!% Fields: english/=/lojban

* long (having length), 
    x1 is long in dimension/direction x2 (default longest dimension) by
    measurement standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ clani (cla)
* long (in 2nd most significant dimension), 
    x1 is long/wide in dimension x2 [long in 2nd most significant dimension]
    by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ganra (gan)
* long (in smallest dimension), 
    x1 is thick in dimension/direction x2 by standard x3; [relatively long
    in smallest dimension] 
    /:/ [also stout]
    /=/ rotsu (rot tsu ro'u)
* long (long rectangular form), 
    x1 is a board/plank [3-dimensional long flat rectangle] of material x2 
    /:/
    /=/ tanbo (ta'o)
* long distance units, 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) long distance units local distance unit(s)
    [non-metric], x3 subunits, standard x4 
    /:/ (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ minli
* look through, 
    x1 looks at/examines/views/inspects/regards/watches/gazes at x2 
    /:/ [also look through (= grecta, ravycta, bacycta); note that English
    "look" often means a more generic "observe"]
    /=/ catlu (cta)
* look, 
    x1 sees/perceives visually x2 under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is visual; x3 can include ambient lighting,
    background, etc. which may affect what is perceived; note that English
    "see" often means "look" or a more generic "observe", or even
    "understand, know"]
    /=/ viska (vis vi'a)
* looks after, 
    x1 takes-care-of/looks after after/attends to/provides for/is caretaker
    for x2 (object/event/person) 
    /:/ [also tends, cares for, keeps; x1 is a keeper/custodian of x2]
    /=/ kurji (kuj ku'i)
* looks at, 
    x1 looks at at/examines/views/inspects/regards/watches/gazes at x2 
    /:/ [also look through (= grecta, ravycta, bacycta); note that English
    "look" often means a more generic "observe"]
    /=/ catlu (cta)
* looks for, 
    x1 seeks/searches/looks for for property x2 among set x3 (complete
    specification of set) 
    /:/ [if searching for an object or an event, use tu'a in x2]
    /=/ sisku (sis)
* looks like, 
    x1 is similar/parallel to x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni); x1 looks
    like/appears like x2 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a likeness/image of x2; x1 and x2 are alike;
    similarity and parallel differ primarily in emphasis]
    /=/ simsa (smi)
* looks like, 
    x1 seems/appears to have property(ies) x2 to observer x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 looks like it has x2 to x3; suggest belief/observation
    (= mlugau, mluti'i); looks like/resembles (= smimlu, mitmlu)]
    /=/ simlu (mlu)
* loop, 
    x1 is a loop/circuit of x2 [material] 
    /:/ [also noose (= skoclupa, saljgeclupa; there is no indication of
    shape, but merely that the ends join/meet); closed curve defined by
    set of points (= cuptai)]
    /=/ clupa (cup)
* loose, 
    x1 (object) is loose/bloused/not tight on x2 (object) at locus x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kluza (luz)
% loose, 
    x1 is a loose, baggy, bloused shirt    /=/ luzycreka
* lore, 
    x1 teaches audience x2 ideas/methods/lore x3 (du'u) about subject(s) x4
    by method x5 (event) 
    /:/ [also instruct, instructor, educate, educator, teacher, professor,
    pedagogue; (adjective:) x1/x5 is pedagogical]
    /=/ ctuca (ctu)
* lose, 
    x1 lose-s person/thing x2 at/near x3; x1 lose-s property/feature x2 in
    conditions/situation x3 
    /:/ [x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event (rare
    for cirko), or a property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this
    is sumti-raising from ownership of the object/commodity (= po'ecri,
    po'erselcri for unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ cirko (cri)
* losers, 
    x3 of: x1 (person/team) wins/gains prize x2 from/over x3
    [competitors/losers] in competition x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a victor; x2 reward; x3 competitors here are
    opponents and in many situations, defeated/losers, vs. the set of
    those competing for a goal; x2 may be a specific object, a commodity
    (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for
    objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the
    object/commodity (= po'erji'a, po'erselji'a for unambiguous
    semantics)];
    /=/ jinga (jig ji'a)
* loses, 
    x1 loses person/thing x2 at/near x3; x1 loses property/feature x2 in
    conditions/situation x3 
    /:/ [x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event (rare
    for cirko), or a property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this
    is sumti-raising from ownership of the object/commodity (= po'ecri,
    po'erselcri for unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ cirko (cri)
* loss, 
    x1 insures/indemnifies x2 (person) against peril/loss x3 (event)
    providing benefit(s) x4 (event) 
    /:/ [sell/purchase insurance (= binryve'u), premium (= binrydi'a, or
    ve binryve'u)]
    /=/ binra
* lot, 
    x1 is much/extreme in property x2 (ka), towards x3 extreme/direction; x1
    is, in x2, very x3 
    /:/ [also very, pretty, a lot, immoderate/immoderately, intense,
    quite, extremely]
    /=/ mutce (tce)
* lotus (symbolic plant/herb), 
    x1 is a lotus, plant/flower/herb of species/strain x2 symbolizing x3 to
    culture/religion x4 
    /:/
    /=/ latna
* loud, 
    x1 is loud/noisy at observation point x2 by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cladu (lau)
* louse, 
    x1 is a louse/flea [blood-sucking arthropod] of species/breed x2,
    parasitic on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ civla (civ)
* love, 
    x1 love-s/feels strong affectionate devotion towards x2 (object/state) 
    /:/ [also: x1 is love-ing towards x2, x1 is a love-r of x2 (one
    sense), x2 is be-love-d by x1 (= selprami for reordered places)]
    /=/ prami (pam pa'i)
* lover, 
    x1 loves/feels strong affectionate devotion towards x2 (object/state) 
    /:/ [also: x1 is loving towards x2, x1 is a lover of x2 (one sense),
    x2 is beloved by x1 (= selprami for reordered places)]
    /=/ prami (pam pa'i)
* loves, 
    x1 loves/feels strong affectionate devotion towards x2 (object/state) 
    /:/ [also: x1 is loving towards x2, x1 is a lover of x2 (one sense),
    x2 is beloved by x1 (= selprami for reordered places)]
    /=/ prami (pam pa'i)
* loving, 
    x1 loves/feels strong affectionate devotion towards x2 (object/state) 
    /:/ [also: x1 is loving towards x2, x1 is a lover of x2 (one sense),
    x2 is beloved by x1 (= selprami for reordered places)]
    /=/ prami (pam pa'i)
% low (ignoble), 
    x1 is common/low/vulgar in/under culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ nalno'i 
% low (very ignoble), 
    x1 is common/low/vulgar in/under culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ tolno'i 
% low, 
    x1 is a commoner/non-elite/low-born/untitled/vulgar in/under
    culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ nalnolpre 
* low, 
    x1 is low/down/downward in frame of reference x2 as compared with
    baseline/standard height x3 
    /:/ [also lower; x3 is generally some defined distance above a zero
    point/baseline, or is that baseline itself]
    /=/ dizlo (diz dzi)
* low, 
    x1 sucks/is suction/vacuum/relatively low pressure of fluid/gas x2
    relative to high pressure x3 
    /:/ [also suck object/fluid (= sakcpu or sakmuvgau)]
    /=/ sakci (sak)
% low-born, 
    x1 is a commoner/non-elite/low-born/untitled/vulgar in/under
    culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ nalnolpre
% low-born, 
    x1 is a peon/peasant/low-born/vulgar in/under culture/society/standard
    x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ tolnolpre
* lower (downward), 
    x1 is low/down/downward in frame of reference x2 as compared with
    baseline/standard height x3 
    /:/ [also lower; x3 is generally some defined distance above a zero
    point/baseline, or is that baseline itself]
    /=/ dizlo (diz dzi)
* lower (lower taxon of taxonomy tree), 
    x1 is a species of genus x2, family x3, etc.; [open-ended tree-structure
    categorization] 
    /:/ [also subspecies, order, phylum; (places do not correspond to
    specific levels in the hierarchy; rather, x1 is at a "lower" or
    "bushier" part of the tree than x2, x2 is "lower" than x3, etc.;
    skipping a place thus means that there is one or more
    known-and-unspecified levels of hierarchy between the two); not
    limited to Linnean animal/plant taxonomy]
    /=/ jutsi (jut)
* lower arm garment, 
    x1 is a mitten/glove [hand and lower arm garment] of material x2 
    /:/ [mitten (= degycauglu)]
    /=/ gluta (glu)
* lower leg garment, 
    x1 is a sock/stocking [flexible foot and lower leg garment] of material
    x2 
    /:/
    /=/ smoka (smo)
* lower pressure (lower pressure pumped to), 
    x1 is a pump/injector [tool/apparatus] pumping/inserting fluid x2 to x3
    from x4 by means x5 
    /:/ [x2 fluid may be liquid or gas; x5 may be a force; a pump
    generally causes a pressure gradient, such that x3 is a place of lower
    pressure, x4 a place of higher pressure]
    /=/ pambe
* lower trunk, 
    x1 is a/the abdomen/belly/lower trunk [body-part] of x2; [metaphor:
    midsection] 
    /:/ [also stomach (= djaruntyrango)]
    /=/ betfu (bef be'u)
* lowest, 
    x1 is a/the foot [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: lowest portion]
    (adjective:) x1 is pedal 
    /:/
    /=/ jamfu (jaf jma)
* lubrication (thirsted for), 
    x2 of: x1 thirsts for x2; x1 needs/wants drink/fluid/lubrication x2 
    /:/
    /=/ taske
* lucid, 
    x1 (object/medium) is clear/transparent/without obstacle to in-the-clear
    x2 [transmission] 
    /:/ [also lucid; x2 remains apparent/lucid/clear (figurative use for
    'understandable' is discouraged)]
    /=/ klina (kli)
* luck, 
    x1 (event/property) is determined by the luck/fortune of x2; (note
    mabla/zabna not implied) 
    /:/
    /=/ funca (fun fu'a)
* lumber, 
    x1 is a quantity of/is made of/contains wood/lumber from tree(s) of
    type/species x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mudri (mud)
* luminosity, 
    x1 is x2 candela [metric unit] in luminosity (default is 1) by standard
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ delno (del de'o)
* lump, 
    x1 [object/substance] is a piece/portion/lump/chunk/particle of x2
    [substance] 
    /:/
    /=/ spisa (spi)
* lunar, 
    x1 is Earth's moon (default); x1 is a major natural satellite/moon of
    planet x2; (adjective:) x1 is lunar 
    /:/
    /=/ lunra (lur)
* lung, 
    x1 is a/the lung [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: breathing/respiratory
    apparatus/bellows] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is pulmonary]
    /=/ fepri
* lupine, 
    x1 is a wolf/lupine of species/breed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ labno
* lure (that which lures), 
    x4 of: x1 (agent) influences/lures/tempts x2 into action/state x3 by
    influence/threat/lure x4 
    /:/ [also impresses; x4 is alluring (= trivelxlu for place
    reordering); x3 may be an achieved action/state, or an attempt to
    perform an action/enter a state)]; (x3 and x4 are normally events or
    states)
    /=/ xlura (xlu)
* lures (attracts), 
    x1 attracts/appeals to/lures x2 (person/event) with property/quality x3
    (ka) 
    /:/ [also: x1 is alluring to x2]
    /=/ trina (tri)
* lures (tempts), 
    x1 (agent) influences/lures/tempts x2 into action/state x3 by
    influence/threat/lure x4 
    /:/ [also impresses; x4 is alluring (= trivelxlu for place
    reordering); x3 may be an achieved action/state, or an attempt to
    perform an action/enter a state)]; (x3 and x4 are normally events or
    states)
    /=/ xlura (xlu)
* lustrous, 
    x1 is intense/bright/saturated/brilliant in property (ka) x2 as
    received/measured by observer x3 
    /:/ [also lustrous, gleaming, sparkling, shining (all probably better
    metaphorically combined with gusni: gusycai or camgu'i); in colors,
    refers principally to increased saturation (with opposite kandi)]
    /=/ carmi (cam cai)
* lute, 
    x1 is guitar/violin/fiddle/harp [stringed musical instrument] with
    actuator/plectrum/bow x2 
    /:/ [also lute, viola, cello]
    /=/ jgita (git)
* lying (reclining), 
    x1 lies/rests/reclines/reposes on x2; x1 is reclining/recumbent/lying on
    x2 
    /:/
    /=/ vreta (vre)
* lying (upon/atop), 
    x1 is upon/atop/resting on/lying on [the upper surface of] x2 in frame
    of reference/gravity x3 
    /:/ (x1 may be object or event)
    /=/ cpana
* machine (automated apparatus), 
    x1 is a machine for use/function x2; [automated apparatus, without
    direct function control] 
    /:/ [also machinery/mechanism; a machine is initiated/triggered by an
    agent/force, but thereafter performs its function automatically; if
    self-directed, (a minji is an) entity (= zukte)]
    /=/ minji (mi'i)
* machine (operated machine), 
    x2 of: x1 operates/drives/runs x2 [apparatus/machine] with
    goal/objective/use/end/function x3 
    /:/
    /=/ sazri (saz)
* machine (video screen), 
    x1 is a video monitor/CRT/screen [machine] serving function x2 
    /:/
    /=/ vidni
* machine (machine used for purpose), 
    x2 of: x1 uses/employs x2 [tool, apparatus, machine, agent, acting
    entity, material] for purpose x3 
    /:/ [also utilize; x2 is useful/used productively by x1 to do x3 (=
    selpli for reordered places); hire/employ (= le'ipli, le'irplicu'a)]
    /=/ pilno (pli)
* machinery, 
    x1 is a machine for use/function x2; [automated apparatus, without
    direct function control] 
    /:/ [also machinery/mechanism; a machine is initiated/triggered by an
    agent/force, but thereafter performs its function automatically; if
    self-directed, (a minji is an) entity (= zukte)]
    /=/ minji (mi'i)
* mad, 
    x1 (action/event) is crazy/insane/mad/frantic/in a frenzy (one sense) by
    standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ fenki (fek)
* mad, 
    x1 is angry/mad at x2 for x3 (action/state/property) 
    /:/
    /=/ fengu (feg fe'u)
* made, 
    x2 of: x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3; x2 is
    assembled/built/made/created/manufactured out of x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* magazine, 
    x1 is a journal/periodical/magazine/[newspaper] with content x2
    published by x3 for audience x4 
    /:/ [x2 may be a subject, but not all journals have a single subject;
    all have some sort of principle defining what is included, so this
    need not be a list]
    /=/ karni
% magenta, 
    x1 is fuchsin/a dye of magenta/fuchsia/purplish-red color 
    /:/
    /=/ nukselcinta
* magenta, 
    x1 is magenta/fuchsia/purplish-red [color adjective] 
    /:/
    /=/ nukni (nuk)
* magic, 
    x1 is magic/supernatural/sorcery/witchcraft/wizardry to x2, performed by
    person/force/deity x3 
    /:/
    /=/ makfa (maf)
* magnet, 
    x1 is magnet-ic [adjective] producing magnet-ic field x2 
    /:/
    /=/ maksi (mak)
* magnetic field, 
    x1 is magnetic [adjective] producing magnetic field field x2 
    /:/
    /=/ maksi (mak)
* magnetic, 
    x1 is magnetic [adjective] producing magnetic field x2 
    /:/
    /=/ maksi (mak)
* magnificent, 
    x1 is great/grand in property x2 (ka) by standard x3 
    /:/ [indicates a subjective greatness, as compared to the objective
    standard implied for barda; (synonyms, possibly requiring tanru:)
    extraordinary, illustrious, magnificent, impressive, awesome,
    grandiose, august, inspiring, special, majestic, distinguished,
    eminent, splendor, stately, imposing (all generally zabna); terrible
    (mabla)]
    /=/ banli (bal ba'i)
* magnitude (quantity as a unit), 
    x1 [magnitude] is a unit/degree of/on scale/reference standard x2 (si'o)
    measuring property x3 
    /:/ [also grade, level, point; x3 dimension]
    /=/ gradu (rau)
* mail, 
    x1 mail-s/posts [transfer via intermediary service] x2 to x3 from x4 by
    carrier/network/system x5 
    /:/ [also x4 post office, mail-box]
    /=/ mrilu (mri)
* mailbox (place mailed from), 
    x4 of: x1 mails/posts [transfer via intermediary service] x2 to x3 from
    x4 by carrier/network/system x5 
    /:/ [also x4 post office, mailbox]
    /=/ mrilu (mri)
* mails, 
    x1 mails/posts [transfer via intermediary service] x2 to x3 from x4 by
    carrier/network/system x5 
    /:/ [also x4 post office, mailbox]
    /=/ mrilu (mri)
* main support (metaphorical), 
    x1 is a/the stalk/stem/trunk [body-part] of plant/species x2; [metaphor:
    main support] 
    /:/
    /=/ stani
* main, 
    x1 is principal/chief/leader/main/[staple], most significant among x2
    (set) in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [staple (= ralselpra); general/admiral/president/principal leader
    (= ralja'a, ralterbe'e; use additional terms to distinguish among
    these); also primary, prime, (adverb:) chiefly, principally, mainly;
    (x2 is complete specification of set)]
    /=/ ralju (ral)
* mainly, 
    x1 is principal/chief/leader/main/[staple], most significant among x2
    (set) in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [staple (= ralselpra); general/admiral/president/principal leader
    (= ralja'a, ralterbe'e; use additional terms to distinguish among
    these); also primary, prime, (adverb:) chiefly, principally, mainly;
    (x2 is complete specification of set)]
    /=/ ralju (ral)
* maintain (activity assisted in), 
    x1 helps/assists/aids object/person x2 do/achieve/maintain
    event/activity x3 
    /:/
    /=/ sidju (dju)
* maintain (activity relied upon), 
    x1 relies/depends/counts on/trusts x2 to bring about/ensure/maintain x3
    (event/state) 
    /:/
    /=/ lacri (lac)
* maize, 
    x1 is a quantity of maize/corn [grain] of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ zumri (zmu)
* majestic, 
    x1 is great/grand in property x2 (ka) by standard x3 
    /:/ [indicates a subjective greatness, as compared to the objective
    standard implied for barda; (synonyms, possibly requiring tanru:)
    extraordinary, illustrious, magnificent, impressive, awesome,
    grandiose, august, inspiring, special, majestic, distinguished,
    eminent, splendor, stately, imposing (all generally zabna); terrible
    (mabla)]
    /=/ banli (bal ba'i)
* make, 
    x1 make-s/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* makes (assembles/manufactures), 
    x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* makes a mistake, 
    x1 errs/makes a mistake mistake x2 (event), an error under conditions x3
    by standard x4 
    /:/
    /=/ srera (sre)
* makes an effort, 
    x1 tries/attempts/makes an effort to do/attain x2 (event/state/property)
    by actions/method x3 
    /:/ [also experiments at]
    /=/ troci (toc toi)
* makes decision, 
    x1 (person) decides/makes decision x2 (du'u) about matter x3
    (event/state) 
    /:/
    /=/ jdice (jdi)
* makes out (perceives/senses), 
    x1 [observer] senses/detects/notices stimulus property x2 (ka) by means
    x3 under conditions x4 
    /:/ [x1 is sensitive to x2; also feels, spots, perceives, makes out
    out, discerns/recognizes (but only implying reaction without
    necessarily any significant mental processing); note that the emphasis
    is on a property which stimulates x1 and is detected (sanji is passive
    about the sensing, and is not limited to sensory input, as well as
    presuming some kind of discernment/recognition, while not being
    concerned with the means of detection); x3 sense/sensory channel]
    /=/ ganse (gas ga'e)
* makes reference to, 
    x1 cites/quotes/refers to/makes reference to source x2 for
    information/statement x3 (du'u) 
    /:/
    /=/ sitna (sit)
* makes sound, 
    x1 utters verbally/says/phonates/speaks [vocally makes sound] x2 
    /:/ [also voices; does not necessarily imply communication or
    audience; ('says' is usually cusku)]
    /=/ bacru (ba'u)
* makes war, 
    x1 (person/mass) makes war against x2 over territory/matter x3; x1 is at
    war with x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jamna (jam)
* makes whistling sound, 
    x1 [sound source] whistles/makes whistling sound/note/tone/melody x2 
    /:/
    /=/ siclu (sil)
% making an effort (an event of trying), 
    x2 of: x1 is a try/attempt/effort, an event of x2
    trying/attempting/making an effort to do/attain x3
    (event/state/property) by actions/method x4 
    /:/
    /=/ nuntoi 
* mal- (sound clue, prefix root meaning bad/evil), 
    x1 is bad for x2 by standard x3; x1 is poor/unacceptable to x2 
    /:/ [be careful to distinguish between a bad/unacceptable event, and a
    bad/unacceptable agent: x1 does poorly (= lenu ko'a gasnu cu xlali and
    not normally ko'a xlali)]
    /=/ xlali (xla)
* Malay, 
    x1 reflects Malaysian/Malay culture/nationality/language in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ meljo (mej)
* Malay-Indonesian, 
    x1 reflects Malay-Indonesian common language/culture in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ baxso
* Malaysian, 
    x1 reflects Malaysian/Malay culture/nationality/language in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ meljo (mej)
* male (any species), 
    x1 is a male/buck of species x2 evidencing masculine trait(s) x3 (ka);
    x1 is masculine 
    /:/
    /=/ nakni (nak)
* male (young male person), 
    x1 is a boy/lad [young male person] of age x2 immature by standard x3 
    /:/ [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use verba)]
    /=/ nanla
* male (male humanoid), 
    x1 is a man/men; x1 is a male humanoid person [not necessarily adult] 
    /:/ [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use remna or
    prenu)]
    /=/ nanmu (nau)
* malignant, 
    x1 is a cancer [malignant disease] in x2 
    /:/
    /=/ kenra (ken)
* mall, 
    x1 is a market/store/exchange/shop(s) selling/trading (for) x2, operated
    by/with participants x3 
    /:/ [also: mall, marketplace, shopping center, cooperative, bazaar,
    trading post, mart; the concept is the function of selling/exchanging
    coupled with a location, and is more oriented to the larger concept of
    marketplace than the stalls/shops that comprise it, though it does not
    exclude the latter individual shops (= zaisle); x3 may include both
    owners/proprietors and customers in some markets, but in most contexts
    refers only to the operators]
    /=/ zarci (zac zai)
* malleable (of lead or leaden materials), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of lead (Pb); [metaphor: heavy,
    malleable, soft metal] 
    /:/
    /=/ cnisa (nis)
* malleable (soft/yielding), 
    x1 is soft/malleable/moldable/yielding to force x2 in conditions x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ranti (ran)
* mammal, 
    x1 is a mammal/'animal'/beast of species x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mabru (mab)
* mammary, 
    x1 is a/the breast/mammary/teat [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: projection
    providing liquid] 
    /:/ [nipple (= tatyji'o)]
    /=/ tatru (tat)
* man, 
    x1 is a human/human being/man (non-specific gender-free sense);
    (adjective:) x1 is human 
    /:/
    /=/ remna (rem re'a)
* man, 
    x1 is a man/men; x1 is a male humanoid person [not necessarily adult] 
    /:/ [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use remna or
    prenu)]
    /=/ nanmu (nau)
* man-made, 
    x1 is an artifact; x1 is artificial; x1 is made/caused by people/se
    kulnu x2; x1 is man-made 
    /:/
    /=/ rutni (run)
* manage, 
    x1 has control over/harnesses/manage-s/directs/conducts x2 in x3
    (activity/event/performance) 
    /:/ [x2 are aspects/individuals controlled within activity/event x3;
    manage (= selzu'etro, selzukfu'e, gu'etro, gunfu'e, xaktro, xakfu'e)
    (as distinct from manager/boss = gunterbe'e, gunja'a, gunmi'e,
    gunca'i)]
    /=/ jitro (tro)
* managed (of parkland), 
    x1 is a park/land reserve managed by community/polity/company x2 for
    purpose x3 
    /:/
    /=/ panka
* manages, 
    x1 has control over/harnesses/manages/directs/conducts x2 in x3
    (activity/event/performance) 
    /:/ [x2 are aspects/individuals controlled within activity/event x3;
    manage (= selzu'etro, selzukfu'e, gu'etro, gunfu'e, xaktro, xakfu'e)
    (as distinct from manager/boss = gunterbe'e, gunja'a, gunmi'e,
    gunca'i)]
    /=/ jitro (tro)
* Mandarin, 
    x1 reflects Chinese [Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, etc.]
