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Poll: Basic vocabulary test of an IAL (fwd)

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Friday, August 23, 2002, 16:22
I have not read anyone else's list.  Some answers are oddballs.

Carlos Thompson scripsit:

> 1. arboro tree (n) > 2. avio bird (n) > 3. akua water (n) > 4. beber drink (v) > 5. ben > 6. blanki white, blank (a) > 7. boni > 8. chadi punch a hole (v) > 9. choko artichoke, Cynara scolymus (n) > 10. dento tooth (n) > 11. diter speak out loud (v) > 12. ekino horse, horselike animal (n) > 13. elfano elephant (n) > 14. fema female (a) > 15. fogo fog, mist (n) > 16. fridi cool, make cold (v) > 17. fuli fool, deceive (v) > 18. fumo smoke (n) > 19. gol ghoul, corpse-eater (n) > 20. grandi make famous (v) > 21. idea idea, image (n) > 22. idioma language (n) > 23. indi > 24. jako > 25. jorno day, 24-hour period (n) > 26. kana Japanese syllabogram (n) > 27. kapito > 28. kata down (prep.) > 29. kibo James Parry (prop. n.) > 30. koner > 31. korno horn, musical (n) > 32. kuna > 33. largi enlarge, make large (v) > 34. libero free of constraint (a) > 35. lingua language (n) or tongue (n) > 36. luna moon, the Moon (n) > 37. manjer eat (v) > 38. mano hand (n) > 39. monto mountain (n) > 40. morter die, cease to live (v) > 41. negi negate, contradict (v) > 42. nokto night (n) > 43. novi make new (v) > 44. oksiter armpit (n) > 45. orsa bear, the animal (n) > 46. pedo foot, body part (n) > 47. petro rock, stone (n) > 48. pikoli make small (v) > 49. pisco fish (n) > 50. pluvia rain (n) > 51. preti take (v) > 52. quarko quark (n) > 53. rondi round, make round (v) > 54. rosi > 55. saper know (v) > 56. siter locate, place at (v) > 57. sol sun, the Sun (n) > 58. tela > 59. telo > 60. tino tine (n) > 61. uni unite, unify, make one (v) > 62. uso use, purpose, function (n) > 63. verdi make green (v) > 64. vider see (v) > 65. viro man, male human (n) > 66. voler wish (v) > 67. watt watt (n) > 68. yanki Yankee (n) or the letter Y (n) > 69. zebra zebra (n) or the letter Z (n) > 70. Chlewey Carlos Thompson (prop. n.) > 71. dij Schdzjarvk the Snark (prop. n.) > 72. atenter > 73. broma smelly, stinky (a) > 74. cali heat (v) > 75. doter teach (v) > 76. emino famous person (n) > 77. fabuli speak (v) or tell lies (v) > 78. gruta > 79. helada > 80. imeilo > 81. justa adjacent (a) > 82. kilo kilo, metric prefix (a) > 83. lando land (n) > 84. mika > 85. nu well, so, that's the way it is (interj) > 86. oper work (v) > 87. parto part, component (n) > 88. quid that (relative pron.) > 89. rolo > 90. sapo wise man (n) or fool (n) > 91. turo > 92. uro euro, currency unit (n) > 93. valer value, assign value to (v) > 94. wiski whisky (n) or the letter W (n) > 95. xero dry (a) > 96. yrida > 97. zambo > > -- Carlos Th >
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