Lidepla-English dictionary

meno kem shi — less than ten

Lu lopi meno kway kem yu. — He runs less quick than you.

Sey gaseta es meno interes-ney kem toy-la. — This newspaper is less interesting than that one.

Nu nadi ke in futur ye meno gwer in munda. — We hope that in future there will be fewer wars in the world.

mensioni — (zwo) mention, make mention of

mensiona — (kwo) mention, mentioning

menta — (kwo) mind, mentality

mentale — (kwel) mental

mentastasa — (kwo) state of mind

mentaliga — (kwo) association (mental connection)

mentaligi — (zwo) associate (connect in the mind)

(Origin: menta+liga)

menu — (kwo) menu

mer — (kwo) mayor

Russian

meridian — (kwo) meridian

merita — (kwo) merit, desert

meriti — (zwo) merit, deserve

meriten artista — Honoured Art Worker

Ant.: nomerita, dosh

merki — (zwo) notice, note, take notice of, mark

merki pa un-ney kansa — notice at the first sight

merki to ke ta shwo — mark what he says

merkival — (kwel) notable, noteworthy, remarkable

merkibile — (kwel) noticeable

bumerki-ney — (kwel) unnoticed

sinmerkem — (komo) insensibly

Merkuri — (kwo) Mercury

merlan — (kwo) whiting (fish)

mes — (kwo) month

mes-ney, kadames-ney — (kwel) monthly

mesa — (kwo) (Church) Mass

mesaja — (kwo) message

met — (kwo) mat (flat piece of material); doormat

mausmet — (kwo) mouse mat/pad

metafa — (kwo) metaphor

metafike — (kwel) metaphorical; figurative

metal — (kwo) metal

metal-ney — (kwel) metallic

metalka — (kwo) a metallic thing, piece of metal

meteo — (kwo) weather

badal-ney meteo — cloudy weather

meteologia — (kwo) meteorology

meteologier — (kwo) meteorologist, weatherman

metoda — (kwo) method (special or definite system of procedure)

metodike — (kwo) methodical

Chech

metra — (kwo) meter

pet metra — five meters

metro — (kwo) subway, the underground

mey — (kwo) May (also mes-pet)

meyglok — (kwo) lily of the valley

Origin: mey+glok

mi — (kwo) E (mus.)

Michigan-lak — (kwo) Lake Michigan

middeyfan — (kwo) lunch

mide — (kwel) middle, mean; average

midem — (komo) on average

midika — (kwo) average

mida — (kwo) middle, mean

yus in mida de — right in the middle of

mid- — (syao) "mid-"

midnocha — midnight

middey — midday, noon

midyash-ney — middle-aged

miden — (konekti) amid, in the middle (of), in the midst (of), among

miden shamba — in the middle of the room

miden amigas — among friends

miden nocha — in the middle of the night

Miden li ye diverse jen. — There are various people among them.

midia — (kwo) mussel

mif — (kwo) myth

mifike — (kwel) mythic(al)

Russian

mifen — (kwo) bee

mifendom — (kwo) hive

Mandarin

mifologia — (kwo) mythology

mifologike — (kwel) mythological

mifologisi — (zwo) mythologize

migi — (zwo) blink; wink

miga — (kwo) blink; wink

in miga-taim — in the blink of an eye

Russian

migri — (zwo) migrate

migri-faulas — migrating birds

migra — (kwo) migration

mikas — (kwo) scissors; shears

Arabic

mikroskop — (kwo) microscope

mil — (kwanto) thousand (1000)

mil yar — one thousand years

tri mil sitsto-shi-sem — 3617

un milfen — one-thousandth

miliarda — (kwanto) billion, 1000 millions, 10⁹

miliarder — (kwo) billionaire

milimetra — (kwo) millimetre

milion — (kwanto) million, 10⁶

dwa milion — two millions

dwa milion petsto mil — 2 500 000

milioner — (kwo) millionaire

milka — (kwo) milk

dai milka — give milk

milka-ney — (kwel) milk, milky; dairy

Milkadao — Milky Way

milki — (zwo) milk

milking — (kwo) milking

milker — (kwo) milker (person or machine)

milki-sha — (kwo) milker (person)

milyoo — (kwo) milieu

sirkum-milyoo — (kwo) (natural) environment

Danish

mina — (kwo) mine (explosive device — cf. “kwanshilok”)

stavi mina — lay/plant mines

minisi — (zwo) mine (lay mines)

mindal — (kwo) almond

mineral — (kwo) mineral

mineral-ney — (kwel) mineral

mineral-ney akwa — mineral water

mineralisi — (zwo) mineralize

minim — (gramatika) least

minim kway — least quick(ly)

minimgrad — (komo) least of all

minimtaa — (kwo) minority

minimale — (kwel) minimal, minimum

minimalem — (komo) minimally

minimum — (kwo) minimum

minista — (kwo) minister (high officer of state)

ministaguan — (kwo) ministry

minor — (kwo) minor (mus.)

Ant.: major

minta — (kwo) mint (plant or flavouring)

minta-bonbon — mint (candy)