    culture/nationality/language in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jungo (jug)
* mandating, 
    x1 is a rule prescribing/mandating/requiring x2 (event/state) within
    system/community x3 
    /:/ [regulation, prescription (also x2), principle, requirement (also
    x2), prescribe, require (conditions are usually contained within x2);
    x1 is regulatory; x2, x3 are regulated]
    /=/ javni (jva)
* manifest (is a property of), 
    x2 of: x1 has/is characterized by
    property/feature/trait/aspect/dimension x2 (ka); x2 is manifest in x1 
    /:/ [manifest-ed/property/quality/trait/feature/aspect (= selkai)]
    /=/ ckaji (kai)
* manifest (manifest as a result of force), 
    x2 of: x1 [force] (ka) forces/compels event x2 to occur; x1 determines
    property x2 to manifest 
    /:/ [also constrains; requires success, unlike the physics term
    (better expressed by danre)]
    /=/ bapli (bap bai)
* manifestation (book as a manifestation of a work), 
    x1 is a book containing work x2 by author x3 for audience x4 preserved
    in medium x5 
    /:/ [x1 is a manifestation/container [a physical object or its
    analogue] of a work/content, not necessarily using paper (= selpapri)]
    /:/
    /=/ cukta (cku)
* manifestation (manifestation of an ideal), 
    x2 of: x1 [ideal] is the conceptual shape/form of
    object/abstraction/manifestation x2 (object/abstract) 
    /:/ [also pattern; x1 is the mathematical or theoretical ideal form,
    while x2 is an object/event manifesting that form;
    e.g. circular/circle-shaped (= cukseltai) vs. circle (=cuktai, while
    cukla alone is ambiguous); model (= ci'ersaptai, saptai, ci'ersmitai,
    smitai)]
    /=/ tarmi (tam tai)
* manioc, 
    x1 is a quantity of cassava/taro/manioc/tapioca/yam [edible starchy
    root] of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ samcu
* manipulating tool, 
    x1 is a/the hand [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: manipulating tool, waldo] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is manual]
    /=/ xance (xan xa'e)
* manner (method/technique/style), 
    x1 [process] is a method/technique/approach/means for doing x2 (event)
    under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also practice/way/mode; style/manner/conduct (= tratadji);
    pattern (= montadji, tadjymo'a, or platadji, tadjypla)]
    /=/ tadji
* manner (manner of conduct), 
    x2 of: x1 behaves/conducts oneself as/in-manner x2 (event/property)
    under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is behavioral]
    /=/ tarti (tra)
* manner (manner of greeting), 
    x3 of: x1 (agent) greets/hails/[welcomes/says hello to]/responds to
    arrival of x2 in manner x3 (action) 
    /:/
    /=/ rinsa
* manner (manner of request), 
    x4 of: x1 requests/asks/petitions/solicits for x2 of/from x3 in
    manner/form x4 
    /:/ [also demand (= mi'ecpe)]
    /=/ cpedu (cpe)
* manual (not automatic), 
    x1 (event/action/process) is manual [not automatic] in function x2 under
    conditions x3 
    /:/
    /=/ macnu (cnu)
* manual (pertaining to hands), 
    x1 is a/the hand [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: manipulating tool, waldo] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is manual]
    /=/ xance (xan xa'e)
* manufactured, 
    x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3; x2 is
    assembled/built/made/created/manufactured out of x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* manufactures, 
    x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* manufacturing, 
    x1 is industry/industrial/systematic manufacturing activity producing x2
    by process/means x3 
    /:/
    /=/ gundi (gud)
* many-needled, 
    x1 is a comb [many-needled shape] of material x2 with tines/needles x3 
    /:/
    /=/ komcu (kom)
* map, 
    x1 is a chart/diagram/map of/about x2 showing formation/data-points x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cartu (cat)
* mapping (function), 
    x1 is a function/single-valued mapping from domain x2 to range x3
    defined by expression/rule x4 
    /:/
    /=/ fancu
* mare, 
    x1 is a horse/equine/[colt/mare/stallion/pony] of species/breed x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is equine/equestrian]
    /=/ xirma (xir xi'a)
* margarine, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains butter/oleo/margarine/shortening from
    source x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is buttery; an edible fat, solid but spreadable
    at normal temperatures; dairy butter (= ladmatne)]
    /=/ matne
* margin, 
    x1 is an edge/margin/border/curb/boundary of x2 next-to/bordering-on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ korbi (kor koi)
* marijuana, 
    x1 is a quantity of hemp/marijuana/jute of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ marna
* marine, 
    x1 is a sea/ocean/gulf/[atmosphere] of planet x2, of fluid x3;
    (adjective:) x1 is marine 
    /:/ [also atmosphere (= varxamsi, varsenta)]
    /=/ xamsi (xas)
* mark (monetary unit), 
    x1 is measured in major-money-units (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2
    (quantity), monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pound, rupee, franc, mark, yen; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]
    /=/ rupnu (rup ru'u)
* mark (spot/marking), 
    x1(s) is a/are mark(s)/spot(s) on x2 of material x3 
    /:/ [ba'armo'a for a pattern of marks]
    /=/ barna (ba'a)
* market, 
    x1 is a market/store/exchange/shop(s) selling/trading (for) x2, operated
    by/with participants x3 
    /:/ [also: mall, marketplace, shopping center, cooperative, bazaar,
    trading post, mart; the concept is the function of selling/exchanging
    coupled with a location, and is more oriented to the larger concept of
    marketplace than the stalls/shops that comprise it, though it does not
    exclude the latter individual shops (= zaisle); x3 may include both
    owners/proprietors and customers in some markets, but in most contexts
    refers only to the operators]
    /=/ zarci (zac zai)
* marketplace, 
    x1 is a market/store/exchange/shop(s) selling/trading (for) x2, operated
    by/with participants x3 
    /:/ [also: mall, marketplace, shopping center, cooperative, bazaar,
    trading post, mart; the concept is the function of selling/exchanging
    coupled with a location, and is more oriented to the larger concept of
    marketplace than the stalls/shops that comprise it, though it does not
    exclude the latter individual shops (= zaisle); x3 may include both
    owners/proprietors and customers in some markets, but in most contexts
    refers only to the operators]
    /=/ zarci (zac zai)
* marking (marking material), 
    x1 is a pencil/crayon/stylus applying lead/marking material x2,
    frame/support [of material] x3 
    /:/ [also writing brush; x1 stimulates substrate medium x2 to display
    marks; explicitly denoting a standard lead pencil (= tabypinsi)]
    /=/ pinsi (pis)
* marking, 
    x1(s) is a/are marking(s)/spot(s) on x2 of material x3 
    /:/ [ba'armo'a for a pattern of marks]
    /=/ barna (ba'a)
* markings (on a great cat), 
    x3 of: x1 is a tiger/leopard/jaguar/[tigress] of species/breed x2 with
    coat markings x3 
    /:/ [a great cat noted/recognized by its markings, metaphorically:
    stripes, tiger markings]
    /=/ tirxu
* marks, 
    x1(s) is a/are mark(s)/spot(s) on x2 of material x3 
    /:/ [ba'armo'a for a pattern of marks]
    /=/ barna (ba'a)
* married, 
    x1 is married to x2; x1 is a spouse of x2 under
    law/custom/tradition/system/convention x3 
    /:/
    /=/ speni (spe)
* mart, 
    x1 is a market/store/exchange/shop(s) selling/trading (for) x2, operated
    by/with participants x3 
    /:/ [also: mall, marketplace, shopping center, cooperative, bazaar,
    trading post, mart; the concept is the function of selling/exchanging
    coupled with a location, and is more oriented to the larger concept of
    marketplace than the stalls/shops that comprise it, though it does not
    exclude the latter individual shops (= zaisle); x3 may include both
    owners/proprietors and customers in some markets, but in most contexts
    refers only to the operators]
    /=/ zarci (zac zai)
* marvels, 
    x1 feels wonder/awe/marvels about x2 
    /:/
    /=/ manci (mac)
* masculine, 
    x1 is a male/buck of species x2 evidencing masculine trait(s) x3 (ka);
    x1 is masculine 
    /:/
    /=/ nakni (nak)
* mash (paste), 
    x1 is paste/pulp/dough/mash/mud/slurry [soft, smooth-textured, moist
    solid] of composition x2 
    /:/ [x2: composition including x2, which need not be complete
    specification]
    /=/ pesxu (pex)
* mash (result of mashing), 
    x3 of: x1 [force] mashes/crushes/squashes/smashes x2 into
    pulp/mash/crumbs/deformed mass x3 
    /:/
    /=/ marxa (max)
* mashes, 
    x1 [force] mashes/crushes/squashes/smashes x2 into
    pulp/mash/crumbs/deformed mass x3 
    /:/
    /=/ marxa (max)
* mass (aggregate), 
    x1 is a mass/team/aggregate/whole, together composed of components x2,
    considered jointly 
    /:/ [A description in x1 indicates of mass property(ies) displayed by
    the mass; masses may reveal properties not found in the individual set
    members that are massified, which themselves are not necessarily
    relevant to the mass property implicit in this bridi]
    /=/ gunma (gum)
* mass (deformed mass), 
    x3 of: x1 [force] mashes/crushes/squashes/smashes x2 into
    pulp/mash/crumbs/deformed mass x3 
    /:/
    /=/ marxa (max)
* mass (environmental surroundings), 
    x2 of: x1 is between/among set of points/bounds/limits x2 (set)/amidst
    mass x2 in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [x2 (a complete set, generally ordered) defines the
    bounds/limits/range for x1]
    /=/ jbini (bin bi'i)
* mass (measured mass), 
    x1 is x2 gram(s) [metric unit] in mass (default is 1) by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ grake (gra)
* mass (pertaining to heaviness), 
    x1 is heavy/weighty in mass/weight by standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ tilju (tij)
* mass (pertaining to lightness), 
    x1 is light in mass/weight by standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ linto (li'o)
* mass (segmented apportioned), 
    x2 of: x1 is a part/component/piece/portion/segment of x2 [where x2 is a
    whole/mass]; x2 is partly x1 
    /:/ [partly (= selpau)]
    /=/ pagbu (pag pau)
* mass (mass culture), 
    x1 [mass of ideas, customs, skills, arts] is culture of nation/ethos x2;
    x1 is ethnic 
    /:/ [(note that x2 is NOT individual; culture is what is shared among
    people and is not an individual trait)]
    /=/ kulnu (klu)
* mass (mass of pages), 
    x1 is a [physical] page/leaf of book/document/bound mass of pages x2 
    /:/ [numbered pages (as in a book) are the sides of a page (=
    paprysfe, paprysfelai); a pageful of text (= papryseltcidu,
    paprytcidylai)]
    /=/ papri
% mass, 
    x1 is mass, the amount of x2 being mass/stuff/matter of type/composition
    including x3 in shape/form x4 
    /:/
    /=/ ninmarji 
* mass, 
    x1 is mass/stuff/matter of type/composition including x2 in shape/form
    x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is physical (one sense)/mass]
    /=/ marji (maj mai)
* massified, 
    x1 is a mass/team/aggregate/whole, together composed of components x2,
    considered jointly 
    /:/ [A description in x1 indicates of mass property(ies) displayed by
    the mass; masses may reveal properties not found in the individual set
    members that are massified, which themselves are not necessarily
    relevant to the mass property implicit in this bridi]
    /=/ gunma (gum)
* mastery, 
    x1 has the power to bring about x2 under conditions x3; x1 is powerful
    in aspect x2 under x3 
    /:/ [also potent, has control/mastery]
    /=/ vlipa (vli)
* mat, 
    x1 is a mat/pad/mattress/pallet [flat, soft, dense form] of material x2 
    /:/ [also mattress = (kicymatci)]
    /=/ matci
* match (exact match), 
    x1 [measurement/match] is exact/precise to precision x2 in
    property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) 
    /:/
    /=/ satci
* match (incendiary device), 
    x1 is a match [incendiary device] made of x2 
    /:/
    /=/ sacki
* match, 
    x1 fits/match-es/suits/is compatible/appropriate/corresponds to/with x2
    in property/aspect x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mapti (mat)
* matches, 
    x1 fits/matches/suits/is compatible/appropriate/corresponds to/with x2
    in property/aspect x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mapti (mat)
* matching (sound patterns), 
    x1 or x4 of: x1 rhymes/alliterates with x2 in language/phonetics x3,
    matching sound correspondence x4 (ka) 
    /:/ [broad meaning of rhyme - any matching sound correspondence]
    /=/ rimni (rim)
* material, 
    x1 is material/stuff/matter of type/composition including x2 in
    shape/form x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is physical (one sense)/material]
    /=/ marji (maj mai)
* materials (supply/deposit of materials), 
    x2 of : x1 is a store/deposit/supply/reserve of materials/energy x2 in
    containment x3 
    /:/ [x3 need not be a container, but could merely be a site/location
    restriction; e.g. a heap.  The sumti indicates how the supply is
    identified and distinguished from other occurrences of the stored x2]
    /=/ sorcu (soc sro)
* materials (materials in a heap), 
    x2 of: x1 is a heap/pile/stack/mound/hill of materials x2 at location x3 
    /:/
    /=/ derxi (dre)
* materials (materials made from), 
    x2 of: x1 makes/assembles/builds/manufactures/creates x2 out of
    materials/parts/components x3 
    /:/ [should not be used to express causation]
    /=/ zbasu (zba)
* materials (materials of a pedestal), 
    x3 of: x1 is a pedestal/base/stand/pallet supporting x2 (object/event),
    of materials/properties x3 
    /:/ [pallet (= lafyzbe)]
    /=/ zbepi (zbe)
* materials (materials of a wheel), 
    x3 of: x1 is a wheel [tool] of device/vehicle x2, made of
    materials/having properties x3 
    /:/
    /=/ xislu (xil xi'u)
* materials (materials stitched together), 
    x2 of: x1 sews/stitches/sutures materials x2 (individual/set) together
    with tool(s) x3, using filament x4 
    /:/ (x2 if a set must be a complete specification)
    /=/ fenso (fen fe'o)
* materials (materials used by a factory), 
    x3 of: x1 is a factory/foundry/industrial plant/mill producing x2 from
    materials x3 
    /:/
    /=/ fanri
* maternally, 
    x1 is a mother of x2; x1 bears/mothers/acts maternally toward x2; [not
    necessarily biological] 
    /:/
    /=/ mamta (mam)
* mates, 
    x1 copulates/fucks/mates/has coitus/sexual intercourse with x2 
    /:/ [x1 and x2 are symmetrical; mounts (= cpanygle)]
    /=/ gletu (let gle)
* mathematical (theoretically ideal, of a form), 
    x1 [ideal] is the conceptual shape/form of
    object/abstraction/manifestation x2 (object/abstract) 
    /:/ [also pattern; x1 is the mathematical or theoretical ideal form,
    while x2 is an object/event manifesting that form;
    e.g. circular/circle-shaped (= cukseltai) vs. circle (=cuktai, while
    cukla alone is ambiguous); model (= ci'ersaptai, saptai, ci'ersmitai,
    smitai)]
    /=/ tarmi (tam tai)
* mathematical expression, 
    x1 [quantifier/expression] is a mathematical expression interpreted
    under rules/convention x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mekso (mek me'o)
* mathematical sum, 
    x1 is a mathematical sum/result/total of x2 plus/increased by x3 
    /:/
    /=/ sumji (suj)
* mathematics, 
    x1 is a mathematics of type/describing x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cmaci
* matter (affair with representation), 
    x3 of: x1 represents/is an agent/proxy/stands-in for [absent] x2 in
    matter(s)/function(s) x3 
    /:/ [also: on behalf of]
    /=/ krati (ka'i)
* matter (affair, organized activity), 
    x1 is an affair/organized activity involving person(s) x2
    (individual/mass); x1 is x2's business 
    /:/ [also matter, concern; x2 is engaged in x1 (which is usually an
    abstraction) (= selcu'u for reordered places)]
    /=/ cuntu (cu'u)
* matter (justification for war), 
    x3 of: x1 (person/mass) wars against x2 over territory/matter x3; x1 is
    at war with x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jamna (jam)
* matter (material substance), 
    x1 is material/stuff/matter of type/composition including x2 in
    shape/form x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is physical (one sense)/material]
    /=/ marji (maj mai)
* matter (sphere of authority), 
    x2 of: x1 has authority/is an official in/on/over matter/sphere/persons
    x2 derived on basis x3 
    /:/
    /=/ catni (ca'i)
* matter (subject of agreement), 
    x4 of: x1 [person] agrees with person(s)/position/side x2 that x3 (du'u)
    is true about matter x4 
    /:/
    /=/ tugni (tug tu'i)
* matter (subject of courtesy/civility), 
    x2 of: x1 is polite/courteous/civil in matter x2 according to
    standard/custom x3 
    /:/ [also formal, ritual]
    /=/ clite (lit)
* matter (subject of honesty), 
    x3 of: x1 is honest/open/truthfully revealing to/candid/frank with x2
    about matter/fact x3 
    /:/ [also straight, straight-forward]
    /=/ stace (sac)
* matter (subject of judgement), 
    x2 of: x1 judges/referees/arbitrates/is a judge determining/deciding
    matter x2 (abstract) 
    /:/ [x2 includes jei = rule (jetpai), ni = estimate (lairpai), ka =
    evaluate (kairpai or vampai), or nu = referee/arbitrate (faurpai);
    single events of judging including specific decisions/judgements (=
    paijdi, jetpaijdi, lairpaijdi, kairpaijdi, vampaijdi, faurpaijdi);
    jury (= pairkamni), serve on a jury (= kamnypai, as part of mass x1)]
    /=/ pajni (pai)
* matter (subject of wisdom), 
    x2 of: x1 is wise/sage about matter x2 (abstraction) to observer x3 
    /:/
    /=/ prije (pij)
* matter (matter decided), 
    x3 of: x1 (person) decides/makes decision x2 (du'u) about matter x3
    (event/state) 
    /:/
    /=/ jdice (jdi)
* matters (is important), 
    x1 (object/event) is important/significant to x2 (person/event) in
    aspect/for reason x3 (nu/ka) 
    /:/ [also: x1 matters to x2 in aspect/respect x3]
    /=/ vajni (vaj vai)
* mattress, 
    x1 is a mat/pad/mattress/pallet [flat, soft, dense form] of material x2 
    /:/ [also mattress = (kicymatci)]
    /=/ matci
* mature, 
    x1 is mature/ripe/fully-grown/adult in development-quality x2 (ka) 
    /:/
    /=/ makcu (ma'u)
* maybe, 
    x1 (event/state/property) is possible under conditions x2; x1 may/might
    occur; x1 is a maybe 
    /:/ [also possibility]
    /=/ cumki (cum cu'i)
* meadow, 
    x1 is a blade/expanse of grass of species x2 
    /:/ [lawn/meadow (= sasfoi)]
    /=/ srasu (sas)
* meadow, 
    x1 is a field [shape/form] of material x2; x1 is a broad uniform expanse
    of x2 
    /:/ [also woods (= ricfoi), lawn/meadow (= sasfoi), brush (= spafoi,
    cicyspafoi)]
    /=/ foldi (flo foi)
* meager, 
    x1 is poor/indigent/impoverished/lacking in goods/possessions/property
    x2 
    /:/ x2 is scanty/meager for x1
    /=/ pindi (pid)
* meal, 
    x1 (mass) is a meal composed of dishes including x2 
    /:/ [x2 is a course/dish of meal x1 (= selsai for reordered places)]
    /=/ sanmi (sai)
* mean, 
    x1 (person) is cruel/mean/unkind to victim x2 
    /:/
    /=/ kusru (kus)
* mean, 
    x1 [value] is a norm/average in property/amount x2 (ka/ni) among x3(s)
    (set) by standard x4 
    /:/ [also mean, normal, usual; (x3 specifies the complete set)]
    /=/ cnano (na'o)
* meaning (interpretation), 
    x1 is a meaning/interpretation of x2 recognized/seen/accepted by x3 
    /:/ [referential meaning (=selsni, snismu)]
    /=/ smuni (mun smu)
* meaning (meaning of a binary metaphor), 
    x4 of: x1 is a binary metaphor formed with x2 modifying x3, giving
    meaning x4 in language x5 
    /:/ (x2 and x3 are both text or both si'o concept)
    /=/ tanru (tau)
* meaning (meaning of a compound predicate word), 
    x2 of: x1 (text) is a compound predicate word with meaning x2 and
    arguments x3 built from metaphor x4 
    /:/
    /=/ lujvo (luv jvo)
* meaning (meaning of a sign/symbol), 
    x2 of: x1 is a sign/symbol/signal
    representing/referring/signifying/meaning x2 to observer x3 
    /:/ [also: x1 signifies x2; (adjective:) x1 is
    significant/meaningful/of import; signal an action (= sniti'i),
    connotation (= se sibyti'isni, sibyti'ismu)]
    /=/ sinxa (sni)
* meaning (meaning of a structure word), 
    x3 of: x1 is a structure word of grammatical class x2, with
    meaning/function x3 in language x4 
    /:/ [cmavo list, if physical object (= (loi) ma'oste); referring to
    the mental construct (e.g. propose adding a new cmavo to the cmavo
    list = ma'orpoi, ma'orselcmi,ma'orselste)]
    /=/ cmavo (ma'o)
* meaning (meaning of a word), 
    x2 of: x1 is a word meaning/causing x2 in language x3; (adjective: x1 is
    lexical/verbal) 
    /:/
    /=/ valsi (val vla)
* meaningful, 
    x1 is a sign/symbol/signal representing/referring/signifying/meaning x2
    to observer x3 
    /:/ [also: x1 signifies x2; (adjective:) x1 is
    significant/meaningful/of import; signal an action (= sniti'i),
    connotation (= se sibyti'isni, sibyti'ismu)]
    /=/ sinxa (sni)
* measure (test), 
    x1 (process/event) is a test for/proof of property/state x2 in subject
    x3 (individuals/set/mass) 
    /:/ [also examination, proxy measure, validation; (a set in x3 must be
    completely specified)]
    /=/ cipra (cip)
* measure, 
    x1 (agent) measure-s/evaluates x2 [quantity] as x3 units on scale x4
    (si'o), with accuracy x5 
    /:/
    /=/ merli (mre)
* measure, 
    x1 is x2 radian(s) [metric unit] in angular measure (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/ [measured in degrees (julra'o); right ascension [astronomical
    measurement] (= cacryra'o)]
    /=/ radno (ra'o)
* measured (of a quantity), 
    x1 is a quantity quantified/measured/enumerated by x2 (quantifier) on
    scale x3 (si'o) 
    /:/ [also count]
    /=/ klani (lai)
* measured (of a value, in major money units), 
    x1 is measured in major-money-units (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2
    (quantity), monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pound, rupee, franc, mark, yen; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]
    /=/ rupnu (rup ru'u)
* measured (of a value, in money subunits), 
    x1 is measured in kopeck/cent money-subunits as x2 [quantity], in
    monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]; (additional secondary, tertiary, etc. subunit
    places may be added as x4, x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ fepni (fep fei)
* measured (of dimness), 
    x1 is dim/dull/pale/non-intense in property x2 (ka) as received/measured
    by observer x3 
    /:/ [in colors, indicates unsaturated, pastel, pale (though blabi can
    also indicate a kind of paleness)]
    /=/ kandi (kad)
* measured (of intensity), 
    x1 is intense/bright/saturated/brilliant in property (ka) x2 as
    received/measured by observer x3 
    /:/ [also lustrous, gleaming, sparkling, shining (all probably better
    metaphorically combined with gusni: gusycai or camgu'i); in colors,
    refers principally to increased saturation (with opposite kandi)]
    /=/ carmi (cam cai)
* measured, 
    x1 is x2 meter(s) [metric unit] in length (default is 1) measured in
    direction x3 by standard x4 
    /:/
    /=/ mitre (tre)
* measured, 
    x1 is x2 radian(s) [metric unit] in angular measure (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/ [measured in degrees (julra'o); right ascension [astronomical
    measurement] (= cacryra'o)]
    /=/ radno (ra'o)
* measurement (data/statistic), 
    x1 (du'u) [fact/measurement] is data/information/statistic(s) about x2
    gathered by method x3 
    /:/ [evidence (= velji'i datni or just velji'i, ti'irdatni)]
    /=/ datni
* measurement (exact measurement), 
    x1 [measurement/match] is exact/precise to precision x2 in
    property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) 
    /:/
    /=/ satci
* measurement standard (measurement standard for long), 
    x3 of: x1 is long in dimension/direction x2 (default longest dimension)
    by measurement standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ clani (cla)
* measurement standard (measurement standard for short), 
    x3 of: x1 is short in dimension/direction x2 (default longest dimension)
    by measurement standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ tordu (tor to'u)
* measurement, 
    x1 is a quantity quantified/measured by measurement x2 (quantifier) on
    scale x3 (si'o) 
    /:/ [also count]
    /=/ klani (lai)
* measurement, 
    x1 is x2 radian(s) [metric unit] in angular measure (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/ [measured in degrees (julra'o); right ascension [astronomical
