Ldp-english dictionary

bak — (komo) 1) back (in space or time), backwards
Go avan, bu go bak. — Go ahead, don't go back.
Mata wud yao ke suy kindas lai bak a ela. — The mother would like her children to come back to her.
Gai pon bak olo ke yu pren. — You should put back everything that you take.
al bakdao — on the way back
bakmuvi — move back
dai bak — give back
Treba mah kloka un ora bak. — One should set the clock one hour back.
2) ago
dwa yar bak — two years ago
Gro-longtaim bak ye rega. — Once upon a time (long ago) there lived a king.
baken — (konekti-komo) behind (at what place?)
baken dom — behind the house
Me bu vidi surya nau: it es baken badal. — Now I don't see the sun: it is behind the cloud.
Wen me lai a shulin, me bu dumi om problema. Me lyu li oli baken in urba. — When coming to the forest, I do not think about problems. I leave them all behind in the town.
May kloka es pet minuta baken. — My watch is 5 minutes slow.
fon baken dom — from behind the house

bakak — (kwo) frog
Georgian

bakapi — (zwo) backup (data)
bakapa — (kwo) backup; backup copy

bake — (kwel) rear, back, hind
bakpatas — hind paws
fa-lifti on bakgambas — rear, prance
baka — (kwo) the back (back side, reverse side, or area behind) (also “baktaraf”)

bakra — (kwo) goat
gin-bakra (bakrina) — female goat
man-bakra (bakro) — male goat
Hindi

bakshish — (kwo) baksheesh
See also: rishvat
Persian

bakteria — (kwo) bacterium
Armenian

bal — (kwo) ball (dance)

balada — (kwo) ballad
Indonesian

balansa — (kwo) balance, equilibrium (cf. "vaka")
balansi — (zwo) balance, maintain equilibrium; counterpoise, counterbalance
balansing — (kwo) equilibration, balancing
balansi-ney (balansen) — (kwel) balanced

balbati — (zwo) gurgle
ruchey balbati — brook gurgles
Arabic

baldakin — (kwo) baldaquin

balena — (kwo) whale

balet — (kwo) ballet

Balhash — (kwo) Lake Balkhash

balja — (kwo) bulge
balji — (zwo) bulge
baljiwinda — (kwo) bay window

balka — (kwo) log, beam; rafter, balk
balka-dom — loghouse
Russian

balkon — (kwo) balcony
Persian

balon — (kwo) balloon

balsam — (kwo) balsam, balm

Baltike landas — (kwo) Baltic states

Baltike mar, Baltika — (kwo) Baltic Sea, the Baltic

balut — (kwo) acorn (fruit of the oak tree)
Arabic

bambu — (kwo) bamboo

banale — (kwo) banal, trite

banana — (kwo) banana
bananaplanta — (kwo) banana-plant

banda — (kwo) 1) band (strip; a part of spectrum); ribbon;
2) band (group)
banda de frekwensa — frequency band

bandaja — (kwo) bandage
bandaji — (zwo) bandage

bandana — (kwo) bandana
Japanese

bandanoda — (kwo) bowknot, bow
Origin: banda+noda

bandita — (kwo) bandit

banduk — (kwo) gun
Arabic

bangi — (zwo) burst
bang! — (exklami) bang!
Mandarin

Bangkok — (kwo) Bangkok

Bangladesh — (kwo) Bangladesh

bani — (zwo) bathe
bani swa — bathe oneself
baning — (kwo) bath (bathing)
banidom (baniguan) — (kwo) bath-house, baths
banishamba — (kwo) bathroom
banipen — bathtub
baniroba — bathrobe

banka — (kwo) bank (financial institution)
banker — (kwo) banker
bankayuan — (kwo) bank clerk
Turkish

banket — (kwo) banquet (ceremonial dinner)
French

bantyao — (kwo) lath
Mandarin

bao — (kwo) bag
beybao — (kwo) rucksack
handabao — (kwo) handbag
Mandarin

baobaba — (kwo) baobab
Arabic

bar — (kwo) 1) bar (pub, tavern)
2) bar (unit of pressure)
3) gymnastic bar
fixen bar — horizontal bar
paralele bares — parallel bars

barak — (kwo) barrack

barana — (kwo) fence
bushbarana — (kwo) hedge
Catalan

barba — (kwo) beard
barba-ney man — bearded man

Barbados — (kwo) Barbados

barbare — (kwel) barbarian, barbarous
barbara — (kwo) barbarian
barbaritaa — (kwo) barbarism; barbarity

barela — (kwo) barrel
barelakin — (kwo) keg, small barrel / cask
Greek

Barents-ney mar — (kwo) Barents Sea

bari — (zwo) bar, block, obstruct
daobarika — (kwo) road barrier
barilok — (kwo) enclosured place

bariera — (kwo) barrier

barometra — (kwo) barometer

baron — (kwo) baron / baroness
barono — (kwo) baron
baronina — (kwo) baroness
Slovene

barsuk — (kwo) badger

bartan — (kwo) household vessel; tableware
woshi bartan — wash the dishes
bartanlemar — (kwo) dresser (cupboard or set of shelves for dishes or kitchen utensils)
Hindi

barut — (kwo) gunpowder
barut-depo — powder magazine
Turkish

baryum — (kwo) barium (chem.)

