- (kwel) honest (fair and straightforward in conduct, thought, etc., free from deceit or fraud, upright)

- (kwo) honour |

pa honor de - in honour of |

fai honor a koywan - give/pay honour to smb |

honor-ney - (kwel) honorary (guard, etc.) |

nohonor - (kwo) dishonour

- (kwo) hopak (Ukrainian folk dance)

- (kwo) choir, chorus

- (kwo) choral

- (kwo) horizon |

horisontale - (kwel) horizontal |

horisontala - (kwo) horizontal (line)

- (kwo) hospital

- (kwo) host |

hostina - (kwo) hostess |

hosti - (zwo) host

- (kwo) hostel (lodging house)

- (kwo) hotel, inn

- (zwo) hover (float in the air) |

English

- (kwesti) who |

Hu lai? - Who comes? |

Hu zwo-te se? - Who did it? |

hu-ney - whose |

Bislama

- (kwo) millet |

Mandarin

- (kwo) hoof

- (kwo) hook |

huki - (zwo) hook (catch, suspend, or connect with a hook) |

See also: ahuki

- (kwo) hooligan |

huligani - (zwo) behave like a hooligan, engage in hooliganism |

huliganing - (kwo) hooliganism |

English

- (kwel) humane |

humanitaa - (kwo) humaneness, humanity (the quality of being humane, benevolence - cf. "jenley")

- (kwo) humanism (system of thought) |

humanista - (kwo) humanist |

humanistike - (kwel) humanistic, humanist

- (kwo) hop (plant)

- (kwel) humid, damp, moist |

humiditaa - (kwo) humidity, dampness |

Syn.: mokre

- (kwo) hunger |

fai hunga - be hungry |

defai hunga - satisfy/appease one's hunger |

hunga-ney (hunge) - (kwel) hungry |

hunga-nem (hungem) - (komo) hungrily |

hungi - (zwo) hunger, starve |

al haf-hungi - half-starving

- (zwo) join; come together; pool |

suti-hunti - sew together |

hunti a koywan - to join smb |

hunta - (kwo) joining, junction |

ferdao hunta - railway junction |

hunta-ney (hunte) - (kwel) joint, combined |

pa hunta, hunta-nem (huntem) - (komo) together, jointly

- (exklami) hurrah, hurray

- (kwo) hussar

- (kwo) hut (crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack)

- (kwel) yellow |

fa-hwan - (zwo) grow/turn yellow |

mah-hwan - (zwo) make yellow |

hwanka - (kwo) yolk |

Mandarin

- (zwo) repent, rue |

hweisa - (kwo) repentance, penitence |

Mandarin

- (unisi) i...i... - both...and... |

i lu i ela - both he and she |

i sey-las i toy-las - these as well as those |

(komo) too, also (relates to the following word) |

I me koni lu. - I too know him. |

Me jan i ela. - I know also her. |

Russian

- (kwo) idea |

idea-ney - (kwel) of idea, conceptual |

Greek

- (kwo) ideal |

ideal-ney - (kwel) ideal |

Indonesian

- (kwel) identical |

identitaa - (kwo) identity, sameness |

identisi - (zwo) identify (tr.) |

identifi - (zwo) identify (intr.)

- (kwo) ideology |

ideologike - (kwel) ideological

- (kwo) idiot |

Polish

- (kwo) idol (also fig.)

- (kwo) bird cherry |

Turkish

- (komo) a little, a bit |

idyen pyu hao - a bit better |

Dai a me idyen akwa, plis. - Give me a little water, please. |

Mandarin

- (kwo) needle |

Slavic

- (zwo) ignore, disregard

- (kwo) yoke (also fig.) |

Serbian

- (kwo) calf (of leg) |

Russian

- (kwo) illusion, delusion |

fai ilusion om koysa - cherish/harbor an illusion about smth |

defai ilusion (desilusioni) - (zwo) become disillusioned/disappointed |

desilusiona - (kwo) disillusionment, disenchantment, disappointment

- (kwo) image

- (zwo) imagine (to form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind; to use one's imagination) |

imajina - (kwo) imagination

- (zwo) strike (against), run (against), run into, bump into, stumble upon |

imbati kontra chyenlok - run aground |

Italian

- (zwo) imitate |

imita - (kwo) imitation

- (zwo) impede, hinder |

impedi-korda - hobble, fetter |

impeda - (kwo) hindrance, impediment

- (kwo) empire |

imperator - (kwo) emperor

- (zwo) import |

importa - (kwo) import, importation |

Ant.: exporti

- (zwo) impress (produce impression, affect strongly) |

impresa - (kwo) impression

- (kwo) impulse

- (konekti) 1) in, at (refers to location) |

Me jivi in Rusia. - I live in Russia. |

In sey shulin funga yok. - There are no mushrooms in this forest. |

2) in, on (refers to time) |

in petdi - on Friday |

in same taim - at the same time (=samtaim-nem) |

in lai-she yar - in the next year |

3) in (other meanings) |

Lu es in nove palto. - He wears a new overcoat. |

kreda in boh - belief in god |

in tal kasu - in such case |

inen - (konekti-komo) inside, within |

Inen dom es warme. - It's warm inside the house. |

Me es inen, zin ba! - I am inside, come in! |

inenklaida - (kwo) underclothes, underwear |

inenlanda - (kwo) inland |

inen-taraf - (kwo) the inside

- (kwo) inch (unit of length)

- (kwo) index (number, ratio)

- (zwo) be indignant |

indigna - (kwo) indignation |

indigna-nem (indignem) - (komo) indignantly

- (zwo) indicate, point |

indika - (kwo) indication (act of pointing out; sign, token)

- (kwo) individual (single person or animal) |

individuale - (kwel) individual |

individualisma - (kwo) individualism

- (zwo) be indulgent, make allowance for, forbear to inflict |

indulga - (kwo) lenience, indulgence |

indulgishil - (kwel) indulgent, lenient

- (kwo) infant

- (kwo) infarction

- (zwo) infect |

infekta - (kwo) infection

- (kwo) hell, inferno |

inferna-ney, infernalik - (kwel) infernal, hellish

- (kwo) inflammation (morbid condition) |

inflami - (zwo) inflame

- (zwo) inflate |

infli balon/tara - inflate a baloon/tire |

infla - (kwo) inflation (for the economical meaning "inflasion" is used)

- (zwo) influence, affect |

influsa - (kwo) influence

- (zwo) inform |

informa - (kwo) information (also "info")

- (kwel) infrared

- (kwel, kwo) English (relating to ethnicity, language or country); English (person of English ethnicity); English language |

Ob yu shwo inglish? - Do you speak English?

- (kwo) a kind of African drum |

Kirundi

- (zwo) carve, engrave |

ingrava - (kwo) carving, engraving

- (zwo) initiate (to set going by taking the first step; to introduce into a sosiety, club, etc. by formal rites) |

inisa - (kwo) initiation |

Syn.: begin