    measurement] (= cacryra'o)]
    /=/ radno (ra'o)
* measures, 
    x1 (agent) measures/evaluates x2 [quantity] as x3 units on scale x4
    (si'o), with accuracy x5 
    /:/
    /=/ merli (mre)
* measuring (of a clock/timer), 
    x1 is clock/watch/timer measuring time units x2 to precision x3 with
    timing mechanism/method x4 
    /:/ [also timepiece]
    /=/ junla (jul)
* measuring (of a frame of reference), 
    x1 is a frame of reference/standard for observing/measuring/determining
    x2, with/by rules x3 
    /:/ (x1 may be object or si'o idea)
    /=/ manri (mar)
* measuring (of a scale of units), 
    x1 (si'o) is a scale of units for measuring/observing/determining x2
    (state) 
    /:/
    /=/ ckilu (ci'u)
* measuring (of a unit of scale), 
    x1 [magnitude] is a unit/degree of/on scale/reference standard x2 (si'o)
    measuring property x3 
    /:/ [also grade, level, point; x3 dimension]
    /=/ gradu (rau)
* meat, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains meat/flesh from source/animal x2 
    /:/
    /=/ rectu (rec re'u)
* mechanism (device/apparatus), 
    x1 is apparatus/mechanism/device/equipment for function x2
    controlled/[triggered] by x3 (agent) 
    /:/ [form determined by/from function; does not imply
    automated/automatic action - requires an external agent/trigger (a
    minji may be a zmiku cabra if it requires an external agent to trigger
    or control the functions that it performs automatically)]
    /=/ cabra (ca'a)
* mechanism (for braking), 
    x3 of: x1 (agent) brakes/causes to slow motion/activity x2 with
    device/mechanism/principle x3 
    /:/
    /=/ jabre
* mechanism (locking mechanism), 
    x3 of: x1 is a lock/seal of/on/for sealing x2 with/by locking mechanism
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ stela (tel)
* mechanism (machine/automated apparatus), 
    x1 is a machine for use/function x2; [automated apparatus, without
    direct function control] 
    /:/ [also machinery/mechanism; a machine is initiated/triggered by an
    agent/force, but thereafter performs its function automatically; if
    self-directed, (a minji is an) entity (= zukte)]
    /=/ minji (mi'i)
* mechanism (timing mechanism), 
    x4 of: x1 is clock/watch/timer measuring time units x2 to precision x3
    with timing mechanism/method x4 
    /:/ [also timepiece]
    /=/ junla (jul)
* mechanism (underlying mechanism: explanation), 
    x4 of: x1 (person) explains x2 (event/state/property) to x3 with
    explanation x4 (du'u) 
    /:/ [explanation x4 is an underlying mechanism/details/purpose/method
    for x2 (= velcki for reordered places), generally assumed to be
    non-obvious; metaphorical usage with the various causal relations
    (i.e. jalge, mukti, krinu, rinka, nibli, zukte) is possible, but the
    non-obviousness, and the existence of an explainer with a point of
    view makes this word not a simple expression of cause]
    /=/ ciksi (cki)
* mechanism (unlockable), 
    x2 of: x1 is a key fitting/releasing/opening/unlocking lock x2, and
    having relevant properties x3 
    /:/ [also x2 fastener, mechanism; code key (= termifckiku,
    ckitermifra); x3 is dependent on the type of key, but are those form
    properties of the key that enable it to serve the function of opening
    the lock - in the case of a metal key to a padlock, for example, this
    would be the shaft and teeth]
    /=/ ckiku (kik)
* medial (neutral, not taking a side), 
    x1 is neutral/not taking sides/medial/not towards any extreme on
    scale/in dissension x2 
    /:/ [also x2 dispute/struggle (though x2 is not limited to
    disagreements, which is merely one manifestation of scalar or
    distributed values in which there is a medial position)]
    /=/ nutli (nul nu'i)
* medic, 
    x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for ailment
    x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* medical condition (something treated/cured), 
    x3 of: x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for
    medical condition x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* medical treatment, 
    x4 of: x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for
    ailment x3 by medical treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* medical, 
    x1 or x4 of: x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2
    for ailment x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* medium (book medium), 
    x5 of: x1 is a book containing work x2 by author x3 for audience x4
    preserved in medium x5 
    /:/ [x1 is a manifestation/container [a physical object or its
    analogue] of a work/content, not necessarily using paper (= selpapri)]
    /:/
    /=/ cukta (cku)
* medium (camera recording medium), 
    x3 of: x1 is a camera/photographic equipment recording illumination type
    x2 images to medium x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kacma
* medium (copy medium), 
    x3 of: x1 is a copy/replica/duplicate/clone of x2 in form/medium x3 made
    by method x4 (event) 
    /:/
    /=/ fukpi (fuk fu'i)
* medium (expressive medium), 
    x4 of: x1 (agent) expresses/says x2 (sedu'u/text/lu'e concept) for
    audience x3 via expressive medium x4 
    /:/ [also says]
    /=/ cusku (cus sku)
* medium (illustration medium), 
    x4 of: x1 is a picture/illustration representing/showing x2, made by
    artist x3 in medium x4 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is pictorial/illustrative; drawing (=
    xraselci'a), x1 draws x2 (= xraci'a/pirci'a), image (= xratai), photo
    (= kacmyxra), take a photo (= kacmyterxra, kacmyxragau, kacmyxrazu'e);
    sculpture, relief (= blixra)]
    /=/ pixra (pir xra)
* medium (separating medium), 
    x1 is apart/separate from x2, separated by
    partition/wall/gap/interval/separating medium x3 
    /:/ [also aloof (= jiksei), alone (= rolsmisei meaning apart or unlike
    all others of its kind; pavysei, seirpavmei meaning "only" or "one
    alone" - do not use when talking about, for example, two people who
    are alone); x3 space]
    /=/ sepli (sep sei)
* medium (storage medium of inscription), 
    x3 of: x1 inscribes/writes x2 on display/storage medium x3 with writing
    implement x4; x1 is a scribe 
    /:/ [also x3 writing surface]
    /=/ ciska (ci'a)
* medium (substrate medium responding to stylus), 
    x2 of: x1 is a pencil/crayon/stylus applying lead/marking material x2,
    frame/support [of material] x3 
    /:/ [also writing brush; x1 stimulates substrate medium x2 to display
    marks; explicitly denoting a standard lead pencil (= tabypinsi)]
    /=/ pinsi (pis)
* medium (televised medium/channel), 
    x3 of: x1 [broadcaster] televises programming x2 via medium/channel x3
    to television receiver x4 
    /:/ [x2 programming (mass), program/show (individual)]
    /=/ tivni (tiv)
* medium (transmission medium), 
    x5 of: x1 transfers/sends/transmits x2 to/towards receiver x3 from
    transmitter/origin x4 via means/medium x5 
    /:/ [also possibly "sharing"; no (complete) alienation from origin is
    implied]; [x5 carrier]
    /=/ benji (bej be'i)
* medium (medium carrying a wave), 
    x1 is a wave [periodic pattern] in medium x2, wave-form x3, wave-length
    x4, frequency x5 
    /:/
    /=/ boxna (bon bo'a)
* medium (medium containing dust), 
    x3 of: x1 is dust/precipitate [suspensible solid] from x2 in medium/on
    surface x3 
    /:/
    /=/ pulce (puc pu'e)
* medium (medium of a list), 
    x4 of: x1 (physical object) is a list/catalog/register of sequence/set
    x2 in order x3 in medium x4 
    /:/ [also roll, log]; (x2 is completely specified)
    /=/ liste (ste)
* medium (medium of a record), 
    x4 of: x1 is a record of x2 (data/facts/du'u) about x3 (object/event)
    preserved in medium x4 
    /:/
    /=/ vreji (rej vei)
* medium (medium passed through), 
    x2 of: x1 passes through/penetrates barrier/medium/portal x2 to
    destination side x3 from origin side x4 
    /:/ [passing through in both directions (= rolfargre, pagre ... .i
    so'ivo'ivo'u (and vice versa))]
    /=/ pagre (gre)
* medium (medium where a vehicle travels), 
    x3 of: x1 is a vehicle/mode of transport carrying x2 in/on
    surface/medium x3, propelled by x4 
    /:/
    /=/ marce (ma'e)
* meet, 
    x1 meet-s/encounters x2 at/in location x3 
    /:/
    /=/ penmi (pen pe'i)
* meets, 
    x1 meets/encounters x2 at/in location x3 
    /:/
    /=/ penmi (pen pe'i)
* mega- (metric prefix), 
    x1 is a million [1x10**6] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3 (default is
    units) 
    /:/
    /=/ megdo (meg)
* melodic (singable), 
    x2 of: x1 sings/chants x2 [song/hymn/melody/melodic sounds] to audience
    x3 
    /:/ [melody (= sa'azgi, ralsa'azgi), harmony (= saxsa'azgi),
    harmonize/sing harmony (= saxsa'a), song (= selsa'a)]
    /=/ sanga (sag sa'a)
* melody (song), 
    x2 of: x1 sings/chants x2 [song/hymn/melody/melodic sounds] to audience
    x3 
    /:/ [melody (= sa'azgi, ralsa'azgi), harmony (= saxsa'azgi),
    harmonize/sing harmony (= saxsa'a), song (= selsa'a)]
    /=/ sanga (sag sa'a)
* melody (whistled melody), 
    x2 of: x1 [sound source] whistles/makes whistling sound/note/tone/melody
    x2 
    /:/
    /=/ siclu (sil)
* melon, 
    x1 is a melon/squash [fruit/plant] of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ guzme (guz zme)
* melt, 
    x1 melt-s [becomes liquid from solid state] at temperature x2 and
    pressure x3 
    /:/ [x1 runs (= rumfle)]
    /=/ runme (rum)
* melts, 
    x1 melts [becomes liquid from solid state] at temperature x2 and
    pressure x3 
    /:/ [x1 runs (= rumfle)]
    /=/ runme (rum)
* member (non-immediate family member), 
    x1 is cousin to x2 by bond/tie x3; [non-immediate family member, default
    same generation] 
    /:/ [probably preferred for metaphorical siblings (over bruna)]
    /=/ tamne
* member (rare member of set), 
    x1 [member] is rare/unusual/uncommon/atypical in property x2 (ka) among
    members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ (x3 is complete specification of set)
    /=/ rirci
* member (member of a family), 
    x1 (mass) is a family with member-s including x2 bonded/tied/joined
    according to standard x3 
    /:/ [also clan, tribe; x2 is in x1, a member of x1 (selylanzu for
    reordered places), relative of (= lazmi'u - xy mintu y'y leka cmima da
    poi lanzu)]
    /=/ lanzu (laz)
* member (member of parent's generation), 
    x1 is an aunt/uncle of x2 by bond/tie x3; x1 is an associated member of
    x2's parent's generation 
    /:/
    /=/ famti
* member (member of set), 
    x1 is a member/element of set x2; x1 belongs to group x2; x1 is
    amid/among/amongst group x2 
    /:/ [x1 may be a complete or incomplete list of member-s; x2 is
    normally marked by la'i/le'i/lo'i, defining the set in terms of its
    common property(ies), though it may be a complete enumeration of the
    member-ship]
    /=/ cmima (mim cmi)
* members (members having properties in common), 
    x2 of: x1 (property - ka) is common/general/universal among members of
    set x2 (complete set) 
    /:/
    /=/ kampu (kau)
* members (members of a family), 
    x2 of: x1 (mass) is a family with members including x2
    bonded/tied/joined according to standard x3 
    /:/ [also clan, tribe; x2 is in x1, a member of x1 (selylanzu for
    reordered places), relative of (= lazmi'u - xy mintu y'y leka cmima da
    poi lanzu)]
    /=/ lanzu (laz)
* members (members of a group/team having some common property), 
    x3 of: x1 is group/cluster/team showing common property (ka) x2 due to
    set x3 linked by relations x4 
    /:/ [also collection, team, comprised of, comprising; members x3 (a
    specification of the complete membership) comprise group x1; cluster
    (= kangri)]
    /=/ girzu (gir gri)
* members (members of a set having a typical value for a property), 
    x3 of: x1 [member] is ordinary/common/typical/usual in property x2 (ka)
    among members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is a normal/common/ordinary/typical property among set
    x3 (= selterfadni for reordered places); also regular, (mabla forms:)
    banal, trite, vulgar; (x3 is complete set)]
    /=/ fadni (fad)
* members (members of a set, some of which have a rare property), 
    x3 of: x1 [member] is rare/unusual/uncommon/atypical in property x2 (ka)
    among members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ (x3 is complete specification of set)
    /=/ rirci
* members (members of a subset), 
    x2 of: x1 (ka) is specific/particular/specialized/[special]/a defining
    property of x2 among x3 (set) 
    /:/ [x2 are members/individuals of a subset of x3; object whose
    association is specific/defining of a subset or individuals (=
    tecra'a); [x2 is also special to x1]); also:
    especially/strongly/specifically associated]; (x3 is completely
    specified set)]
    /=/ steci (tec te'i)
* members (members of set mutually acting), 
    x1 (set) has members who mutually/reciprocally x2 (event [x1 should be
    reflexive in 1+ sumti]) 
    /:/ [members of x1 do to each other/one another x2, and in return do
    x2; x1 (plural set) do the same thing to each other]
    /=/ simxu (sim si'u)
* membership, 
    x1 is a member/element of set x2; x1 belongs to group x2; x1 is
    amid/among/amongst group x2 
    /:/ [x1 may be a complete or incomplete list of members; x2 is
    normally marked by la'i/le'i/lo'i, defining the set in terms of its
    common property(ies), though it may be a complete enumeration of the
    membership]
    /=/ cmima (mim cmi)
* membrane (as a closure for a portal), 
    x1 (portal/passage/entrance-way) is closed/shut/not open, preventing
    passage/access to x2 by x3 
    /:/ [as a doorway, but also perhaps a semi-permeable membrane]
    /=/ ganlo (ga'o)
* memo, 
    x1 is a message/notice/memorandum about subject x2 from author x3 to
    intended audience x4 
    /:/ [emphasis on brevity, single or identifiable subject (contrast
    with xatra: the emphasis in notci is on the single or cohesively
    focused subject, while the audience is less defined - indeed only an
    'intended' audience.  xatra need not have a single or focussed subject
    - its corresponding place is for 'content'); reminder/memo/note (=
    mojnoi)]
    /=/ notci (not noi)
* memorandum, 
    x1 is a message/notice/memorandum about subject x2 from author x3 to
    intended audience x4 
    /:/ [emphasis on brevity, single or identifiable subject (contrast
    with xatra: the emphasis in notci is on the single or cohesively
    focused subject, while the audience is less defined - indeed only an
    'intended' audience.  xatra need not have a single or focussed subject
    - its corresponding place is for 'content'); reminder/memo/note (=
    mojnoi)]
    /=/ notci (not noi)
* memory (something remembered), 
    x2 of: x1 remembers/recalls/recollects fact(s)/memory x2 (du'u) about
    subject x3 
    /:/
    /=/ morji (moj mo'i)
* men, 
    x1 is a man/men; x1 is a male humanoid person [not necessarily adult] 
    /:/ [word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use remna or
    prenu)]
    /=/ nanmu (nau)
* mends, 
    x1 repairs/mends/fixes x2 for use x3 
    /:/ [a repair may be incomplete, fixing only one of the possible uses
    of x2, hence x3]
    /=/ cikre
* mental (in the imagination), 
    x1 [concept] exists in the imagination of/is imagined by/is imaginary to
    x2 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is mental (one sense), x1 is unreal (one
    sense); in spite of the synonym, note that x2 is imaginary does not
    imply that it doesn't exist in the real world; the definition is
    crafted so that one can talk about imaginary things without claiming
    that they thereby really exist]
    /=/ xanri (xar)
* mental (metaphorical, of the brain), 
    x1 is a/the brain [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: intelligence, mental
    control] 
    /:/ [also cerebral]
    /=/ besna (ben)
* mental (of a mind), 
    x1 is a mind/intellect/psyche/mentality/[consciousness] of body x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is mental/psychological/a mental phenomenon;
    multiple personalities (= so'i menli)]
    /=/ menli (men)
* mental (of something thought about), 
    x2 of: x1 thinks/considers/cogitates/reasons/is pensive about/reflects
    upon subject/concept x2 
    /:/ [also: x1 is thoughtful (one sense); x2 is mental (one
    sense)/intellectual (one sense) (= selpei)]
    /=/ pensi (pes pei)
* mental awareness, 
    x1 is conscious/aware of x2 (object/abstract); x1 discerns/recognizes x2
    (object/abstract) 
    /:/ [also: x1 knows [of] x2 (one sense); awareness implies some amount
    of mental awareness processing above and beyond mere sensory
    detection, and may also be applied to mental awareness relationships
    that are not detected by the senses]
    /=/ sanji (saj)
* mental rigidity, 
    x1 is stiff/rigid/inflexible/resistant in direction x2 against force x3
    under conditions x4 
    /:/ [also sometimes: firm, hard; not limited to physical forces;
    e.g. mental rigidity rigidity]
    /=/ tinsa
* mentality, 
    x1 is a mind/intellect/psyche/mentality/[consciousness] of body x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is mental/psychological/a mental phenomenon;
    multiple personalities (= so'i menli)]
    /=/ menli (men)
* mentors, 
    x1 is a parent of/raises/rears x2; x1 mentors/acts parental toward
    child/protege x2 
    /:/
    /=/ rirni (rir)
* meow, 
    x1 utters moan/groan/howl/scream [non-linguistic utterance] x2
    expressing x3 (property) 
    /:/ [also shriek, most animal sounds, e.g. bark, cackle, meow, neigh,
    moo, honk, baa, crow]
    /=/ cmoni (cmo co'i)
* merchant, 
    x1 or x4 of: x1 exchanges/trades/barters commodity/service x2 for x3
    with x4; x1, x4 is a trader/merchant/businessman 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1, x2, x4 is/are commercial (better expressed
    as ka canja, kamcanja)]; x2/x3 may be a specific object, a commodity
    (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for
    objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the
    object/commodity (= po'ercanja for unambiguous semantics)
    /=/ canja (caj)
* mercury, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/made of mercury/quicksilver; [metaphor:
    fluid metal; temperature] 
    /:/
    /=/ margu (mag)
* merit (merit reward), 
    x1 (ni) is the equivalent value/worth of x2 [item(s) of value] to x3 for
    use/appreciation x4 
    /:/ [also: x2 is worth x1 to x3; (for x2 person:) x2 merits (one
    sense), (adjective:) x2 is worthy (= selva'i for reordered places);
    merit reward (= nemselva'i); receive merited reward (= vamselne'u); x2
    may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a property;
    pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from
    ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erva'i, po'erselva'i for
    unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ vamji (vam va'i)
* merited (receive merited reward), 
    x1 (ni) is the equivalent value/worth of x2 [item(s) of value] to x3 for
    use/appreciation x4 
    /:/ [also: x2 is worth x1 to x3; (for x2 person:) x2 merits (one
    sense), (adjective:) x2 is worthy (= selva'i for reordered places);
    merit reward (= nemselva'i); receive merited reward (= vamselne'u); x2
    may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a property;
    pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from
    ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erva'i, po'erselva'i for
    unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ vamji (vam va'i)
* merits (earns), 
    x1 (agent/person) earns/[deserves/merits] wages/salary/pay x2 for
    work/service x3 (activity) 
    /:/ [also x2 reward (= zanseljerna or nemjerna),
    punishment/comeuppance (= sfaseljerna, malseljerna); x3 behavior; job
    (= terjerna); x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an
    event, or a property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is
    sumti-raising from ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erjerna,
    po'erseljerna for unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ jerna
* merits (has value/worth), 
    x2 of: x1 (ni) is the equivalent value/worth of x2 [item(s) of value] to
    x3 for use/appreciation x4 
    /:/ [also: x2 is worth x1 to x3; (for x2 person:) x2 merits (one
    sense), (adjective:) x2 is worthy (= selva'i for reordered places);
    merit reward (= nemselva'i); receive merited reward (= vamselne'u); x2
    may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a property;
    pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from
    ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erva'i, po'erselva'i for
    unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ vamji (vam va'i)
* merry, 
    x1 is happy/gay/merry/glad/gleeful about x2 (event/state) 
    /:/ [adversity (= kamnalgei)]
    /=/ gleki (gek gei)
* message, 
    x1 is a message/notice/memorandum about subject x2 from author x3 to
    intended audience x4 
    /:/ [emphasis on brevity, single or identifiable subject (contrast
    with xatra: the emphasis in notci is on the single or cohesively
    focused subject, while the audience is less defined - indeed only an
    'intended' audience.  xatra need not have a single or focussed subject
    - its corresponding place is for 'content'); reminder/memo/note (=
    mojnoi)]
    /=/ notci (not noi)
* metal (alkali metal), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of alkali metal of type x2 [default
    sodium] 
    /:/ [also potassium, lithium, cesium]; [soda]
    /=/ sodna
* metal (general category of substance), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of made of metal of composition
    including x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is metallic]
    /=/ jinme (jim)
* metal (lead: heavy, malleable, soft), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of lead (Pb); [metaphor: heavy,
    malleable, soft metal] 
    /:/
    /=/ cnisa (nis)
* metal (mercury: fluid :), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/made of mercury/quicksilver; [metaphor:
    fluid metal; temperature] 
    /:/
    /=/ margu (mag)
* metal (nickel: resisitant to oxidation), 
    x1 is made of/contains/is a quantity of nickel/other metal resistant to
    oxidation 
    /:/
    /=/ nikle (nik)
* metal (tin, base metal: cheap), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of tin (Sn); [metaphor: cheap or
    base metal] 
    /:/
    /=/ tinci
* metal (zinc: hard metal), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of zinc (Zn); [metaphor: hard
    metal] 
    /:/
    /=/ zinki (zin zi'i)
* metal (metal derived from ore), 
    x2 of: x1 is/contains/is made from a mineral/ore of type/metal x2 mined
    from location/lode/mine x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kunra (kun)
* metal (metal surface, shiny, non-tarnishing), 
    x1 is a highly reflective/polished non-tarnishing metallic surface, of
    metal x2 [often chromium] 
    /:/
    /=/ romge (rog)
* metallic (made of metal), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of made of metal of composition
    including x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is metallic]
    /=/ jinme (jim)
* metallic (shiny, non-tarnishing), 
    x1 is a highly reflective/polished non-tarnishing metallic surface, of
    metal x2 [often chromium] 
    /:/
    /=/ romge (rog)
* metaphysics (metaphysics indicating falsehood), 
    x2 of: x1 (du'u) is false/is an untruth by
    standard/epistemology/metaphysics x2 
    /:/ [words usable for epistemology typically have a du'u place]
    /=/ jitfa (jif)
* metaphysics (metaphysics indicating reality), 
    x3 of: x1 exists/is real/actual/reality for x2 under metaphysics x3 
    /:/ [words usable for epistemology typically have a du'u place]; [x1
    is physical (one sense)]
    /=/ zasti (zat za'i)
* metaphysics (metaphysics indicating truth), 
    x2 of: x1 (du'u) is true/truth by standard/epistemology/metaphysics x2 
    /:/ [words usable for epistemology typically have a du'u place]
    /=/ jetnu (jet je'u)
* meteorological, 
    x1 is weather at place/region x2; (adjective:) x1 is meteorological 
    /:/ [climate (= citsyti'a, timymo'a)]
    /=/ tcima (tim ti'a)
* meter, 
    x1 is x2 meter(s) [metric unit] in length (default is 1) measured in
    direction x3 by standard x4 
    /:/
    /=/ mitre (tre)
* method (as an explanation), 
    x4 of: x1 (person) explains x2 (event/state/property) to x3 with
    explanation x4 (du'u) 
    /:/ [explanation x4 is an underlying mechanism/details/purpose/method
    for x2 (= velcki for reordered places), generally assumed to be
    non-obvious; metaphorical usage with the various causal relations
    (i.e. jalge, mukti, krinu, rinka, nibli, zukte) is possible, but the
    non-obviousness, and the existence of an explainer with a point of
