Friday, March 31, 2017

cinla - 'thin 'lean' '

cinla
thin
 
'thin 'lean' '
 
x1 is thin in direction/dimension x2 by standard x3; [relatively short in smallest dimension] 6f 7 (cf. rotsu, jarki, tordu, cmalu, caxno, plana, jar

(cf. rotsu, jarki, tordu, cmalu, caxno, plana, jarki)

cf

Thursday, March 30, 2017

clite - 'polite '

clite
lit polit
 
'polite '
 
x1 is polite/courteous/civil in matter x2 according to standard/custom x3 9c 37 [also formal, ritual]; (cf. ritli)

[also formal, ritual]; (cf. ritli)

cf

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

xamsi - 'sea '

xamsi
xas sea
 
'sea '
 
x1 is a sea/ocean/gulf/[atmosphere] of planet x2, of fluid x3; (adjective:) x1 is marine 6c 45 [also atmosphere (= varxamsi, varsenta)]; (cf. dap

[also atmosphere (= varxamsi, varsenta)]; (cf. daplu, djacu, lalxu, rirxe, tumla, vacri, zbani, ctaru)

cf

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

senpi - 'doubt 'skeptic' '

senpi
sen doubt
 
'doubt 'skeptic' '
 
x1 doubts/is dubious/doubtful/skeptical/questions that x2 (du'u) is true 9d 30 [also: x2 is doubtful/dubious/questionable (= sels

[also: x2 is doubtful/dubious/questionable (= selsenpi for reordered places)]; (cf. jinvi, krici, djuno, birti)

cf

Monday, March 27, 2017

tanko - 'tobacco '

tanko
tobac
 
'tobacco '
 
x1 is a quantity of tobacco [leaf] of species/strain x2 aj 0 (cf. sigja, marna)

(cf. sigja, marna)

cf

Sunday, March 26, 2017

morji - 'remember 'memory' '

morji
moj mo'i remem
 
'remember 'memory' '
 
x1 remembers/recalls/recollects fact(s)/memory x2 (du'u) about subject x3 2h 114 (cf. cmavo list ba'anai, menli, pensi, sanji, djun

(cf. cmavo list ba'anai, menli, pensi, sanji, djuno, notci)

cf

Saturday, March 25, 2017

pikta - 'ticket '

pikta
ticke
 
'ticket '
 
x1 is a ticket entitling x2 to entitlement/privilege x3 (event/state) under conditions x4 5g 22 (cf. jaspu)

(cf. jaspu)

cf

Friday, March 24, 2017

tunba - 'sibling '

tunba
tub sibli
 
'sibling '
 
x1 is a sibling of x2 by bond/tie/standard/parent(s) x3 4b 5 (cf. bruna, mensi, tamne)

(cf. bruna, mensi, tamne)

cf

Thursday, March 23, 2017

sirxo - 'Syrian '

sirxo
six Syria
 
'Syrian '
 
x1 reflects Syrian culture/nationality in aspect x2 ab 4 (cf. xrabo)

(cf. xrabo)

cf

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

damba - 'fight 'combat' '

damba
dab da'a fight
 
'fight 'combat' '
 
x1 fights/combats/struggles with x2 over issue x3 (abstract); x1 is a fighter/combatant 8g 30 [use x3 tu'a for fight over an object/objective];

[use x3 tu'a for fight over an object/objective]; (cf. bradi, gunta, talsa, darlu, fapro, jamna, sonci)

cf

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

tansi - 'pan '

tansi
tas pan
 
'pan '
 
x1 is a pan/basin/tub/sink, a shallow container for contents x2, of material/properties x3 ao 0 [also bowl]; (cf. baktu, palne, palta, patxu, kabr

[also bowl]; (cf. baktu, palne, palta, patxu, kabri for a bowl that is normally lifted for use, botpi)

cf

Monday, March 20, 2017

slabu - 'familiar '

slabu
sau famil
 
'familiar '
 
x1 is old/familiar/well-known to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by standard x4 2c 130 [This can cover both meanings of old. Old in year

