
(to) speak
speaker
special
specialist
(to) specialize (in)
specialized
species
specific
(to) specify
specimen
spectacle
spectacles
spectator
spectrum
speech
speed
speleology
(to) spell
spelling
(to) spend
sperm
sphincter
sphinx
spice
spider
(to) spill
sovan
soyabon
spad
* spacecraft / ship = kosmonaf, lespadanaf, levalanaf,
sinaf
** space-suit = siklotem
*** space helmet = sihät
**** space capsule = sikapsul
***** space age = lespada- / si(la)timäd
****** space station = sistajon
******* space probe = lespadabluf, sibluf
spadöfik
jüp (= garden); pik (= card game)
tenidükön
skrubakik
(left over) = retik
*
spare change (money) = mon retik
**
spare room = lotidacem
***
spare time = livüp
**** spare wheel = luib resärfik
***** spare tyre = resärfarif
(save) = spalön (eke bosi), spälön
spag; spagön
spagülön
spär
spikön
danunan (= radio/TV presenter); tonöm (= apparatus)
patik
jäfüdisevan, patädan
patädodilön (oki)
jäfüdik
bid
patädik
patön
samäd
lüloged
lün, lünät
lülogan
späktrum
(power of) = spik
(discourse) = spikäd
(part of speech) = vödabid
spid; vif; spidön, vifükumön
lekevav
tonatön
tonatam
(time) = lifädön
(not save) = nespälön
(money) = segivön
sidaflumot
färmükamamuskul
sfin
pit
raänid
spilön
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(to) spin
spinach
spinal cord
spine
spiral
spirit
spiritism
spiritual
spirituality
(to) spit
spite
spiteful
splendid
splinter
split
splash
(to) splash about
splashdown
spleen
splendour
spoil
(to) spoil
spoils (of war)
spokesman
sponge
spongy
spoon
spoonful
sport
sportsman
spot
spotted
spray
(to) spread
(to) spread out
spring
sprinkled (over)
sprinting
(to) sprout
squall
(to) squander
square
spulön
• spinning wheel = spulöm
• spine
bäkabom
spinad
medul
(anatomy) = bäkabom
skrubät
* a spiral staircase = tridem skrubätik
(soul) = lan
(angel) = lanan
(ghost) = späk
(Supreme Spirit) = Lanal
(God) = lanal
spirut
lanöfik
lanöf
spukön
badöf, hetäd; hetädön, skänön
* in spite of = to
badöfik, hetädik
magifik
cip
slitod; slitön
lemür
megön
sumelikam
splen
magif
berav; beravön
dobükön (= things); zädön (= children); zadidön
(=animals)
lefanot
pladulan
spog
* sponge (cake) with crumble topping = jedülotakek
spogöfik
spun
spunet
spot
spotan
(place) = plad
(mark) = sten
stenöfik
gifülot
vidükön
= stäänikön, stäänükön, tenön
(of water) = fonät
(to jump) = bunön, spranülön
(season) = florüp
(spring tide) = flud süpik
sustürülöl
vifagol
sprötön
mistomül
fegebön
(shape) = follien, kvad
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(to) squeeze out
(to) squint
squirrel
stable
stadium
staff
stag
stage
(to) stagger
staging post
stain
stair
staircase
stairs
stake
stalk
stalls (theatre)
stamen (botany)
(to) stammer
stamp
(to) stand
standstill (to come to a)
(to) stand up
standard
standstill, (to be at a)
staple (for office stapler)
stapler (in office)
star
(to) stare
starling
start
starvation
(to) starve
state
(to) state
stately
statement
statesman
static
station
stationer's (shop)
stationery
statistic(al)
(geometrical) = kvad
(city / town) = piad
sepedön
• to tread grapes = besepön vitidabälis
strabön
yat
(for horse) = lecek
stadion
(personnel) = pösodef; (stick) = staf
stäg
(platform, trestle) = skaf
(theatrical stage) = städ
* stage coach = potavab
tifalön
karovöp
sten; stenön
trid, tridem
tridem
* spiral staircase = skrubädatridem
tridem
stafäd
(of plant) = kaul, stäm
partär
stamen
stötön
(postage) = flänükamamäk, penedamäk
(machine) = stäpedöm; stäpedön
stanön
sästopön
löädön
flag
takön
nit
nitamacin, nitöm
stel
logetön (lü)
sturnod
primön
(of race) = derön; derönön
(departure) = detäv; detävön
(beginning) = prim; primön
(to start off from still position) = mufükön
fefaemam
fefaemön
(condition) = stad
(government) = tat
nunön, stetön
gravätik, in dekaklotem
setäd
tatan
takik
(railway) = (ferodarutavega)stajon
(radio) = broadöp, radionastajon
penömaselidöp
papüracans
statit(ik)
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statistics (science)
statue
status
stay
(to) steal
steam
steel
steep
(to) steer
stem
stench
stem
step
stepchild
stepparent
stern
statitav
magot
• an equestian statue = monitanamagot
stad
(sojourn) = steb; stebön (for a certain time)
(delay) = zög; zögön
(reside) = lödön
tifön (eke bosi)
stem; stemön
stal
skapik
stirikön
stag
lusmel
kaul, stag
step
* steps (leading to entrance) = pärun
hi/jilucil
hi/jilupal
(to) stimulate
sting
stink
stipulation
(to) stir
stirring
stitch
(to) stitch
stock-gilliflower
Stock Exchange
stocking
stomach
(of ship) = pödanaf
(of grass) = stag
(severe) = sevärik
pödastev
lufatstepmother
lumot
stereod
* stereophonic sound = stereodaton
neflukükön
jiyufan (patik)
staf
(stab) = steigön
(stick onto) = kleibön
(adhesive) = kleböfik
(viscous) = tönik, tönedik
stifik
stifükön
* to become stiff = stifikön
teifülik
(yet) = nog
(quiet) = stilik
davedükön, stigädön
stegül; stegülön
lusmel; lusmelön (äs)
stip
mufilön
(all go) = jäfik
näg
nägön
matiol
Leböb
stog
stomäg
stone
stooping
stop
ston
blotöfik
(bar, barrier) = stöb; stöbön
stern (of ship)
stepfather
stereo
(to) sterilise
stewardess (on airline)
stick
(to) stick
sticky
stiff
(to) stiffen
stifling
still
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store
storehouse
storey
stork
storm
story
stove
straight
strain
straits
(to) strand
strange
stranger
strap (shoe)
straw
strawberry
(to) stray
streak
stream
street
strength
stress
(to) stretch
(to) strew
strict
strike
string
(to) string
strip
(to) strive
(to) strive after
stroke (illness)
(to) stroke
strong
structure
struggle
stub
stubborn
(holding up) = stöpäd; stöpädön
(bus, train) = stopöp
(cause to stop) = stöpön
*
The bus stops here = nibud stopon is.