    view makes this word not a simple expression of cause]
    /=/ ciksi (cki)
% method (constituting an event of trying), 
    x4 of: x1 is a try/attempt/effort, an event of x2
    trying/attempting/making an effort to do/attain x3
    (event/state/property) by actions/method x4 
    /:/
    /=/ nuntoi 
* method (copying method), 
    x1 is a copy/replica/duplicate/clone of x2 in form/medium x3 made by
    method x4 (event) 
    /:/
    /=/ fukpi (fuk fu'i)
* method (knowledge of method, know how to), 
    x2 of: x1 knows fact(s) x2 (du'u) about subject x3 by epistemology x4 
    /:/ [words usable for epistemology typically have a du'u place; know
    how to - implying knowledge of method but not necessarily having the
    ability to practice (= tadjyju'o)]
    /=/ djuno (jun ju'o)
* method (learning method), 
    x5 of: x1 learns x2 (du'u) about subject x3 from source x4
    (object/event) by method x5 (event/process) 
    /:/
    /=/ cilre (cli)
* method (process for doing something), 
    x1 [process] is a method/technique/approach/means for doing x2 (event)
    under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also practice/way/mode; style/manner/conduct (= tratadji);
    pattern (= montadji, tadjymo'a, or platadji, tadjypla)]
    /=/ tadji
* method (teaching method), 
    x5 of: x1 teaches audience x2 ideas/methods/lore x3 (du'u) about
    subject(s) x4 by method x5 (event) 
    /:/ [also instruct, instructor, educate, educator, teacher, professor,
    pedagogue; (adjective:) x1/x5 is pedagogical]
    /=/ ctuca (ctu)
* method (timing method of a clock), 
    x4 of: x1 is clock/watch/timer measuring time units x2 to precision x3
    with timing mechanism/method x4 
    /:/ [also timepiece]
    /=/ junla (jul)
* method (method of analysis), 
    x3 of: x1 analyzes/examines-in-detail x2 by method/technique/system x3
    [process/activity] 
    /:/
    /=/ lanli (lal)
* method (method of data gathering), 
    x3 of: x1 (du'u) [fact/measurement] is data/information/statistic(s)
    about x2 gathered by method x3 
    /:/ [evidence (= velji'i datni or just velji'i, ti'irdatni)]
    /=/ datni
* method (method of food preparation), 
    x3 of: x1 cooks/prepares food-for-eating x2 by recipe/method x3
    (process) 
    /:/ [cook with heat (= glajukpa), bake (= tokyjukpa); fry (=
    rasyjukpa)]
    /=/ jukpa (jup)
* method (method of introducing vaccine), 
    x4 of: x1 is a vaccine/immune-system stimulant protecting x2 against
    disease x3 introduced by method x4 
    /:/ [also serum; inoculation (= jestu'u veljinku)]
    /=/ jinku
* method (method of keeping something hidden), 
    x4 of: x1 keeps x2 secret/hidden from x3 by method x4; x2 is a secret;
    x1 hides/conceals x2 
    /:/ [intransitive hidden/secret, without an agent (= selcri or
    nalterju'o); secret (= selmipri)]
    /=/ mipri (mip)
* method (method of killing), 
    x3 of: x1 (agent) kills/slaughters/murders x2 by action/method x3 
    /:/
    /=/ catra
* method (method of medical treatment), 
    x4 of: x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for
    ailment x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* method (method of partition), 
    x4 of: x1 (agent) divides/partitions/separates x2 into
    sections/parts/individuals x3 by method/partition x4 (an object in x4
    usually requires tu'a) 
    /:/ [also segments]
    /=/ fendi (fed)
* method (method of trying), 
    x3 of: x1 tries/attempts/makes an effort to do/attain x2
    (event/state/property) by actions/method x3 
    /:/ [also experiments at]
    /=/ troci (toc toi)
* methodology (methodology of a science), 
    x3 of: x1 (mass of facts) is science of/about subject matter x2 based on
    methodology x3 
    /:/ [not limited to science as derived by the scientific method, but
    pertaining to any body of usually-coherent knowledge
    garnered/gathered/assembled by a consistent methodology]
    /=/ saske (ske)
* methods (methods of a logic), 
    x1 [rules/methods] is a logic for
    deducing/concluding/inferring/reasoning to/about x2 (du'u) 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1, x2 are logical]
    /=/ logji (loj)
* methods (methods taught), 
    x3 of: x1 teaches audience x2 ideas/methods/lore x3 (du'u) about
    subject(s) x4 by method x5 (event) 
    /:/ [also instruct, instructor, educate, educator, teacher, professor,
    pedagogue; (adjective:) x1/x5 is pedagogical]
    /=/ ctuca (ctu)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) local volume unit(s) [non-metric; e.g. bushel],
    standard x3, x4 subunits 
    /:/ [gallon (= likydekpu), quart (= likseldekpu), barrel (wet =
    likybradekpu, dry = sudbradekpu), bushel (= sudydekpu), peck (=
    sudyseldekpu), cupful (= kabrydekpu), tablespoon (= mucydekpu);
    teaspoon (= mucyseldekpu); (all of these lujvo may need gic- to
    distinguish the English measurement system in contrasting with some
    local system; the English system is otherwise presumed to be the
    default non-metric system)]; (additional subunit places may be added
    as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ dekpu
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) local weight unit(s) [non-metric], standard x3,
    subunits [e.g. ounces] x4 
    /:/ (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ bunda (bud)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) long local distance unit(s) [non-metric], x3
    subunits, standard x4 
    /:/ (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ minli
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) short local distance unit(s) [non-metric], standard
    x3, x4 subunits 
    /:/ [foot (= jmagutci); yard (= cibjamgutci), pace (= tapygutci), inch
    (= degygutci), cubit (= birgutci)]; (additional subunit places may be
    added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ gutci (guc)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 ampere(s) [metric unit] in current (default is 1) by standard
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ xampo (xap xa'o)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 candela [metric unit] in luminosity (default is 1) by standard
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ delno (del de'o)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 degree(s) Kelvin [metric unit] in temperature (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kelvo (ke'o)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 gram(s) [metric unit] in mass (default is 1) by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ grake (gra)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 liter(s) [metric unit] in volume (default is 1) by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ litce (lic)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 local area unit(s) [non-metric] (default 1) by standard x3, x4
    subunits 
    /:/ (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ kramu
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 meter(s) [metric unit] in length (default is 1) measured in
    direction x3 by standard x4 
    /:/
    /=/ mitre (tre)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 mole(s) [metric unit] in substance (default is 1) by standard
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ molro (mo'o)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 radian(s) [metric unit] in angular measure (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/ [measured in degrees (julra'o); right ascension [astronomical
    measurement] (= cacryra'o)]
    /=/ radno (ra'o)
* metric, 
    x1 is x2 steradian(s) [metric unit] in solid angle (default is 1) by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ stero (te'o)
* metro, 
    x1 is a train [vehicle] of cars/units x2 (mass) for
    rails/system/railroad x3, propelled by x4 
    /:/ [a railed vehicle or train of vehicles; also subway (= tu'unre'e),
    metro, trolley, tramway (= lajre'e), roller coaster; monorail (=
    dadre'e); cable car, sky car, ski lift (= cildadre'e)]
    /=/ trene (ren re'e)
* metropolis (metropolis of a suburb), 
    x2 of: x1 is a suburban area of city/metropolis x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jarbu
* metropolitan area (metropolitan area of a town), 
    x2 of: x1 is a town/city of metropolitan area x2, in political unit x3,
    serving hinterland/region x4 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is urban]
    /=/ tcadu (tca)
* MEX (Loglan project abbreviation for 'mathematical expression'), 
    x1 [quantifier/expression] is a mathematical expression interpreted
    under rules/convention x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mekso (mek me'o)
* Mexican, 
    x1 reflects Mexican culture/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mexno (mex)
* micro- (metric prefix), 
    x1 is a millionth [1x10**-6] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3 (default is
    units) 
    /:/
    /=/ mikri (mik)
* microbe, 
    x1 is a bacteria/germ/microbe/protozoan/amoeba [1-celled life] of
    species/defining property x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jurme (jum)
* middle, 
    x1 is in/at the middle/center/midpoint/[is a focus] of x2; (adjective:)
    x1 is central 
    /:/
    /=/ midju (mij)
* Middle-Eastern, 
    x1 reflects Semitic [metaphor: Middle-Eastern]
    language/culture/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/ [Semitic includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ethiopian, among
    others]
    /=/ semto (sme)
* middling, 
    x1 is mild/non-extreme/gentle/middling/somewhat in property x2 (ka); x1
    is not very x2 
    /:/
    /=/ milxe (mli)
* midpoint, 
    x1 is in/at the middle/center/midpoint/[is a focus] of x2; (adjective:)
    x1 is central 
    /:/
    /=/ midju (mij)
* midsection (metaphorical of abdomen), 
    x1 is a/the abdomen/belly/lower trunk [body-part] of x2; [metaphor:
    midsection] 
    /:/ [also stomach (= djaruntyrango)]
    /=/ betfu (bef be'u)
* midwife, 
    x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for ailment
    x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* might (might happen), 
    x1 (event/state/property) is possible under conditions x2; x1 may/might
    occur; x1 is a maybe 
    /:/ [also possibility]
    /=/ cumki (cum cu'i)
* mild, 
    x1 is mild/non-extreme/gentle/middling/somewhat in property x2 (ka); x1
    is not very x2 
    /:/
    /=/ milxe (mli)
* mile (sound clue, cultural example of general class), 
    x1 is x2 (default 1) long local distance unit(s) [non-metric], x3
    subunits, standard x4 
    /:/ (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ minli
* military (regimented/strongly organized), 
    x1 is military/regimented/is strongly organized/prepared by system x2
    for purpose x3 
    /:/ [also paramilitary; soldier in its broadest sense - not limited to
    those trained/organized as part of an army to defend a state (=
    bilpre)]; (cf. jenmi for a military force)
    /=/ bilni (bil)
* military police, 
    x1 is a police officer/[enforcer/vigilante] enforcing
    law(s)/rule(s)/order x2 
    /:/ [police officer, as an agent of authority (= ca'irpulji,
    ka'irpulji), as part of a police force (= puljyselsoi); military
    police (= jempulji, bilpulji)]
    /=/ pulji
* milk, 
    x1 is made of/contains/is a quantity of milk from source x2;
    (adjective:) x1 is lactic/dairy 
    /:/
    /=/ ladru (lad)
* mill (factory producing product), 
    x1 is a factory/foundry/industrial plant/mill producing x2 from
    materials x3 
    /:/
    /=/ fanri
* mill (plant performing process), 
    x1 is a mill/foundry/industrial plant/[assembly line] performing process
    x2 
    /:/ [(unlike fanri,) need not produce a product; grain mill (=
    grumlo), grinding mill (= zalmlo, zalmlotci, zalmloca'a)]
    /=/ molki (mlo)
* millet, 
    x1 is a quantity of millet [grain] of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cunmi
* milli- (metric prefix), 
    x1 is a thousandth [1/1000; 1x10**-3] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3
    (default is units) 
    /:/
    /=/ milti (mil)
* milliard, 
    x1 is a billion [British milliard] [1x10**9] of x2 in dimension/aspect
    x3 (default is units) 
    /:/
    /=/ gigdo (gig gi'o)
* million, 
    x1 is a million [1x10**6] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3 (default is
    units) 
    /:/
    /=/ megdo (meg)
* millionth, 
    x1 is a millionth [1x10**-6] of x2 in dimension/aspect x3 (default is
    units) 
    /:/
    /=/ mikri (mik)
* mind, 
    x1 is a mind/intellect/psyche/mentality/[consciousness] of body x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is mental/psychological/a mental phenomenon;
    multiple personalities (= so'i menli)]
    /=/ menli (men)
* mine, 
    x3 of: x1 is/contains/is made from a mineral/ore of type/metal x2 mined
    from location/lode/mine x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kunra (kun)
* mined, 
    x2 of: x1 is/contains/is made from a mineral/ore of type/metal x2 mined
    from location/lode/mine x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kunra (kun)
* mineral, 
    x1 is/contains/is made from a mineral/ore of type/metal x2 mined from
    location/lode/mine x3 
    /:/
    /=/ kunra (kun)
* mingles, 
    x2 of: x1 (mass) is a mixture/blend/colloid/commingling with ingredients
    including x2 
    /:/ [x2 mingles/mixes/blends into x1; x2 is in x1, an
    ingredient/part/component/element of x1 (= selxre for reordered
    places)]
    /=/ mixre (mix xre)
* minute, 
    x1 is x2 minutes in duration (default is 1 minute) by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mentu (met me'u)
* minutes (part of time-of-day), 
    x1 [hours, {minutes}, {seconds}] is the time/hour of state/event x2 on
    day x3 at location x4 
    /:/ [also o'clock]; (time units in x1 are specified as numbers
    separated by pi'e or are unit values massified with joi)
    /=/ tcika
* minutes (minutes in duration), 
    x1 is x2 minutes in duration (default is 1 minute) by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mentu (met me'u)
* mirror, 
    x1 reflects/mirrors/echoes x2 [object/radiation] to observer/point x3 as
    x4; x2 bounces on x1 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a mirror/reflector]; [x2 may be light, lu'e of an
    imaged object; x4 may be image or echo or the same as x2 if physical
    object; x3 may be a path for a bounced object; ka is reflection]
    /=/ minra (mir)
* mirrors, 
    x1 reflects/mirrors/echoes x2 [object/radiation] to observer/point x3 as
    x4; x2 bounces on x1 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a mirror/reflector]; [x2 may be light, lu'e of an
    imaged object; x4 may be image or echo or the same as x2 if physical
    object; x3 may be a path for a bounced object; ka is reflection]
    /=/ minra (mir)
* miscellaneous, 
    x1 (set/mass/individual) is miscellaneous/various/assorted in property
    x2 (ka) 
    /:/
    /=/ vrici
* misguided, 
    x1 (event/experience) misleads/deceives/dupes/fools/cheats/tricks x2
    into x3 (event/state) 
    /:/ [agentive deception (= tcicygau, tcicyzu'e); x3 could be an action
    or a belief on the part of x2; harmful intent or result is not implied
    (= maltcicyzu'e for such harmful intent); self deception (=
    sezytcica); deceive/trick into misguided action (= ticyxlu); misguided
    belief (= tickri); lie/tell an untruth (= ticysku, jifsku), white lie
    (= zanticysku)]
    /=/ tcica (tic)
* misleads, 
    x1 (event/experience) misleads/deceives/dupes/fools/cheats/tricks x2
    into x3 (event/state) 
    /:/ [agentive deception (= tcicygau, tcicyzu'e); x3 could be an action
    or a belief on the part of x2; harmful intent or result is not implied
    (= maltcicyzu'e for such harmful intent); self deception (=
    sevytcica); deceive/trick into misguided action (= ticyxlu); misguided
    belief (= tickri); lie/tell an untruth (= ticysku, jifsku), white lie
    (= zanticysku)]
    /=/ tcica (tic)
* missile (ballistic projectile), 
    x1 is a ballistic projectile [e.g. bullet/missile] for firing by
    [gun/propelling launcher] x2 
    /:/ [also cannonball, catapult stone, shot pellet(s)]
    /=/ danti (dan)
* missile (something launched/shot), 
    x2 of: x1 launches/fires/shoots projectile/missile x2, propelled by x3
    [propellant/propulsion] 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a gun/launcher/cannon; x1 hurls/throws/casts (more
    general than renro in that propulsion need not be internal to x1)]
    /=/ cecla (cel ce'a)
* missile (something thrown/hurled), 
    x1 throws/launches/casts/hurls projectile/missile x2 to/at/in direction
    x3 (propulsion derives internally to x1) 
    /:/ , danti)
    /=/ renro (rer re'o)
* missive, 
    x1 is a letter/missive/[note] to intended audience x2 from
    author/originator x3 with content x4 
    /:/
    /=/ xatra (xa'a)
* mist, 
    x1 is foggy/misty/covered by a fog/mist/vapor of liquid x2 
    /:/
    /=/ bumru (bum)
* mistake, 
    x2 of: x1 errs in doing/being/making mistake x2 (event), an error under
    conditions x3 by standard x4 
    /:/
    /=/ srera (sre)
* misty, 
    x1 is foggy/misty/covered by a fog/mist/vapor of liquid x2 
    /:/
    /=/ bumru (bum)
* mitten, 
    x1 is a mitten/glove [hand and lower arm garment] of material x2 
    /:/ [mitten (= degycauglu)]
    /=/ gluta (glu)
* mixes (stirs), 
    x1 (object, or event: force) stirs/mixes/[roils/agitates] fluid
    (gas/liquid) x2 
    /:/ [convection (= nenflejicla); agentive stirring (= jiclygau,
    jiclyzu'e)]
    /=/ jicla
* mixes (mixes into), 
    x2 of: x1 (mass) is a mixture/blend/colloid/commingling with ingredients
    including x2 
    /:/ [x2 mingles/mixes/blends into x1; x2 is in x1, an
    ingredient/part/component/element of x1 (= selxre for reordered
    places)]
    /=/ mixre (mix xre)
* mixture, 
    x1 (mass) is a mixture/blend/colloid/commingling with ingredients
    including x2 
    /:/ [x2 mingles/mixes/blends into x1; x2 is in x1, an
    ingredient/part/component/element of x1 (= selxre for reordered
    places)]
    /=/ mixre (mix xre)
* Mizraim (Egyptian Arabic for 'Egypt'), 
    x1 reflects Egyptian culture/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ misro
* moan, 
    x1 utters moan/groan/howl/scream [non-linguistic utterance] x2
    expressing x3 (property) 
    /:/ [also shriek, most animal sounds, e.g. bark, cackle, meow, neigh,
    moo, honk, baa, crow]
    /=/ cmoni (cmo co'i)
* mobile, 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* mocks, 
    x1 ridicules/mocks/scoffs at x2 about x3 (property/event) by doing
    activity x4 (event) 
    /:/
    /=/ ckasu (cas)
* mode of transport, 
    x1 is a vehicle/mode of transport carrying x2 in/on surface/medium x3,
    propelled by x4 
    /:/
    /=/ marce (ma'e)
* mode, 
    x1 [process] is a method/technique/approach/means/practice/way/mode for
    doing x2 (event) under conditions x3 
    /:/ [style/manner/conduct (= tratadji); pattern (= montadji,
    tadjymo'a, or platadji, tadjypla)]
    /=/ tadji
* model (conceptual form), 
    x1 [ideal] is the conceptual shape/form of
    object/abstraction/manifestation x2 (object/abstract) 
    /:/ [also pattern; x1 is the mathematical or theoretical ideal form,
    while x2 is an object/event manifesting that form;
    e.g. circular/circle-shaped (= cukseltai) vs. circle (=cuktai, while
    cukla alone is ambiguous); model (= ci'ersaptai, saptai, ci'ersmitai,
    smitai)]
    /=/ tarmi (tam tai)
* model (structure of a pattern), 
    x3 of: x1 is/reflects/represents a pattern of forms/events x2 arranged
    according to structure x3 
    /:/ [x3 is a [model] for x1 (= termontai, termonsi'o); image (=
    gusmo'a, nenmo'a, dairmo'a, selylenmo'a, selmirmo'a, velmirmo'a, but
    also all of these -tai instead of -mo'a for the ideal)]
    /=/ morna (mon mo'a)
* model (model determining dimensions), 
    x3 of: x1 (property - ka) is a dimension of space/object x2 according to
    rules/model x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cimde
* modem, 
    x1 is a telephone transceiver/modem attached to system/network x2 
    /:/
    /=/ fonxa (fon)
* modest, 
    x1 is humble/modest about x2 (abstraction); x1 displays humility about
    x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cumla (cul)
* modifies, 
    x1 (event) modifies/alters/changes/transforms/converts x2 into x3 
    /:/ [agentive, resultative change]
    /=/ galfi (gaf ga'i)
* modify, 
    x1 (event) modify-es/alters/changes/transforms/converts x2 into x3 
    /:/ [agentive, resultative change]
    /=/ galfi (gaf ga'i)
* modifying (of terms in a binary metaphor), 
    x1 is a binary metaphor formed with x2 modifying x3, giving meaning x4
    in language x5 
    /:/ (x2 and x3 are both text or both si'o concept)
    /=/ tanru (tau)
* moist (damp), 
    x1 is moist/wet/damp with liquid x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cilmo (cim)
* moist (slurry/paste), 
    x1 is paste/pulp/dough/mash/mud/slurry [soft, smooth-textured, moist
    solid] of composition x2 
    /:/ [x2: composition including x2, which need not be complete
    specification]
    /=/ pesxu (pex)
* moist (moist dirt, clay), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of clay [moist, clammy dirt] of
    composition including x2 
    /:/
    /=/ kliti (kit)
* mold, 
    x1 is a mold/fungus/mushrooms/truffles of species/strain x2
    parasitic/growing on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mledi (led)
* moldable (of wax), 
    x1 is quantity of wax [substance especially soft/moldable when warm]
    from source x2 
    /:/ [also paraffin]
    /=/ lakse (lak)
* moldable (soft/ malleable), 
    x1 is soft/malleable/moldable/yielding to force x2 in conditions x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ranti (ran)
* mole, 
    x1 is x2 mole(s) [metric unit] in substance (default is 1) by standard
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ molro (mo'o)
* molecule, 
    x1 is a cell/atom/unit/molecule of x2; x1 is an indivisible, most basic
    subunit of x2 
    /:/ (x2 generally has mass nature)
    /=/ selci (sle)
* mollusk, 
    x1 is a worm/invertebrate animal of species/breed x2 
    /:/ [also mollusk, snail (= cakcurnu), shellfish (= xaskemcakcurnu,
    xaskemcakydja); the generalization to invertebrate is because almost
    all multicellular invertebrates are indeed wormlike]
    /=/ curnu (cur)
* mom, 
    x1 is a mother/mom of x2; x1 bears/mothers/acts maternally toward x2;
    [not necessarily biological] 
    /:/
    /=/ mamta (mam)
* moment, 
    x1 is a point/instant/moment [0-dimensional shape/form] in/on/at
    time/place x2 
    /:/ [x1 is dimensionless]
    /=/ mokca (moc)
* monetary (of money), 
    x1 is money/currency issued by x2; (adjective:) x1 is
    financial/monetary/pecuniary/fiscal 
    /:/ ['currency' sometimes is restricted to paper money (= pledi'i)]
    /=/ jdini (din di'i)
* monetary subunit, 
    x1 is measured in kopeck/cent/monetary subunit as x2 [quantity], in
    monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]; (additional secondary, tertiary, etc. subunit
    places may be added as x4, x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ fepni (fep fei)
* monetary system (monetary system of major-money unit), 
    x3 of: x1 is measured in major-money-units (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2
    (quantity), in monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pound, rupee, franc, mark, yen; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]
    /=/ rupnu (rup ru'u)
* monetary system (monetary system of monetary subunit), 
    x3 of: x1 is measured in kopeck/cent money-subunits as x2 [quantity], in
    monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]; (additional secondary, tertiary, etc. subunit
    places may be added as x4, x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ fepni (fep fei)
* monetary unit (major monetary unit), 
    x1 is measured in major-monetary unit (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2
    (quantity), monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pound, rupee, franc, mark, yen; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]
    /=/ rupnu (rup ru'u)
* money (coin/currency), 
    x1 is money/currency issued by x2; (adjective:) x1 is
    financial/monetary/pecuniary/fiscal 
    /:/ ['currency' sometimes is restricted to paper money (= pledi'i)]
    /=/ jdini (din di'i)
* money (major money unit), 
    x1 is measured in major-money-unit (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2 (quantity),
    monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pound, rupee, franc, mark, yen; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]
    /=/ rupnu (rup ru'u)
* money (money subunit), 
    x1 is measured in kopeck/cent/money subunit as x2 [quantity], in
    monetary system x3 
    /:/ [also pfennig, paisa, sen, fen, dinar, etc.; x1 is generally a
    price/cost/value]; (additional secondary, tertiary, etc. subunit
    places may be added as x4, x5, x6, ...)
