Re: Poll: Basic vocabulary test of an IAL

On Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:25:42 -0500, Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
wrote:

>This is a little poll to test the recognisibility of some words in an
>IAL.  Please answer with a translation (and part of speach and a
>definition if possible) in either English or Spanish of the following
>words.  Please include also the pronunciation you would use when
>reading.
>
>Thank you.
Well, I still remember a little Spanish, so some of these words that would
otherwise be unrecognizable (such as beber) make sense to me.

1. arboro ["arboro] (n) tree
2. avio ["avio] (n) bird
3. akua ["akwa] (n) water
4. beber [be"bEr] (v) to drink
5. ben ["bEn] (adv) well
6. blanki ["blaNki] (adj) white, blank
7. boni ["boni] (adj) good
8. chadi ["tSadi] (n) small bits of paper from punch cards
9. choko ["tSoko] (n) an excellent source of theobromine
10. dento ["dEnto] (n) tooth
11. diter [di"tEr] (n) to say
12. ekino [e"kino] (n) starfish
13. elfano [El"fano] (n) elephant
14. fema ["fema] (adj) female
15. fogo ["fogo] (n) fog (I know it's probably "fire", but "fog" was the
first thing that came to mind...)
16. fridi ["fridi] (n) Friday
17. fuli ["fuli] (adj) full
18. fumo ["fumo] (n) smoke
19. gol ["gOl] (n) goal
20. grandi ["grandi] (adj) big, grand
21. idea [i"dea] (n) idea
22. idioma [idi"oma] (n) idiom, language
23. indi ["indi] (adj) individual
24. jako ["dZako] (n) jack, outlet
25. jorno ["dZOrno] (n) day
26. kana ["kana] (n) Japanese syllabic writing
27. kapito ["kapito] (n) head
28. kata ["kata] (n) cat
29. kibo ["kibo] (n) keyboard
30. koner [ko"nEr] (n) to know
31. korno ["kOrno] (n) horn, corner
32. kuna ["kuna] (n) gap (lacuna > la kuna)
33. largi ["largi] (adj) large
34. libero ["libero] (adj) free
35. lingua ["liNgwa] (n) language, tongue
36. luna ["luna] (n) moon
37. manjer [man"dZEr] (v) to eat
38. mano ["mano] (n) shark
39. monto ["mOnto] (n) mountain
40. morter [mOr"tEr] (v) to die
41. negi ["negi] (adj) negative
42. nokto ["nOkto] (n) night
43. novi ["novi] (adj) new
44. oksiter ["OksitEr] (n) oyster
45. orsa ["Orsa] (n) horse
46. pedo ["pedo] (n) foot
47. petro ["pEtro] (n) rock
48. pikoli ["pikoli] (adj) little
49. pisco ["pIsko] (n) fish
50. pluvia ["pluvia] (n) rain
51. preti ["preti] (n) ready
52. quarko ["kwarko] (n) quark
53. rondi ["rOndi] (adj) round
54. rosi ["rosi] (n) rose
55. saper [sa"pEr] (v) to know
56. siter [si"tEr] (v) to sit
57. sol ["sOl] (n) sun
58. tela ["tela] (adj) a shade of blue-green
59. telo ["telo] (n) a kind of duck
60. tino ["tino] (n) tin (the metal)
61. uni ["uni] (adj) one
62. uso ["uso] (n) use
63. verdi ["vErdi] (adj) green
64. vider [vi"dEr] (v) to see
65. viro ["viro] (n) virus
66. voler [vo"lEr] (n) to want
67. watt ["wat] (n) watt
68. yanki ["jaNki] (n) Yankee
69. zebra ["zEbra] (n) zebra

70. Chlewey ["xlevej] (n) a Polish-speaking Wookiee
71. dij Schdzjarvk [dEj sx@"dZarfk] (n) phlegm

72. atenter [atEn"tEr] (v) to pay attention
73. broma ["broma] (n) bromine
74. cali ["kali] (n) heat
75. doter [do"tEr] (n) daughter
76. emino [e"mino] (n) amino acid
77. fabuli ["fabuli] (n) fable
78. gruta ["gruta] (n) grout
79. helada [he"lada] (n) ice cream
80. imeilo [i"mejlo] (n) email
81. justa ["dZusta] (adv) just, only
82. kilo ["kilo] (n) kilogram
83. lando ["lando] (n) former owner of the Millennium Falcon
84. mika ["mika] (adj) meek
85. nu ["nu] (n) a letter of the Greek alphabet
86. oper [o"pEr] (v) to open
87. parto ["parto] (n) part
88. quid ["kwid] (n) money
89. rolo ["rolo] (n) chocolate-covered caramel
90. sapo ["sapo] (n) toad
91. turo ["turo] (n) tour
92. uro ["uro] (n) hour
93. valer [va"lEr] (n) to be worth
94. wiski ["wIski] (n) whiskey
95. xero ["ksero] (adj) dry
96. yrida ["jrida] (adj) arid
97. zambo ["zambo] (n) ice smoothing machine (used in skating rinks)

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