**
(department) = canöp
***
(warehouse) = magad; magadön
**** (shop) = selidöp
***** to store (goods) = leseitöm (canis)
****** (department store) = caniselidöp
caniselidöp; seatöp
(floor) = tead
stork
tep
(tale) = konot
furnod
stedik, stedälik
töbid; töbidön
(sea) = melarovöp
fimikön
bisarik
foginan; nesevädan
küired
stol
frag
deikön
strip
bluk, flum, leflumed; flumön
süt
* High Street = lesüt
** a side street = näisüt
nämed
dadränälam
tenädön, tenikön, tenön (arms, legs) tenükön
(stretch out) = koltenükön, lülenükön
(of forest) = fotazugot
bejedön
sevärik
(workers') = atraik; straikön
* He struck (his) brother = äflapom blodi
** It is striking ten = tonons düps deg
*** On the stroke of ten = ebo tü düp 10id
lefad
(for packing purposes) = tanamajain
(of musical instrument) = stin
kedülön
taned
steifön
besteifön
breinaflap, breinaparalüd, paopläg
röbülön
nämik
binod
komip, töbid;
komipön (ta), letöbidön (ta)
retäd
stübik
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student
study
stuff
stuffy
stumbling
stupid
stupidity
(to) stutter
style
stylist
subject
(to) subject
subjunctive
sublime
submarine
submission
(to) submit
(to) subscribe
substance
substantial
(to) subtract
suburb
subversive
(to) succeed
success
successfully
succession
successive
successively
successor
succulent
such
(to) suck
such
sudden
suddenly
(to) suffer
(to) suffice
suffix (grammar)
suffocation
sugar
(to) suggest
suggestion
suicide
suit
(to) suit
suitable
studan
stud; studön
(thing) = din
(material) = mater
(substance) = stöf
(turkey) = steigädön
(stifling) = teifülik
tifalöl
stupik
stup
stötön
maget
(fashion) = vogädan
(person) = reigäb
(grammar) = subyet
yokön
mögabid (värba)
sublimik
daivanaf, dismelanaf
sumätükam
(yield) = sumätükön; (for consideration) = lonülön
lebonedön
(essence) = stöf
(reality) = jenöf
(theme) = ledin
jenöfik, ledinik, stöfik
(maths) = näedön
fozif, plödaharat
tatiriskädüköl
(continue) = fovön
(prosper) = plöpön
(follow on) = lovesumön, sökön
benosek, benosuf
sekaliegiko
gerafov
sökaleodik
sökaleodiko
(person) = fovan
vaetöfik
somik
* such and such a one (= person) = soman
sugön, sügön
somik
süpik
süpo
liedön (demü), sufön
saidön
poyümot
teaf
jueg
tikodükön
mob, tikodükam
oksasen
(of clothes) = klotem
klotugön, lönedön, pötön
(appropriate) = lönedik, pötik
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(to be) suitable (for)
suitcase
sullen
sum
summary
summer
summit
(to) summon
summoner
(to) sum up
sun
(to) sunbathe
sundial
Sunday
sunken rock
sunrise
sunset
sunny
superhuman
superior
superiority
supermarket
supersticion
supervise
supper
surface
surgeon
surname
surprise
surrender
(to) surrender
(to) surround
lönedön (pö)
trök
murik
(total amount) = kobonum
(résumé) = naböfodönuam
hitüp
sömit
sitatön
nunan
naböfodönuön
sol
solön (oki)
solaglok
sudel
klip
solasülöpikam, sülöpikam sola
modonikam sola, solamodonikam, solamoikam,
solöfik
susmenik
löpik
löp, veüt
lemaket
lukred
bejäfön
säned
* to have supper (= evening meal) = sänedön
flekik
läfulükik
blünots
blünön
* supply and demand = mand e lof
** to supply s.th. missing = läfulükön
stüt
stütön
stütan
büocedön
niludam
levemik
* The Supreme (Being) = Dabinal
fümik
• Sure! = fümö! lesi!