    /=/ fepni (fep fei)
* monitor (video monitor), 
    x1 is a video monitor/CRT/screen [machine] serving function x2 
    /:/
    /=/ vidni
* monkey, 
    x1 is a monkey/ape/simian/baboon/chimpanzee of species/breed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ smani
* monorail, 
    x1 is a train [vehicle] of cars/units x2 (mass) for
    rails/system/railroad x3, propelled by x4 
    /:/ [a railed vehicle or train of vehicles; also subway (= tu'unre'e),
    metro, trolley, tramway (= lajre'e), roller coaster; monorail (=
    dadre'e); cable car, sky car, ski lift (= cildadre'e)]
    /=/ trene (ren re'e)
* month (part of date), 
    x1 is the date [day,{week},{month},year] of event/state x2, at location
    x3, by calendar x4 
    /:/ (time units in x1 are specified as numbers separated by pi'e or
    are unit values massified with joi)
    /=/ detri (det)
* months in duration, 
    x1 is x2 months in duration (default is 1 months in duration) by months
    in duration standard x3 
    /:/ [this months in duration (= cabma'i); next months in duration (=
    bavylamyma'i); last months in duration (= prulamyma'i)]
    /=/ masti (ma'i)
* months, 
    x1 is x2 months in duration (default is 1 month) by month standard x3 
    /:/ [this month (= cabma'i); next month (= bavylamyma'i); last month
    (= prulamyma'i)]
    /=/ masti (ma'i)
* monument, 
    x1 is a temple/church/sanctuary/synagogue/shrine of religion x2 at
    location/serving area x3 
    /:/ [x2 may be event of form (... worships/pays/respect to ...), hence
    (metaphorically extending to) monument (= mojmalsi, si'armalsi)]
    /=/ malsi (mas)
* moo, 
    x1 utters moan/groan/howl/scream [non-linguistic utterance] x2
    expressing x3 (property) 
    /:/ [also shriek, most animal sounds, e.g. bark, cackle, meow, neigh,
    moo, honk, baa, crow]
    /=/ cmoni (cmo co'i)
* mood, 
    x1 feels emotion x2 (ka) about x3 
    /:/ [also mood/humor (= nuncni)]
    /=/ cinmo (cni)
* moon, 
    x1 is a satellite/moon orbiting x2 with characteristics x3, orbital
    parameters x4 
    /:/
    /=/ mluni (lun)
* moon, 
    x1 is Earth's moon (default); x1 is a major natural satellite/moon of
    planet x2 
    /:/
    /=/ lunra (lur)
* moose, 
    x1 is a deer/elk/moose/[hart/stag/doe] of species/breed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mirli
* moral (virtuous), 
    x1 is virtuous/saintly/[fine/moral/nice/holy/morally good] by standard
    x2 
    /:/ [holy/saintly (= cesyvu'e)]
    /=/ vrude (vud vu'e)
* moral (moral of story), 
    x2 of: x1 is a story/tale/yarn/narrative about plot/subject/moral x2 by
    storyteller x3 to audience x4 
    /:/ [also legend; a narrative need not be fictional; x2 may be merely
    a convention rather than a subject; also x3 tells/recounts story/tale
    x1 about x2 to x4 (= selterlisri for place reordering); note that the
    storyteller need not be the author]
    /=/ lisri (lis)
* moral standards, 
    x1 are the ethics/morals/moral standards/ethical standards of x2
    (individual/mass) about situation x3 
    /:/ [x1 will (typically) be an abstract, a rule or rules of behavior;
    also principles; also conscience (= sezmarde)]
    /=/ marde (mad)
* morally bad, 
    x1 is evil/depraved/wicked [morally bad] by standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ palci (pac)
* morally good, 
    x1 is virtuous/saintly/[fine/moral/nice/holy/morally good] by standard
    x2 
    /:/ [holy/saintly (= cesyvu'e)]
    /=/ vrude (vud vu'e)
* morals, 
    x1 are the ethics/morals/moral standards/ethical standards of x2
    (individual/mass) about situation x3 
    /:/ [x1 will (typically) be an abstract, a rule or rules of behavior;
    also principles; also conscience (= sezmarde)]
    /=/ marde (mad)
* more, 
    x1 exceeds/is more than x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) by
    amount/excess x4 
    /:/ [also positive (= nonmau)]
    /=/ zmadu (zma mau)
* morning (before work), 
    x1 is a morning [dawn until after typical start-of-work for locale] of
    day x2 at location x3 
    /:/ [this morning (= cabdeicerni); tomorrow morning (= bavlamcerni);
    yesterday morning (= prulamcerni, prulamdeicerni)]
    /=/ cerni (cer)
* morning (dawn), 
    x1 is the [astronomical] twilight/dawn/dusk/half-light/glimmering of day
    x2 at location x3 
    /:/ [morning twilight, dawn (= cermurse); evening twilight, dusk (=
    vacmurse)]
    /=/ murse
* Moroccan, 
    x1 reflects Moroccan culture/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ morko (mor)
* mort- (sound clue, Latinate root prefix pertaining to death), 
    x1 is dead/has ceased to be alive 
    /:/ [die/mort--al (= mrobi'o, co'urji'e)]
    /=/ morsi (mro)
* mortal, 
    x1 is dead/has ceased to be alive 
    /:/ [die/mortal (= mrobi'o, co'urji'e)]
    /=/ morsi (mro)
* mortified, 
    x1 feels ashamed/mortified/humiliated under conditions x2 before
    community/audience x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ckeji (kej cke)
* Moslem, 
    x1 pertains to the common Judeo-Christian-Moslem
    culture/religion/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jegvo (jeg je'o)
* Moslem, 
    x1 pertains to the Islamic/Moslem/Koranic [Quranic]
    culture/religion/nation in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ muslo (mus)
* moss, 
    x1 is a moss/lichen of species/strain x2 growing on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ clika
* mossy, 
    x1 is a moss/lichen of species/strain x2 growing on x3; (adjective:) x1
    is mossy 
    /:/
    /=/ clika
* most significant, 
    x1 is principal/chief/leader/main/[staple], most significant significant
    among x2 (set) in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [staple (= ralselpra); general/admiral/president/principal leader
    (= ralja'a, ralterbe'e; use additional terms to distinguish among
    these); also primary, prime, (adverb:) chiefly, principally, mainly;
    (x2 is complete specification of set)]
    /=/ ralju (ral)
* moth, 
    x1 is a butterfly/moth of species/breed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ toldi (tod)
* mother (birthmother), 
    x1 engenders/mother-s/begets x2 with coparent x3 
    /:/
    /=/ rorci (ror)
* mother (female parent), 
    x1 is a parent of/raises/mother-s x2; x1 mentors/acts parental toward
    child/protege x2 
    /:/
    /=/ rirni (rir)
* mother (one who acts maternally), 
    x1 is a mother of x2; x1 bears/mothers/acts maternally toward x2; [not
    necessarily biological] 
    /:/
    /=/ mamta (mam)
* mother (source of egg/ovum), 
    x2 of: x1 is an egg/ovum/sperm/pollen/gamete of/from organism
    [mother/father] x2 
    /:/ [(poorly metaphorical only due to gender- and species- being
    unspecified): ovoid, oblate (= pevysovyseltai, but better: claboi);
    egg, specifically female (= fetso'a), of a bird (= cpifetso'a,
    cpiso'a), of a chicken (= jipcyfetso'a, jipcyso'a] (but note that
    Lojban does not require specificity, just as English doesn't for
    either milk or eggs; "sovda" is fine for most contexts); [if
    fertilized, then tsiju or tarbi]
    /=/ sovda (sov so'a)
* mother (source of female component of an embryo, carrier of an embryo), 
    x2 of: x1 is an embryo/zygote/fetus/fertilized egg with mother x2, and
    father x3 
    /:/
    /=/ tarbi
* mother (mother of daughter), 
    x2 of: x1 is a daughter of mother/father/parents x2; [not necessarily
    biological] 
    /:/
    /=/ tixnu (tix ti'u)
* mother (mother of son), 
    x2 of: x1 is a son of mother/father/parents x2 [not necessarily
    biological] 
    /:/ [also filial]
    /=/ bersa (bes be'a)
* mother-of-pearl, 
    x1 is a gem/polished stone/pearl of type x2 from
    gemstone/material/source x3 
    /:/ [also jewel (= jmeja'i); gemstone (= x2, x3, or jmero'i,
    jmekunra); pearl (= selcakyjme - a gem found inside a shell,
    tercakyjme - a gem made of shell material, boijme - any ball-shaped
    gem), mother-of-pearl (= cakyjme)]
    /=/ jemna (jme)
* mothers, 
    x1 is a mother of x2; x1 bears/mothers/acts maternally toward x2; [not
    necessarily biological] 
    /:/
    /=/ mamta (mam)
* motion (apparant motion), 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]; (cf. klama (which differs in that the means of
    motion is explicit)
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* motion (reciprocal motion), 
    x1 shakes/quakes/trembles/quivers/shudders/wobbles/vibrates from force
    x2 
    /:/ [also (expressible either with desku or slilu): side to side, to
    and fro, back and forth, reciprocal motion]
    /=/ desku (des)
* motion (sudden, violent motion), 
    x1 whips/lashes/snaps [a sudden violent motion] 
    /:/
    /=/ bikla (bik)
* motion (motion of part of an object), 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]; (cf. klama (which differs in that the means of
    motion is explicit)
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* motion (motion slowed by braking), 
    x2 of: x1 (agent) brakes/causes to slow motion/activity x2 with
    device/mechanism/principle x3 
    /:/
    /=/ jabre
* motion picture, 
    x1 is a cinema/movie/film/motion picture about x2
    [plot/theme/subject/activity], filmmaker x3, for audience x4 
    /:/ [x2 may be a convention rather than a subject; cartoon/animation
    (= selpirci'a skina); television/tv show (= tivyskina, regardless of
    length, factual content, etc.)]
    /=/ skina (kin)
* motions (going through the motions, of a ritual), 
    x1 is a rite/ceremony/ritual for purpose/goal x2, by custom/in community
    x3, with form/rules x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is formal, [legal]; x1 is 'going through the motions'];
    x4 constraints/customs
    /=/ ritli (ri'i)
* motivated (of an action), 
    x2 of: x1 (action/event/state) motivates/is a motive/incentive for
    motivated action/event x2, per volition of x3 
    /:/ [also; x3 is motivated to bring about result/goal/objective x2 by
    x1 (= termu'i for reordered places); (note that 'under conditions' BAI
    may apply and be appropriately added to the main predicate level or
    within the x2 action level)]
    /=/ mukti (muk mu'i)
* motivated (of an agent), 
    x3 of: x1 (action/event/state) motivates/is a motive/incentive for
    action/event x2, per volition of x3 
    /:/ [also; x3 is motivated to bring about result/goal/objective x2 by
    x1 (= termu'i for reordered places); (note that 'under conditions' BAI
    may apply and be appropriately added to the main predicate level or
    within the x2 action level)]
    /=/ mukti (muk mu'i)
* motivates, 
    x1 (action/event/state) motivates/is a motive/incentive for action/event
    x2, per volition of x3 
    /:/ [also; x3 is motivated to bring about result/goal/objective x2 by
    x1 (= termu'i for reordered places); (note that 'under conditions' BAI
    may apply and be appropriately added to the main predicate level or
    within the x2 action level)]
    /=/ mukti (muk mu'i)
* motive, 
    x1 (action/event/state) motivates/is a motive/incentive for action/event
    x2, per volition of x3 
    /:/ [also; x3 is motivated to bring about result/goal/objective x2 by
    x1 (= termu'i for reordered places); (note that 'under conditions' BAI
    may apply and be appropriately added to the main predicate level or
    within the x2 action level)]
    /=/ mukti (muk mu'i)
* motor (propelled by sail), 
    x3 of: x1 is a sail for gathering propelling material x2 on
    vehicle/motor x3 
    /:/ [waterwheel (= jacfanxi'u)]
    /=/ falnu (fan)
* motor vehicle, 
    x1 is a car/automobile/truck/van [a wheeled motor vehicle] for carrying
    x2, propelled by x3 
    /:/
    /=/ karce
* motor, 
    x1 is a motor/engine, driving/propelling/providing power to x2 
    /:/
    /=/ matra
* mound (heap), 
    x1 is a heap/pile/stack/mound/hill of materials x2 at location x3 
    /:/
    /=/ derxi (dre)
* mound (hill), 
    x1 is a mountain/hill/mound/[rise]/[peak]/[summit]/[highlands]
    projecting from land/mass x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cmana (ma'a)
* mountain, 
    x1 is a mountain/hill/mound/[rise]/[peak]/[summit]/[highlands]
    projecting from land/mass x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cmana (ma'a)
* mounts, 
    x1 copulates/fucks/mates/has coitus/sexual intercourse with x2 
    /:/ [x1 and x2 are symmetrical; mounts (= cpanygle)]
    /=/ gletu (let gle)
* mouse, 
    x1 is a mouse of species/breed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ smacu
* mouth, 
    x1 is a/the mouth/oral cavity [body-part] of x2; (metaphor:
    entrance/intake for consumption) 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is oral]
    /=/ moklu (mol mo'u)
* move (by agentive push), 
    x1 [agent] shoves/pushes x2 at locus x3 
    /:/ [move by pushing/shoving (= ca'ermuvgau)]
    /=/ catke (ca'e)
* move (motion with alienation, no implied volition, agent), 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* moves (agent moves back, returns), 
    x1 (agent) returns x2 to origin/earlier state x3 from x4; x1 moves/gives
    x2 back to x3 from x4 
    /:/ [x2 goes back/[retreats] to x3 (= se'ixru for agent self-returning
    to a previous location/situation: renumber places in the lujvo); (x3
    may be a location or a person or an event/situation; the latter may
    also be expressed with krefu or rapli and a causative like
    rinka/rikygau)]
    /=/ xruti (xru)
* moves (general term emphasizing route), 
    x1 travels/journeys/goes/moves via route x2 using means/vehicle x3; x1
    is a traveller 
    /:/ (x2 as a set includes points at least sufficient to constrain the
    route relevantly)
    /=/ litru (li'u)
* moves (general term specifying means), 
    x1 comes/goes to destination x2 from origin x3 via route x4 using
    means/vehicle x5 
    /:/ [also travels, journeys, moves, leaves to ... from ...; x1 is a
    traveller; (x4 as a set includes points at least sufficient to
    constrain the route relevantly)]
    /=/ klama (kla)
* moves (general term), 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* moves (object moves back, returns), 
    x2 of: x1 (agent) returns x2 to origin/earlier state x3 from x4; x1
    moves/gives x2 back to x3 from x4 
    /:/ [x2 goes back/[retreats] to x3 (= se'ixru for agent self-returning
    to a previous location/situation: renumber places in the lujvo); (x3
    may be a location or a person or an event/situation; the latter may
    also be expressed with krefu or rapli and a causative like
    rinka/rikygau)]
    /=/ xruti (xru)
* movie, 
    x1 is a cinema/movie/film about x2 [plot/theme/subject/activity],
    filmmaker x3, for audience x4 
    /:/ [also motion picture; x2 may be a convention rather than a
    subject; cartoon/animation (= selpirci'a skina); television/tv show (=
    tivyskina, regardless of length, factual content, etc.)]
