- (kwo) oats |

Mandarin

- (kwo) swallow (bird) |

Mandarin

- (sta) want, wish (cf. "tamani") |

Kwo yu yao? - What do you want? |

Me yao aiskrem. - I want ice-cream. |

Me wud yao safari kun yu. - I would like to go to the trip with you. |

sin yao, sin yaosa - unwillingly |

al yao - at will |

yaosa - (kwo) desire, wish |

yao-shem - (komo) willingly |

noyao-shem - (komo) unwillingly, reluctantly |

Mandarin

- (kwo) year |

Hao nove yar! - Happy New Year! |

muchoyar-ney - (kwel) multiyear |

yar-ney, kadayar-ney - (kwel) annual, yearly |

yardey - (kwo) anniversary |

German

- (kwo) yard (unit of length or volume) |

Spanish

- (kwel) bright; vivid |

yarke sonja - vivid dream |

yarkem - (komo) brightly; vividly |

yarkitaa - (kwo) brightness; vividness |

Russian

- (kwo) ravine |

Ukrainian

- (kwo) ash-tree |

Russian

- (kwo) age (stage/time or duration of life) |

zuy yash-ney brata - senior brother |

yashi - (zwo) age (intr.) |

yashing - (kwo) ageing |

yashi-ney (yashen) - (kwel) aged, elderly |

Turkish

- (kwo) jasper |

Pashtoo

- (kwo) jasmine |

Arabic

- (kwo) orphan |

Arabic

- (gramatika) there is/are, available (cf. "yok") |

Hir ye mucho flor. - There is a lot of flowers here. |

Mani ye? - Is there any money available? Do you have money? |

Kwo ye? - What's up? What is the matter? |

Bu ye toy yash. - No longer of that age. |

Slavic

- (komo) however, nevertheless, yet |

German

- (kwo) spruce |

Russian

- (kwo) bud, gemma

- (gramatika) "-ing" (verbal adverb marker) |

Lu zai sidi kan-yen ela e audi-yen to ke ela shwo. - He is sitting looking at her and listening to what she says.

- (taim-komo) yesterday |

Yeri me bu lekti, me lekti manya. - I didn't read yesterday, I shall read tomorrow. |

preyeri - (taim-komo) the day before yesterday

- (zwo) tousle, dishevel, ruffle |

yeroshi-ney - dishevelled, tousled |

Russian

- (taim-komo) already |

Me es yo pa dom. - I am already at home. |

Se bin klare yo yeri. - It's been clear already yesterday. |

Finnish

- (kwo) iodine

- (kwo) yoghurt |

Spanish

- (kwo) hedgehog (small mammal with spiny back) |

Russian

- (gramatika) there is no, not available, no (cf. "ye") |

Oni bu mog buli makaron: kukipot yok, agni yok; pa fakta, makaron toshi yok. - One can't boil macaroni: there is no saucepan, no fire; in fact, there is no macaroni either. |

Problema yok! - No problem! |

fa-yok - (zwo) disappear, vanish |

yoksa - (kwo) absence, lack |

mani-yoksa - want of money, penury |

Turkish

- (zwo) deprive, bereave |

yoksuni koywan de koysa - bereave smb of smth |

fa-yoksuni - (zwo) lose, be deprived |

fa-yoksuni de koysa - lose/be deprived of smth |

Turkish

- (zwo) fidget, move restlessly |

Russian

- (komo) in addition, also, moreover (cf. "toshi") |

Me pri gani e dansi. Yoshi me pri rasmi. - I like to sing and dance. Also I like to draw. |

Yoshi treba shwo ke... - Also, one should say that... |

Yu mog lekti e yoshi kan pikturas. - You can read and also look at the pictures. |

yoshi pyu - still more |

yoshi pyu gao - still/even higher |

yoshi un ves - once again |

Yoshi! - Oh yes, by the way! |

Slavic

- (kwo) iota, jot

- (inplas-kwo) you (sg., pl.) |

Me inviti yu oli. - I invite all of you. |

yu-ney, yur - (inplas-kwel) your (sg., pl.) |

Walaa yur kalam. - Here is your pen. |

Sey kalam es yu-ney, bu lu-ney. - This pen is yours, not his.