• to be sure = fümön
platot, sürfat
kötetavan
famülanem
benosüpot, süpäd; süpädön
klemed
klemedön
züön
surroundings
survey
züamöp
säkablog
supple
supplementary
supplies (= goods)
(to) supply
support
(to) support
supporter
(to) (pre)suppose
supposition
supreme
sure
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(to) survive
(to) suspect
suspicion
suspicious
swallow
(to) swallow (up)
swamping
(to) swamp
swarm (of bees)
(to) swarm
(to) sway
(to) swear
sweat
sweater
(to) sweep
sweet
(to) swell
swift
swim
swindle
swing
(to) swing
(to) swirl
switch
(to) switch on/off
sword
syllogism
(to) symbolize
symmetry
sympathetic
(to) sympathize
sympathy
symptom
syrup
system
systematic(al)
lailifön, lovelifön
badiniludön (tefü ek); miniludön
badinilud, minilud
badiniludik, miniludik
(bird) = sval
(lu)slugön
marädükam
marädükön
kümam
grulön
kledön
(curse) = blasfämön
(take oath) = yulön
suet; suetön
loviotiraklot
kluinön, svipön
svidik
svelikön
* a sea swell = hul
spidik, vifik
svim; svimön
lecüt; lecütön
(for children) = pendülöm
pendülön, svönön
virilön
(light) = litakurbidöm; (electric) = lektinaflumikurb
(general) = kurb
nikurbön/sekurbön
gläv
blöfed
sümbolön
gemagöf
keliedik, kesenälik
keliedön (ko), kesenälön
(feeling for) = kelied
(compassion) = baisenäl, kesenäl
sümptom
sirup
sit
sitik
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tablespoon
tablet
tail
tailor
(to) take
(to) take away
tab
* a narrow, decorative table cover = tabaletaned
** table silver = largentastömem
*** a table cloth = tabastofed
**** to put the tablecloth on = stofedön
fidaspoon
diled (= of soap); pilul (= medication)
göb
* a tailcoat = trelülagun
skrädan
sumön
mosumön
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(to) take away (with)
(to) take off
tale
talk
talkative
tall
tambourine
tame
(to) tan
tanner
tannery
tangent (maths)
tangerine
tangle
tank
tap
tape
tape recorder
tapestry
tar
tariff
(to) tarnish
task
taste
tastefully
(to) tattoo
tax
taxi-cab
taxi-driver
tea
(to) teach
teacher
team
teapot
tear
tear duct
teaspoon
technical
technician
technique
technological
technology
(to be) teeming (with)
teeth
telegram
telegraph
telegraphist
telegraphy
kesumön
deükön, säklotön (= clothes); sälenükön (= shoes)
* take-off (= aeroplane) = löpikam
konot
spikod; spikodön
* to prattle = luspikön
spikotälik
gretik
tamburen
teamik; teamön
taenön
taenan
taenöp
tangänt
tangerarojat
brul
bänsinacub (= petrol tank); bländ (= military)
(gas, water) = ronät
(hit lightly) = flapil; flapilön
(video) = magodatanil
(audio) = tonatanil
tonodiregistaröm
taped
tar
tarif
säkölikön
bligäd, vobod
gut; gutön
• to taste of = smekön (äs)
** sense of taste = smekasien
gütiko
tätuvön
trip; tripön
loatatood, taxid
taxidajoför
tied
tidön
tidan
kvip
tiedaskal
(from eyes) = dren
(slit) = sleit; sleitön
(tear apart) = dasleitön
drenameat
tiedaspun
kaenik
kaenan
skil
kaenavik
kaenav
grulön (dub)
tutem, tuts
telegrafot, depad
telegraföm; telegrafön
telegrafan
telegraf
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telepathy
telephone
telephonist
telephony
telescope
television
(to) tell
temper
temperament
temperature
tempest
temporary
temple
(to) tempt
temptation
tempting
ten
tendency
tender
tender-hearted
tenderly
tendon
tendril
tennis
tenor (music)
tension
tent
tepid
term
terms (of business)
terrace
terrible
terrified
terrorism
test
testament
testicle
text
textbook
tikodiloveblin
telefonöm; telefonön
• a mobile 'phone = telefon polovik
• a telephone call = telefonot
telefonan
telefon
daleskop
televid
* TV channel = televidadaäd
** soap opera (TV series) = televidasökod
*** to watch TV = televidön
(relate) = konön
(say) = sagön
vim; tämükön (metals)
* to have a bad temper = zuniälön
natäl
vamot
(to have a temperature) = fifön
letep
nelaidik, nelaidüpik
(anatomy) = tämep
(religious) = tem
blufodön
blufod
blufodik, lübätik
deg
klien
molädik, müdik
zadälik
molädiko, flenöfiko
kordül
tedril
tänit
tenor
tenid
tänad
vamülik
(expression) = notod; notodön
(date for paying) = pelüp
(time) = tüp
(come to terms with) = balädikön ko
nüns
tärat
jeikik
lejekik
jekälim
• an act of terrorism = jekidun
• a terrorist = jekidunan
bluf; blufod; blufön
* an initiative test = primätabluf
tästum
* to make a will = tästumön
tästig
vödem
tidabuk
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than
thank
thankful
that
(to) thaw
the
theatre
theft
then
theme
theorem
theory
theoretic(al)
there
thereby
thermometer
thesis
they
thick
thicket
thief
thieves
thievish
thigh
thimble
thin
thine
thing
(to) think (about)
third (music)
thirst
thirsty
this
thorax
thorough
thou
though
thought
thousand
thread
(to) threaten
threatening
three
threshold
thrill
throat
(to) throb
throne
ka
dan; danön
danöfik
(conjunction) = das, dat
(demonst. pronoun) = et, etos
(relative pronoun) = kel
smetön
el, hiel, jiel
teat, teatöp
tif, tifot
täno
• from then on = siso
yegäd
leset
teor
teorik
us
* there is/are = dabinon(s)
dubo
tärmomet
patädapenäd
oms, ofs, ons
bigik
fotül
tifan
tifans
tifiälik
(anatomy) = küid
doatahät
slenik
orik
din
süenikön (dö); tikön (dö)
(to ponder)
= meditön, ninälön, süenikön
(to think out) = datikön
kiltonod
soaf; soafön
soafik
at, atos
blötabomem, blötakev
staböfik
or
do
tik, tikod
* a line of thought = tikasökod
mil
fad
tädön
tädik
kil
soliad
voät
gug, slug
(to) clear one’s throat = kögülön
pebön
tron
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through
(to) throw
thrush
thumb
thump!