    /=/ skina (kin)
* moving part (having a moving part), 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the non-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* much (excess), 
    x1 is an excess of/too much of x2 by standard x3 
    /:/ [cloying (= maldu'e, tolpu'adu'e)]
    /=/ dukse (dus du'e)
* much (extreme), 
    x1 is much/extreme in property x2 (ka), towards x3 extreme/direction; x1
    is, in x2, very x3 
    /:/ [also very, pretty, a lot, immoderate/immoderately, intense,
    quite, extremely]
    /=/ mutce (tce)
* mud, 
    x1 is paste/pulp/dough/mash/mud/slurry [soft, smooth-textured, moist
    solid] of composition x2 
    /:/ [x2: composition including x2, which need not be complete
    specification]
    /=/ pesxu (pex)
* mug, 
    x1 is a cup/glass/tumbler/mug/vessel/[bowl] containing contents x2, and
    of material x3 
    /:/ [a kabri is normally eaten from by lifting it; a palta is not]
    /=/ kabri
* multiple folds, 
    x1 (force) folds/creases x2 at locus/loci/forming crease(s)/bend(s) x3 
    /:/ [for agentive folding (= plogau, plozu'e); use cardinal-value
    sumti in x3, or rapli, to indicate multiple folds folds]
    /=/ polje (plo)
* multiple personalities, 
    x1 is a mind/intellect/psyche/mentality/[consciousness] of body x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is mental/psychological/a mental phenomenon;
    multiple personalities personalities (= so'i menli)]
    /=/ menli (men)
*
     multiplicands, x2 and x3 of: x1 is the product/total/result of
    factors/multiplicands (x2 and x3) x2 multiplied by x3 
    /:/
    /=/ pilji (pi'i)
* multiplied by, 
    x2 of: x1 is the product/total/result of factors/multiplicands (x2 and
    x3) x2 multiplied by x3 
    /:/
    /=/ pilji (pi'i)
* multiply, 
    x1 is the product/total/result of factors/multiply-cands (x2 and x3) x2
    multiply-ed by x3 
    /:/
    /=/ pilji (pi'i)
* murders, 
    x1 (agent) kills/slaughters/murders x2 by action/method x3 
    /:/
    /=/ catra
* muscle, 
    x1 is a/the muscle [body-part] controlling x2, of body x3; [metaphor:
    tools of physical power] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is muscular]
    /=/ sluji (slu)
* muscular (of a body part controlled by muscles), 
    x1 is a/the muscle [body-part] controlling x2, of body x3; [metaphor:
    tools of physical power] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x2 is muscular]
    /=/ sluji (slu)
* muscular (of a body with muscles), 
    x3 of: x1 is a/the muscle [body-part] controlling x2, of body x3;
    [metaphor: tools of physical power] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x3 is muscular]
    /=/ sluji (slu)
* muscular (of muscles), 
    x1 is a/the muscle [body-part] controlling x2, of body x3; [metaphor:
    tools of physical power] 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is muscular]
    /=/ sluji (slu)
* museum, 
    x1 is a museum for preserving [and possibly exhibiting] x2 at location
    x3 
    /:/
    /=/ muzga (muz)
* mush (paste), 
    x1 is paste/pulp/dough/mush/mud/slurry [soft, smooth-textured, moist
    solid] of composition x2 
    /:/ [x2: composition including x2, which need not be complete
    specification]
    /=/ pesxu (pex)
* mush (result of mashing), 
    x3 of: x1 [force] mashes/crushes/squashes/smashes x2 into
    pulp/mush/crumbs/deformed mass x3 
    /:/
    /=/ marxa (max)
* mushrooms, 
    x1 is a mold/fungus/mushrooms/truffles of species/strain x2
    parasitic/growing on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mledi (led)
* music (dancing music), 
    x2 of: x1 (individual, mass) dances to accompaniment/music/rhythm x2 
    /:/
    /=/ dansu
* music (general term), 
    x1 is music performed/produced by x2 (event) 
    /:/ [x2 event may be person playing instrument, singing, music-al
    source operating/vibrating, etc.; instrument (= zgica'a); play an
    instrument (= zgica'apli, zgiterca'a, selzgigau, selzgizu'e); song (=
    sa'azgi, selsa'a); voice, as used musically (= zgivo'a); composed
    music (= fingi'e)]
    /=/ zgike (zgi gi'e)
* music (music having rhythm), 
    x2 of: x1 (sequence/non-text quote) is a rhythm/beat of music/expressive
    form x2 
    /:/ [not necessarily oscillatory/regular pattern]
    /=/ rilti (ril)
% musical (musical notation), 
    x1 is a note/musical notation/symbol for tone/note x2 of frequency/pitch
    x3 in musical notation system x4
    /:/
    /=/ togle'u
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is a drum/cymbal/gong [percussion musical instrument] with
    beater/actuator x2 
    /:/
    /=/ damri
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is a flute/pipe/fife/recorder [flute-like/air-reed musical
    instrument] 
    /:/
    /=/ flani
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is a horn/trumpet/trombone/bugle [brass-wind/lip-reed musical
    instrument] 
    /:/
    /=/ tabra
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is a oboe/clarinet/saxophone [reed musical instrument] with reed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ xagri
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is a piano/harpsichord/synthesizer/organ; a keyboard musical
    instrument 
    /:/
    /=/ pipno (pi'o)
* musical instrument, 
    x1 is guitar/violin/fiddle/harp [stringed musical instrument] with
    actuator/plectrum/bow x2 
    /:/ [also lute, viola, cello]
    /=/ jgita (git)
* Muslim, 
    x1 pertains to the common Judeo-Christian-Muslim
    culture/religion/nationality in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jegvo (jeg je'o)
* Muslim, 
    x1 pertains to the Islamic/Muslim/Koranic [Quranic]
    culture/religion/nation in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ muslo (mus)
* must, 
    x1 is bound/obliged to/has the duty to do/be x2 in/by standard/agreement
    x3; x1 must do x2 
    /:/ [also x3 frame of reference]
    /=/ bilga (big)
* mutual, 
    x1 (set) has members who mutual-ly/reciprocally x2 (event [x1 should be
    reflexive in 1+ sumti]) 
    /:/ [members of x1 do to each other/one another x2, and in return do
    x2; x1 (plural set) do the same thing to each other]
    /=/ simxu (sim si'u)
* mutually, 
    x1 (set) has members who mutually/reciprocally x2 (event [x1 should be
    reflexive in 1+ sumti]) 
    /:/ [members of x1 do to each other/one another x2, and in return do
    x2; x1 (plural set) do the same thing to each other]
    /=/ simxu (sim si'u)
* mysterious, 
    x1 is strange/weird/deviant/bizarre/odd to x2 in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [also alien, mysterious, deviant, queer, unusual, exotic]
    /=/ cizra (ciz)
* myth, 
    x1 is a myth/legend, a culturally significant story about x2 in mythos
    x3 of culture x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is mythical/fairy tale; used adjectivally for
    non-humanoid creatures of story/myth/legend/religion, e.g. dragon
    (these animals are ramda'u); fairy tale (= veryranmi)]
    /=/ ranmi (ram)
* mythical humanoid, 
    x1 is a fairy/elf/gnome/brownie/pixie/goblin/kobold [mythical humanoid]
    of mythos/religion x2 
    /:/ [also orc, giant, demon or devil (when humanoid-form is presumed
    by the mythos/religion), bugbear, bogeyman]
    /=/ crida (rid)
* mythical, 
    x1 is a myth/legend, a culturally significant story about x2 in mythos
    x3 of culture x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is mythical/fairy tale; used adjectivally for
    non-humanoid creatures of story/myth/legend/religion, e.g. dragon
    (these animals are ramda'u); fairy tale (= veryranmi)]
    /=/ ranmi (ram)
* mythos (cultural setting for a myth), 
    x1 is a myth/legend, a culturally significant story about x2 in mythos
    x3 of culture x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is mythical/fairy tale; used adjectivally for
    non-humanoid creatures of story/myth/legend/religion, e.g. dragon
    (these animals are ramda'u); fairy tale (= veryranmi)]
    /=/ ranmi (ram)
* mythos (religion), 
    x1 is a religion of believers including x2 sharing common
    beliefs/practices/tenets including x3 
    /:/ [also mythos, creed, traditional beliefs, x2 people(s), adherents;
    (adjective:) x1, x2, x3 are religious/ecclesiastic in nature; x2 is a
    believer in/of x1, an adherent/follower of x1 (= seljda for reordered
    places); x2 is a practitioner of x3 (= selterjda for reordered
    places); x3 is a tenet/belief/ritual/creed of x1/x2 (= terjda for
    reordered places); priest/clerical (= jdaca'i, jdaka'i, jdaja'a);
    organized church/religion (= be'ejda), congregation (= jdabe'e,
    jdagri)]
    /=/ lijda (jda)
* mythos (mythos with mythological humanoids), 
    x2 of: x1 is a fairy/elf/gnome/brownie/pixie/goblin/kobold [mythical
    humanoid] of mythos/religion x2 
    /:/ [also orc, giant, demon or devil (when humanoid-form is presumed
    by the mythos/religion), bugbear, bogeyman]
    /=/ crida (rid)
* nabs, 
    x1 captures/catches/apprehends/seizes/nabs x2 with trap/restraint x3 
    /:/ [catch something thrown (= rerkavbu)]
    /=/ kavbu (kav)
* nail, 
    x1 is a nail/tack [pointed driven/frictional fastener] of type/size x2
    (ka), made of material x3 
    /:/
    /=/ dinko (di'o)
* nail, 
    x1 is a/the claw/nail/talon [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: pointed,
    penetrating, physical weapon] 
    /:/
    /=/ jgalu (ja'u)
* naked, 
    x1 is bare/naked/nude; x1 is without cover/clothes/[protection] 
    /:/
    /=/ lunbe (lub)
* name, 
    x1 (quoted word(s)) is a/the name/title/tag of x2 to/used-by
    namer/name-user x3 (person) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is called x1 by x3 (= selme'e for reordered places)]
    /=/ cmene (cme me'e)
* namer, 
    x1 (quoted word(s)) is a/the name/title/tag of x2 to/used-by
    namer/name-user x3 (person) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is called x1 by x3 (= selme'e for reordered places)]
    /=/ cmene (cme me'e)
* nano- (metric prefix), 
    x1 is a billionth/thousand-millionth [1x10**-9] of x2 in
    dimension/aspect x3 (default is units) 
    /:/
    /=/ nanvi (nav)
* narrative, 
    x1 is a story/tale/yarn/narrative about plot/subject/moral x2 by
    storyteller x3 to audience x4 
    /:/ [also legend; a narrative need not be fictional; x2 may be merely
    a convention rather than a subject; also x3 tells/recounts story/tale
    x1 about x2 to x4 (= selterlisri for place reordering); note that the
    storyteller need not be the author]
    /=/ lisri (lis)
* narrow (small in 2nd most significant dimension), 
    x1 is narrow in dimension x2 [2nd most significant dimension] by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ jarki (jak)
* narrow (narrow point in an object; metaphorical neck), 
    x1 is a/the neck [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: a relatively narrow
    point] 
    /:/
    /=/ cnebo (neb ne'o)
* narrowing (narrowing opening; metaphorical throat), 
    x1 is a/the throat/gullet [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: narrowing
    opening of a deep hole] 
    /:/
    /=/ galxe
* nasal, 
    x1 is the nose [body-part] of x2 with nostril(s)/nasal passage(s) x3;
    [metaphor: protrusion] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) nasal]
    /=/ nazbi (naz zbi)
% natal (of birthdays), 
    x1 is a nativity/birth/birthday, an event of x2 being born to x3 at time
    x4 [birthday/natal day] and place x5 [birthplace] 
    /:/ x1 is natal (pertaining to birthdays)
    /=/ nunjbe
* natal (of dates of birth), 
    x3 of: x1 is born to x2 at time x3 [birthday/natal day] and place x4
    [birthplace]; x1 is native to (fo) x4 
    /:/ [x2 bears/gives natal to x1]
    /=/ jbena (jbe)
* nation (country with territory/people), 
    x1 is the country of peoples x2 with land/territory x3;
    (people/territory relationship) 
    /:/ [also sovereignty, domestic (as opposed to foreign), nation (when
    not referring to ethos)]
    /=/ gugde (gug gu'e)
* nation (ethnic group), 
    x1 is a nation/ethnic group of peoples x2; [people sharing a
    history/culture] 
    /:/
    /=/ natmi (nat nai)
* nation (group having distinct culture), 
    x2 of: x1 [mass of ideas, customs, skills, arts] is culture of
    nation/ethos x2 (mass); x1 is ethnic 
    /:/ [(note that x2 is NOT individual; culture is what is shared among
    people and is not an individual trait)]
    /=/ kulnu (klu)
* native, 
    x1 is born to x2 at time x3 [birthday] and place x4 [birthplace]; x1 is
    native to (fo) x4 
    /:/ [x2 bears/gives birth to x1]
    /=/ jbena (jbe)
% nativity, 
    x1 is a nativity/birth/birthdaynativity, an event of x2 being born to x3
    at time x4 [birthday] and place x5 [birthplace] 
    /:/ x1 is natal (pertaining to birthdays)
    /=/ nunjbe
* natural (instinctive, not artificial), 
    x1 is natural/spontaneous/instinctive, not [consciously] caused by
    person(s) 
    /:/
    /=/ rarna (rar)
* natural (natural property), 
    x1 (property - ka) is an innate/inherent/intrinsic/natural
    property/quality/aspect of x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jinzi (jiz)
* natural satellite, 
    x1 is Earth's moon (default); x1 is a major natural satellite /moon of
    planet x2 
    /:/
    /=/ lunra (lur)
* near, 
    x1 is near/close to/approximates x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) 
    /:/
    /=/ jibni (jbi)
* near-total (containment), 
    x1 encircles/encloses/is surrounding x2 in
    direction(s)/dimension(s)/plane x3 
    /:/ [(jinsru =) x1 is a ring/belt/band/girdle around/circling/ringing
    x2 near-total containment in some dimension(s)]
    /=/ sruri (rur sru)
* neat, 
    x1 is orderly/neat/ordered in property/quantity x2 (ka/ni) 
    /:/
    /=/ cnici (nic)
* necessary, 
    x1 (abstract) is necessary/required for continuing state/process x2
    under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also factually necessary, necessity, prerequisite, condition,
    precondition]
    /=/ sarcu (sa'u)
* necessitate, 
    x1 logically necessitate-s/entails/implies action/event/state x2 under
    rules/logic system x3 
    /:/
    /=/ nibli (nib ni'i)
* necessitates (logically necessitates), 
    x1 logically necessitates/entails/implies action/event/state x2 under
    rules/logic system x3 
    /:/
    /=/ nibli (nib ni'i)
* necessity (something necessary for a process), 
    x1 (abstract) is necessary/required for continuing state/process x2
    under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also factually necessary, necessity, prerequisite, condition,
    precondition]
    /=/ sarcu (sa'u)
* necessity (something needed by an agent), 
    x1 needs/requires/is dependent on/[wants] necessity x2 for
    purpose/action/stage of process x3 
    /:/ [no implication of lack]
    /=/ nitcu (tcu)
* neck, 
    x1 is a/the neck [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: a relatively narrow
    point] 
    /:/
    /=/ cnebo (neb ne'o)
* nectar, 
    x1 is made of/contains/is a quantity of juice/nectar from-source/of-type
    x2 
    /:/ [water-based extract from a (generally) biological source]
    /=/ jisra
* need, 
    x1 need-s/requires/is dependent on/[wants] necessity x2 for
    purpose/action/stage of process x3 
    /:/ [no implication of lack]
    /=/ nitcu (tcu)
* needle (shape), 
    x1 is a needle [pointed shape/form, not tool] of material x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jesni (jes)
* needle (syringe), 
    x1 (agent) inserts/interposes/puts/deposits/pours/inflates/stuffs/fills
    x2 into interior x3/into among/between members of x3 
    /:/ [insertion need not imply a significant degree of 'filling';
    inject (= je'erse'a); syringe/needle (= se'arterje'e, je'erse'atci,
    jestu'u or tu'urjesni)]
    /=/ setca (se'a)
* needled, 
    x1 is a comb [many-needled shape] of material x2 with tines/needles x3 
    /:/
    /=/ komcu (kom)
* needles, 
    x1 is a comb [many-needled shape] of material x2 with tines/needles x3 
    /:/
    /=/ komcu (kom)
* needs (hungers for), 
    x1 hungers for x2; x1 needs/wants food/fuel x2 
    /:/
    /=/ xagji
* needs (requires/is dependent on), 
    x1 needs/requires/is dependent on/[wants] necessity x2 for
    purpose/action/stage of process x3 
    /:/ [no implication of lack]
    /=/ nitcu (tcu)
* needs (thirsts for), 
    x1 thirsts for x2; x1 needs/wants drink/fluid/lubrication x2 
    /:/
    /=/ taske
* needs (needs rest), 
    x1 is tired/fatigued by effort/situation x2 (event); x1 needs/wants rest 
    /:/
    /=/ tatpi (ta'i)
* negates, 
    x1 (du'u) contradicts/denies/refutes/negates x2 (du'u) under rules/logic
    x3 
    /:/ [also exception (= nafmupli); agentive contradicts/denies (=
    nafxu'a or nalselxu'a or tolxu'a)
    /=/ natfe (naf na'e)
* negative (less than 0), 
    x1 is less than x2 in property/quantity x3 (ka/ni) by amount x4 
    /:/ [also negative (= nonme'a)]
    /=/ mleca (mec me'a)
* negative (of electricity), 
    x3 of: x1 is electricity [electric charge or current] in/on x2 of
    polarity/quantity x3 (default negative) 
    /:/ [(x3, a quantifier, can be expressed as a simple polarity using
    the numerals for positive and negative ma'u and ni'u); (explicitly)
    negative (= dutydikca), positive (= mardikca); current (=
    (sel)muvdikca; again default negative/electron current), charge (=
    klodikca, stadikca)]
    /=/ dikca (dic)
*
     negotiation (activity of diplomats), x3 of: x1 is a diplomat/consul
    representing polity x2 in/at negotiation x3 for function/purpose x4 
    /:/ [(for) x3 polity, (use tu'a); also ambassador (= raljansu,
    trujansu)]
    /=/ jansu (jas)
* neigh, 
    x1 utters moan/groan/howl/scream [non-linguistic utterance] x2
    expressing x3 (property) 
    /:/ [also shriek, most animal sounds, e.g. bark, cackle, meow, neigh,
    moo, honk, baa, crow]
    /=/ cmoni (cmo co'i)
* neon, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of inert gas of type x2
    [neon/argon/radon/xenon] 
    /:/ [default neon]
    /=/ navni
* nerve, 
    x1 is a nerve/neuron [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: information/control
    network connection] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is neural]
    /=/ nirna (nir)
* nervous (anxious), 
    x1 is nervous/anxious about x2 (abstraction) under conditions x3 
    /:/
    /=/ xanka
* nest (lair), 
    x1 is a nest/house/lair/den/[home] of/for x2 
    /:/ [home (= tercnizda), house (constructed building) (= zdadi'u)]
    /=/ zdani (zda)
* nest (place inhabited), 
    x2 of: x1 dwells/lives/resides/abides at/inhabits/is a resident of
    location/habitat/nest/home/abode x2 
    /:/
    /=/ xabju (xa'u)
* net, 
    x1 is a net/filter allowing passage of x2, prohibiting passage of x3,
    netting properties x4 
    /:/ [also sieve]
    /=/ julne (ju'e)
* nether, 
    x1 is directly/vertically beneath/below/under/underneath/down from x2 in
    frame of reference x3 
    /:/ [also underside, nether]
    /=/ cnita (nit ni'a)
* netting properties, 
    x1 is a net/filter allowing passage of x2, prohibiting passage of x3,
    netting properties x4 
    /:/ [also sieve]
    /=/ julne (ju'e)
* netting, 
    x1 is a net/filter/netting allowing passage of x2, prohibiting passage
    of x3, netting properties x4 
    /:/ [also sieve]
    /=/ julne (ju'e)
* network (postal network), 
    x5 of: x1 mails/posts [transfer via intermediary service] x2 to x3 from
    x4 by carrier/network/system x5 
    /:/ [also x4 post office, mailbox]
    /=/ mrilu (mri)
* network (telephone network), 
    x1 is a telephone transceiver/modem attached to system/network x2 
    /:/
    /=/ fonxa (fon)
* network (network having nodes), 
    x2 of: x1 is a station/node of/in/on
    transport/communication/distribution system/network x2 
    /:/ [x2 may be represented by massed vehicles of system]
    /=/ tcana
* network connection, 
    x1 is a nerve/neuron [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: information/control
    network connection] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is neural]
    /=/ nirna (nir)
* network, 
    x1 (mass) system/network interrelated by structure x2 among components
    x3 (set completely specified) displaying x4 (ka) 
    /:/ [x1 (or x3) is synergistic in x4; x2 also relations, rules; x3
    also elements (set completely specified); x4 systemic
    functions/properties]
    /=/ ciste (ci'e)
* neural, 
    x1 is a nerve/neuron [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: information/control
    network connection] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is neural]
    /=/ nirna (nir)
* neuron, 
    x1 is a nerve/neuron [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: information/control
    network connection] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is neural]
    /=/ nirna (nir)
* neutral, 
    x1 is neutral/not taking sides/medial/not towards any extreme on
    scale/in dissension x2 
    /:/ [also x2 dispute/struggle (though x2 is not limited to
    disagreements, which is merely one manifestation of scalar or
    distributed values in which there is a medial position)]
    /=/ nutli (nul nu'i)
* new information, 
    x1 (du'u) is news/tidings/new information about subject x2 from source
    x3, to observer x4 
    /:/
    /=/ nuzba (nuz)
* new, 
    x1 is new/unfamiliar/novel to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by standard
    x4; x1 is a novelty 
    /:/
    /=/ cnino (nin ni'o)
* news, 
    x1 (du'u) is news/tidings/new information about subject x2 from source
    x3, to observer x4 
    /:/
    /=/ nuzba (nuz)
* newspaper, 
    x1 is a journal/periodical/magazine/[newspaper] with content x2
    published by x3 for audience x4 
    /:/ [x2 may be a subject, but not all journals have a single subject;
    all have some sort of principle defining what is included, so this
    need not be a list]
    /=/ karni
* next to (adjacent), 
    x1 is adjacent/beside/next to/in contact with x2 in property/sequence x3
    in direction x4 
    /:/ [also touching, contiguous, against]
    /=/ lamji (lam la'i)
* next to (margin), 
    x1 is an edge/margin/border/curb/boundary of x2 next to/bordering-on x3 
    /:/
    /=/ korbi (kor koi)
* next week, 
    x1 is x2 weeks in duration (default is 1 week) by standard x3 
    /:/ [re. x3, a week may be more or less than seven days, classically
    being tied to the time between trips to the marketplace; this week (=
    cabjeftu); next week (= bavlamjeftu); last week (= prulamjeftu)]
    /=/ jeftu (jef)
* next year, 
    x1 is x2 years in duration (default is 1 year) by standard x3;
    (adjective:) x1 is annual 
    /:/ [this year (= cabna'a); next year (= bavlamna'a); last year (=
    prulamna'a)]
    /=/ nanca (na'a)
* nice (beneficient), 
    x1 (object/event) is good/beneficial/nice/[acceptable] for x2 by
    standard x3 
    /:/ [acceptable (= mlixau, norxau, xagyselcru)]
    /=/ xamgu (xag xau)
* nice (morally good), 
    x1 is virtuous/saintly/[fine/moral/nice/holy/morally good] by standard
    x2 
    /:/ [holy/saintly (= cesyvu'e)]
    /=/ vrude (vud vu'e)
* nickel, 
    x1 is made of/contains/is a quantity of nickel/other metal resistant to
    oxidation 
    /:/
    /=/ nikle (nik)
