- (kwo) lute

- (kwo) luxury |

luxa-auto - a luxury car |

luxa-ney (luxe) - (kwel) luxurious |

luxika - (kwo) something luxurious

- (kwo) salivary foam or sweat froth |

lwabi - (zwo) lather, froth |

kaval lwabi - horse lathered up |

doga lwabi - dog frothed at the mouth |

Hindi

- (zwo) 1) fall, drop, come down |

lasi lwo - let fall |

lwosa - (kwo) fall, drop |

mah-lwo - (zwo) throw down, drop |

2) conveys the depth of transition into another state/condition: |

lwo in plaki - burst into tears |

lwo in ridi - burst out laughing; start roaring with laughter |

lwo in pyani - take to hard drinking |

lwo in lekti nove kitaba - to become thoroughly engrossed in reading a new book |

Mandarin

- (zwo) be attached (to smth/smb - a koywan/koysa), be affectionate (towards) |

li lyan a mutu - they are attached to each other |

lyan-ney - (kwel) in mental bonding, attached, devoted |

lyansa - (kwo) attachment, affection, mental/emotional bonding |

Mandarin

- (zwo) leave (but not "depart") |

lyu kinda in dom - leave children at home |

lyu trasa - leave traces |

lyu pan a amiga - leave bread to a friend |

lyu me sole - leave me alone |

lyu dwar ofni-ney - leave the door open |

Mandarin

- (kwo) match (sporting event)

- (kwo) madam, lady (a polite form of addressing or naming a woman) |

See also: sinior, mis

- (kwo) honey |

Hindi

- (kwel, kwo) Hungarian; Hungarian (person); the Hungarian language

- (kwo) maestro (musical master) |

Italian

- (kwo) mug (large cup)

- (gramatika, exklami) I wish, if only |

Magari lu lai! - If only he would come! |

Magari bi tak! - I wish it were so! |

Magari nu hev-te sey mani dan! - I wish we had that money then! |

nomagari |

Nomagari tren tardi. - I hope the train isn't late. |

Italian

- (kwo) magic |

magike - (kwel) magical |

magier - (kwo) magician |

Syn.: jadu

- (kwo) magnet |

magnet-felda - magnetic field |

magnetisi - (zwo) magnetize (make magnetic) |

magnetifi - (zwo) magnetize (grow magnetic) |

magnetisa/magnetifa - (kwo) magnetization

- (kwel) magnificent, splendid, grand |

Syn.: briliante, gro-hao

- (kwel) meagre, lean

- (syao-gramatika) "make" (causative particle) |

gran - mah-gran - big - to make bigger, increase |

hao - mah-hao - good - to make better, improve |

blan - mah-blan - white - to whiten |

jal - mah-jal - to burn, be burning - to burn (smth) |

chi - mah-chi - to eat - to feed |

lwo - mah-lwo - to fall - to drop (smth) |

mah kaval lopi - make the horse run |

Me mah swa zwo se. - I make myself do it. |

Se ve mah yu triste. - This will make you sad.

- (kwel) majestic, grand, stately, sublime |

mahantaa - (kwo) majesty, grandeur, greatness |

Luy Mahantaa - His Majesty |

Hindi

- (kwo) magnanimity |

(Origin: mahan+atma+(i)taa)

- (kwo) might, power, authority (cf. "potensia") |

mahtaful - (kwel) mighty, powerful |

sinmahta-ney - (kwel) powerless, impotent, helpless |

pa sinmahta-ney furia - in impotent rage

- (kwo) square (open place in town); ground, area |

futbol maidan - futball field |

Arabic

- (kwo) monkey |

Turkish

- (zwo) mean (have in mind; signify) |

Kwo yu maini bay to? - What do you mean by that? |

Syn.: signifi

- (kwo) maize, corn

- (gramatika) most (superlative form from "mucho") |

lu hev maiste mani - he has most money |

in maiste kasu - in most cases |

maiste parta - the most part |

maiste taim - the most time, most of the time |

maiste jen - most people |

maistegrad - (komo) to the greatest extent |

maistem - (komo) mostly, by and large |

maista, maistitaa - (kwo) majority

- (sta) be compelled to, have to, there is no other way but |

En-pluvi, nu majbur go a dom. - It begins to rain, we have to go home. |

Meteo es bade, majbur deri avion-ney departa. - The weather is bad, the plane's departure has to be delayed. |

