Ido-English Dictionary : N

nab-o: nave; hub of a wheel. — De
nabet-o: (bot.) rape (Brassica rapa oleifera); -oleo: rape oil. — FS
nabob-o*: nabob. Def.: Princo di India; metafore, richega viro; VII-280. — DEFIRS
nacion-o: nation; -ala: national; -ano: a native, national; member of a nation; -al-igar: to nationalize (an industry, etc.); -an-igar: to naturalize (cf. civit-an-igar); -al-ismo: devotion to or advocacy of a nation; national interest or unity; -eso: nationality (of a nation as a whole); -al-eso, -an-eso: nationality (of an individual); -al-ista, -isto: nationalist(ic). — DEFIRS
nadir-o: (astron.) nadir. — DEFIRS
naft-o: naptha. — DEFIRS
naftalino: napthaline. — DEFIRS
naiv-a: naïve: unaffectedly simple: ingenuous; artless; -ajo: act of native simplicity; -acha: silly. — DEFR
nakarat-a, -o: nacarat: orange-red colo(u)r. — DeFS
naktigal-o: (orni.) nightingale (genus: Luscinia). — DE
nam: (conj.) for (= because, but in a less immediate and explicit way than pro ke. Introduces a sentence or subordinate clause which adduces reason, proof or justification). Esas matino, nam la uceli kantas: it is morning for (not because: pro ke) the birds are singing. Ex.: Vu ne trovos il en la domo, nam me jus vidis il en la strado. Vu ne povas vidar il, nam il esas departinta de longe. Lavez vua manui, nam li esas sordida. Me ne povas amar ilu, nam il odias me. Ni irez lente adheme, nam balde esos nokto. V. exp.: Nam, pro ke: Pro ke introduktas dependanta propoziciono, qua kontenas motivo o pruvo por la chefa propoziciono prieranta o sequanta: nam introduktas chefa frazo, qua kontenas anke motivo o pruvo, ma nur por preiranta frazo, o tacita penso. Ex.: Pro ke pluvas, me ne ekiros. Me ne ekiros nam pluvas; III-223; cf. or. Ta du konjuncioni interdistingesas precize quale Angla for e because. La Angla linguisto Sweet skribas pri li tale: «La du precipua konjuncioni kauzala esas pro ke, qua konstatas nemediata e direte aganta kauzo, e nam, qua ajuntas expliko o motivo, ofte kom quaza posa penso; ex.: ni kunprenis nia parapluvi, pro ke ni timas ke pluvos; nam la barametro falis de kelka tempo. Konseque, nam uzesas libere pos pauzo ed esas do nur mi-konjunciono (konjunciono koordinanta); IV-524; kp. Talmey’s Text Book, p. 113. — L
nan-o: dwarf. — FIS
nankin-o: (fabric) nankeen, nankin. — DEFIR
nap-o: turnip (Brassica Napus esculenta). — FIS
narac-ar: (tr.) to narrate, relate, tell (something that happened, a true incident); -ar sua historio: to tell one’s history; -o pri batalio*: narrative of (or, about) a battle. V. exp.: Naracar ne esas samsenca kam rakontar; naraco esas prefere historiala, do vera; rakonto esas prefere imaginala, do desvera o fingita; ex.: «il naracis lua historio, qua semblas feala rakonto»; II-485-6. — EFIS
narcis-o: (bot.) narcissus, daffodil; (genus: Narcissus); (cf. jonquilo). — DEFIRS
nard-o: (bot.) spikenard (East Indian: Nardostachys Jatamansi); -o-unguento: nard (ointment). — DEFIS
narkot-ar: (intr.) to be in a state of narcosis; -o: narcosis; -igar: to narcotize; -ig-iva, -ivo: narcotic. — DEFIS
narval-o: narwhal (Monodon monoceros). — DEFIS
nas-o: bownet, eel-trap (for fish); hoopnet (for birds). — FS
nask-ar: (intr.) to be born; -o, -epoko: birth, nativity; -ala: natal; -igar: to give birth to (cf. genitar); -e blinda: blind from birth; -anta: nascent; -ala yuro (od, naskoyuro): birthright; -inta nove: new-born (child, etc.); -into un-esma: first-born child; (cf. seniora); -e poeto: a poet by birth, a born poet; -o-lando: land of birth, fatherland (cf. patrio); -o-loko: birthplace; -en-nask-into: a native; kun-nask-into: congenital. — IS
nat-ar: (intr.) to swim (of living beings); -erio: natatorium. — eFIS
natr-o: (chem.) sodium; -o-kloro: chloride of sodium.