* night, 
    x1 is a nighttime of day x2 at location x3; (adjective:) x1 is at
    night/nocturnal 
    /:/ [tonight (= cabycte); tomorrow night (= bavlamcte, even when
    tonight is still in the future); last night (= prulamcte)]
    /=/ nicte (cte)
* nighttime, 
    x1 is a nighttime of day x2 at location x3; (adjective:) x1 is at
    night/nocturnal 
    /:/ [tonight (= cabycte); tomorrow night (= bavlamcte, even when
    tonight is still in the future); last night (= prulamcte)]
    /=/ nicte (cte)
* Nippon (Japanese name for Japan), 
    x1 reflects Japanese culture/nationality/language in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ ponjo (pon po'o)
* nitrates, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of nitrogen/ammonia/nitrates 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is nitric/nitrous]
    /=/ trano
* nitric, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of nitrogen/ammonia/nitrates 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is nitric/nitrous]
    /=/ trano
* nitrogen, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of nitrogen/ammonia/nitrates 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is nitric/nitrous]
    /=/ trano
* nitrous, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of nitrogen/ammonia/nitrates 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is nitric/nitrous]
    /=/ trano
* no longer, 
    x1 (object) moves to destination/receiver x2 [away] from origin x3 over
    path/route x4 
    /:/ [also mobile (= co'ermu'u, for the no longern-specific opposite of
    immobile); after a muvdu, object is alienated from/no longer at origin
    (unless physically returned there, per litru or slilu); agentive move
    (= muvgau, muvzu'e), non-agentive transitive move (= muvri'a),
    self-propelled (= sezmuvgau), motion of a part of the object (=
    pagmu'u), having a moving part (= muvypau, muvyselpau); apparent
    motion (= mlumu'u)]
    /=/ muvdu (muv mu'u)
* noble, 
    x1 is noble/aristocratic/elite/high-born/titled in/under
    culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also upper-class; high/low, upper/lower are poor Lojban
    metaphors; note x2 standard applies when the title/nobility is not
    recognized culture/society wide; this would include self-assumed
    titles]
    /=/ nobli (nol no'i)
* nocturnal, 
    x1 is a nighttime of day x2 at location x3; (adjective:) x1 is at
    night/nocturnal 
    /:/ [tonight (= cabycte); tomorrow night (= bavlamcte, even when
    tonight is still in the future); last night (= prulamcte)]
    /=/ nicte (cte)
* node, 
    x1 is a station/node of/in/on transport/communication/distribution
    system/network x2 
    /:/ [x2 may be represented by massed vehicles of system]
    /=/ tcana
* noise (background of hearing), 
    x3 of: x1 hears x2 against background/noise x3; x2 is audible;
    (adjective:) x1 is aural 
    /:/
    /=/ tirna (tin)
* noise (clamor, informationless sensory input), 
    x1 is a noise/din/clamor [sensory input without useful information] to
    x2 via sensory channel x3 
    /:/
    /=/ savru (sav vru)
* noisy, 
    x1 is loud/noisy at observation point x2 by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cladu (lau)
% non-elite, 
    x1 is a commoner/non-elite/low-born/untitled/vulgar in/under
    culture/society/standard x2 
    /:/ [also lower-class; high/low, upper/low-er are poor Lojban
    metaphors]
    /=/ nalnolpre
* non-obvious (requiring explanation), 
    x2 of: x1 (person) explains x2 (event/state/property) to x3 with
    explanation x4 (du'u) 
    /:/ [explanation x4 is an underlying mechanism/details/purpose/method
    for x2 (= velcki for reordered places), generally assumed to be
    non-obvious; metaphorical usage with the various causal relations
    (i.e. jalge, mukti, krinu, rinka, nibli, zukte) is possible, but the
    non-obviousness, and the existence of an explainer with a point of
    view makes this word not a simple expression of cause]
    /=/ ciksi (cki)
* non-utile, 
    x1 is broken/inoperable/broken down/non-utile/not usable for function x2 
    /:/ [agentive break, cause to become inoperable (= pofygau, pofyzu'e);
    accidentally break, as a result of an event, non-agentive (= pofyja'e,
    nutpofyja'e)]
    /=/ spofu (pof po'u)
* noose, 
    x1 is a loop/circuit of x2 [material] 
    /:/ [also noose (= skoclupa, saljgeclupa; there is no indication of
    shape, but merely that the ends join/meet); closed curve defined by
    set of points (= cuptai)]
    /=/ clupa (cup)
* norm (as basis for 'large'), 
    x1 is big/large in property/dimension(s) x2 (ka) as compared with
    standard/norm x3 
    /:/
    /=/ barda (bra)
* norm (as basis for 'small'), 
    x1 is small in property/dimension(s) x2 (ka) as compared with
    standard/norm x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cmalu (cma)
* norm (average), 
    x1 [value] is a norm/average in property/amount x2 (ka/ni) among x3(s)
    (set) by standard x4 
    /:/ [also mean, normal, usual; (x3 specifies the complete set)]
    /=/ cnano (na'o)
* normal (average), 
    x1 [value] is a norm/average in property/amount x2 (ka/ni) among x3(s)
    (set) by standard x4 
    /:/ [also mean, normal, usual; (x3 specifies the complete set)]
    /=/ cnano (na'o)
* normal (of members of a set), 
    x3 of: x1 [member] is ordinary/common/typical/usual in property x2 (ka)
    among members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is a normal/common/ordinary/typical property among set
    x3 (= selterfadni for reordered places); also regular, (mabla forms:)
    banal, trite, vulgar; (x3 is complete set)]
    /=/ fadni (fad)
* normal (of properties of a set), 
    x2 of: x1 [member] is ordinary/common/typical/usual in property x2 (ka)
    among members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is a normal/common/ordinary/typical property among set
    x3 (= selterfadni for reordered places); also regular, (mabla forms:)
    banal, trite, vulgar; (x3 is complete set)]
    /=/ fadni (fad)
* normal (of specific members of a set), 
    x1 [member] is ordinary/common/typical/usual in property x2 (ka) among
    members of x3 (set) 
    /:/ [also: x2 is a normal/common/ordinary/typical property among set
    x3 (= selterfadni for reordered places); also regular, (mabla forms:)
    banal, trite, vulgar; (x3 is complete set)]
    /=/ fadni (fad)
* North American, 
    x1 reflects North American culture/nationality/geography in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ bemro (bem be'o)
* north, 
    x1 is to the north/northern side [right-hand-rule pole] of x2 according
    to frame of reference x3 
    /:/
    /=/ berti (ber)
* northern, 
    x1 is to the north/northern side [right-hand-rule pole] of x2 according
    to frame of reference x3 
    /:/
    /=/ berti (ber)
* nose, 
    x1 is the nose [body-part] of x2 with nostril(s)/nasal passage(s) x3;
    [metaphor: protrusion] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) nasal]
    /=/ nazbi (naz zbi)
* nostril, 
    x3 of: x1 is the nose [body-part] of x2 with nostril(s)/nasal passage(s)
    x3; [metaphor: protrusion] 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) nasal]
    /=/ nazbi (naz zbi)
* not taking sides, 
    x1 is neutral/not taking sides/medial/not towards any extreme on
    scale/in dissension x2 
    /:/ [also x2 dispute/struggle (though x2 is not limited to
    disagreements, which is merely one manifestation of scalar or
    distributed values in which there is a medial position)]
    /=/ nutli (nul nu'i)
* not the same, 
    x1 is not the same thing-as/is different-from/other-than x2 by standard
    x3; x1 is something else 
    /:/
    /=/ drata (dat)
* not true (doubted), 
    x2 of: x1 doubts/is dubious/doubtful/skeptical/questions that x2 (du'u)
    is true 
    /:/ [also: x2 is doubtful/dubious/questionable (= selsenpi for
    reordered places)]
    /=/ senpi (sen)
* not very, 
    x1 is mild/non-extreme/gentle/middling/somewhat in property x2 (ka); x1
    is not very x2 
    /:/
    /=/ milxe (mli)
% notation (musical), 
    x1 is a note/musical notation/symbol for tone/note x2 of frequency/pitch
    x3 in musical notation system x4
    /:/
    /=/ togle'u
* note (bell/tuned percussive tone), 
    x2 of: x1 is a bell/chime/[tuning fork] [tuned percussion instrument]
    producing sound/note x2 
    /:/ [also: x1 rings/tolls (i.e. if it rings, then it is a bell);
    resonates (one sense, = jabdesku)]
    /=/ janbe (jab)
* note (letter), 
    x1 is a letter/missive/[note] to intended audience x2 from
    author/originator x3 with content x4 
    /:/
    /=/ xatra (xa'a)
* note (memo/notice), 
    x1 is a message/notice/memorandum about subject x2 from author x3 to
    intended audience x4 
    /:/ [emphasis on brevity, single or identifiable subject (contrast
    with xatra: the emphasis in notci is on the single or cohesively
    focused subject, while the audience is less defined - indeed only an
    'intended' audience.  xatra need not have a single or focussed subject
    - its corresponding place is for 'content'); reminder/memo/note (=
    mojnoi)]
    /=/ notci (not noi)
% note (musical notation), 
    x1 is a note/musical notation/symbol for tone/note x2 of frequency/pitch
    x3 in musical notation system x4
    /:/
    /=/ togle'u
% note (represented by musical notation), 
    x1 is a note/musical notation/symbol for tone/note x2 of frequency/pitch
    x3 in musical notation system x4
    /:/
    /=/ togle'u
* note (tone), 
    x1 is a tone/note of frequency/pitch x2 from source x3 
    /:/
    /=/ tonga (tog to'a)
* note (whistled sound), 
    x2 of: x1 [sound source] whistles/makes whistling sound/note/tone/melody
    x2 
    /:/
    /=/ siclu (sil)
* notice, 
    x1 is a message/notice/memorandum about subject x2 from author x3 to
    intended audience x4 
    /:/ [emphasis on brevity, single or identifiable subject (contrast
    with xatra: the emphasis in notci is on the single or cohesively
    focused subject, while the audience is less defined - indeed only an
    'intended' audience.  xatra need not have a single or focussed subject
    - its corresponding place is for 'content'); reminder/memo/note (=
    mojnoi)]
    /=/ notci (not noi)
* notices (observes), 
    x1 observes/[notices]/watches/beholds x2 using senses/means x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [behold/watch/gaze (= vi'azga); guard/watchman/sentinel (=
    zgaku'i, jdeku'i)]
    /=/ zgana (zga)
* notices (senses), 
    x1 [observer] senses/detects/notices stimulus property x2 (ka) by means
    x3 under conditions x4 
    /:/ [x1 is sensitive to x2; also feels, spots, perceives, makes out,
    discerns/recognizes (but only implying reaction without necessarily
    any significant mental processing); note that the emphasis is on a
    property which stimulates x1 and is detected (sanji is passive about
    the sensing, and is not limited to sensory input, as well as presuming
    some kind of discernment/recognition, while not being concerned with
    the means of detection); x3 sense/sensory channel]
    /=/ ganse (gas ga'e)
* notorious, 
    x1 (person/object/event) is famous/renowned/is a celebrity among
    community of persons x2 (mass) 
    /:/ [also celebrated/well-known; (derogative meanings:)
    notorious/infamous (= malmi'o; these could also be expressed using the
    referenced words)]
    /=/ misno (mis mi'o)
* noun phrase, 
    x1 is an article/descriptor labelling description x2 (text) in language
    x3 with semantics x4 
    /:/ [x2 is the noun phrase phrase/sumti without the
    article/descriptor; description ((x1 with x2) = gadysu'i); note:
    'determiner' has become the accepted general linguistics term,
    displacing 'article'; however, 'determiner' includes all words that
    can introduce a noun phrase phrase/sumti, whether a description or
    not, such as pronoun possessives like lemi, quantifiers (especially in
    indefinites) like ci and su'o, and demonstratives like ti, ta, and tu;
    the term 'descriptor' in Lojban, is limited to words that introduce
    descriptions (excluding indefinites), such as those of selma'o LA and
    LE, their common compounds such as lemi, and possibly lenu]; 'article'
    typically refers only to a single word; Lojban assumes the broader
    meaning]
    /=/ gadri (gad)
* nourishing (metaphorical of a root), 
    x1 is a root [body-part] of plant/species x2; [metaphor: immobile,
    supporting, nourishing] 
    /:/
    /=/ genja (gej)
* nourishing (metaphorical of a womb), 
    x1 is a/the womb/uterus [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: nourishing,
    protective, giving birth] 
    /:/
    /=/ gutra
* novel, 
    x1 is new/unfamiliar/novel to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by standard
    x4; x1 is a novelty 
    /:/
    /=/ cnino (nin ni'o)
* novelty, 
    x1 is new/unfamiliar/novel to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by standard
    x4; x1 is a novelty 
    /:/
    /=/ cnino (nin ni'o)
* now, 
    x1 is current at/in the present of/during/concurrent/simultaneous with
    x2 in time; (default x2 is the present resulting in:) x1 is now 
    /:/ [time relationship only, 'aorist' claiming simultaneity does not
    mean one event does not extend into the past or future of the other]
    /=/ cabna (cab)
* nucleus (metaphorical, of a nut or nut-like object), 
    x4 of: x1 is a nut [body-part: hard-shelled fruit] from plant/species x2
    with shell x3 and nucleus x4 
    /:/ [also x4 nucleus, center (= velnarge for place reordering)]
    /=/ narge (nag)
* nude, 
    x1 is bare/naked/nude; x1 is without cover/clothes/[protection] 
    /:/
    /=/ lunbe (lub)
* number (atomic number), 
    x1 is an atom of element/atomic number x2 of isotope number/atomic
    weight x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ratni (rat)
* number (count of a set), 
    x3 of: x1 (agent) counts the number in set x2 to be x3 [number/count]
    counting [off] by units x4 
    /:/ (x2 is complete set)
    /=/ kancu (kac)
* number (isotope number), 
    x1 is an atom of element/atomic number x2 of isotope number/atomic
    weight x3 
    /:/
    /=/ ratni (rat)
* number (quantifier/digit), 
    x1 (li) is a number/quantifier/digit/value/figure [noun]; refers to the
    value and not the symbol 
    /:/
    /=/ namcu (nac na'u)
* number (number of sides/surfaces of a block), 
    x3 of: x1 is a block [3-dimensional shape/form] of material x2,
    surfaces/sides x3 
    /:/ [x3 sides/surfaces should include number, size, and shape; also
    polyhedron (= pitybli having flat/planar sides/surfaces)], regular
    polyhedron (= kubybli, blikubli), brick (= kitybli)
    /=/ bliku (bli)
* number of days, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 full days in number of days (default is 1 day) by
    standard x3; (adjective:) x1 is diurnal 
    /:/ [today (= cabdei); tomorrow (= bavlamdei); yesterday (=
    prulamdei)]
    /=/ djedi (dje dei)
* number of hours, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 number of hours in duration (default is 1 hour) by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cacra
* number of minutes, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 minutes in number of minutes (default is 1 minute) by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ mentu (met me'u)
* number of months, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 months in duration (default is 1 number of months) by
    number of months standard x3 
    /:/ [this number of months (= cabma'i); next number of months (=
    bavylamyma'i); last number of months (= prulamyma'i)]
    /=/ masti (ma'i)
* number of seconds), 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 seconds in number of seconds) (default is 1 second) by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ snidu (nid)
* number of weeks, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 weeks in number of weeks (default is 1 week) by standard
    x3 
    /:/ [re. x3, a week may be more or less than seven days, classically
    being tied to the time between trips to the marketplace; this week (=
    cabjeftu); next week (= bavlamjeftu); last week (= prulamjeftu)]
    /=/ jeftu (jef)
* number of years, 
    x2 of: x1 is x2 number of years (default is 1 year) by standard x3;
    (adjective:) x1 is annual 
    /:/ [this year (= cabna'a); next year (= bavlamna'a); last year (=
    prulamna'a)]
    /=/ nanca (na'a)
* number, 
    x1 is a quantity quantified/measured by number x2 (quantifier) on scale
    x3 (si'o) 
    /:/ [also count]
    /=/ klani (lai)
* numeral, 
    x1 (la'e zo BY/word-bu) is a letter/digit/symbol in
    alphabet/character-set x2 representing x3 
    /:/ [also x1 glyph, rune, character (also me'o BY/word-bu), x2 symbol
    set; (adjective:) x1 is alphabetic/symbolic; "letteral" used by
    analogy with "numeral"; sinxa is the more generic symbol]
    /=/ lerfu (ler le'u)
* numerator (dividend of a ratio), 
    x2 of: x1 (me'o, fraction) is a ratio/rate of x2 (quantity) with respect
    to x3 (quantity), [x2:x3] 
    /:/ [also x1 fraction/proportion/quotient; x2 dividend/numerator; x3
    divisor/denominator]
    /=/ parbi (pab)
* numerator (numerator of a fraction), 
    x2 of: x1 is a fraction, with numerator x2, denominator x3 (x2/x3) 
    /:/
    /=/ frinu
* nurses, 
    x1 doctors/treats/nurses/[cures]/is physician/midwife to x2 for ailment
    x3 by treatment/cure x4 
    /:/ [also medic; (adjective:) x1, x4 is medical; x2 is a patient of x1
    (= selmikce for reordered places) ; x2 is treated by x1 person/x4
    treatment/method; successfully cure transitive (= sadmikce,
    sadvelmikce), intransitive (= sadyselmikce, ka'orbi'o to not imply an
    external agent/process, though the x1 and x4 of mikce may be
    self/internal); treatment (= velmikce)]
    /=/ mikce (mic)
* nut, 
    x1 is a nut [body-part: hard-shelled fruit] from plant/species x2 with
    shell x3 and kernel x4 
    /:/ [also x4 nucleus, center (= velnarge for place reordering)]
    /=/ narge (nag)
* nutmeat, 
    x4 of: x1 is a nut [body-part: hard-shelled nutmeat] from plant/species
    x2 with shell x3 and kernel/nutmeat x4 
    /:/ [also x4 nucleus, center (= velnarge for place reordering)]
    /=/ narge (nag)
* nutriment, 
    x1 is food/feed/nutriment for x2; x1 is edible/gives nutrition to x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cidja (dja)
* nutrition (gives nutrition), 
    x1 is food/feed/nutriment for x2; x1 is edible/gives nutrition to x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cidja (dja)
* nuts, 
    x1 is the edible x2 portion of plant x3; x1 is a vegetable 
    /:/ [note that fruits and nuts are also vegetables; generally this
    word will be used for either the general category of edible plants, or
    for non-fruit vegetables (= nalrutstagi)]
    /=/ stagi
* o'clock, 
    x1 [hours, {minutes}, {seconds}] is the time/hour of state/event x2 on
    day x3 at location x4 
    /:/ [also o'clock]; (time units in x1 are specified as numbers
    separated by pi'e or are unit values massified with joi)
    /=/ tcika
* oak, 
    x1 is an oak, a type of tree of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cindu
* oats, 
    x1 is a quantity of oats [grain] of species/strain x2 
    /:/
    /=/ mavji (mav)
* obedient, 
    x1 obeys/follows the command/rule x2 made by x3; (adjective:) x1 is
    obedient 
    /:/
    /=/ tinbe (tib)
* obese, 
    x1 is plump/fat/obese [excessively thick/bulbous/swollen] by standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ plana
* obey, 
    x1 obey-s/follows the command/rule x2 made by x3; (adjective:) x1 is
    obey-dient 
    /:/
    /=/ tinbe (tib)
* obeys, 
    x1 obeys/follows the command/rule x2 made by x3; (adjective:) x1 is
    obedient 
    /:/
    /=/ tinbe (tib)
* object, 
    x1 is a material object enduring in space-time; x1 is a thing 
    /:/
    /=/ dacti (dai)
* objective (of a route/course), 
    x2 of: x1 is a route/path/way/course/track to objective x2 from x3
    via/defined by points including x4 (set) 
    /:/ [a route merely connects origin/objective, but need not be
    improved in any way; (x4 is a set of points at least sufficient to
    constrain the route relevantly)]
    /=/ pluta (lut lu'a)
% objective (objective of a labor event), 
    x1 is an event of x2 [person] laboring/working on/at x3 [activity] with
    goal/objective x4 
    /:/ [also: x2 is a worker/laborer]
    /=/ nungu'a
* objective (objective of a struggle), 
    x3 of: x1 fights/combats/struggles with x2 over issue x3 (abstract); x1
    is a fighter/combatant 
    /:/ [use x3 tu'a for fight over an object/objective]
    /=/ damba (dab da'a)
* objective (objective of an action), 
    x1 is a volitional entity employing means/taking action x2 for
    purpose/goal x3/to end x3 
    /:/ [also acting at, undertaking, doing; agentive cause with
    volition/purpose; also x3 objective, end]
    /=/ zukte (zuk zu'e)
% objective (objective of an event of aggression), 
    x1 is an aggression, an event of x2 (person/mass)
    attacking/invading/committing aggression upon victim x3 with
    goal/objective x4 
    /:/
    /=/ gunta (gut)
* objective (objective of attack), 
    x3 of: x1 (person/mass) attacks/invades/commits aggression upon victim
    x2 with goal/objective x3 
    /:/
    /=/ gunta (gut)
* objective (objective of operating an apparatus/machine), 
    x1 operates/drives/runs x2 [apparatus/machine] with
    goal/objective/use/end/function x3 
    /:/
    /=/ sazri (saz)
* objective (objective resulting from motive: a motivated action), 
    x2 of: x1 (action/event/state) motivates/is a motive/incentive for
    action/event x2, per volition of x3 
    /:/ [also; x3 is motivated to bring about result/goal/objective x2 by
    x1 (= termu'i for reordered places); (note that 'under conditions' BAI
    may apply and be appropriately added to the main predicate level or
    within the x2 action level)]
    /=/ mukti (muk mu'i)
* objective, 
    x1 [person] labors/works on/at x2 [activity] with goal/objective x3 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a worker/laborer]
    /=/ gunka (gun gu'a)
* oblate, 
    x1 is an egg/ovum/sperm/pollen/gamete of/from organism [mother/father]
    x2 
    /:/ [(poorly metaphorical only due to gender- and species- being
    unspecified): ovoid, oblate (= pevysovyseltai, but better: claboi);
    egg, specifically female (= fetso'a), of a bird (= cpifetso'a,
    cpiso'a), of a chicken (= jipcyfetso'a, jipcyso'a] (but note that
    Lojban does not require specificity, just as English doesn't for
    either milk or eggs; "sovda" is fine for most contexts); [if
    fertilized, then tsiju or tarbi]
    /=/ sovda (sov so'a)
* obligation, 
    x1 owes x2 in debt/obligation to creditor x3 in return for x4 [service,
    loan]; x1 is a debtor 
    /:/
    /=/ dejni (dej)
* obliged, 
    x1 is bound/obliged to/has the duty to do/be x2 in/by standard/agreement
    x3; x1 must do x2 
    /:/ [also x3 frame of reference]
    /=/ bilga (big)
* oboe, 
    x1 is a oboe/clarinet/saxophone [reed musical instrument] with reed x2 
    /:/
    /=/ xagri
* obscuring, 
    x1 is a curtain/blinds/drapes for covering/obscuring aperture x2, and
