Novial — top 318 words
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| # | Novial | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | me | I — 1st-person singular |
| 2 | vu | you (singular) |
| 3 | lo | he; she; it — 3rd-person singular |
| 4 | nus | we |
| 5 | vus | you (plural) |
| 6 | los | they |
| 7 | disi | this |
| 8 | ti | that |
| 9 | hir | here |
| 10 | dar | there |
| 11 | que | who |
| 12 | quum | what |
| 13 | vor | where |
| 14 | quand | when |
| 15 | quam | how; as |
| 16 | non | not |
| 17 | omni | all; every |
| 18 | multi | many, much |
| 19 | kelki | some, a few |
| 20 | poki | few, little |
| 21 | altri | other |
| 22 | un | one; a (indefinite article) |
| 23 | du | two |
| 24 | tri | three |
| 25 | quar | four |
| 26 | sink | five |
| 27 | grandi | big, large |
| 28 | longi | long |
| 29 | larji | wide, broad |
| 30 | grosi | thick |
| 31 | gravi | heavy; serious |
| 32 | mikri | small, little |
| 33 | kurti | short |
| 34 | angusti | narrow |
| 35 | tenui | thin |
| 36 | fema | woman |
| 37 | viro | man (adult male) |
| 38 | home | human being, person |
| 39 | infante | child |
| 40 | marita | wife |
| 41 | marito | husband |
| 42 | matra | mother |
| 43 | patro | father |
| 44 | animale | animal |
| 45 | fishe | fish |
| 46 | fogle | bird |
| 47 | hunde | dog |
| 48 | lause | louse |
| 49 | serpente | snake |
| 50 | verme | worm |
| 51 | arbre | tree |
| 52 | foreste | forest |
| 53 | bastone | stick |
| 54 | frukte | fruit |
| 55 | seme | seed |
| 56 | folie | leaf |
| 57 | radike | root |
| 58 | kortise | bark (of a tree) |
| 59 | flore | flower |
| 60 | gasone | grass |
| 61 | korde | rope, cord |
| 62 | pele | skin |
| 63 | karne | meat, flesh |
| 64 | sange | blood |
| 65 | ose | bone |
| 66 | grasi | fat (noun) |
| 67 | ove | egg |
| 68 | korne | horn |
| 69 | kaude | tail |
| 70 | plume | feather |
| 71 | hare | hair |
| 72 | kape | head |
| 73 | orele | ear |
| 74 | okule | eye |
| 75 | nase | nose |
| 76 | boke | mouth |
| 77 | dente | tooth |
| 78 | lange | tongue |
| 79 | ungle | fingernail |
| 80 | pede | foot |
| 81 | gambe | leg |
| 82 | genu | knee |
| 83 | manu | hand |
| 84 | ale | wing |
| 85 | ventre | belly |
| 86 | intestines | guts, intestines |
| 87 | kole | neck |
| 88 | dorse | back |
| 89 | pektore | breast, chest |
| 90 | kordie | heart |
| 91 | hepate | liver |
| 92 | drinka | to drink |
| 93 | manja | to eat |
| 94 | morda | to bite |
| 95 | suka | to suck |
| 96 | sputa | to spit |
| 97 | vomi | to vomit |
| 98 | sufla | to blow |
| 99 | spira | to breathe |
| 100 | rida | to laugh |
| 101 | vida | to see |
| 102 | audi | to hear |
| 103 | sava | to know (a fact) |
| 104 | konosa | to know (a person), be acquainted with |
| 105 | pensa | to think |
| 106 | flara | to smell |
| 107 | tima | to fear, be afraid |
| 108 | dormi | to sleep |
| 109 | viva | to live, be alive |
| 110 | mori | to die |
| 111 | tua | to kill |
| 112 | kombata | to fight |
| 113 | chasa | to hunt |
| 114 | frapa | to hit, strike |
| 115 | seka | to cut |
| 116 | fenda | to split |
| 117 | pika | to stab, prick |
| 118 | grata | to scratch |
| 119 | fosa | to dig |
| 120 | svima | to swim |
| 121 | vola | to fly |
| 122 | marcha | to walk |
| 123 | veni | to come |
| 124 | lia | to lie (as in a bed) |
| 125 | sida | to sit |
| 126 | stea | to stand |
| 127 | rota | to turn (intransitive) |
| 128 | fala | to fall |
| 129 | dona | to give |
| 130 | tena | to hold |
| 131 | klema | to squeeze |
| 132 | frota | to rub |
| 133 | lava | to wash |
| 134 | visha | to wipe |
| 135 | tira | to pull |
| 136 | shova | to push |
| 137 | jeta | to throw |
| 138 | liga | to tie, bind |
| 139 | suta | to sew |
| 140 | konta | to count |
| 141 | dikte | to say, tell |
| 142 | kanta | to sing |
| 143 | plea | to play |
| 144 | flota | to float |
| 145 | flua | to flow |
| 146 | frosta | to freeze |
| 147 | infla | to swell, inflate |
| 148 | sune | sun |
| 149 | lune | moon |
| 150 | stele | star |
| 151 | aque | water |
| 152 | pluve | rain |
| 153 | fluvie | river |
| 154 | lage | lake |
| 155 | mare | sea |
| 156 | sale | salt |
| 157 | petre | stone |
| 158 | sande | sand |
| 159 | polve | dust |
| 160 | tere | earth; ground |
