- (kwo) leader (head of; best or dominant person/thing) |

lideri - (zwo) take first place, be in the lead |

lidertaa - (kwo) leadership

- (kwo) leaf; sheet (piece of paper; flat layer of solid material) |

liftot - (kwo) foliage |

lifi - (zwo) browse, leaf through |

liflwosa - (kwo) leaf fall

- (zwo) raise, lift, elevate |

ek-lifti plechas - shrug one's shoulders |

fa-lifti on pedafinga - rise on tiptoe |

pren-lifti - pick up |

lifta - (kwo) rise, elevation |

lifti swa - (zwo) rise (to one's feets), get up |

liftika - (kwo) lift, elevator

- (zwo) tie, tie up, fasten, bind, link |

ligi doga - tie up a dog |

ligi bay wada - bind by promise |

liga - (kwo) tie, bond; league |

Jenmin Liga - The League of Nations |

deligi - (zwo) untie, unfasten, unbind |

fa-deligi - come untied

- (kwo) timber; wood; firewood |

lignatabla - wooden table |

lignapuda - sawdust |

haki ligna - chop wood |

ligna-ney (ligne) - (kwel) wooden, ligneous

- (kwo) ploughshare |

Syn.: pluga-sikin |

Mandarin

- (zwo) leak |

lika - (kwo) leak, leakage

- (kwel) liquid, fluid |

likwa - (kwo) liquid, fluid |

likwi - (zwo) melt (tr./intr.) |

likwifi (fa-likwe) - (zwo) melt, thaw |

likwisi (mah-likwe) - (zwo) melt (make liquid)

- (kwo) lilac

- (kwo) lime (citrus fruit)

- (kwo) limit |

limiti - (zwo) limit, confine |

limiti swa - (zwo) limit/restrict oneself |

limiting - (kwo) limitation |

limita-ney - (kwel) limit, maximum, top

- (kwo) lemon

- (kwo) lemonade

- (kwo) spleen (organ - cf. "splin") |

Indonesian

- (kwo) flax |

linkapra - linen cloth |

Norwegian

- (kwo) linden |

German

- (kwo) language

- (kwo) linguistics |

lingwistike - (kwel) linguistic

- (kwo) line (writing, printing, telegraphic, genealogical, military) |

gas-linia - gas pipeline |

linisi - (zwo) line, rule (paper, etc.) |

See also: reka

- (kwo) hyperlink, link

- (kwo) lens

- (zwo) adhere (stick fast by or as if by glue) (intr.) |

lipisi - (zwo) adhere, stick (fasten or attach with an adhesive material) |

lipi-she - (kwel) adhesive, sticky, glutinous |

Russian

- (kwo) tongue (organ in the mouth) |

Arabic

- (kwo) license (permission) |

lisensi - (zwo) license

- (zwo) lick |

lisi-pi - (zwo) lap (take in a liquid with the tongue) |

Kota he lisi-pi milka. - The cat lapped up the milk. |

Persian

- (zwo) cringe, grovel, fawn, toady |

lisipednik - (kwo) toady, lickspittle, bootlicker, sycophant |

(Origin: lisi+peda)

- (kwo) list

- (kwo) literature |

literatura-ney (literature) - (kwo) literary

- (zwo) pour |

misliti - (zwo) spill |

See also: sipi |

Russian

- (kwo) litre |

Finnish

- (kwo) lever

- (kwo) meadow |

Bulgarian

- (kwo) lizard

- (gramatika) imparts the meaning of general notion |

Es lo zuy muhim. - It's the most important thing. |

Lo tal mus bu repeti. - Such a thing must not repeat. |

lo sirkum - milieu, surroundings, environment |

lo longtaim-bak - days of yore

- (kwo) load, burden |

lodi - (zwo) load |

loding - (kwo) loading |

nichlodi - (zwo) download |

uuparlodi - (zwo) upload

- (kwo) loaf (a block of baked bread) |

Scottish Gaelic

- (kwo) logarithm |

Arabic

- (kwo) logic |

logike - (kwel) logical

- (kwo) logotype

- (kwo) lodge (a local chapter of certain fraternal organizations); box (theater)