thunder
thunderstorm
Thursday
thus
thy
thymus (gland)
thyroid (gland)
thyself
tibia
(to) tick (sound of clock)
ticket
(to) tickle
tide
tie
tiger
tight
(to) tighten (up)
tile
till
time
timer
timetable
timid
tin
tingling (sensation)
tinsel
tint
tiny
tip
da
jedön; stürön (onto a pile)
turd
döm
plumps!
tonär; tonärön
mistom
dödel
kludo, so
olik
tüim
türeoid
ol it
tibiad
tikitön
biliet, tävakad
* single ticket = biliet moik
** return ticket = biliet geik
jätülön
taid
* ebb and flow = bän e flud
(necktie) = kravat
tigrid
(tiger cub = tigridül)
(tightfitting) = nabalenik
(tense) = tenidik
tenidükön (plu)
tvil
jü
* a (shop) till = monalayet
naed, tim
*
what time is it? = düp kinik binos-li?
**
at some time (or other) = seimikna
***
for the time being = büfo
****
each time = alna
*****
several times = pluna
******
other times = votikna
*******
for the first time = balidnaedo
*******
how many times? = liomödotikna?
******** this time = naedü at
********* at the same time = otüpo
********** just in time = labü tim töbo saidik
*********** by the time = jüi tim
timimafian
(buses, trains) = vegamataib
plafik
(metal) = stanin
(sheet) = tün
(a tin-opener) = bügimaifüköm
stigül
nidüladek
kölül
vemo smalik
(gratuity) = drinamon; givön drinamoni
(point) = tipot
(cigarette) = mudot
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(to) tire
tired
tiredness
title
fenikön, fenükön
fenik
fen
(of book) = tiäd
(honour) = titul
to
toad
toast (drink)
toast (bread)
toaster
tobacco
tobacconist
(to) toboggan
today
toe
toenail
toffee
together
ad, jü, lü
bufod, rosip
tost
bod peloetöl
bodifilädöm
tabak
tabakiselan
slifavabön
adel, adelo
tean
teananuel
börajuegota
kobo
* together with = kol, sa
sufälön, sufidön, sufön
sufälik
podor, tomat
odel, odelo
toun
tonod
• a tone of voice = vögäd
filazäp
(in mouth) = lineg
(language) = pük
aneit, aneito, asoar, asoaro
slugamügdal
(also) = i
(to excess) = tu
stum
* a garden tool = gadöm
pokalampad
tut
tutadol
tutikef
tutakrem
(toy) = tupit
(summit) = sömit
go löpo
tomön
datomik
viratep
melaraket
tortug
tomön
kobonum, valod
• in total = valodo
lölot
valodiko
(sense of) = kontag; kontagön
* to touch with finger(s) = doatön
(to) tolerate
tolerant
tomato
tomorrow
ton
tone
tongs (pair of)
tongue
tonight
tonsil
too
tool
torch
tooth
toothache
toothbrush
toothpaste
top
topmost
(to) torment
tormented
tornado
torpedo
tortoise
(to) torture
total
totality
totally
touch
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tough
tour
tourist
toward(s)
towel
tower
town
town hall
toxic
toy
toyshop
trace
(to) trace
trachea
track
tracker (dog)
tractor
trade
(to) trade
trade union
trade unionist
tradition
traditional
traffic
tragedy
tragic
train
(to) train
(to go by) train
training
tram
(to) trample down
tranquilizer
transaction
transept (of church)
(to) transfer (to)
(to) transform
transformation
transformer (of electric current)
(to) translate
translation
translator
transmission
transmutation
transparent
transport
travel
tray
(to) tread on
** to touch emotionally = fäkön
(stringy, viscous) = tönik; (resistant) = sufidik
zugot
töran
lü
taul
tüm
zif
konsälöp
venenöfik
pledadin
* a toy boy (someone much younger than his wife) =
(hi)löfülan
pledadinaselidöp
selidöp pledadinas
rut
(canal, road) = disinotön
bron
kul, rut
sukadog
traktor
febod, ted
tedön
tedafed
tedafedan
vönaoloveikod
vönaoloveik
dakosäd
* a traffic refuge = sütasefädöp
** traffic lights = maletalits
lügadramat
lelügik
tren
(sports) = drätodön (oki); (animals) = drätön;
(professional) = dafomön
