Poll: Basic vocabulary test of an IAL (fwd)
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Friday, August 23, 2002, 16:22 |
I have not read anyone else's list. Some answers are oddballs.
Carlos Thompson scripsit:
> 1. arboro tree (n)
> 2. avio bird (n)
> 3. akua water (n)
> 4. beber drink (v)
> 5. ben
> 6. blanki white, blank (a)
> 7. boni
> 8. chadi punch a hole (v)
> 9. choko artichoke, Cynara scolymus (n)
> 10. dento tooth (n)
> 11. diter speak out loud (v)
> 12. ekino horse, horselike animal (n)
> 13. elfano elephant (n)
> 14. fema female (a)
> 15. fogo fog, mist (n)
> 16. fridi cool, make cold (v)
> 17. fuli fool, deceive (v)
> 18. fumo smoke (n)
> 19. gol ghoul, corpse-eater (n)
> 20. grandi make famous (v)
> 21. idea idea, image (n)
> 22. idioma language (n)
> 23. indi
> 24. jako
> 25. jorno day, 24-hour period (n)
> 26. kana Japanese syllabogram (n)
> 27. kapito
> 28. kata down (prep.)
> 29. kibo James Parry (prop. n.)
> 30. koner
> 31. korno horn, musical (n)
> 32. kuna
> 33. largi enlarge, make large (v)
> 34. libero free of constraint (a)
> 35. lingua language (n) or tongue (n)
> 36. luna moon, the Moon (n)
> 37. manjer eat (v)
> 38. mano hand (n)
> 39. monto mountain (n)
> 40. morter die, cease to live (v)
> 41. negi negate, contradict (v)
> 42. nokto night (n)
> 43. novi make new (v)
> 44. oksiter armpit (n)
> 45. orsa bear, the animal (n)
> 46. pedo foot, body part (n)
> 47. petro rock, stone (n)
> 48. pikoli make small (v)
> 49. pisco fish (n)
> 50. pluvia rain (n)
> 51. preti take (v)
> 52. quarko quark (n)
> 53. rondi round, make round (v)
> 54. rosi
> 55. saper know (v)
> 56. siter locate, place at (v)
> 57. sol sun, the Sun (n)
> 58. tela
> 59. telo
> 60. tino tine (n)
> 61. uni unite, unify, make one (v)
> 62. uso use, purpose, function (n)
> 63. verdi make green (v)
> 64. vider see (v)
> 65. viro man, male human (n)
> 66. voler wish (v)
> 67. watt watt (n)
> 68. yanki Yankee (n) or the letter Y (n)
> 69. zebra zebra (n) or the letter Z (n)
> 70. Chlewey Carlos Thompson (prop. n.)
> 71. dij Schdzjarvk the Snark (prop. n.)
> 72. atenter
> 73. broma smelly, stinky (a)
> 74. cali heat (v)
> 75. doter teach (v)
> 76. emino famous person (n)
> 77. fabuli speak (v) or tell lies (v)
> 78. gruta
> 79. helada
> 80. imeilo
> 81. justa adjacent (a)
> 82. kilo kilo, metric prefix (a)
> 83. lando land (n)
> 84. mika
> 85. nu well, so, that's the way it is (interj)
> 86. oper work (v)
> 87. parto part, component (n)
> 88. quid that (relative pron.)
> 89. rolo
> 90. sapo wise man (n) or fool (n)
> 91. turo
> 92. uro euro, currency unit (n)
> 93. valer value, assign value to (v)
> 94. wiski whisky (n) or the letter W (n)
> 95. xero dry (a)
> 96. yrida
> 97. zambo
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> -- Carlos Th
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