- (syao) "place" |

ahfilok - (kwo) hiding-place |

habitilok - (kwo) living place, habitation |

twolilok - (kwo) threshing-floor |

enilok - (inplas-komo) anywhere |

a enilok - to any place |

kadalok - (inplas-komo) everywhere |

koylok - (inplas-komo) somewhere |

a koylok - to some place |

nullok - (inplas-komo) nowhere |

a nullok - to nowhere, nowhither |

otrelok - (inplas-komo) elsewhere |

a otrelok - elsewhither |

plurilok - (inplas-komo) in several places |

samlok - (inplas-komo) at the same place, ibidem

- (zwo) be situated/located |

en-loki - (zwo) find oneself, come to be |

lokisi - (zwo) place, station, situate, deploy

- (kwo) morsel, a piece (of food) |

Arabic

- (kwo) place (location), spot, site; locality (cf. "plasa") |

lokale - (kwel) lokal |

lokalisi - (zwo) lokalize

- (kwo) locomotive

- (kwo) puddle |

Serbian

- (kwo) loan (smth lent, esp. money) |

loni - (kwo) loan, lend; borrow |

lon-nem - (komo) on loan |

pren lon-nem - borrow |

dai lon-nem - lend |

londaier - (kwo) lender, creditor |

lonprener - (kwo) borrower

- (kwel) lengthy; long |

longem - (komo) at length; for a long time |

longitaa - (kwo) length |

long- - long-: longhar-ney - (kwel) longhair

- (taim-komo) (during) long time |

lu jivi hir yo longtaim - he lives here for a long time |

se eventi longtaim bak - this happened long ago |

longtaim bifoo - long before |

longtaim-ney - (kwel) long-term, prolonged (cf. "dave")

- (kwo) spade (digging tool) |

Russian

- (zwo) run |

flai-lopi - scud, rush along |

lopa, loping - (kwo) run, running |

loper - (kwo) runner |

Germanic

- (kwo) lord

- (kwo) lot (articles sold as one unit; a number of associated people or things - cf. "kisma")

- (kwel) loyal

- (kwo) mule (the hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse) |

Cantonese

- (inplas-kwo) he, him |

Lu shwo hao. - He speaks well. |

Me kredi a lu. - I believe him. |

Me shwo danke a lu. - I thank him. |

lu-ney, luy - (inplas-kwel) his |

Es lu-ney kitaba, bu yu-ney. - It's his book, not yours.

- (zwo) love |

luba - (kwo) love |

en-lubi - (zwo) fall in love |

lubijen - (kwo) lover, loved one |

lubijenta - (kwo) lovers |

swa-luba - (kwo) self-love |

Slavic

- (zwo) lubricate |

lubrikanta - (kwo) lubricant

- (zwo) struggle; wrestle |

lucha - (kwo) struggle |

luching - (kwo) wrestling (sport) |

lucher - (kwo) wrestler, struggler, fighter

- (zwo) lie (tell lies) |

luga - (kwo) lie, lies |

luger - (kwo) liar |

lugishil - (kwel) tending to lie

- (kwo) onion |

Russian

- (kwo) hatchway, hatch |

Finnish

- (zwo) lull to sleep, to soothe, compose, quiet

- (kwo) light |

mah-on luma - turn on the light |

lumi - (zwo) give light, shine |

lumisi - (zwo) light, illuminate |

lumisa - (kwo) illumination |

luma-ney - (kwel) light (having light) |

lumaful - (kwel) luminous, full of light

- (kwo) moon |

luna-dilim - (kwo) crescent

- (kwo) Chinese dragon

- (kwo) loop

- (kwo) lucerne, alfalfa |

Hungarian

- (kwo) dew |

Mandarin

- (zwo) lose (also fail to win) |

lusi taim - lose time |

lusi dao - lose one's way, get lost |

lusa - (kwo) loss