trenön
drätod
träm
dätagön
takedükamedin
tedot
traväröp (glüga)
lovepladön (lü)
votöfön
votafomam
feafomöm (fluma lektinik)
tradutön
tradut, tradutod
tradutan
trab
dacein
dulogamovik
veig; veigön
täv; tävön
bötöm, lebavet
sutridön
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treasure
treasurer
(to) treat
treatment
treaty
tree
trellis-work
(to) tremble
tremendous
trespass
trial
(to bring to) trial
triangle
tribe
tribute (monetary)
trick
(to) trickle
tricklet
trickster
tricycle
trifling
trigonometry
trip
(to) trip
(to) trip off
(to) trip (someone) up
triumphant
trolley-bus
troop
troops
tropic
(to) trot
trouble
trousers
trousseau (wedding)
trout
truce
truck
true
trunk
trunks (swimming)
trust
truth
(to) try
div
* a treasure house = divöp
diviguvanef
(talk about) = bespikön
(deal with) = tölatön, träitön
(medical) = kälön
(medical) = lekäl
(general) = träit
baläd
bim
* tree trunk = stamod
treil
dremön (dub, sekü
dredabik
miveg
(law) = cödäd
cödädön
killien
tribüt
monigetot
käfed; lekäf; cütön
mürön
tofil
jäpülan
cilasaikul
nensüenik
trigonomet
(excursion) = lespat
tifalön
lespatön
tifalükön (eki)
levikodik
lektinanibud
trup
trupe, trups
tropik, vütropik
• the tropics = vütropän
trotön
(worry) = kud; kudön
(effort) = töbid; töbidön
(upset) = töb; töbön
(pair of) = blit
matablim
trüit
krigistöp
to call for a truce = begön krigistöpi
fledatood, fledavab
veratik
* it' s true that ... = fe
(elephant) = probod
(luggage) = trök
(of tree) = stam
svimablitil
konfid; konfidön
verat, veratod
steifülön
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Tsar
tub
tuba
tube
tuberculosis
Tuesday
tug
(to) tug
tulip
tumbler
tundra
tune
tunnel
(to) tunnel
tunny
turkey
turmeric (spice)
turn
turnip
turpentine
turquoise
twelve
twin
(to) twist
two
type
(to) type
tyre
typewriter
typical
typist
tyranny
tyrant
tyre
(to try on clothes) = mafidön
zar
tüb
tubat
rüdet, (tutakrema)rüdil, skrün (= TV set)
ftisid
tudel
(boat) = tränanaf
tirülön, tränön
tulip
vär
muskän
lid, melod, riad
(to tune to) = baitonükön (= radio, TV, etc)
(to tune in) = proädön = radio, TV, etc.)
tönul
tönulön
(fish) = toün
(bird) = dindun
tarmaret
(mechanical) = tul; tulön, tülön
* p.t.o. (= please turn over) =
* B.g.b. (= Begö! güflekolös bledi)
** to turn to a friend = flekön lü flen
*** to turn over = güükön; tikologädön (in the mind)
**** to turn (into) = loveivotön (ini)
***** it’s my turn = binos turn obik
****** to turn over (car engine) = mufükön (motori)
******* to turn (light) on/off = nikurbön/sekurbön
to turn round = flekön oki
navät
tereben
türkot
degtel
hi/jitelädan
(fibres) = fadotelön
(around) = zütülön
tel
(category) = pated
(on keyboard) = klavön
niluibarif, rif
penamacin
patedik
klavan
tiren
tirenan
rif
-------------------ugly
ukelele
ulcer
umbrella
unaccustomed
unacquainted
U
nejönik
kuelel
luuk
reinajelöm
nekösömik
nesevädik
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unalterable
unaltered
unambiguous
unambitious
unapproachable
unassisted
unattractive
unavailable
unavailing
unavoidable
unaware
unbalanced
unbearable
(to) unburden
uncanny
uncertainty
unchecked
uncivilized
unclaimed
uncle
unconcerned
unconfirmed
unconquerable
unconscious
unconstrained
uncontrolled
uncountable
(to) uncover
undeniable
under
(to) underestimate
(to) undergo
underground (railway)
undergrowth
(to) underline
(to) undermine
underpants
(to) underrate
(to) understand
(to) undertake
undertaker
undeserved
undeservedly
undesirable
undeterred
undeveloped
undo (to)
(to) undress (o.s.)