natur-o: (all senses) nature; -ala: (also mus.) natural; -ale: naturally; -ala lego: natural law; -al-ismo: (philos., art) naturalism; -al-isto: (philos., art) naturalist; -cienc-isto: naturalist: one versed in natural history; -kolora: (of wood, etc.) not colored, of natural colo(u)r. — DEFIRS
naufraj-ar: (intr.) to be shipwrecked; -o: (ship)wreck; -anto, -into: shipwrecked person, castaway. — FIS
nautil-o: (zool.) nautilus. — DEFIS
nauze-ar: (intr.) to feel nauseated, be sick to the stomach, be qualmish; -(ad)o: nausea, qualm, retching; -igar: to nauseate (cf. insipid-igar, repugnar, vomar); -ig-anta: nauseous; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. — EFIS
nav-o: (nav.) vessel: (merchant-) ship (cf. milit-navo); nave (of a church); -aro: shipping (collect.), fleet; -eto: (fig. eccl.) incense-box; (weaver’s) shuttle; -ala: nautical; -ano: member of a ship’s company; -ero, -isto: seaman, mariner, sailor; -estro: master of a (merchant-) ship; -o tri-ferdeka: a three decker (ship); komerc-navo, var-navo: merchant-man; vapor- -o: steamer; me iris nave (de Hamburg ad Bordeaux): I went by ship (from H. to B.); la kapitano restis en-nave: the captain (of a warship) remained on board; -atra osto: scaphoid bone (cf. tarso); -oida osto: scaphoid bone (of carpal bones). — eFIRS
navig-ar: (tr., intr.) to navigate, sail (on); -arto: (art of) navigation, seamanship; -anta viro: seafaring man; -ala: nautical: relating to navigation; -ebla: navigable; fora- -ado: foreign trade; rivo- -o: coasting;. — DEFIRS
nayad-o: (myth.) naiad, water-nymph. — DEFIRS
naz-o: nose; -ala: nasal; -alo: (gram.) a nasal (sound, letter); -al-igar: (gram.) to nasalize; -fetida: a stinking nose; (med.) affected with ozaena; -guto: a nose-drop, snot, snivel; -kataro: cold in the head; -peco: nose-piece (serving as protection); -parolar: to speak through the nose; -truo: nostril; (of whales) blow-hole; -tuko: handkerchief; -binoklo: nose glasses; facar longa nazo (ad, kontre) (fig.) to laugh at; -o kontre -o: nose to nose (fig.) face to face. — DEFIRS
ne: (adv.) not; ne plus: no more; ne multo: not much; tote ne: not at all, by no means, not in the least; ne tam multe: not so much; me anke ne: nor I also; ne for: not far from; ne nur: not only; ne tante stupida: not so stupid; ne male: not badly; ne ja: not yet. Note: As distinguishable from des- in word composition, ne- carries a less forceful sense of negation, implying merely absence of the positive quality rather than the absolute negation; ex.: ne-facila: difficult = not easy; des-facila: difficult = arduous, laborious. — DeFIRS
ne-acent-iz-ita: unaccented.
ne-acept-ebla: unacceptable.
ne-aces-ebla: (of persons, places) unapproachable, inaccessible.
ne-admis-ebla: inadmissible.
ne-ago, -agemeso: inactivity; -ag-anta: inactive; -ag-ema: (tendency) inactive; indolent, lazy.
ne-aktiv-a: inactive.
ne-akurat-a: unpunctual, not prompt.
ne-alien-ebla: inalienable.
ne-alter-ebla: unalterable: unmodified; unadulterated.
ne-amans-ita: untamed.
ne-aplik-ebla: inapplicable.
ne-aprob-ar: (tr.) to disapprove: not to approve (ulo).
ne-apt-a: inapt, unfit.
ne-atak-ebla: unassailable; (fig.) unimpeachable, irreproachable.
ne-atenc-oza, -ema: inattentive, unmindful.
ne-aud-ita: unheard (of).
ne-blam-ebla: blameless.
nebul-ar: (impers.) to be foggy, misty, hazy; -oza, -atra: foggy, misty, nebulous (cf. nebuloza); (fig.) obscure, not intelligible; -izar: to cover with fog; -pluvar: to drizzle. — DeFIS
nebulos-o: (astron.) nebula.
ne-cert-a: uncertain.
neces-a: necessary, indispensable requisite (cf. bezon-ata); -ajo: a necessary thing, the needful; -igar: necessitate. Ex.: Esas necesa konsequajo. Respirado esas necesa por la vivo. Ne esas necesa parolar pri to. Ant.: superflua, ne-utila. — EFIS
ne-ces-anta: incessant (cf. sen-cesa).
ne-chanj-ebl-a: unchangeable, unalterable, immutable.
ne-chast-a: unchaste, lewd, immodest.
ne-cirkonciz-ita, -ito: uncircumsized (person).
ne-civiliz-ita: uncivilized.
ne-dechifr-ebla: undecipherable.
ne-decid-ema, -iva: irresolute, indecisive; -ita: undecided (of acts).
ne-defens-ebla: indefensible, untenable.
ne-defin-ita: undefined, indefinite.
ne-delikat-a: indelicate.
ne-depend-o: independence.
ne-deskript-ebla: indescribable.
ne-destrukt-ebla: indestructible.
ne-determin-ebla: indeterminable.
ne-devoc-oza: undevout, irreligious.
ne-dic-ebla: unutterable, unspeakable.
ne-digest-ebla: indigestible.
ne-diret-a: indirect (cf. mediata).
ne-diskret-a: indiscreet; -eso, -ajo: (quality, act) indiscretion.
ne-dispon-ebla: indisposable, unavailable.
ne-disting-ita: indistinct (voice, etc.); -ebla: undistinguishable; -ante, -ite: indifferently (without distinction).
ne-divid-ita: undivided; -ebla: indivisible.
ne-docil-a: intractable.
ne-domt-ebla: indomitable, untamable, ungovernable.
