English-Ido Dictionary

layer: (of sand, etc.) strato; (in painting) indut-o, -uro; (row) rango, lineo, serio; (in horticulture) markot-o, -ajo; -ar.

lay-figure: manekino.

laying: (of eggs) ov-if-(ad)o; depoz-ado di ovi; (cable) pozar, depoz-(ad)o; (l. out, as of garden) tras-(ad)o; (l. on of hands) sur-pozar.

lazaretto: lazareto.

lazzarone: “lazarone”.

lazy: (person) oci-era, indolenta; (life) indolenta; (movements) lenta; (in walking) flan-anta, -era; l. fellow: indolent-eg(ul)o, nul-fac-anto.

lead: (conduct, bring along) duktar; (guide) guidar; (direct) direktar; (transmit by tubes, wires, etc.) kondutar; (induce into temptation) enduktar (ulu, en tento); (instigate) instigar; (cause) igar, produktar; (have the tendency) (intr.) tendencar; (to go before) avan-irar; (lead off, begin) komencar; to l. the life of a hermit: vivar quale ermito; l. by the hand: duktar per la manuo; l. through: tra-duktar; l. a blindman: guidar blind-ulo; l.(direct) an army: direktar armeo; l. gas: konduktar gaso (per tubo); l. to believe: igar (ulu) kredar (ulo), od, kred-igar ulo da ulu; l. astray: misduktar; eror-igar; l. back: ri-, retroduktar; l. in: enduktar; l. a dissolute life: debochar; l. his troops: marchar avan sua trupi; his sickness l.s to death: lua maladeso tendencas a morto; (cause to die) mort-igos lu; l. to reflect: igar reflektar; l. to sin: incitar a peko; instigar ulo pekar.

lead: (metal) plombo; (for sounding) sond-ilo, -plombo; heave the l.: jetar la sond-ilo; sondar; to cover with l.: plomb-izar; -en: plomb-a, -atra.

leader: (guider) dukt-anto, -ero, -isto; guid-anto, -ero, -isto; (head of) chefo, -estro; (milit.) komand-anto, -ero; (best man) maxim bona labor-ero; (newspaper) precipua artiklo redakt-ist-ala; (of a political party) chefo di partiso; -ship: direkt-(ad)o.

leading: (first) un-esma; (chief, of persons) chefa; -estro; (chief, of things) precipua; l. question: sugest-anta, -iva questiono.

leadsman: sond-anto, -ero.

leaf: folio; -let: -eto; petalo (of flower); to turn over the l.s (of a book): foli-umar; to grow, produce l.s: -ifar; to cover with l.s: -izar; to make into l. shape: -igar; to turn down a l.: faldar angulo di pagino; turn over a new l.: (fig.) plu-bon-igar konduto; kondutar plu bone; -age: foli-aro; -less: sen-foli-a; sen-foli-ig-ita; -y: foli-oza.

league: ligo, feder-uro, asociuro; (covenant) pakto; (distance) (English) tri-mili-i; -d: (inter-)feder-ata, -ita.

leak: (tr., intr.) lik-ar; -(ad)o, -ajo, -eyo; l. out: (of news) divulgesar (cf. difuzar); -y: lik-anta, -ema.

lean: (incline) (tr., intr.) inklinar; (for support) apogar (sur, ad, an); (rest) (intr.) repozar; l. one’s back: adosar su; l. to: tendencar, inklinar; favorar.

lean: (lanky, spare, meagre) magra (cf. tenua); (of meat) sen-grasa.

lean-to: shirmo-tekto; hangar-tekto; hangaro.

leap: (intr.) saltar; l. across: trans-saltar; by l.s and bounds: salt-ope; play l.-frog: ludar per dorso-salto; l.-year: bisextila yaro.

learn: (gain knowledge by study) lernar (ulo) (cf. studiar; instruktar); (become informed) sav-eskar ulo, de ulu.

learned: cienc-oza (pri); erudita; l. man: cienc-ist-(ul)o, erudit-(ul)o; l. in the law: erudita pri yuro-cienco.

lease: (from someone) lokacar (ulo, de ulu); (to someone) lugar (ulo, ad ulu); (land) farmo-lokacar, -lugar; (n.); lugo-, lokaco-kontrato.

leash: ligo-rimeno; teno-kord-eto.

least: minim, -e, -a, -o, -ajo; at l.: adminime; not in the l.: tote ne, absolute ne.

leather: ledr-o (made of l.) -a; Russian l.: yufto; -y: ledr-atra.

leave: (depart) livar, for-irar; departar; for-lasar; abandonar; (discontinue) cesar; (bequeath) legacar; (permit, let) permisar, lasar; (start) departar, ek-irar (ek, de); I l. that to you: me fidas a vua decido (od, arbitrio, od, selekto); l. him alone: lasez lu tranquila, lasez lu repozar; ne-iritar o torment(et)ar lu; to give l. (furlough) to: konjedar (cf. vakancar); l. out: omisar; to be left: restar; l. off: cesar; on l.: en konjed-eso; konjede; give l. to: (permission) permisar; (furlough) konjedar; take l. of: adiar.

leaven: hefo; (fig.) fermento; to l.: (pr. and fig.) fermentacar (intr.); (fig.) impregnar; influar; unleavened: azima (pano) (cf. oblato).

leavings: rest-ajo, -i; reziduo; refuz-ajo; for-jet-ajo; (rubbish) eskombro; (lees) lizo.

lecherous: laciva, deboch-anta, -ema.

lecithin: lecitino.

lectern: kirko-pupitro (cf. ambono).

lector: lektoro.

lecture: diskursar (pri); donar leciono; (admonish) reprimandar.

lecture: (professors) leciono; (discourse) diskurso; course of l.s: kurso, (publika) lecion-kurso; (admonition) reprimando.

lecturer: (university, professional) lektoro; (gen.) diskurs-anto, -ero, -isto.

ledger: chefa kont-libro, chef-registro.

leech: (worm) sanguisugo.

leek: porelo.

leer: ogl-achar, -ach-(ad)o.

lees: (dregs) lizo.

leeward: kun-venta.

leeway: laterala drift-ado.

left: sinistra; l.-handed (person): sinistr-uz-anta, -ema; -uz-ero, -uz-emo.

leg: gambo; (of furniture) pedo; l. of mutton: muton-kruro, -gambo; boot-l.: gamb-alo.

legacy: legac-ajo; to bequeath a l.: -ar (ulo, ad ulu).