undue
uneasy
uneducated
unemployed
unemployment
unequal
unequalled
uneven
neceinovik
no pevotüköl
netelplänovik
nestimiälik
nelügolovik
nen yuf
nekeinotik
negebidik
vanik
nevitovik
nensevedik
no leigavetik
nesufovik
säfledön
dredilik
nefüm
no peneletöl
nekulivik
no peflagöl
hiter, ziom
nenkudik
no pezepöl
nevikodovik
nesevälöfik
nenmütig
no peneletöl
nekalkulovik
sävilupön
nenoamovik
dis
läsdigidön
belifön
distrenaveg
donaplanem
dislienükön
fibükön
niblit
läsdigidön
suemön, lelilön
lovesumön
funisepülan
nemeritik
nemeritiko
nedesirabik
nepestöpädöl
nendaglofik
sädunön
säklotön (oki)
no nog pelabik
(on edge) = muifükik
midugälik
nenvobik
nenvob
neleigik
neleigodovik
negidik
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unexpected
unexplored
unfaithful
unfamiliar
unfathomable
(to) unfasten
(to) unfold
unfortunate
unfortunately!
unfurnished
ungraceful
ungracious
ungrateful
unguarded
unhappy
unharmed
unheard of
unhesitating
unhesitatingly
unholy
unicorn
uniform (= clothing)
uniformity
unimaginable
unimportant (thing)
unimproved
uninhabited
uninjured
uninterestedly
uninterrupted
union
unique
unit
(to) unite
united
unity
universal
university
unjust
unknown
unless
unlimited
(to) unload
(to) unlock
unmaking
unmerited
unmistakeable
unnatural
(to) unnerve
unobserved
unoccupied
unofficial
(to) unpack
no pespetöl
no pebeletävöl
nefiedik
nekösömik
nenstaböfik
livükön
maifükön; sävilupön (figuratively)
liedik
liedö!
no pemöböl
nekeinik
neplitik
nendanik, nedanöfik
no pegaledöl
neläbik
nenviodik
nensamik
nenzogik
nenzogiko
nesaludik
balhon
leiged
leig
nefomälovik unimpaired
nätik
pülot
no pemenodöl
no pebelödöl
nendämik
nenitedäliko
nenropik
(unity) = balam
(union) = balatam
(federation) = fed
balik
balat; (basic unit) = stabäd
balön
pebalöl
balät
valemik
niver
(unfair) = negidik
(in law) = negitik
nesevädik
(provided that) = bisä
no pestöböl
säfledön
mailökön
neved
no pemeritöl
nemisevabik
nenatik
nenämükön
no peküpöl
no pebeseidöl, no pekoupöl
necalöfik
säpäkön
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unpolished
unpopular
unprofitable
unprotected
unquenchable
unreliable
unresponsive
unsatisfactory
unscathed
unscientific
(to) unscrew
unsettled
unshaven
(to) unsheath
unskilled
(to) unsneck
unsound
unspoilt
unstained
unsteady
(to be) unsuccessful
unsuitable
unsuspected
unsympathetic
untidy
until
untrained
unwearied
unwelcome
(to) unwind
unwitnessed
(to) unwrap
unyielding
up
upgrade
(to) upholster
(to) uplift
upon
upright
(to) upset
(to go) upstairs
up-to-date
ureter
urethra
(to) urge
urgency
urgent
urine
(to) urinate
urologist
use
no pesmufetöl
nepöpedik
nefienöfik; nefrutik
nenjelik
nekvänovik
nekonfidovik
sorditik (figurative) unripe nemadik
nekotenüköl
nepevunöl
nenolavik
livioskrubön, seskrubön
(mentally) = kofudik, pekofudüköl
no pejeiföl
säveadön
neskilik
säkloätön
nesaunik
neviodik
nenmiotik
mufülik, nefümik
miplöpön
nepötöfik (= things); nelönedans (= people)
neminiludik
nesitik
neleodik
jüs
no pedrätodöl
nenfenik
mikömik
sätülön, sätenidükön (oki) (= to relax)
no fa timanans pelesiöl
sävilupülön
fümädik
löpio, löpo
menodot
mädön
löpiotovön
su, sui
löik
(emotionally) = brulükön, favön
(knock over) = dojoikön
(confuse) = kofudükön
(emotionally) = favik
(to put in disorder) = säleodükön
bexänön tridemi
jünuik
roinatuibil
yurinatuib
dranön
dranöf
dranöfik
yurin
yurinön
yurinavan
frut, geb; frutön, gebön
* to be of use = jonidön
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useful
useless
usual
utter
utterly
uvula
frutik
nefrutik
kösömik
* to be usual = kösömön
mu lölöfik
mu lölöfiko
lüät
-------------------- V
vacation
(to) vaccinate
vaccination
vacuum cleaner
vagabond
vagina
vague
vain
vainly
valerian (flower)
valid
(to be) valid
valley
valuable
valuables
value
(to) value
valve
vampire
van
vanguard
vanilla
vanity
variation
various
vase
vast
veal
vegetable
vegetarian
vegetarianism
vegetation
vehicle
veil
vein
vengeance
(to) ventilate
ventilation
venture
veranda
verdict
--------------------
vaken
müpön
müp
püfisugian
gliban
vagin
lufümik
(of people) = lupleidik
(empty) = vanik
(unsuccessful) = nensekik
nensekiko, vaniko
nard
lonöfik
lonöfön
fälid
völadik
jerots
völad
völadön
väntil (= ventilator); pir (= radio)
vampir
fledatood
föfakedot
vanel
* a vanilla ice-cream = vanelagladet
van
sotül
distöfik
vasod
gianagretik, veitik
bubülamit
härbat
härbatiman
härbatim
planaglof, planem
vab, vaböm, veigöm
veal
(anatomy) = vein
vindit
lutön
lutam
* ventilation shaft = lutamafonäd
riskod; riskön
yal
cödispiked
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vermin
vertebra
verse
(to) verify
vertebra
very
vessel
vest
veterinary (surgeon)
(to) vibrate
vibration
vice
victim
victor
victorious
video (recorder)
victory
view
vignette
viking
village
vinegar
vineyard
violence
violent
violet
violin
violoncello
virtue
virtuous
virus
visa
visible
visit
vision
vitamin
viviparous
voice
void
volcano
volleyball
volume
volunteer
(to) volunteer
vomit
vote
voter
minimilem
bäkavireb
(poetic) = setül
fümodön
bäkavireb
veratik, voik, vemo, go
* it's a very paradiese = at binon parad voik!