ne-dorm-ado, -iveso: sleeplessness, wakefulness, insomnia.
ne-dub-ebla: indubitable.
ne-dur-anta, -iva: not lasting, transient, transitory.
ne-edit-ita, -ajo: unpublished (book, paper).
ne-efac-ebla: indelible, ineffaceable.
ne-efik-anta, -iva: inefficacious, ineffective, unavailing, inefficient.
ne-ego: (philos.) the non-ego, the external world.
ne-egal-a: unequal, (cf. ne-para).
ne-elekt-ebla: (polit.) ineligible.
ne-equitat-oza: inequitable.
ne-eror-iva: infallible (church, etc.); not capable of erring (cf. infalibla, ne-fali-iva).
ne-esper-ebla, -ita: unhoped for, unlooked for; (cf. ne-expekt-ata).
ne-etik-al-a, -ajo: immoral (act.) ; -(ul)o: immoral person.
ne-evalu-ebla: invaluable, inappreciable.
ne-evit-ebla: inevitable, unavoidable.
ne-exakt-a: (of objects) inaccurate, incorrect, inexact (calculation, news, etc.); -ajo: an inaccuracy.
ne-exekut-ebla: impracticable, unfeasible; -ita: unexecuted.
ne-exerc-ita: unexercised, unpractised, unexerted, undrilled.
ne-exhaust-ebla: inexhaustible.
ne-exist-o: non-existence.
ne-exkuz-ebla: inexcusable, unwarrantable; (cf. ne-justifikebla, ne-pardonebla).
ne-expekt-ata, -ita: unexpected, unthought of, unlooked for; (cf. ne-esper-ita).
ne-expert-a: inexperienced, inexpert, unpractised.
ne-explor-ita: unexplored, uninvestigated; -ebla: inscrutable, unfathomable.
ne-explot-ata, -ita: (of mines, etc.) unexploited, unworked; (land) untilled, uncultivated.
ne-explik-ebla: unexplainable, inexplicable, unaccountable, singular; -ita: unexplained.
ne-expres-ebla: inexpressible, ineffable, unutterable.
ne-exting-ebla: inextinguishable, unquenchable.
ne-extirp-ebla: ineradicable.
ne-fac-ebla: impracticable (cf. ne-exekut-ebla).
ne-facil-a: difficult: not easy (cf. Note under ne).
ne-fali-iva: unfailing, unerring, infallible (cf. ne-eror-iva, infalibla).
ne-fatig-ebla: indefatigable, untiring, unwearied.
ne-fekund-a: (of living beings) infertile, barren, sterile (cf. ne-fertila).
ne-ferma: unstable, not solid; weak.
ne-fertila: (of ground, inanimate things) infertile, barren (cf. ne-fekunda).
ne-fidel-a: unfaithful, untrue, disloyal.
ne-fin-ita: unended, unfinished, indefinite (without end); (cf. ne-defin-ita, infinita).
ne-fix-a: movable.
ne-flex-ebla: (phys., moral) inflexible; inexorable, unbending.
nefrit-o*: (med.) nephritis. — DEFIS
neg-ar: (tr.) to deny: declare untrue or non-existing; (cf. renegar); -(ad)o: denial, denying, negation; -ilo: (gram.) a negative (word); -ala: negative: relation to negation; -anta, -iva: denying; expressing negation, negatory; -ebla: deniable; kad vu negas ke vu dicis to: do you deny that you said that? Ant.: afirmar. — DeFIS
ne-gast-ig-ema: inhospitable.
negativ-a, -o: (math., photog., elec.) negative. — DEFIRS
neglij-ar: (tr.) to neglect: to treat carelessly, slight, be remiss (in the performance of a duty, task, care of health, peson, etc.); -o: negligence; -ado: (habitual) neglect; -eso: (state of) neglect; -anta, -ema: negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless; -ebla: negligible, trifling, unimportant. Ant.: sorgar. — EFIS
neglije-o: negligee, undress, dishabille: unceremonious attire. — DEFI
negoci-ar: (tr.) to negotiate: to procure, or arrange for, by negotiating. Ex.: Negociar ligo atakala e defensala; Negociado pri ula afero grava, pri mariajo. — EFIRS
negr-a: -(ul)o: negro; -ino: negress; -acha: nigger; -o-vend-ado: slave trade; -o-vend-isto: slaver. Ant.: (negr-(ul)o), blank-(ul)o: — DEFIS
ne-graci-oza: ungraceful.
ne-gratitud-o: unfratitude, thanklessness; -oza: unthankful, ingrate.
ne-guvern-ebla: ungovernable.
ne-habil-a: unskilful, inept, awkward.
ne-habit-ata: uninhabited.
ne-hom-ala: inhuman: non-human (cf. ne-humana).
ne-honest-a: dishonest, unfair, underhand, discreditable.
ne-human-a: inhuman: cruel.
ne-imit-ebla: inimitable.
ne-inteligent-a: unintelligent, stupid.
ne-inter-rupt-ita: uninterrupted.
ne-inter-veno: non-intervention
ne-jur-inta, -into: unsworn (person).
ne-just-a: improper, wrong; (cf. ne-yusta).
ne-justifik-ebla: unjustifiable, unwarrantable.