[This can cover both meanings of old. Old in years, i.e. age, can be conveyed through x2 = the world, life, existence (= loi nu zasti); in usage this has been a common default for ellipsis. However slabu is not the opposite of 'young' (= nalci'o, tolci'o), but the opposite of 'new' (= tolni'o); also ancient (= tcesau), age (= nilsau); x2 is used to x1 (= selsau for reordered places); historic/historical (= cirsau, cirselcedra; also vaipru)]; (cf. clani, citno, cnino, se djuno; not the opposite of citno, djuno)

cf

Sunday, March 19, 2017

ganse - 'sense '

ganse
gas ga'e sense
 
'sense '
 
x1 [observer] senses/detects/notices stimulus property x2 (ka) by means x3 under conditions x4 4d 70 [x1 is sensitive to x2; also feels, spots, perceiv

[x1 is sensitive to x2; also feels, spots, perceives, makes out, discerns/recognizes (but only implying reaction without necessarily any significant mental processing); note that the emphasis is on a property which stimulates x1 and is detected (sanji is passive about the sensing, and is not limited to sensory input, as well as presuming some kind of discernment/recognition, while not being concerned with the means of detection); x3 sense/sensory channel]; (cf. pencu, sanji, viska, sumne, tirna, zgana, canci, simlu)

cf

Saturday, March 18, 2017

balre - 'blade '

balre
ba'e blade
 
'blade '
 
x1 is a blade of tool/weapon x2 a 3 (cf. dakfu, tunta, tutci, guska, kinli, katna)

(cf. dakfu, tunta, tutci, guska, kinli, katna)

cf

Friday, March 17, 2017

drudi - 'roof '

drudi
rud dru roof
 
'roof '
 
x1 is a roof/top/ceiling/lid of x2 2k 30 (cf. bitmu, stedu, galtu, gapru, loldi, marbi, gac

(cf. bitmu, stedu, galtu, gapru, loldi, marbi, gacri, mapku; a drudi is (designed to be) over/above something and shelters it from other things above the drudi, mapku)

cf

Thursday, March 16, 2017

stagi - 'vegetable 'stalky' '

stagi
veget
 
'vegetable 'stalky' '
 
x1 is the edible x2 portion of plant x3; x1 is a vegetable 5b 7 [note that fruits and nuts are also vegetables; ge

[note that fruits and nuts are also vegetables; generally this word will be used for either the general category of edible plants, or for non-fruit vegetables (= nalrutstagi)]; (cf. grute, kobli, narge, sluni, spati, sunga, tamca)

cf

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

xance - 'hand '

xance
xan xa'e hand
 
'hand '
 
x1 is a/the hand [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: manipulating tool, waldo] 1c 106 [(adjective:) x1 is manual]; (cf. birka, degji, ji

[(adjective:) x1 is manual]; (cf. birka, degji, jitro, xlura, jamfu, tamji)

cf

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

baktu - 'bucket '

baktu
bucke
 
'bucket '
 
x1 is a bucket/pail/can/deep, solid, wide-topped container of contents x2, made of material x3 ao 0 (cf. botpi, patxu, tansi, lante, lanka)

(cf. botpi, patxu, tansi, lante, lanka)

cf

Monday, March 13, 2017

plini - 'planet '

plini
plane
 
'planet '
 
x1 is a planet revolving around x2 with planetary characteristics x3, orbital parameters x4 am 16 (cf. lunra, mluni, terdi, solri, munje)

(cf. lunra, mluni, terdi, solri, munje)

cf

Sunday, March 12, 2017

dekpu - 'gallon 'peck' '

dekpu
gallo
 
'gallon 'peck' '
 
x1 is x2 (default 1) local volume unit(s) [non-metric; e.g. bushel], standard x3, x4 subunits al 0 [gallon (= likydekpu), quart (= likseldekpu), barr

