At the moment LdP includes the following words of Chinese origin. They are changed a little according to LdP phonetics and grammar.
| ai |
alas |
| ba |
An imperative particle: Go ba dar! - (Come on), go there!; Kan ba se! - (Come on), look at this! Nu go ba! - Let's go!
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| bao |
a bag; handabao - a handbag; beybao - a rucksack
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| bengi |
to bang, to burst
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| bey |
a back: stul bey - chair's back; beybao - a rucksack
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| bu |
not: me bu jan - I don't know; me bu go - I don't go (I won't go) |
| buhao |
not good, bad |
| byen |
comfortable; opportune |
| chi |
to eat. Chifan - to take food, to have a meal
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| chitan |
pond |
| chiza |
spoon; chay-chiza - teaspoon
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| chou |
vile, odious; loathsome |
| chu |
go out, get out, come out: lu chu-te aus shamba - he went out of the room; on luy fas chu-te sudor - sweat stood out on his face; chu-te nove filma kun Jacky Chan - a new film with Jacky Chan is out;
suryachu - sunrise; chusa - exit |
| chwan |
a bed |
| chyen |
shallow |
| da |
it, a pronoun relating to inanimate objects: Se es auto. Da go kway. — This is a car. It goes fast. 'Da' does not have the meaning "this, that" (as reference to the actions, conditions or events mentioned in the preceding or following statement); these meanings are expressed by pronouns "se" (this) and "to" (that): Me jan se — I know this. ("Me jan da" would mean "I know it (some object)").
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| damay |
barley
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| dao |
1) way, road; daokin - path; 2) way, method, means: bay sey dao - by this way |
| di |
a particle for ordinal numerals: di un - first, di dwa - second, di shi - tenth; di-unem - firstly, di-dwaem - secondly
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| dun |
a hole, breach: ship droni-te por syao dun - the ship drowned because of a little hole; denta dun - cavity (of a tooth); baum dun - hollow (of a tree); foxa dun - fox hole; nosdun - nostril; botondun - buttonhole |
| duan |
segment, section, piece, fragment |
| duyfu |
manage; cope (with) |
| duza |
belly |
| dyen |
electric (about domestic electric appliances): dyenketla - electric kettle |
| fa- |
a verb prefix with the meaning "to get, to become": akwa fa-warme - water is getting warm; fa-dunkle - it is getting dark; fa-gran - to get bigger, enlarge; fa-syao - to diminish, get smaller; fa-dey - it dawns.
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| fan |
food; fanshop - a food store; deyfan - dinner, sabahfan - breakfast, akshamfan - supper; fantabla - dinner table
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| fen |
forms fractions: un de trifen — one third; sem de shifen — seven tenths; tri de stofen — three hundredths; trifenka - a third; charfenka - a quarter
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| feng |
wind; fengi - to blow (about wind): tudey fengi gro - it's a strong wind today
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| gao |
high; gaotaa - hight
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| guan |
an institution, establishment: fanguan - dining-rooms, canteen; kitabaguan - library; frisiguan - hairdresser's |
| gun- |
working: gundey - working day, guntaim - working time
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| gun |
to work: nu begin gun ba! - Let us begin working!; da gun on basa de elektritaa - it works on the basis of electricity; gunsa - work: wan yu fini gunsa? - when do you finish work?
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| gunjen |
worker: gunjenta es bu santushte por suy salaria - workers are not satisfied with their salaries
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| guy |
dear, expensive
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| guyza |
wardrobe, cupboard
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| gwo |
a particle indicating a remote past: me gwo bi in Paris — I have been to Paris; me gwo audi musika de Prokofiev — I have heard (or: I used to hear) the music by Prokofiev before.
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| haishi |
still, as yet, so far: Me haishi bu he zwo se. – I have not done this yet. Lu haishi safari. – He still travels. Me es haishi ausen urba. – I am still out of town |
| hama |
frog |
| hao |
good, well: olo es hao ke fini hao - all is well that ends well. bi hao! - all the best!; you are welcome! (reply to a thank). Hao dey! - Good day!. Hao safara! - Have a good trip!. Hao fortuna! - Good luck!. hao-hao - in a good way, thoroughly: hao-hao brosi butas! - brush the boots thoroughly!
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| huanmay |
millet
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| hun |
turbid
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| hwan |
yellow
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| idyen |
a little, a bit: kan uupar idyen - look a little higher; day a me idyen akwa - give me a little water
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| jaopay |
signboard |
| jen |
a man, a human being; jenta - people; jenley - the mankind; jen-ney - human
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| jen |
suffix meaning a person: auslandajen - a foreigner (auslanda - foreign countries, abroad); usajen - USA citizen; anglejen - Englishman; samideyajen - like-minded person, samlandajen - fellow countryman.