Si me bu findi kitaba, me majbur kupi nove-la. - If I don't find the book, I'll have to buy a new one. |

majburi - (zwo) compel, constrain, force, oblige |

majburi-ney (majburen) - (kwel) forced, compulsory |

majburi-nem (majburem) - (komo) forcedly, perforce, willy-nilly |

Arabic

- (kwo) major (mus.) |

Ant.: minor

- (kwo) poppy |

Hungarian

- (kwo) article (a story, report in a newspaper, journal, etc.) |

Arabic

- (kwo) pasta, macaroni

- (kwo) layout drawing, layout, (printing) dummy, maquette, mockup, model |

maketi - (zwo) lay out, breadboard

- (kwo) make-up (cosmetics applied especially to the face) |

Arabic

- (zwo) dip, dunk |

Russian

- (kwo) beads |

malinka - (kwo) bead |

Hindi, Pashtoo

- (konekti) in spite of, despite

- (kwo) raspberry |

Russian

- (kwo) mammy, mom, mommy |

Mandarin

- (kwo) breast (of woman); udder (of animal) |

mamili - (zwo) suckle |

mamili-animal, mamiler - (kwo) mammal |

mamila-kinda - (kwo) infant, nurseling

- (kwo) man, male human (also manjen) |

manjen klaida - men's clothes |

manlik - (kwel) manly |

manliktaa - (kwo) manliness |

ko-man - (kwo) male companion; husband (also "mursha")

- (syao) "male" |

man-leker - male physician |

man-doga - male dog

- (kwo) tangerine, mandarin

- (kwo) mandate, warrant, credentials

- (kwo) temple (building for worship) |

Hindi

- (kwo) manner

- (zwo) be busy (with) |

me mangi, foni poy - I am busy, call later |

me mangi reporta - I am busy with the report |

me mangi lekti un kitaba - I am busy with reading a book |

manga - (kwo) being busy, pressure of work |

manga-ney (mange) - (kwel) busy, occupied |

Mandarin

- (kwo) mango |

Japanese

- (kwo) mongoose |

Romanian

- (kwo) money |

pi-mani - (kwo) tip, gratuity |

handa-mani - (kwo) ready cash, money in hand |

manidan - (kwo) purse

- (kwo) mania |

mania de persekwa - mania of persecution

- (zwo) manifest, make to appear, show plainly |

manifesta - (kwo) manifestation

- (kwo) manifesto |

Portuguese

- (kwo) manicure |

Hungarian

- (zwo) entice, allure, beckon, decoy, inveigle |

manilika - (kwo) bait, lure |

Russian

- (zwo) manipulate |

manipulata - (kwo) manipulation

- (kwo) manoeuvre, maneuver |

manovri - (zwo) manoeuvre

- (kwo) sleeve |

fai manshas uupar - roll up one's sleeves

- (kwo) blanket

- (kwo) mantle, cloak

- (zwo) maintain (keep up, keep in the same state, sustain (in a state of stability)) |

manteni familia - maintain a family

- (kwo) manuscript

- (taim-komo) tomorrow |

aftemanya - (kwo) the day after tomorrow

- (kwo) hair coat; wool; fleece |

mao(-ney) - (kwel) woolen; hairy |

longmao-ney - (kwel) shaggy |

maoshapa - (kwo) woolen cap |

Mandarin

- (kwel, kwo) Maori (relating to ethnicity or language)

- (kwo) map |

Slovak

- (kwo) sea |

mar(-ney) - (kwel) marine |

marjen - (kwo) seaman, sailor |

mar-bata - (kwo) surf

- (kwo) margin (of book, of paper); (fig.) border, edge (of anything) |

nota pa margen - notes in the margins

- (kwo) marinade |

marinadi - (zwo) marinade |

marinaden gurka - pickled cucumber

- (kwo) mark (sign, token; label; trace) |

marki - (zwo) mark, denote |

marking - (kwo) marking

- (kwo) sutler