nek … nek: neither … nor; me povas nek enirar nek ekirar: I can get neither in nor out; il drinkas nek biro nek vino: he drinks neither beer nor wine. — FIRS
ne-kapt-ebla: uncapturable, impregnable, unseizable.
ne-kare-ebla: indispensable.
ne-kombat-ebla: indisputable.
ne-kombust-ebla: incombustible.
ne-komod-a: inconvenient.
ne-kompar-ebla: incomparable: (fig.) matchless, unequalled, peerless.
ne-komplet-a: incomplete.
ne-kompren-ebla: incomprehensible, unintelligible.
ne-koncept-ebla: inconceivable.
ne-konci-anta: unconscious.
ne-koncili-ebla: incompatible, irreconcilable.
ne-konquest-ebla: impregnable.
ne-konsequ-o: (log.) incoherence, inconsequence, inconsistency.
ne-konstant-a: inconstant, fickle, unsteady, flighty, changeable (cf. vari-ema).
ne-konstituc-ala: unconstitutional.
ne-kont-ebla: countless, innumerable.
ne-kontent-a: dissatisfied.
ne-korp-ala: incorporeal.
ne-korupt-ebla: (phys., mor.) incorruptible.
ne-kred-ebla: incredible, past belief; -anto, -ero: unbeliever, infidel.
nekrobios-o*: (biol.) necrobiosis. — DEFIS
nekrolog-o: necrology: obituary review of (distinguished) persons who have died within a certain length of time. — DEFIRS
nekromanci-o: necromancy: pretended divination by aid of spirits; black art; (fig.) magic; -ar: to practise necromancy. — DEFIRS
nekropol-o: necropolis, city of the dead, large cemetery. — DEFIS
nekros-o*: (med.) necrosis. — DEFIS
nektar-o*: (myth., bot., fig.) nectar. — DEFIRS
nektari-o*: (bot.) nectary.
ne-kun-mezur-ebla: incommensurable.
ne-kustum-ala: uncustomed, uwonted (hono(u)r, etc.) unusual, unfamiliar (object); -anta: (of persons) unaccustomed.
ne-lacer-ebla: untearable.
ne-laut-a: low (voice), under one’s breath.
ne-leg-ala: illegal, unlawful.
ne-lekt-ebla: unreadable, illegible.
ne-lez-ita: unhurt, uninjured.
ne-logik-ala: illogical.
ne-manj-ebla: uneatable.
ne-mediat-a: immediate: proximate; direct (without intervention of another object, cause or agency); -e: directly (cf. quik, direta).
ne-merit-ata, -ita: unmerited, undeserved, uncalled for.
ne-mezur-ebla: immeasurable, inappreciable.
ne-mort-iva, -ivo: everlasting, immortal; -iv-eso: immortality; -igar, ne-mort-iva: to immortalize.
ne-modest-a: immodest: not boastful (cf. ne-pudor-oza).
ne-mov-anta: motionless, immobile; -ebla: immovable; -ebl-eso: immobility.
ne-navig-ebla: unnavigable, unseaworthy.
ne-neg-ebla: undeniable.
neni-o*: nenia. Def.: Kanto o lamento funerala, en l’antiqua mori. — DEFI
ne-nobel-a: plebean; -(ul)o: commoner.
ne-noc-iva: innocuous, harmless.
ne-norm-ala: anomalous, irregular (cf. anomala).
nenufar-o: nenuphar: nenuphär: the great white water-lily of Europa (Nymphaea albl or, Nuphar). — EFIS
ne-obedi-ema: not obedient, insubordinate.
ne-ofens-iva: inoffensive.
neologism-o: neologism. — DEFIS
neon-o:* (chem.) neon.
ne-oportun-a: innoportune, unseasonable.
ne-ordinar-a: uncommon, unusual (cf. extraordinara).
ne-organik-a: inorganic.
neovitalism-o*: neovitalism. — DEFIRS
ne-pac-ig-ebla: implacable, inexorable.
ne-pacient-a: impatient; -eso: impatience; -igar, -eskar: to make, to become impatient.
ne-palp-ebla: impalpable.
ne-par-a: not even, odd (of numbers)
ne-pardon-ebla: unpardonable; -ema: unrelenting, implacable, pitiless; (cf. ne-exkuzebla).
ne-partis-ana: unpartisan, impartial; -an-eso: impartiality.
ne-pek-iva: impeccable.
ne-penetr-ebla: impenetrable, impermeable, impervious (cf. ne-perme-ebla).
ne-percept-ebla: imperceptible, undiscernible.
ne-perfekt-a: imperfect; -ig-ebla: imperfectible.
ne-peris-iva: imperishable, everlasting.
ne-perme-ebla: impermeable (cf. ne-penetr-ebla).
ne-person-ala: (gram., philos.) impersonal.
ne-pertur-ebla: imperturbable.
ne-plan-a: uneven: not level.
ne-polit-a: impolite, uncourteous, uncivil.
ne-politik-a: impolitic (in affairs of state).
ne-ponder-ebla: imponderable.
ne-popular-a: unpopular.
ne-posibl-a: impossible; -eso, -ajo: (quality, act) impossibility.
nepot-o, -ulo, -ino: grandchild; pos- -ulo: great-grandson. — IL
nepotism-o: nepotism. — DEFIS
ne-potent-a: impotent: powerless (cf. impotenta).
ne-pov-o, -eso: inability, incapacity.
ne-pre-vid-o, -em-eso: wanting foresight, improvidence; -anta, -ema: improvident (person); -ita: unforeseen, unlooked for (thing); -ite: unawares, napping.
ne-probabl-a: improbable, unlikely (cf. ne-versimila).
ne-produkt-iva, -ema: unproductive.
ne-profund-a: shallow: (fig.) superficial.
ne-pronunc-ebla: unpronounceable.
ne-prudent-a: imprudent, foolhardy, indiscreet.