| 161 | nube | cloud |
| 162 | neble | fog |
| 163 | siele | sky; heaven |
| 164 | vente | wind |
| 165 | nive | snow |
| 166 | glasie | ice |
| 167 | fume | smoke |
| 168 | faire | fire |
| 169 | sindre | ash |
| 170 | brula | to burn |
| 171 | vie | road, way |
| 172 | monte | mountain |
| 173 | redi | red |
| 174 | verdi | green |
| 175 | gelbi | yellow |
| 176 | blanki | white |
| 177 | nigri | black |
| 178 | nokte | night |
| 179 | jorne | day |
| 180 | yare | year |
| 181 | varmi | warm |
| 182 | koldi | cold |
| 183 | pleni | full |
| 184 | novi | new |
| 185 | oldi | old |
| 186 | boni | good |
| 187 | mali | bad |
| 188 | putriti | rotten |
| 189 | sordidi | dirty |
| 190 | rekti | straight |
| 191 | rondi | round |
| 192 | akuti | sharp (as a knife) |
| 193 | obtusi | dull, blunt |
| 194 | glati | smooth |
| 195 | dessiki | wet |
| 196 | siki | dry |
| 197 | justi | correct, right |
| 198 | proxim | near, close |
| 199 | ferni | far |
| 200 | dextri | right (side) |
| 201 | lefti | left (side) |
| 202 | an | at |
| 203 | in | in, inside |
| 204 | kun | with (accompaniment) |
| 205 | e | and |
| 206 | si | if |
| 207 | pro ke | because |
| 208 | nome | name |
| 209 | zero | zero |
| 210 | six | six |
| 211 | sep | seven |
| 212 | ok | eight |
| 213 | nin | nine |
| 214 | dek | ten |
| 215 | dekun | eleven |
| 216 | dekdu | twelve |
| 217 | duanti | twenty |
| 218 | trianti | thirty |
| 219 | sent | hundred |
| 220 | mil | thousand |
| 221 | milion | million |
| 222 | unesmi | first |
| 223 | duesmi | second |
| 224 | triesmi | third |
| 225 | la | she |
| 226 | lu | it; neuter 3rd-person |
| 227 | on | one, people (generic pronoun) |
| 228 | nos | we (Lexike variant) |
| 229 | vos | you (plural; Lexike variant) |
| 230 | les | they; the (definite plural article) |
| 231 | se | -self (reflexive, all persons) |
| 232 | mi | my |
| 233 | vi | your (singular) |
| 234 | lui | his |
| 235 | sui | her |
| 236 | nosi | our |
| 237 | vosi | your (plural) |
| 238 | lesi | their |
| 239 | meum | mine |
| 240 | sis | this; these |
| 241 | tal | that; those |
| 242 | sam | same |
| 243 | le | the (definite article) |
| 244 | esser | to be |
| 245 | es | is, am, are (present of esser) |
| 246 | avar | to have |
| 247 | far | to do, make |
| 248 | idar | to go |
| 249 | parlar | to speak, talk |
| 250 | amar | to love |
| 251 | komprenar | to understand |
| 252 | lektar | to read |
| 253 | skriptar | to write |
| 254 | bli | to become / passive auxiliary |
| 255 | sal | (future auxiliary) will |
| 256 | ha | (perfect auxiliary) have |
| 257 | sur | on, upon |
| 258 | sub | under |
| 259 | ad | to, toward |
| 260 | de | of, from |
| 261 | ex | out of |
| 262 | por | for |
| 263 | pri | about, concerning |
| 264 | per | by means of, through |
| 265 | tra | through |
| 266 | ante | before, in front of |
| 267 | pos | after, behind |
| 268 | dum | during, while |
| 269 | inter | between, among |
| 270 | sen | without |
| 271 | til | until, up to |
| 272 | apud | beside, next to |
| 273 | segun | according to |
| 274 | ya | yes |
| 275 | no | no |
| 276 | ja | already |
| 277 | ankor | still, yet |
| 278 | nur | only |
| 279 | mem | even |
| 280 | tre | very |
| 281 | tro | too (excessively) |
| 282 | quasi | almost |
| 283 | tamen | however, yet |
| 284 | tar | there (guide variant) |
| 285 | nun | now |
| 286 | dan | then |
| 287 | sempre | always |
| 288 | jama | never |
| 289 | hodie | today |
| 290 | yestri | yesterday |
| 291 | deman | tomorrow |
| 292 | quel | which |
| 293 | quant | how much, how many |
| 294 | lingue | language |
| 295 | libre | book |
| 296 | dome | house |
| 297 | urbe | city, town |
| 298 | lande | country |
| 299 | munde | world |
| 300 | amike | friend |
| 301 | matine | morning |
| 302 | vespere | evening |
| 303 | nite | night |
| 304 | temp | time |
| 305 | mersi | thank you |
| 306 | gratia | thanks, gratitude |
| 307 | saluta | hello, greeting |
| 308 | felisi | happy |
| 309 | malad | ill, sick |
| 310 | prest | ready |
| 311 | bon | good (bare form) |
| 312 | grand | big (bare form) |
| 313 | nov | new (bare form) |
| 314 | bel | beautiful |
| 315 | fort | strong |
| 316 | febl | weak |
| 317 | rapid | fast, rapid |
| 318 | lent | slow |