basa — (kwo) base
basi — (zwo) base
basike — (kwel) basic
basikem — (komo) basically
sinbasa-ney — (kwel) groundless, unfounded

basar — (kwo) market, marketplace, bazaar; fair
basar-ekonomia — market economy
basar-teatra — a fair theatre
Persian

bashan — (kwo) speech (oration)
bashani — (zwo) orate, give a speech
Hindi

basila — (kwo) bacillus

basina — (kwo) basin (geog., geol.)

basketa — (kwo) basket
basketabol — (kwo) basketball

basta — (komo) enough
nu hev basta pan — we have enough bread
sauna bu es haishi basta garme — it is not yet hot enough in the sauna
(exklami) that will do! enough!
Basta! Me bu yao audi nixa om to. — Enough of that! I do not want to hear anything about it.
See also: sufi-shem

baston — (kwo) staff, stick; crosier

basu — (kwo) bass (low sound)
shwo pa basu — speak/say in low voice
basu-ney — (kwel) bass
basu-ney vos — bass voice

bat — (unisi) but
Me hev kitaba bat me bu yao lekti. — I have the book but I don't want to read.

batali — (zwo) fight, battle
batala — (kwo) fight, battle
handa-batala — hand-to-hand fighting
batalakin — (kwo) skirmish

batalion — (kwo) battalion

bataria — (kwo) battery
Arabic

batata — (kwo) sweet potato

bati — (zwo) beat (hit or strike repeatedly)
bater — (kwo) bat (club); beater
(cf. “darbi”)

baum — (kwo) tree
German

bavul — (kwo) suitcase
Turkish

bay — (konekti) 1) by, with, by means of (a means or tool)
skribi bay kalam — write with a pencil
lai bay avion — come by airplane
bay forsa — by force
bay to ke yu zwo — by what you do
ofensi bay bu shwo danke — to offend by not thanking
2) by (doer or author)
se es zwo-ney bay me — this is done by me
kitaba bay Mark Twen — book by Mark Twain

baya — (kwo) bay (nautical)

bayan — (kwo) bayan, button accordion
bayanista — (kwo) bayan player

bayonet — (kwo) bayonet

be — the name of the letter B b

bebi — (kwo) baby
bebi gari — perambulator, baby carriage

beda — (kwo) misfortune, distress, trouble, disaster (cf. "disasta")
Russian

bedlam — (kwo) bedlam

beduin — (kwo) bedouin

begin — (zwo) begin, commence
Nu begin ba! — Let’s begin!
beginsa — (kwo) beginning
in beginsa — at the beginning
beginsa-ney — (kwel) initial, original
ribegin — (zwo) recommence
Syn.: starti

begun — (zwo) work, process, treat
begun data — process data
begunsa — (kwo) processing, treatment, working
Origin: be+gun

Beizing — (kwo) Beijing

beje — (kwel) beige

bekon — (kwo) bacon
Japanese

Belarus — (kwo) Belarus

belaruska — (kwel, kwo) Belarusian; Belarusian language

Belau — (kwo) Palau

Belgie — (kwo) Belgium

belka — (kwo) squirrel
Russian

belta — (kwo) belt (band)
piga belta — leather belt

bemol — (kwo) flat (mus.)
dwabemol — double flat

bencha — (kwo) bench; pew

Bengal-ney halich — (kwo) Bay of Bengal

Bengaluru — (kwo) Bangalore

bensin — (kwo) benzine, petrol, gasoline
bensin-stasion — (kwo) gas station
Faroese

bereta — (kwo) beret

beri — (kwo) berry
Hindi

beril — (kwo) beryl

berilyum — (kwo) beryllium (chem.)

Bering-ney mar — (kwo) Bering Sea

Bering-ney martanga — (kwo) Bering Strait

berkelyum — (kwo) berkelium (chem.)