Neptun-ala: (geol.) Neptunian.
ne-pudor-oza, -ema: immodest (in sex proprieties; cf. ne-modesta).
ne-pura: impure (cf. ne-chasta).
ne-racion-ala, -oza: irrational, unreasonable.
Nere-ido: (myth.) Nereid. — DEFIRS
ne-real-a: unreal; -ig-ebla: unrealizeable.
ne-reflekt-ita: (phys., mental) unreflected; thoughtless, unconsidered (act); -ema: thoughtless, heedless (person).
ne-refut-ebla: irrefutable, irrefragable.
ne-regul-ala, -oza: irregular (cf. ne-korekta); -oz-eso: irregularity (cf. ne-plan-ajo).
ne-rekuper-ebla: irrecoverable.
ne-remedi-ebla: incurable (disease) (cf. ne-sanig-ebla).
ne-repar-ebla: (lit. and fig.) irreparable.
ne-repres-ebla: irrepressible.
ne-reproch-ebla: irreproachable.
ne-respekt-oza: disrespectful (ad).
ne-respons-iva: irresponsible.
ne-rezist-ebla: irresistible.
nerv-o: nerve; -aro: nervous system; -ala: nervous: relating to the nerves; -oza, -oz(ul)o: nervous (person); -oz-eso: nervousness; -oz-igar: to excite the nerves of (ulu); -oz-eskar: to grow, become nervous; sen- -igar: to unnerve. — DEFIRS
nervaturo: (bot., ent.) nervure. — IS
ne-san-ig-ebla: (of persons) incurable (cf. ne-remedi-ebla).
ne-satur-ebla: insatiable.
ne-sav-ar: (tr.) to be ignorant of, not to know (ulo); -o: ignorance (of a fact; cf. nul-savo); -ante: unwittingly, unknowingly.
ne-sek-ebla: indivisible.
ne-sekura: insecure, unsafe.
ne-sent-iva: insensetive, unfeeling, impassive; -eble: insensibly, imperceptibly.
ne-separ-ebla: inseparable.
ne-serioz-a: superficial (mind) not dangerous (wound, etc); (cf. ne-profunda, surfac-ala).
ne-shancel-ig-ebla: (lit. and fig.) unshakable, immovable, resolute, steady, firm.
ne-shirm-ata: unscreened, unsheltered, open.
ne-signifik-o: insignificance (cf. sen-signifika, sen-importa, sen valora).
ne-skrupul-oza: unscrupulous.
ne-sobr-a: intemperate (in eating and drinking); (cf. ne-moderata, ne-diskreta).
ne-soci-ema: unsociable.
ne-solv-ebla: insoluble (problem, etc.).
ne-sond-ebla; (lit. and fig.) unfathomable.
ne-sonor-a: dull, hollow, toneless, muffled (cf. matida).
ne-sorg-ema: inattentive, heedless, unmindful, negligent.
nest-o: (also fig.) (bird-) nest; -ifar: to build a nest. — DE
ne-submers-ebla: unsinkable.
ne-submis-ita: unsubdued.
ne-suces-o: non-success, failure.
ne-suci-ema: careless, unsolicitous.
ne-sufic-anta: insufficient, inadequate.
ne-susten-ebla: insupportable, indefensible, untenable.
net-a: clean, spotless, neat, tidy, natty: without spot, stain, blot, impurity; (of price) net (cf. sen-tara); -igar: to clean, cleanse; -e kopiar: to make a fair copy of. Ex.: Neta aquo, plado, denti, manui, (fig.) koncienco. Ant.: sordida, ne-neta (cf. pura). — EFIS
ne-toler-anta, -ema: intolerant; -ebla: intolerable, insupportable, unbearable, insufferable.
ne-traduk-ebla: untranslatable.
ne-tra-ir-ebla: impassable.
ne-tranquil-a: (phys., mental) untranquil, unquiet, unagitated, uneasy, restless.
ne-transakt-ema: intransigent, (esp. in politics: refusing compromise); irreconcilable, uncompromising.
ne-transit-iva: (gram.) intransitive.
ne-tush-ita: untouched, intact; -ebla: untouchable, intangible.
neuron-o*: (anat.) neurone.
ne-util-a: useless, needless.
neutr-a: (all senses) neutral, neuter; (la) -o: (gram.) a neuter; (la) -i: (polit.) the neutral powers; -eso: neutrality; -igar: to neutralize (cf. equalibrar, kompensar). Ex.: Neutra vorto, sexuo, naciono, persono, (chem.) salo. — DEFIRS
ne-uz-(ad)o: disuse; -ata, -ita: unused, not in use, unutilized, obsolete.
nev-o, -ulo, -ino: nephew, niece; po-nev-ulo: grandnephew.