[gallon (= likydekpu), quart (= likseldekpu), barrel (wet = likybradekpu, dry = sudbradekpu), bushel (= sudydekpu), peck (= sudyseldekpu), cupful (= kabrydekpu), tablespoon (= mucydekpu); teaspoon (= mucyseldekpu); (all of these lujvo may need gic- to distinguish the English measurement system in contrasting with some local system; the English system is otherwise presumed to be the default non-metric system)]; (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...); (cf. canlu, litce, rupnu, fepni, gutci, minli, merli, bunda, kramu)

cf

Saturday, March 11, 2017

datka - 'duck '

datka
duck
 
'duck '
 
x1 is a duck/[drake] of species/breed x2 ai 20 (cf. cipni)

(cf. cipni)

cf

Friday, March 10, 2017

tumla - 'land '

tumla
tum tu'a land
 
'land '
 
x1 is a parcel/expanse of land at location x2; x1 is terrain 8d 12 (cf. vacri, xamsi; tutra, which need not be land,

(cf. vacri, xamsi; tutra, which need not be land, gugde, xamsi)

cf

Thursday, March 9, 2017

krefu - 'recur '

krefu
ref ke'u recur
 
'recur '
 
x1 (event) is the x3'rd recurrence/repetition of x2 (abstract); x2 happens again in [form] x1 7j 56 [also case, another, instance, different, other, t

[also case, another, instance, different, other, time, occasion]; (cf. fukpi, rapli, cafne, fasnu, xruti)

cf

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

dirce - 'radiate '

dirce
di'e radia
 
'radiate '
 
x1 radiates/emits x2 under conditions x3 7j 14 (cf. gusni)

(cf. gusni)

cf

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

cuntu - 'affair '

cuntu
cu'u affai
 
'affair '
 
x1 is an affair/organized activity involving person(s) x2 (ind./mass); x1 is x2's business 8d 6 [also matter, concern; x2 is engaged in x1 (which

[also matter, concern; x2 is engaged in x1 (which is usually an abstraction) (= selcu'u for reordered places)] (cf. jikca, srana)

cf

Monday, March 6, 2017

jganu - 'angle '

jganu
jga angle
 
'angle '
 
x1 is an angle [2-dimensional shape/form] from vertex x2 subtended by lateral [segment] x3 7e 1 [also (adjective:) x1 is angular; x2 corner; (segm

[also (adjective:) x1 is angular; x2 corner; (segment x3 can be defined by interval)]; (cf. kojna, linji, konju, mokca)

cf

Sunday, March 5, 2017

slilu - 'oscillate '

slilu
sli oscil
 
'oscillate '
 
x1 oscillates at rate/frequency x2 through set/sequence-of-states x3 (complete specification) ar 8 [also (expressible either with desku or slilu): si

[also (expressible either with desku or slilu): side to side, to and fro, back and forth, reciprocal (motion), rotates, revolves]; (cf. dikni, rilti, morna, desku, janbe, boxna)

cf

Saturday, March 4, 2017

semto - 'Semitic '

semto
sme Semit
 
'Semitic '
 
x1 reflects Semitic [metaphor: Middle-Eastern] language/culture/nationality in aspect x2 ab 1 [Semitic includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Eth

[Semitic includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ethiopian, among others]; (cf. xrabo)

cf

Friday, March 3, 2017

jbini - 'between '

jbini
bin bi'i betwe
 
'between '
 
x1 is between/among set of points/bounds/limits x2 (set)/amidst mass x2 in property x3 (ka) 2d 28 [x2 (a complete set, generally ordered) defines th

[x2 (a complete set, generally ordered) defines the bounds/limits/range for x1]; (cf. se vasru, nenri, zvati, cpana, snuji, senta, bitmu, jimte, kuspe, jibni, lamji, sruri, vanbi, midju, cmima, setca)

cf

Thursday, March 2, 2017

tanjo - 'tangent '

tanjo
tange
 
'tangent '
 
x1 is the trigonometric tangent of angle/arctangent x2 ar 7 (cf. sinso)

(cf. sinso)

cf

Wednesday, March 1, 2017

mo'i - 'space motion '

mo'i
mov space
 
'space motion '
 
mark motions in space-time -

cf