Lidepla-English dictionary

(cf. "yoshi")

ivri — (kwel, kwo) Jew (etnicity)

wandi-she ivri — the wandering Jew

buvri — (kwel, kwo) Gentile (not Jewish)

See also: yehudi

ja — the name of the letter J j

jabra — (kwo) jaw

Hindi

jadu — (kwo) sorcery

fai jadu — do/practice sorcery, conjure

mah-jadu — (zwo) bewitch, enchant

jadujen — (kwo) sorcerer/sorceress

jaduman — (kwo) sorcerer

jadugina — (kwo) sorceress; witch

jaduleker — (kwo) witch-doctor, quack doctor

jadu-shwosa — (kwo) spell, exorcism

Hindi

jagi — (zwo) be awake; vigil

jaging, jaga — (kwo) wakefulness, vigil

en-jagi, jagifi — (zwo) wake up (intr.)

jagisi — (zwo) wake up (tr.)

jagiser — alarm clock

Hindi

jaka — (kwo) jacket (a short coat)

Jakarta — (kwo) Jakarta

jaketa — (kwo) jacket (a piece of a person’s suit)

jal — (zwo) be on fire, burn

ek-jal — (zwo) burn, cauterize

ek-jal finga — burn one's fingers

jalsa — (kwo) burning

jal-she — (kwel) ablaze, burning

jalka — (kwo) fuel

mah-jal — (zwo) burn (to cause to be consumed by fire)

finjal — (zwo) burn down

jaltura — (kwo) snuff (of candle)

jalwunda — (kwo) burn (injury)

Hindi

jalusa — (kwo) jealousy

jalusi — (zwo) be jealous (of)

jalusnik — (kwo) jealous man

Jamaika — (kwo) Jamaica

jami — (zwo) gather

jami amigas — gather friends

jami asembla — gather a meeting

jami fruta — gather fruits

jamitura — (kwo) that which has been gathered

(cf. "kolekti, rekoli")

Arabic

jamile — (kwel) beautiful, handsome, pretty

ela es jamile gina — she is a pretty woman

jamilitaa — (kwo) beauty (property)

jamilina — (kwo) beauty (beautiful woman)

jamilo — (kwo) handsome man

Arabic

jan — (zwo) know

Me jan to. — I know that.

Ta bu jan nixa. — He doesn't know anything.

lo bujan-ney — the unknown

en-jan — (zwo) get to know, learn

jansa — (kwo) knowledge

jan-sha, jannik — (kwo) connoisseur

(cf. "koni")

Hindi

jangla — (kwo) jungle

Hindi

janmi — (zwo) be born; give birth to

ta janmi in yar 1975 — he/shi was born in 1975

janma — (kwo) birth

janmadey — (kwo) birthday

janmalanda — (kwo) native land, homeland, motherland

janmalok — (kwo) native place, home

janmalingwa — (kwo) native language

janmamarka — (kwo) birthmark, mole

janming — (kwo) childbirth, delivery

janmer — (kwo) parent

janmiguan — (kwo) maternity hospital

Hindi

janmog — (zwo) know how to, can

Me janmog gani, yu janmog rasmi, bat nu ambi bu janmog swimi. — I can sing, yu can draw, but we both cannot swim.

janmogsa — (kwo) ability, skill, know-how

(Origin: jan+mog)

januar — (kwo) January (also mes-un)

jaopay — (kwo) signboard

Mandarin

japat — (kwo) fit (seizure; outburst of emotion); gust

feng japat — a gust of wind

japat-ney feng — gusty wind

Hindi

japunga — (kwo) dragonfly

Indonesian

jatile — (kwel) intricate, sophisticated

Arabic

jawabi — (zwo) answer

jawaba — (kwo) answer

jawaba-ney — (kwel) reply, return

jawaba-ney leta — reply (letter), return mail

Arabic

jay-jay — (exklami) hip, hip, hooray!

jay-jaysa — (kwo) cheers, hurrahing

jay-jayka — (kwo) cheer (a shout of congratulation)

Syn.: huraa

Hindi

jel — (kwo) gel

jelatin — (kwo) gelatin

jelee — (kwo) jelly

jem — (kwo) jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)

jen — (kwo) man (human, any man or woman)

jenley — (kwo) mankind

jen-ney — (kwel) human

jenlik — (kwel) human, humane (characteristic of human)

jenful — (kwel) crowded

auslandajen — (kwo) foreigner

lubijen — (kwo) loved one, lover

samlandajen — (kwo) compatriot

samtaimjen — (kwo) contemporary (coexistent in time)

sendijen — (kwo) envoy

Mandarin

jengun-ney — (kwel) man-made, artificial

jengun-silka — artificial silk

jenmin — (kwo) people (nation)

jenmin-ney — (kwel) people's

interjenmin-ney — (kwel) international

Mandarin

jenta — (kwo) folk, (a particular group of) people

islajenta es hao jenta — islanders are good folk

urbajenta sempre hasti — townspeople always hurry

gunjenta — (kwo) workpeople

yunge jenta — (kwo) youth, young people

jenvigyan — (kwo) the humanities

jenvigyan-ney — (kwel) pertaining to the humanities

(Origin: jen + vigyan)

jesti — (zwo) gesture, gesticulate

jesta — (kwo) gesture (motion of the limbs or body)

jestalingwa — the gesture language, pantomime

jesting — (kwo) gesticulation