(blood vessel) = fesül
(in general) = gef
(boat, ship) = naföm
nijit
nimisanan
branön, dremön
dremet
lesinod
drefäb, viktim
vikodan
vikodik
magodasumodöm
vikod
selogam, zülogot
* a bird's-eye view = lovelogam
** point of view = leced
*** in view of = lo
vinyät
viken
vilag
vinig
vitidagad
mäpet
mäpetik
viol
viäl
col
tug
tugik
virud
visum
logädik
• (to become) visible = logädikön
visit; visitön
vision
vitamin
lifamotamik
vög
a high-pitched voice = falsät
vag
volkan
el volleyball
ton (= sound); toum (= book)
* a volume control = toninämükian
libaviladünölan
dunön (libavilo)
sput, vomitot; sputön, vomitön
vögod; vögodön
vögodan
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voyage
vulgar
vulture
melatäv, täv
lukomunik
vultur
• a bearded vulture = jipülavultur
-------------------- W --------------------wadding (cotton filling)
(to) waddle
wage
waist
waistcoat
(to) wait
waiter
waiting room
(to) wake
wake (after person’s death)
Wales
walk
(to) walk
wall
wallet
wallflower
(to) wander
wanderer
want
war
warbler
wardrobe
warehouse
(to) warn
warning
warm
(to) warn
warning (= sign)
warrant (for the arrest of)
wart
wash
wash-basin
washer
wasp
waste
watch
vod
mufülön
mesed
zekoap
jilät
stebedön
bötan
* head waiter = lebötan
stebedalecem
(to watch) = galön
(to wake up) = galikön
(to waken s.o.) = galükön
deadanagaläd
Velsän
spatam
golön, spatön
• a walk-about = zivabam
• to walk (dog) = spatükön
(outside) = mön
(inside) = völ
monapokül
matiol
ziglibön, zigolön
zigliban, zigolan
(lack of) = def; defön
(without) = nelab; nelabön
(to need) = neod; neodön
(will) = vil; vilön
krig; krigön
silvid
klotikipedöp
canamagad
nunedön
nuned
vamik; vamikön, vamükön
nunedön
nunedapenäd
fanäbükamabüd
vart
lav; lavön
• to do the washing = dunön stofädemilav (clothes/linen?
• to wash (ashore) = sveimön (sui melajol)
lavaböväd
(appliance) = lavacin
vesep
(desert) = natädöp, soalöföp
(to squander) = nespäl; nespälön
(vigilant) = gal, galäd, galed; galön, galädön, galedön
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watchman
watch-chain
watchmaker
water
(to) water
waterfall
watery
wave
wavelength
wax
way
WC
weak
wealth
wealthy
weapon
(to) wear (clothes/spectacles)
weariness
wearisome
weary
weather
weave
web
(to) wed
wedding
Wednesday
weed
week
(to) weep
(to) weigh
weighbridge
weight
(to) welcome
welder
well
well-behaved
well-being
* pocket watch = pokaglok
** a remote (military) building = fogalädöp
*** to look at = logedön
**** wristwatch = rietalinaglokil
galedan
pokaglokajän
glokel
vat
• a water lily = nümfead
• distilled water = steilavat
vatön
vatafal
vatöfik
(of sea) = vef; vefön
(greetings) = vineg; vinegön
(to wave hair) = vefafomön
(something in hand) = lefänön
vefalunot
väk
(path) = veg, vegil
(method) = mod
(in no way) = ön mod neseimik
(one-way glass) = glät ballüodik
(water-closet) = prifet, tvalet
we obs
fibik
lieg
liegik
vaf
lenlabön (klotis/lünätis)
* to wear out = vorikön/vorükön
tufav
tufavüköl
tufavik; favikön, favön
stom
* weather forecast = stomanunod
vivot; vivön
spuled
* a web site (computer) = resodatoped
matikön (ko)
mated, matikamazäl
vedel
mikeb
vig
drenön
(mentally) = vätälön
(general) = vätön, vetön
(specific) = vetotön
baskül
vätäl, vät, vetot
benokömaglidön
kobosmitan
(quality) = gudiko, saunik
(well of water) = fonäd
söto
ben, benolab
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well-known
west
wet
whale
wharf
what
whatever
wheel
wheelbarrow
wheelwright
wheezy
when
whenever
where
whereas
wherever
whether
which
whichever
while
whim
whimsical
whip
(to) whip
(to) whisper
whistle
white
who
whoever
whole
why
wicked
wickerwork
witch
wide
benosevädik
vesüd, vesüdik
luimik; luimükön
( to get wet) = luimikön
valüt
melakäv
kio, lio
* what sort of ... ? = kisotik
seimos, kelos . . .; (specific = alseimik), (in interrogative
sense) = kiosotik
* What on earth . . . ? = Kis in vol veitik . . . ?
wheat vuit
luib
* a spinning wheel = spulöm
** a wheelchair = rölastul
*** a steering wheel = stiraluib
bruät
luibamekan
neumatik
(interrogative) = kitimo?