Bermuda — (kwo) Bermudas

berna — (kwo) bear

bes — (kwo) devil (as a half-animal creature, not Satan, not the chief one)
See also: diabla
Russian

besbol — (kwo) baseball

bestia — (kwo) beast
bestialik — (kwel) bestial, brutish
Syn.: animal

betel — (kwo) betel

beton — (kwo) concrete (building material)
Indonesian

bey — (kwo) back (the rear of body); backrest
stula-bey — back of chair
stan al bey versu koywan — stand with one's back to smb
beybao — (kwo) rucksack
Mandarin

Bharat — India (also "India")

bharat-arya-ney — (kwel) Indo-Aryan

bharat-europike — (kwel) Indo-European

bharat-iranike — (kwel) Indo-Iranian

bi — (zwo) be (is — es, was — bin, will be — ve bi)
Gai bi honeste. — One should be honest.
Bi hao! — 1) You are welcome! (a reply to thanking); 2) Bless you! (after smb's sneezing); 3) Good luck! (when parting)
bia — (kwo) being

Biblia — (kwo) Bible

bichi — (zwo) despise, disdain, disparage, scorn
bicha — (kwo) contempt, scorn, disdain
bichival — (kwel) contemptible, despicable
Mandarin

bifoo — (konekti) before (in space or time)
bifoo dom — before the house
bifoo festa — before the holiday
bifoo ke lu en-somni — before he fell asleep
bifoo olo — first of all
Woshi handas bifoo chifan! — Wash your hands before eating!
En-stan ba bifoo me. — Stand up before me!
bifoo-ney — (kwel) former, previous, one-time
pa bifoo-ney taim — once, in former times
bifoo-dey, bifoo-aksham — eve
bifoovati — (zwo) anticipate, act before
bifooen — (taim-komo) formerly, previously, before
Laojen oftem shwo ke bifooen olo bin pyu hao kem nau. — Old people often say that formerly everything was better than now.
Bifooen nu jivi in otre urba. — Previously we lived in another town.
pa bifooen — in advance, beforehand

biftek — (kwo) beefsteak
Arabic

bigari — (zwo) spoil
bigara — (kwo) spoiling, spoilage
Hindi

bigle — (kwel) squint-eyed, cross-eyed
bigla — (kwo) squint-eyed person
bigli — (kwo) squint (suffer from strabismus; look sideways or askance)

bigudi — (kwo) hair-roller
French

bik — (kwo) beak
biki — (zwo) peck
bika — (kwo) peck
biking — (kwo) pecking

bikam — (zwo) become
Ob yu yao bikam leker? — Do you want to become a physician?
Lu bikam-te fama-ney kway. — He quickly became famous.
Sun ela bikam mata. — She will become a mother soon.

bikini — (kwo) bikini

bikos — (unisi) because

bil — (kwo) bill, invoice

bildi — (zwo) build
bildi dom — build a house
bilda, bilding — (kwo) building (act)
bildura — (kwo) building (structure)
bildilok — (kwo) building site

bileta — (kwo) ticket

biliar — (kwo) billiards
Kurdish

bilion — (kwo) trillion, a million millions, 10¹²

bin — was, were (past tense from "bi")
Me bin dar pluri ves. — I have been there several times.

binokla — (kwo) binoculars, pair of glasses

biografia — (kwo) biography
biografike — (kwel) biographic
biografier — (kwo) biographer

biologia — (kwo) biology
biologike — (kwel) biological
biologier — (kwo) biologist

bioteknologia — (kwo) biotechnology

bira — (kwo) beer
biraguan — (kwo) beerhouse
Arabic

birinja — (kwo) brass (metallic alloy)
birinja-ney (birinje) — (kwel) brass
Arabic

birka — (kwo) birch
German

bisepsa — (kwo) biceps

bisikla — (kwo) bicycle (also "baik")

biskwit — (kwo) biscuit, cookie
Tagalog

bismut — (kwo) bismuth (chem.)

bisnes — (kwo) business (commercial activity)
Indonesian

bison — (kwo) bison

bit — (kwo) bit (computing)

bitum — (kwo) bitumen
Turkish

BK — shortening of “bifoo Krista” (“BC, before Christ”)

blada — (kwo) blade (of a knife, sword; of an oar, propeller)
dwa-blada-ney arma — double-edged weapon

blage — (kwel) blessed, connected with God's grace; beneficial
blagitaa — (kwo) grace (religion); beneficence
Russian

blagepagala — (kwo) holy fool

blagewanda — (kwo) pilgrimage
blagewandi — (kwo) go on pilgrimage
blagewander — (kwo) pilgrim

blami — (zwo) blame, condemn, censure
blama — (kwo) blame, censure
(cf. "shatami")