ne-valid-a: invalid; -igar: to invalidate, void, vitiate.
ne-vari-anta, -ebla, -iva: invariable, unchangeable, unalterable.
neve-o: neve (glacial snow). — eFIS
ne-vend-ebla: unsaleable; -ita: unsold, la ne-vend-it-aji: goods unsold.
ne-ver-simil-a: unlikely, improbable, not plausible (cf. ne-probabla).
ne-vid-ebla: invisible; -ita: unseen, unpercieved.
ne-vink-ebla: unconquerable, invincible, insuperable, insurmountable, overwhelming; -ita: unvanquished.
ne-violac-ebla: inviolable; -ata, -ita: inviolate.
ne-vol-ata, -ita: involuntary (cf. sen-vola), unwilled.
ne-volunt-a: unwilling.
nevralgi-o: neuralgia. — DEFIRS
nevrasteni-o: (med.) neurasthenia. — DEF
nevrit-o*: (med.) neuritis. — DEF
nevrologi-o*: neurology. — DEFIS
nevropter-o: (ent.) neuropteran. — DEFIS
nevros-o: (med.) neurosis; -ika, -iko: neurotic (person). — DEFIRS
ne-vund-ebla: invulnerable.
nevus-o: nævus: pigmented place on skin, usually congenital; birthmark, mole; -o flamea: burnt mark, scar of burn. — DEF
ne-yust-a: unjust, unlawful, unrighteous, unfair (cf. ne-justa).
ne-zel-oza: lukewarm.
ni: we, us (a ni, nin); -a: our(s) «Nia Patro»: the Lord’s Prayer, (cf. note under on). — FIS
nich-o: (arch.) niche, nook: recess in a wall (as for a statue or a bed) — DEFIS
niel-o: niello: a black enamel. — DEFIS
nigel-o: (bot.) nigella: fennel-flower (genus: Nigella). — eFISL
nigr-a: black (cf. obskura); -o: black, the colo(u)r itself (cf. negro); -eso: (quality) blackness; -igar: to blacken, smut; -eskar: to turn black. Ant.: blanka. — EFIS
nihil-o: naught, nothing, something non-existent, nonenity (cf. nulo); -a: void; -eso: nothingness, inexistence, nihility; -ajo: a nullity; -igar; -eskar: (jur.) to annul, become void; to rescind, cancel; -ig-ebla: voidable; -ismo: nihilism; -ist-o, -a: nihilist(ic); -eso di grandeso homala: nothingness of human greatness. V. exp: Destruktar, nihil-igar: por la destrukto materiala e kontreyura di dokumento, ni havas la verbo: destruktar. Do ni darfas rezervar nihiligar a la yurala senco (igar tote ne-valida o sen-valora). Remarkez, ke propre dicite on povas nihiligar nulo materiale, pro ke la materio esas permananta; on povas nur destruktar (quaze des-konstruktar) la material objekti; VI-537.
nikel-o: (metal.) nickel; -izar: to nickel-plate (ulo). — DE
nikelin-o*: nickeline; niccolite.
nikotin-o: nicotine. — DEFIRS
niktalop-a: (med.) nyctalopic: part blind by day; -eso: nyctalopia: day blindness. — DEFIRS
nimb-o: (meteor.) nimbus: a large rain-cloud of uniform greyness (N.B. not halo; cf. aureolo). — DEFIS
nimf-o: (myth.) nymph. — DEFIRS
nipel-o: (tech.) nipple. Def.: Interna junto-tubeto kun filetoza extremaji. — DE
«nirvana»: (Buddhism) Nirvana.
nitr-o*: (chem.) nitrogen, azote (cf. azoto); -ato: nitrate; -at-acido: nitric acid.
niv-ar: (impers.) to snow; -eskar: to commence to snow; -oza, -atra, -ea: snowy; -o bulo: snowball; -floko: snowflake; -ea barbo: snow-white beard. — IS
nivel-o: level: horizontal surface; (cf. plano, plata); -izar: to measure the level of, to find the height of (by a surveyor’s level); -iz-ilo: level instrument which shows the level. — DFIRS
niveol-o: (bot.) snow-drop (Galanthus nivalis). — F
nix-o, -ulo, -ino: (myth.) nix, water sprite, undine. — DE
no: (interj.) no! Ant. yes. — EFIS
nobel-a: noble (by birth); -o, -ulo, -ino: a noble; -aro: nobility (collect.) –eso: (rank) nobility; -igar: to ennoble: raise to nobility (ulu). V. exp.: Nobela, nobla: La nobeli esas sociala klaso, qua formacesis per la reputeso heredita de la ancestri da la decendanti. Nobleso esas etikal traito. Nobelo tote ne bezonas esar nobla, ed inversa nobla homo ne bezonas esas nobela. — DEFIS
nobl-a: noble (morally); -eso: nobility (of character); -igar: to ennoble: to make noble. V. exp.: vid. nobela. Ant.: abjekta, vulgara, infama. — DEFIS
noc-ar: (tr.) to harm, injure, hurt, wrong, be injurious (ulu, ulo); -eso: (state) damage; -iva: noxious, nocive, harmful, detrimental. V.exp.: vid. detrimentar. — eFI
noch-o: notch, nick, dent, indentation; -izar: to notch, dent. Def.: V-forma dentizuro (quale en flecho, dento-roto; l’intervalo o lakuno inter du denti di ingranajo, do l’inverso di dento; (kp. III-142). Mikra kavajo produktita per instrumento o frapo. — F
nocion-o: notion. Def.: Ideo quan on havas pri ulo. Ex. La koncienco direte donas al homo nociono pri la bono e lo mala. Il donos a vu nociono pri ca afero. — DEFIS
nod-o: knot (in thread, cord, rope, etc.); (nav.) knot: nautical mile: 6080.27 ft., 1852 meters (metres); -igar: to tie a knot in (ulo); -ifar: to knot: produce knots; -o Gordiala: Gordian knot. — FIS
nokt-ar: (impers.) to be night; -as: it is night; -eskar: night is coming on; -ala: nocturnal. (ye) -esko: (at) nightfall; -o: night (cf. tenebro, obskuro); -o-mezo: midnight; -o-vag-anto, -ero: night prowler; -o-vazo: chamber-pot; -o-lampo, -bujio: night-light; nokto-marvelo: (bot.) marvel of Peru (Mirabilis). — DEFIRS
noktiluk-o: (zool.) noctiluca (genus: Noctiluca). — EFISL
noktu-o: (orni.) white owl, barn-owl (Noctua); (cf. IV-296).