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| jenmin |
people (of a country): mutu-samajia inter jenmin - mutual understanding between the peoples |
| kan |
to look: Kan hir! Yu vidi? - Look here! Do you see? Kan TV - watch TV. Winda kan strada - window faces the street. Kansa - a look, glance: al di un kansa - at first sight |
| kaulu |
to consider/take into consideration |
| kwanshi |
ore
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| kway |
quick; kway tren - fast train; kwaytaa - speed
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| kwayzi |
chopsticks
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| lani |
to be lazy; lane - lazy; lanitaa - lazyness; lannik - lazy fellow, idler
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| lahama |
toad |
| lai |
to come: Wan yu ve lai? When you will come? Kan hu zai lai! Look who is coming! Ta lai-te snova - He (she) came again; laisa - coming, arrival |
| lao |
old; lao yash - old age; laojen - old man; laotaa - oldness
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| laza |
garbage; litter |
| lenge |
cold: lenge akwa - cold water; fa-lenge - to cool, get cold; me senti lenga - I feel cold
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| ley |
suffix with the meaning 'kind, sort': jen - man, jenley - mankind |
| lian |
attachment, affection |
| lung |
Chinese dragon |
| lwo |
to fall; suryalwo - sunset; lwosa - fall (noun)
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| lyensi |
to exercise; lyensia - exercise |
| lyu |
to leave: me hev lyu may shapa in dom - I have left my hat at home; lyu trasas - to leave traces |
| mangi |
to be busy with smth: me mangi, foni pyu tardem - I am busy, call later; me mangi reporta - I am busy with the report; me mangi lekti sey kitaba - I am busy with reading this book; mange busy |
| mifeen |
bee
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| mao |
hair (on animals); wool; mao shapa - woollen cap; maotuh - towel |
| myen |
a mien, expression, look, air |
| nangwa |
pumpkin |
| nayu |
butter |
| pao |
bubble; blister |
| piga |
leather |
| pin |
commodity, article of trade; goods; wares |
| pinchan |
usual, ordinary; usually |
| shao |
little (in quantity); mucho worda bat shao aktia - many words but little acts; zuy shao - least; shao-po-shao - little by little |
| shi |
10; di shi - tenth; un de shifen - one tenth; shi-un - eleven; shi-dwa - twelve; dwashi - twenty; trishi - thirty
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| shir |
affair |
| shulin |
forest
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| shuy |
tax |
| suan |
sore
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| shwo |
to say, to speak; shwoing - speaking; shwosa - speech (the ability to talk); shwoka - a saying
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| shenini |
groan, moan |
| shumay |
panic grass |
| sundi |
to deliver (messages, goods etc) |
| susu |
rustle |
| syao |
little (in size)
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| syen |
string
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| ta |
Common pronoun for animate objects in 3rd person singular: he or she (also animals)
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| tunga |
pain |
| tuhun |
together: ili lai-te tuhun - they came together; tuhuni - to join
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| tinza |
summer-house, pergola
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| tuza |
a hare |
| turan |
suddenly; turan-ney - sudden |
| twoli |
to thresh; twoling - threshing; twolilok - threshing-floor; twolitula - flail; twolimashina - threshing machine |
| wuya |
crow |
| yan |
ram or sheep; man-yan - ram, fem-yan - sheep; yanmasu - mutton |
| yanmay |
oats |
| yanza |
swallow (zool.) |
| yao |
to want: Kwo yu yao? - What do you want? Me wud yao shwo, ke… I would like to say that… Yaosa - a wish, desire |
| yuan |
member; employee: kafeeyuan - a cafe worker; shopyuan - shop worker; partidoyuan - a party member; polisyuan - policeman; koalisionyuan - coalition member
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| zai |
forms continuous tense: me zai skribi leta - I am writing a letter
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| zin |
enter |
| zun |
concern oneself with, give one's time to: lu zun musika - he goes in for music; nu zun sey problema yo dwa yar - we deal with this problem for 2 years already. Zunsa - occupation |
| zunshu |
follow, observe, keep (to), stick (to) |
| zuy |
forms superlative: zuy hao - the best, zuy longe - the longest; es zuy importan kwestia - it's the most important question
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| zwo |
to do: Kwo yu yao zwo? - What do you want to do?; Hu zwo-te se? - Who did this?
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