blan — (kwel) white
blantaa — whiteness

blesi — (zwo) bless
blesa — (kwo) blessing, benediction

bli — (konekti-komo) near, nearby, beside, close to
bli may dom — near my house
bli klok char — around 4 o'clock
Ela zai sidi-te bli. — She was sitting beside.
bli-ney — (kwel) near, nearby, neighbouring
bliwan — (kwo) neighbour, fellow human
See also: sirke

blik — (kwo) catchlight, flare (reflection of light)
Russian

blin — (kwo) pancake
Russian

blinde — (kwel) blind
blinditaa — (kwo) blindness
blinda — (kwo) a blind person
blindisi — (zwo) blind; dazzle
blindisi-she — (kwel) blinding

blise — (kwel) close, near, nearby
blisem — (komo) closely
blisitaa — (kwo) closeness, nearness, proximity; affinity
blisejen — (kwo) one’s near and dear
blislok — hereabouts
blisifi (fa-blise) — (zwo) approach, come closer
blisifi a koysa — approach smth, come close to smth
blisisi (mah-blise) — (zwo) draw/bring nearer
blisi — (zwo) approach/bring nearer
Russian

bliza — (kwo) lightning

blog — (kwo) blog

blok — (kwo) block; unit (a part of a mechanism)

bloki — (zwo) block, blockade
fa-bloki — (zwo) become blocked; get stuck
debloki — (zwo) unblock, deblock

blonde — (kwel) blond (fair-haired)
blonda — (kwo) blond (person of fair hair)

blu — (kwel) blue
blutaa — (kwo) blue
klarblu — (kwel) light blue, sky blue

blueta — (kwo) cornflower

blusa — (kwo) blouse

boa — (kwo) boa

bobina — (kwo) bobbin, spool, reel
Spanish

bobra — (kwo) beaver
Russian

Bogota — (kwo) Bogotá

boh — (kwo) god
bohina — (kwo) goddess
boh-ney, bohlik — (kwel) divine
bohmata — (kwo) mother of god
boh-blama — (kwo) blasphemy
fai boh-blama — commit blasphemy
Slavic

bohema — (kwo) bohemia
bohema-ney jiva — bohemian life
bohemnik — (kwo) bohemian (person living an unconventional life)

bol — (kwo) ball
snegabol — (kwo) snowball
bolkalam — (kwo) ballpoint pen

Bolivia — (kwo) Bolivia

bolta — (kwo) bolt (metal fastener)
Russian

bomba — (kwo) bomb
bombi — (zwo) bomb, bombard
bombing — (kwo) bombardment, bombing
bombiavion, bomber — (kwo) bomber (aircraft)
bombi-sha — (kwo) bomber (person)

bona — (kwo) bean

bonbon — (kwo) bonbon, candy, sweet

bor — (kwo) boron (chem.)

borda — (kwo) border (outer edge; frontier), brink; edge; board (of ship)
pa borda de abisma — at the brink of the abyss
bay pamaborda — with edge of one’s hand
lingwa borda inter jenmin — language borders between peoples
stata borda — the state border
fule til borda — full to the brim
mucho jen on borda — many people on board
bordi — (zwo) border (on), adjoin
bordi-she — (kwel) adjoining, next, adjacent

bori — (zwo) bore, drill
boring — (kwo) boring
borer, boritul — (kwo) borer (tool)
trabori — (zwo) drill through, perforate

Borneo — (kwo) Borneo (island)

borsta — (kwo) bristle, stubble
borsti — (zwo) bristle

borya — (kwo) woven mat
Hindi

boryum — (kwo) bohrium (chem.)

bosmen — (kwo) boatswain

Bosna e Hertsegovina — (kwo) Bosnia and Herzegovina

bota — (kwo) boat
botajen — (kwo) boatman

botela — (kwo) bottle

boxa — (kwo) box (container)

boxi — (zwo) box (strike with fists)
boxing — (kwo) boxing
boxer — (kwo) boxer

boy — (kwo) boy

boyar — (kwo) boyar(d)
boyarina — (kwo) boyarynia, boyar’s wife
Russian

bracha — (kwo) arm (also of a chair)
uuparbracha — (kwo) upper arm
nichbracha — (kwo) forearm

brai — (zwo) roar, bellow
braisa — (kwo) roar, bellow

brancha — (kwo) branch

brandi — (kwo) brandy

branka — (kwo) branchia, gill
brankas — branchiae, gills

brash — (kwo) brush (tool)
brashi — (zwo) brush
brashing — (kwo) brushing

Brasil — (kwo) Brazil

braslet — (kwo) bracelet

brata — (kwo) brother
bratalik — (kwel) brotherly
May ko-bratas do kalam. — My co-brethren of the quill.
Sanskrit

brata-docha — (kwo) fraternal niece (brother's daughter)