nokturn-o: (mus.) nocturne. — DEFIRS
nom-ar: (tr.) to name: call (ulu) by name, to say the name of (ulu); -esar: to be named, to be called; -o: name; (gram.) noun; -izar: to name: give a name to (ulo); -iz-o, -uro: naming; appelation; -izado: nomenclature (cf. nomenklaturo); -e: namely (viz.); bapto- -o: Christian name; pre- -o: first name; ye la -o di: in the name of; ye mea -o (vice me): in my name; propra -o: own name; proper noun; sen- -a: nameless. Def.: Dicar, lektar o pensar la nomo; «nom-izar» esas donar nomo (nova); IV-164. Ex.: Ka vu nomas ta persono? La persono nomesas S.X. Lua gepatri nomizis il Jean X. (gram.) Propra, komuna nomo; nomo-substantivo; nom-adjektivo. — DEFIS
nomad-(ulo), -a:.nomad(ic). — DEFIRS
nombr-o: (cardinal) number, numeral (i.e. numbers used in simple counting: 1, 2, 3, etc. cf. numero); (gram.) number; -izar: to give numbers to; to count, take census of; -o prima: prime number; -ala: numerical; granda- -a: numerous; sen- -a: numberless (cf. ne-kont-ebla). — EFIS
nomenklatur-o: nomenclature. — DEFIRS
nomin-ar: (tr.) to nominate: to name as a canditate for election or appointment to an office or title; -o, -eso: (act. condition) nomination, appointment, designation; -ala: (of price, value) nominal; -anto, -ero: nominator, presenter; -ato, -ario: nominee; -al-ismo: (philos.) nominalism. — EFIS
nominativ-o: (gram.) nominative. — DEFIS
nomografi-o*: nomography.
non: nine; -o: the ninth; -esma, -esmo: (ordinal) ninth, (rel.) novena (nine days devotion); -imo: (fraction) a ninth part; -opla: ninefold; -a-dek-yara, -o: nonogenarian; -a-dek: ninety; (cf. du).
nopal-o: (bot.) nopal, Indian-fig, cochineal-tree (Opuntia coccinellifera). — DEFIRS
nord-o: north; -ala: nothern; -e: northerly, in the north (with movement: ad –e); -esto: north-east. — DEFIRS
nori-o*: noria: a machine for raising water by buckets on an endless chain. — DEF
norm-o: norm: authoritative standard or model; -a: of or constituting a norm, rule, or principle; -ala: ordinary, regular, normal: relating to an authoritative standard, as in speaking of health, etc.; (goem.) -ala, -alo: normal: perpendicular to a tangent; -igar: to establish (ulo) as a norm, to make a standard of (ulo); -izar: to furnish with a standard, norm; -al-igar: to standardize; to seal (weights, measures); pezo- -o: standard of weights. V. exp.: Regulo esas precepto o preskripto generala, enuncita per vorti. Normo esas kozo konkreta, qua servas quale modelo o tipo a qua on komparas la ceteri por evaluar lia justeso; III-410. — DEFIRS
nostalgi-o: nostalgia, homesickness. — EFIRS
nostok-o*: (bot.) nostoc: a plant of blue-green algæ (genus: Nostoc). — DEFS
not-ar: (tr.) to note down, set down in writing, make memo of; (cf. remarkar); -izar: to annotate, make notes in (a book); (mus.) to write down the notes; (N.B. on notas remarki en libro; on notizas libro per remarki; cf. Talmey’s Text Book, p. 109); -o: noting; note, mark, memo, minute (to assist the memory); (mus.) note (written or sounded); (diplom.) note; -iz(ad)o, -izuro: annotation, notation (musical, chemical, etc.); inventory; -iz-iva: annotative; -iz-anto, -ero: annotator; -libr-eto: memorandum book (cf. posh-kayero); -o-referi: reference marks (signs, numbers), etc.). — DEFIRS
notari-o: notary (public); koram -o: in the presence of a notary. — DEFIRS
notic-o: (short) notice, note, or account (instructive or informative as on bottle labels, or in a museum, etc.); -o biografiala: biographical sketch. Def.: Nelonga skribajo instruktiva o informiva pri partikulara temo od objektivo; III-204. V. exp.: avizo. — DEFIS
notifik-ar: (tr.) to notify (formally), give notice of (ulo, ad ulu). V. exp.: sav-igar. — DEFIS
notor-a: manifest, well-known, known generally, notorious (N.B. but not in a bad sense); -eso: notoriety, notoriousness. — DEFIRS