(relative pronoun) = kü (= at the time when . . .)
(conjunction) = ven
seimüpo, ven . . .
(relative pronouns) = in kel(s), dü kel(s), kö
(interrogative) = kiöpö? kiplado? kitopo?
sotefo
seimio, kiöpio . . .
va
(relative pronouns) = kel, hikel, jikel, kelos
(adjectival interrogative pronouns) = kinik? kimik? kifik?
kisik?
seimik
du
vim
drolik
bat; batön
(* to play at whip and top = tupitön)
(for punishment = batül)
bataflapön
spikön nelaodiko; visipön
flutül; flutülön, feifön
vietik
(interrogative pronouns) = kim? kif? kin? kis?
(relative pronouns) = kel, hikel, jikel, kelos
seiman, kiu . . .
lölik
* as a whole = lelölo
(interrogative) = kikodo?
* for which reason = kodä (sekü kod kelik)
lesinik
flök
* a wickerwork chair = flökastul
jimagivan
* a witch's tale = jimagivanakonot
(spread out) = veitik
(broad) = vidik
(wide-seamed) = vidasimik
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wider
widespread
widow
widower
width
wife
wild
vidikum
lardik
jiviudan; viudikön
hiviudan
vidot
jimatan
(in the raw) = natädik
(undomesticated) = sovadik
will
willow
tästum, vil; vilön + infinitive (to make a will = tästumön)
salig
* weeping willow = vatasalig
gaenön
vien
* it's windy = vienos
ginädön
* to wind a watch = ginädön gloki
** to wind in a coil = krugikön
ginöm
vienamül
fenät
• window cleaner = fenätiklinükan
• window-sill = fenätaboed
luf
tavienvitür
tavienvitüraklinian
levienik
vin
vinavär
flitäm
* a (house) wing = flanäd
nifüp
dekluinön
drat
vüyümäd radionik, radionaparat
kabem (lektinik)
dratik
sapik, visedik
sap, vised
vip; vipön
strip
jimagivan
* a witch-hunt = jimagivanayag
temunan; temunön
ko, me, medü
fainikön
nen
magival
mufülön
lup
jimen, vom
vüm
stun, stunidot; stunön; säkön oki
• I wonder whether ... = nulälob va ...
magifik, stunabik
stunidabik
(to) win
wind
(to) wind
windlass
windmill
window
windward (nautical)
windscreen
windscreen wiper
wind-swept
wine
wineglass
wing
winter
(to) wipe
wire
wireless
wiring (electrical)
wiry
wise
wisdom
wish
wisp
witch
witness
with
(to) wither
without
wizard
(to) wobble
wolf
woman
womb
wonder
wonderful
wondrous
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(to) be wont (to)
wood
woodpecker
wool
woollen
word
work
working capital
workman
world
worm
worn out
(to) worry
worse
worship
worshipper
worsted (cloth)
worth
(to be) worth
worth-while
wound
(to) wrap
wrapping-paper
wreathe
wreck
wreckage
(to) be (ship)wrecked
wrench
kösömön (ad)
(substance) = boad
(grove) = fot
pikit
lain
lainik
vöd
(achievement) = duinod
(exertion) = vob; vobön
(written) = lautot
febakatäd
hivoban
vol (= general); voläd (= in regard to human behaviour)
vum
voredik
favön, muif, muifön, muifükön, tom; tomön
* don’t worry about me = no favolös tefü ob.
badikum, badikumo
kult, leplekam; kultön, leplekön
kultan, leplekan
köbamayän
(persons) = digädik
(things) = völad
(general) = digik
völadön
völadik
vun; vunön
vilupön
päkamapapür
kronül
(shipwreck) = nafäd, nafädot; nafädükön
nafädot
nafädön
letiröm
write again soon! = dönupenö!
*** to be wrong (incorrect) = neveratön
---------------------X --------------------xenophobia
Xmas
x-ray
xylographic
foginananeflenäl
Kritidazäl
räyastrals, Röntgen-stralam
boadabükik
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xylography
xylophone
boadiködav
xülofon
-------------------- Y --------------------yacht
yard
(to) yawn
year
yearning
yearly
yellow
Yes!
yesterday
yet
yew
(to) yield
yogurt
you
young
your
youth
youthful
yakt
yad
cavön
yel
ledesir
alyelik
yelovik
Si!
ädel, ädelo
(still) = nog
(despite) = toä
(however) = too
taxud
klemedön (lo), yilidön (lo)
yogurt
ol, ols
yunik
ol/ols, olik/oliks, ola/olas
(general) = yun, yunüp
(person) = yunan
(group) = yunanef
(adolescence) = yunüp
yunöfik
Z
zeal
zebra
ebra-crossing
zen
zero
zig-zag
zip (fastener)
zither
zoo
lezil
sebrad
sütilovegolöp stripik
zenim
ser
zikzakik
tutilafärmükam
ziter
nimagad
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