- (kwo) member (a part of a whole; one who belongs to a group or organization - cf. "memba"); employee, worker, staff member |

yuantot - (kwo) personnel |

(syao) " member of"; "staff member performing a function connected with" |

armeeyuan - (kwo) military man, serviceman |

bankayuan - (kwo) bank clerk |

domyuan - (kwo) member of household |

dwaryuan - (kwo) doorkeeper, doorman |

gardiyuan - (kwo) guard (a person who guards) |

gasyuan - (kwo) gasman |

kafeeyuan - (kwo) coffee house worker |

partiayuan - (kwo) party member |

polisyuan - (kwo) policeman |

preiyuan - (kwo) priest |

radioyuan - (kwo) radio/wireless operator |

trenyuan - (kwo) conductor (in a train) |

ko-yuan - (kwo) fellow member, fellow worker |

Mandarin

- (kwo) jubilee, anniversary |

yubiler - (kwo) person whose anniversary / jubilee is celebrated

- (kwo) Yule

- (kwo) July (also mes-sem)

- (kwo) humour |

yuma senta - sense of humour |

yumanik - (kwo) humourist |

yuma-rakonta - (kwo) humorous story |

Japanese

- (kwo) (smoothing) iron |

yundi - (zwo) iron, press |

Mandarin

- (kwel) young |

yungitaa - (kwo) youth (period, condition or quality) |

yunga - (kwo) young man/woman |

yungo - (kwo) young man |

yungina - (kwo) young woman |

yunge jenta - (kwo) young people, youth |

yungifi (fa-yunge) - (zwo) become younger |

yungisi (mah-yunge) - (zwo) make (look) younger

- (kwo) June (also mes-sit)

- (inplas-kwel) your (sg., pl.)

- (kwo) yurta, yurt, ger |

Turkish

- (komo) just (precisely, exactly) |

yus kontra-nem - just the other way round |

yus tanto kwanto treba - just as much as needed |

yus to ke me nidi - just what I need |

yus pa sey plasa - at this very place |

(gramatika) "just, only a moment ago" (immediate past marker) |

Lu yus he lopi wek. - He has just run away.

- (zwo) use (put into service, apply, exploit) |

hao-yusi-ke - handy |

yusa, yusing - (kwo) use, usage, application |

yuser - (kwo) user |

yusibile - (kwel) usable |

yusi-ney (yusen) - (kwel) used; second-hand

- (kwo) jewel, gem, precious stone |

yuwelka - (kwo) jewel (piece of jewellery) |

yuweler - (kwo) jeweller |

yuwelguan - (kwo) jeweller's |

German

- (gramatika) "be doing" (progressive tense marker) |

Bu distrakti me: me zai gun. - Don't distract me: I am working. |

Mandarin

- (komo) without fail, certainly |

Hindi

- (kwo) zebra |

Italian

- (kwo) Zen

- (kwo) sword |

ziandan - (kwo) scabbard, sheath |

Mandarin

- (kwel) pertinacious, stubborn, obstinate |

Hindi

- (kwo) zigzag |

zigzagi - (zwo) zigzag |

Italian

- (zwo) enter, go in, come into; join, matriculate |

zin shamba - enter the room |

zin kluba - join a club |

zin tren - board a train |

zin bus - get on a bus |

zinsa - (kwo) entry, entrance |

zindwar e chudwar - entrance door and exit door |

Mandarin

- (kwo) zinc |

zinki - (zwo) zinc |

zinking - (kwo) zincing |

German

- (zwo) zip (fasten by zipper) |

ziper - (kwo) zipper

- (kwo) bearing, demeanor |

Mandarin

- (kwo) zodiac |

zodiak signa - signs of the zodiac

- (kwo) zone (area, region) |

Italian

- (kwo) zoo |

Syn.: zoo-garden

- (zwo) itch |

zuda - (kwo) itch |

Russian

- (zwo) buzz, hum, drone; whizz |

Spanish

- (zwo) concern oneself with, give one's time to, devote oneself to, occupy oneself |

ta zun musika - she occupies herself with music, she goes in for music |

nu zun sey problema yo dwa yar - we concern ourselves with this problem for two years already |

zunsa - (kwo) occupation (activity) |

Mandarin

- (gramatika-komo) most; most of all |

Ela es zuy jamile. - She is the most beautiful. |

Ela gani zuy hao. - She sings best. |

Me pri ela zuy. - I like her most of all. |

zuy-ney - (kwel) utmost |

Mandarin

- (zwo) do, make |

Treba zwo to. - It is necessary to do that. |

Zwo ba! - Do! |

Me bu ve zwo to. - I won't do that. |

Me zai zwo to. - I am doing it. |

Sey gunsa gei zwo. - This work is being done. |

Me he yo zwo to. - I have already done it. |

Olo es yo zwo-ney. - Everything is already done. |

Mandarin