nov-a: (of things) new, novel; (of persons) new (in service, office); -(ul)o: a newcomer; -ajo: a new thing, novelty; -e: newly , freshly (cf. recente); -e nask-into: a new-born child; -yaro, -a: New Year; -igar: to innovate (ulo) (intr.: enduktar novajo); -ig-anto, -ero: innovator; V. exp.: vid. anciena. — DEFIRS
novel-o: short story, novelette; -isto: short-story writer. V. exp.: Romano esas generale libro kontenanta fingita historio di un o plura personi. Novelo signifikas nur rakonto de kelka pagini, qua havas la naturo di romano, me esas romano tre kurta, tam per l’ampleso kam per la duro (generale on rakontas nur aventuro, epizodo, fakto); IV-291-2. — DEFIRS
novembr-o: November. — DEFIRS
novic-(ul)o: novice, probationer, tyro, neophyte, apprentice; -a: (fig.) novice: inexperienced, green, raw (of persons); -eso: novitiate, probationship. — DEFIS
nu: (interj.) well! now then! come now! well now! — DR
nuanc-o: nuance: a slight shade, gradation, as of tone, colo(u)r, meaning, etc.; -oza: full of shades, tints, slight gradations or distinctions; -izar: to shade, variegate, express the nuances; la -i inter sinonimi: the shades of difference between synonyms. — DeFR
nub-o: cloud; (fig.) gloom, darkness, shadow; -aro: (a mass of) clouds; -oza: cloudy, nubilous; -izar: to cloud, cover with clouds. — eIS
nuc-o: a walnut; (fig,) nut: any hard shell enclosing a kernel; -iero: (wal)nut tree; -ier-ligno: walnut (wood); -rupt-ilo: nut-cracker.
nud-a: nude, naked, bare; -igar: to strip, undress, lay bare, denude; -kapa: bare-headed; -peda: bare-footed; lo -a: (abstract) the nude. — EFIS
nudl-i: noodles, ribbon vemicelli, spaghetti. — DE
nugat-o: nougat, a kind of almond cake. — eF
nuk-o: nape of the neck; -umo, -kovr-ilo: neck-covering, -flap (as to protect against sun or rain); (fig.) muffler. Def.: Nuk-umo esas acesoro o peco di kasqueto; IV-337. — FIS
nukl-o*: (biol.) nucleus. — EFS
nuklein-o*: nuclein. — DEFIS
nul-a: no, not any none; -e, -maniere: nowise, in no way, not at all; -o: nothing; (interj.) no use! no go! not a bit of it! -u: no one, nobody; -ajo: nullity (cf. nihilo); -o pluse: nothing more; -kaze: in no case; -loke: nowhere; -tempe: never; -ag-anta, -ema; -fac-anta, -emo: do-nothing, idle (person) (cf. indolenta); -savanta: ignorant; (cf. ne-savo); -valor-anta: of no value, worthless, invalid. Ant.: kelka: — eFI
numer-o: (ordinal) number (i.e. indicative of order or succession; as 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, etc.); -ala: numerical (order); -izar: to give successive numbers (to houses, journals, etc.). — DEFIRS
numerator-o: (arith.) numerator. — EFIS
numismatik-o: numismatics. — DEFIRS
numulari-o: (bot.) moneywort (Lysimachia Nummularia). — FIS
numulit-o: (paleon.) nummulite. — DEFIS
nun: (adv.) now, at present, at this time; -a: (time) present, actual, current, now occurring (cf. prezenta); -tempa: present day, time; -tempe: at the present time; -a stando: the existing condition, status quo; -a evento: a present, current event; nun kande: now when, now that (N.B. not nun ke). Ex.: Me lernas nun la internaciona linguo. Nun kande il venis, ni iros. — D
nunci-o: (Pope’s) nuncio. — DEFIRS
nupcial-a: (zool.) nuptial.
nur: (adv.) only; -a: indicates exclusion (of all else) only, sole (cf. sola, unika); ne nur: not only; se nur: if only, providing that; nur ed unike: purely and simply. Ex.: Nur l’amo inspiras il. Il drinkas nur vino. Me donas ol a vu, se nur vu venos. Il nura (od, sola) esas kulpoza. — D
nutac-o*: (astron., plant physiol.) nutation. — DEFIS
nutr-ar: (tr.) to nourish, feed, sustain (ulu), (cf. alimentar, alaktar); -(ad)o: nourishing, nutrition, sustenance; -anta, -iva: nourishing, nutritive, nutritious; -iv-aro; -iv-gan-ilo: (means of) subsistence, (fig.) livelihood, living. Ex.: Nutrar la familio. La sango nutras la korpo. Nutriva dieto. — EFIS