    made of material x3 
    /:/
    /=/ murta (mur mu'a)
* observation (comment), 
    x1 (text) is a comment/remark/observation about subject x2 expressed by
    x3 to audience x4 
    /:/ [also: x3 comments/remarks/says x1 about x2 (= terselpinka for
    reordered places)]
    /=/ pinka (pik)
* observation (suggested observation), 
    x1 seems/appears to have property(ies) x2 to observer x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 seems like it has x2 to x3; suggest belief/observation
    (= mlugau, mluti'i); looks like/resembles (= smimlu, mitmlu)]
    /=/ simlu (mlu)
* observation point (observation point receiving/detecting reflection), 
    x1 reflects/mirrors/echoes x2 [object/radiation] to observer/observation
    point x3 as x4; x2 bounces on x1 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a mirror/reflector]; [x2 may be light, lu'e of an
    imaged object; x4 may be image or echo or the same as x2 if physical
    object; x3 may be a path for a bounced object; ka is reflection]
    /=/ minra (mir)
* observation point (observation point registering noisiness), 
    x2 of: x1 is loud/noisy at observation point x2 by standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ cladu (lau)
* observation point (observation point registering silence), 
    x2 of: x1 (source) is quiet/silent/[still] at observation point x2 by
    standard x3 
    /:/
    /=/ smaji (sma)
* observe (examine using senses), 
    x1 observe-s/watches/beholds x2 using senses/means x3 under conditions
    x4 
    /:/ [behold/watch/gaze (= vi'azga); guard/watchman/sentinel (=
    zgaku'i, jdeku'i)]
    /=/ zgana (zga)
* observe (look at), 
    x1 looks at/examines/views/inspects/regards/watches/gazes at x2 
    /:/ [also look through (= grecta, ravycta, bacycta); note that English
    "look" often means a more generic "observe"]
    /=/ catlu (cta)
* observe (see), 
    x1 sees/perceives visually x2 under conditions x3 
    /:/ [also (adjective:) x1 is visual; x3 can include ambient lighting,
    background, etc. which may affect what is perceived; note that English
    "see" often means "look" or a more generic "observe", or even
    "understand, know"]
    /=/ viska (vis vi'a)
* observe, 
    x1 observe-s/[notices]/watches/beholds x2 using senses/means x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [behold/watch/gaze (= vi'azga); guard/watchman/sentinel (=
    zgaku'i, jdeku'i)]
    /=/ zgana (zga)
* observer (comparer), 
    x1 [observer] compares x2 with x3 in property x4 (ka), determining
    comparison x5 (state) 
    /:/
    /=/ karbi (kab)
* observer (confused observer), 
    x2 of: x1 (event/state) confuses/baffles x2 [observer] due to
    [confusing] property x3 (ka) 
    /:/
    /=/ cfipu (fi'u)
* observer (sensor, one who detects/notices), 
    x1 [observer] senses/detects/notices stimulus property x2 (ka) by means
    x3 under conditions x4 
    /:/ [x1 is sensitive to x2; also feels, spots, perceives, makes out,
    discerns/recognizes (but only implying reaction without necessarily
    any significant mental processing); note that the emphasis is on a
    property which stimulates x1 and is detected (sanji is passive about
    the sensing, and is not limited to sensory input, as well as presuming
    some kind of discernment/recognition, while not being concerned with
    the means of detection); x3 sense/sensory channel]
    /=/ ganse (gas ga'e)
* observer (observer familiar with), 
    x2 of: x1 is old/familiar/well-known to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka)
    by standard x4 
    /:/ [This can cover both meanings of old.  Old in years, i.e. age, can
    be conveyed through x2 = the world, life, existence (= loi nu zasti);
    in usage this has been a common default for ellipsis.  However slabu
    is not the opposite of 'young' (= nalci'o, tolci'o), but the opposite
    of 'new' (= tolni'o); also ancient (= tcesau), age (= nilsau); x2 is
    used to x1 (= selsau for reordered places); historic/historical (=
    cirsau, cirselcedra; also vaipru)]
    /=/ slabu (sau)
* observer (observer of apparent properties), 
    x3 of: x1 seems/appears to have property(ies) x2 to observer x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 seems like it has x2 to x3; suggest belief/observation
    (= mlugau, mluti'i); looks like/resembles (= smimlu, mitmlu)]
    /=/ simlu (mlu)
* observer (observer of bitterness), 
    x2 of: x1 is bitter/acrid/sharply disagreeable to observer/sense x2 
    /:/
    /=/ kurki
* observer (observer of bright/intense property), 
    x3 of: x1 is intense/bright/saturated/brilliant in property (ka) x2 as
    received/measured by observer x3 
    /:/ [also lustrous, gleaming, sparkling, shining (all probably better
    metaphorically combined with gusni: gusycai or camgu'i); in colors,
    refers principally to increased saturation (with opposite kandi)]
    /=/ carmi (cam cai)
* observer (observer of deliciousness), 
    x2 of: x1 is delicious/tasty/delightful to observer/sense x2 [person, or
    sensory activity] 
    /:/ [x1 is a delicacy]
    /=/ kukte (kuk)
* observer (observer of dim/non-intense property), 
    x3 of: x1 is dim/dull/pale/non-intense in property x2 (ka) as
    received/measured by observer x3 
    /:/ [in colors, indicates unsaturated, pastel, pale (though blabi can
    also indicate a kind of paleness)]
    /=/ kandi (kad)
* observer (observer of news), 
    x4 of: x1 (du'u) is news/tidings/new information about subject x2 from
    source x3, to observer x4 
    /:/
    /=/ nuzba (nuz)
* observer (observer of novelty/newness), 
    x2 of: x1 is new/unfamiliar/novel to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by
    standard x4; x1 is a novelty 
    /:/
    /=/ cnino (nin ni'o)
* observer (observer of odor, smeller), 
    x1 (experiencer) smells/scents (transitive verb) x2; x2 smells/has
    odor/scent to observer x1 
    /:/
    /=/ sumne
* observer (observer of sweetness), 
    x2 of: x1 is sweet/sugary/saccharine to observer x2 
    /:/
    /=/ titla (tit)
* observer (observer of tartness), 
    x2 of: x1 is sour/tart to observer x2 
    /:/
    /=/ slari (sar)
* observer (observer receiving/detecting reflection), 
    x1 reflects/mirrors/echoes x2 [object/radiation] to observer/point x3 as
    x4; x2 bounces on x1 
    /:/ [also: x1 is a mirror/reflector]; [x2 may be light, lu'e of an
    imaged object; x4 may be image or echo or the same as x2 if physical
    object; x3 may be a path for a bounced object; ka is reflection]
    /=/ minra (mir)
* observer (observer recognizing wisdom), 
    x3 of: x1 is wise/sage about matter x2 (abstraction) to observer x3 
    /:/
    /=/ prije (pij)
* observer (observer/detector of odor), 
    x3 of: x1 is an odor/fragrance/scent/smell emitted by x2 and detected by
    observer/sensor x3 
    /:/ [an undetected emitter is odorless to the observer]
    /=/ panci (pan)
* observer (observer/interpreter of symbol), 
    x3 of: x1 is a sign/symbol/signal
    representing/referring/signifying/meaning x2 to observer x3 
    /:/ [also: x1 signifies x2; (adjective:) x1 is
    significant/meaningful/of import; signal an action (= sniti'i),
    connotation (= se sibyti'isni, sibyti'ismu)]
    /=/ sinxa (sni)
* observes, 
    x1 observes/[notices]/watches/beholds x2 using senses/means x3 under
    conditions x4 
    /:/ [behold/watch/gaze (= vi'azga); guard/watchman/sentinel (=
    zgaku'i, jdeku'i)]
    /=/ zgana (zga)
* observing (reference standard for observing/measuring), 
    x1 is a frame of reference/standard for observing/measuring/determining
    x2, with/by rules x3 
    /:/ (x1 may be object or si'o idea)
    /=/ manri (mar)
* observing (scale of units for observing/measuring), 
    x1 (si'o) is a scale of units for measuring/observing/determining x2
    (state) 
    /:/
    /=/ ckilu (ci'u)
* obstacle (problem), 
    x1 (event/state) is a problem/obstacle to/encountered by x2 in
    situation/task/inquiry x3 
    /:/ [also: x1 requires consideration by x2]
    /=/ nabmi (nam)
* obstructs, 
    x1 (event/state) interferes with/hinders/disrupts x2
    (event/state/process) due to quality x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [also blocks, obstructs, baffles; not necessarily forcing
    cessation]
    /=/ zunti (zun zu'i)
* obtains (acquires), 
    x1 gets/procures/acquires/obtains/accepts x2 from source x3 [previous
    possessor not implied] 
    /:/ [also fetch; accept a gift (= du'acpa)]
    /=/ cpacu (cpa)
* obtains (seizes), 
    x1 takes/gets/gains/obtains/seizes/[removes] x2 (object/property) from
    x3 (possessor) 
    /:/ [also confiscate, appropriate]; [acquire with volition such that
    x1 gains possession; x3 is possessor and not merely source, alienation
    is implied]
    /=/ lebna (leb le'a)
*
     occasion (celebration), x3 of: x1 celebrates/recognizes/honors x2
    (event/abstract) with activity/[party] x3 
    /:/ [x3 (and nunsalci)
    festival/fiesta/celebration/occasion/fair/[holiday (some senses)]; not
    limited to the ameliorative interpretation of 'celebrate': funeral (=
    mrobixsla)]
    /=/ salci (sla)
* occasion (repetition), 
    x1 (event) is the x3'rd recurrence/repetition of x2 (abstract); x2
    happens again in [form] x1 
    /:/ [also case, another, instance, different, other, time, occasion]
    /=/ krefu (ref ke'u)
* occasional, 
    x1 is irregular/occasional/intermittent in property/action/aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ vitci (vit)
* occupation, 
    x1 is a job/occupation/employment/vocation (a type of work regularly
    done for pay) of person x2 
    /:/ [working for another (= selplijibri)]
    /=/ jibri (jib)
* occupied (of a space), 
    x1 is space/volume/region/room [at-least-3-dimensional area] occupied by
    x2 
    /:/ [also occupy (= selca'u)]
    /=/ canlu (cal ca'u)
* occupies (amuses), 
    x1 (abstract) is amusing/entertaining to x2 in property/aspect x3; x3 is
    what amuses x2 about x1 
    /:/ [also: x1 occupies x2 pleasantly; x1 is fun for x2; x2 is amused
    by x1; x2 has fun (at) doing x1; x1 is an
    amusement/entertainment/[game] for x2]
    /=/ zdile (zdi)
* occupies (of material in a space), 
    x1 is space/volume/region/room [at-least-3-dimensional area] occupied by
    x2 
    /:/ [also occupy; x2 occupies x1 (= selca'u)]
    /=/ canlu (cal ca'u)
* occupy, 
    x2 of: x1 is space/volume/region/room [at-least-3-dimensional area]
    occupied by x2 
    /:/ [also occupy (= selca'u)]
    /=/ canlu (cal ca'u)
* occur (begins to occur), 
    x1 [state/event/process] commences/initiates/starts/begins to occur;
    (intransitive verb) 
    /:/
    /=/ cfari (cfa)
* occur (commanded to occur), 
    x3 of: x1 issues commands/orders to x2 for result x3 (event/state) to
    happen; x3 is commanded to occur 
    /:/ [also: x1 orders/sets/[triggers] x2 to do/bring about x3; x1 is a
    commander; commanded (= termi'e)]
    /=/ minde (mid mi'e)
* occur (forced to occur), 
    x2 of: x1 [force] (ka) forces/compels event x2 to occur; x1 determines
    property x2 to manifest 
    /:/ [also constrains; requires success, unlike the physics term
    (better expressed by danre)]
    /=/ bapli (bap bai)
* occur (possibly may occur), 
    x1 (event/state/property) is possible under conditions x2; x1 may/might
    occur; x1 is a maybe 
    /:/ [also possibility]
    /=/ cumki (cum cu'i)
* occur (occur seasonally/every year), 
    x1 is a season/is seasonal [cyclical interval], defined by
    interval/property x2, of year(s) x3 
    /:/ [also anniversary (= citsydei, na'arcitsydei), jubilee (=
    mumnoncitsi); the period of time may be short or long as indicated by
    x2, and may occur every year or every nth year as indicated by x3
    (default every year); (x2 and/or x3 may need metaphorical restriction:
    djecitsi, pavdeicitsi; also equinox, solstice, time of year]
    /=/ citsi
* occurrence, 
    x1 (event) is an event that happens/occurs/takes place; x1 is an
    incident/happening/occurrence 
    /:/
    /=/ fasnu (fau)
* occurrences (multiple occurrences), 
    x1 [action] repeats/is repeated for a total of x2 (quantity) occurrences 
    /:/ [practice (= rapyzu'e, rapxelcli, rapyzukmo'i)]
    /=/ rapli (rap)
* occurrences (number of occurrences), 
    x2 of: x1 [action] repeats/is repeated for a total of x2 (quantity)
    occurrences 
    /:/ [practice (= rapyzu'e, rapxelcli, rapyzukmo'i)]
    /=/ rapli (rap)
* occurs (happens), 
    x1 (event) is an event that happens/occurs/takes place; x1 is an
    incident/happening/occurrence 
    /:/
    /=/ fasnu (fau)
* occurs (occurs often), 
    x1 (event) often/frequently/commonly/customarily occurs/recurs by
    standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cafne (caf)
* ocean, 
    x1 is a sea/ocean/gulf/[atmosphere] of planet x2, of fluid x3;
    (adjective:) x1 is marine 
    /:/ [also atmosphere (= varxamsi, varsenta)]
    /=/ xamsi (xas)
* Oceanian (pertaining to the Polynesia/Oceania), 
    x1 reflects Polynesian/Oceanian (geographic region)
    culture/nationality/languages in aspect x2 
    /:/
    /=/ polno (pol)
* ocular, 
    x1 is a/the eye [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: sensory apparatus];
    (adjective:) x1 is ocular 
    /:/ [x1 is optic]
    /=/ kanla (kal)
* odd, 
    x1 is strange/weird/deviant/bizarre/odd to x2 in property x3 (ka) 
    /:/ [also alien, mysterious, deviant, queer, unusual, exotic]
    /=/ cizra (ciz)
* odious, 
    x2 of: x1 hates/despises x2 (object/abstraction); x1 is full of hate for
    x2; x2 is odious to x1 
    /:/ [x1 is hateful (one sense); x2 is hateful (different sense)]
    /=/ xebni (xen xei)
* odor (fragrance), 
    x1 is an odor/fragrance/scent/smell emitted by x2 and detected by
    observer/sensor x3 
    /:/ [an undetected emitter is odorless to the observer]
    /=/ panci (pan)
*
     odor (scent that is smelled),x2 of: x1 (experiencer) smells/scents
    (transitive verb) x2; x2 smells/has odor/scent to observer x1 
    /:/
    /=/ sumne
* odor (sulfurous, metaphor: foul-smelling), 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains/is made of sulfur/brimstone (S); [metaphor:
    foul odor, volcanic] 
    /:/
    /=/ sliri
* off, 
    x1 (agent) counts the number in set x2 to be x3 [number/count] counting
    [off] by units x4 
    /:/ (x2 is complete set)
    /=/ kancu (kac)
* off, 
    x1 (agent) shows/exhibits/displays/[reveals]/demonstrates x2 (property)
    to audience x3 
    /:/ [reveal (= tolmipygau, mipyja'o, sivja'o); also: x1 shows that x2,
    x1 shows off x2; showing an object is generally expressed with a tu'a
    x2, since the properties of the shown object (other than its presence)
    intended for observation are seldom specified (simple presence could
    be expressed by leka [object] cu zvati)]
    /=/ jarco (ja'o)
* offer (offer for a price), 
    x4 of: x1 [amount] is the price of x2 to purchaser/consumer x3 set by
    vendor/offeror x4 
    /:/ [x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a
    property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising
    from transfer of ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erdi'a,
    po'erseldi'a for unambiguous semantics); price is something
    decided/set by the seller, and is closely akin to offer (friti), which
    is what a buyer may decide; (note that price is not the same thing as
    cost/expense, which is the actual amount exchanged in a transaction;
    the latter is vecnu or canja; neither is the same as "value" or vamji;
    in colloquial English, these are sometimes interchanged, at least
    partially because of the rarity of barter and bargaining in the
    marketplace)]
    /=/ jdima (di'a)
* offer for sale, 
    x1 [seller] sells/vends x2 [goods/service/commodity] to buyer/purchaser
    x3 for amount/cost/expense x4 
    /:/ [x1 is a salesperson/salesman/vendor; x3 buys/purchases x2 from x1
    (= terve'u for reordered terms); x4 is the price of x2 to x3 (=
    velve'u for reordered terms); (= fitselve'u, selvenfriti); x2 may be a
    specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a property;
    pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from
    ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erve'u, po'erselve'u for
    unambiguous semantics)]
    /=/ vecnu (ven ve'u)
* offer, 
    x1 offer-s/pr-offer-s x2 [offer-ing] to x3 with conditions x4 
    /:/ [(x4 may be nu canja, nu pleji, etc.; an unconditional offer-ing
    has the 'condition' of acceptance); x2 may be a specific object, a
    commodity (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for
    objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the
    object/commodity (= po'erfriti, po'erselfriti for unambiguous
    semantics)]
    /=/ friti (fit)
* offering (something offered), 
    x2 of: x1 offers/proffers x2 [offering] to x3 with conditions x4 
    /:/ [(x4 may be nu canja, nu pleji, etc.; an unconditional offering
    has the 'condition' of acceptance); x2 may be a specific object, a
    commodity (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for
    objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the
    object/commodity (= po'erfriti, po'erselfriti for unambiguous
    semantics)]
    /=/ friti (fit)
* offeror, 
    x4 of: x1 [amount] is the price of x2 to purchaser/consumer x3 set by
    vendor/offeror x4 
    /:/ [x2 may be a specific object, a commodity (mass), an event, or a
    property; pedantically, for objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising
    from transfer of ownership of the object/commodity (= po'erdi'a,
    po'erseldi'a for unambiguous semantics); price is something
    decided/set by the seller, and is closely akin to offer (friti), which
    is what a buyer may decide; (note that price is not the same thing as
    cost/expense, which is the actual amount exchanged in a transaction;
    the latter is vecnu or canja; neither is the same as "value" or vamji;
    in colloquial English, these are sometimes interchanged, at least
    partially because of the rarity of barter and bargaining in the
    marketplace)]
    /=/ jdima (di'a)
* offers access, 
    x1 is a street/avenue/lane/drive/cul-de-sac/way/alley/[road] at x2
    accessing x3 
    /:/ [also corridor; not typically a route between points, but offers
    access to sites along it]
    /=/ klaji (laj)
* offers, 
    x1 offers/proffers x2 [offering] to x3 with conditions x4 
    /:/ [(x4 may be nu canja, nu pleji, etc.; an unconditional offering
    has the 'condition' of acceptance); x2 may be a specific object, a
    commodity (mass), an event, or a property; pedantically, for
    objects/commodities, this is sumti-raising from ownership of the
    object/commodity (= po'erfriti, po'erselfriti for unambiguous
    semantics)]
    /=/ friti (fit)
* office, 
    x1 is an office/bureau/work-place of worker x2 at location x3 
    /:/
    /=/ briju (bij)
* officer (police officer), 
    x1 is a police officer/[enforcer/vigilante] enforcing
    law(s)/rule(s)/order x2 
    /:/ [police officer, as an agent of authority (= ca'irpulji,
    ka'irpulji), as part of a police force (= puljyselsoi); military
    police (= jempulji, bilpulji)]
    /=/ pulji
* official, 
    x1 has authority/is an official in/on/over matter/sphere/persons x2
    derived on basis x3 
    /:/
    /=/ catni (ca'i)
* offspring (biological offspring), 
    x1 is a [biological] offspring/child/kid/hybrid of parent(s) x2;
    (adjective:) x1 is filial 
    /:/
    /=/ panzi (paz)
* offspring (offspring produced from seeds/spores), 
    x3 of: x1(s) is/are (a) seed(s)/spore(s) [body-part] of organism x2 for
    producing offspring x3 
    /:/ [also germ cell; implies actual potential for self-development;
    seeds generally contain embryo and food, and hence would include a
    fertilized egg]
    /=/ tsiju (tsi)
* often, 
    x1 (event) often/frequently/commonly/customarily occurs/recurs by
    standard x2 
    /:/
    /=/ cafne (caf)
* oil, 
    x1 is a quantity of petroleum/oil from source x2 
    /:/
    /=/ ctile
* oil, 
    x1 is a quantity of/is made of/contains grease/fat/oil from source x2 
    /:/
    /=/ grasu (ras)
* old, 
    x1 is old/familiar/well-known to observer x2 in feature x3 (ka) by
    standard x4 
    /:/ [This can cover both meanings of old.  Old in years, i.e. age, can
    be conveyed through x2 = the world, life, existence (= loi nu zasti);
    in usage this has been a common default for ellipsis.  However slabu
    is not the opposite of 'young' (= nalci'o, tolci'o), but the opposite
    of 'new' (= tolni'o); also ancient (= tcesau), age (= nilsau); x2 is
    used to x1 (= selsau for reordered places); historic/historical (=
    cirsau, cirselcedra; also vaipru)]
    /=/ slabu (sau)
* oleo, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains butter/oleo/margarine/shortening from
    source x2 
    /:/ [(adjective:) x1 is buttery; an edible fat, solid but spreadable
    at normal temperatures; dairy butter (= ladmatne)]
    /=/ matne
* olio, 
    x1 is a quantity of soup/stew/olla/olio of ingredients including x2 
    /:/ [x2 is in x1, an ingredient/part/component of x1]
    /=/ stasu
* olla, 
    x1 is a quantity of soup/stew/olla/olio of ingredients including x2 
    /:/ [x2 is in x1, an ingredient/part/component of x1]
    /=/ stasu
* on display, 
    x1 is the view/scene/panorama/sight/prospect of x2 (object/location)
    from point-of-view x3 
    /:/ [also x1 is on display to x2/x3]
    /=/ jvinu (vin ji'u)
* one alone, 
    x1 is apart/separate from x2, separated by
    partition/wall/gap/interval/separating medium x3 
    /:/ [alone (= rolsmisei meaning apart or unlike all others of its
    kind; pavysei, seirpavmei meaning "only" or "one alone" - do not use
    when talking about, for example, two people who are alone); x3 space]
    /=/ sepli (sep sei)
* one another, 
    x1 (set) has members who mutually/reciprocally x2 (event [x1 should be
    reflexive in 1+ sumti]) 
    /:/ [members of x1 do to each other/one another x2, and in return do
    x2; x1 (plural set) do the same thing to each other]
    /=/ simxu (sim si'u)
* one-celled, 
    x1 is a bacteria/germ/microbe/protozoan/amoeba [one-celled life] of
    species/defining property x2 
    /:/
    /=/ jurme (jum)
* onion, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains onion-s/scallions of type/cultivar x2 
    /:/
    /=/ sluni
* onions, 
    x1 is a quantity of/contains onions/scallions of type/cultivar x2 
    /:/
    /=/ sluni
* only difference, 
    x3 of: x1 parallels x2 differing only difference in property x3 (ka;
    jo'u/fa'u term) by standard/geometry x4 
    /:/ [also: x1 is parallel to x2, x3 is the only difference difference
    between x1 and x2 (= terpanra for reordered places); x1 and x2 are
    alike/similar/[congruent]; a parallel involves extreme close
    similarity/correspondence across the entirety of the things being
    compared, generally involving multiple properties, with focus placed
    on one or a small number of differences]
    /=/ panra
* only, 
    x1 is apart/separate from x2, separated by
    partition/wall/gap/interval/separating medium x3 
    /:/ [alone (= rolsmisei meaning apart or unlike all others of its
    kind; pavysei, seirpavmei meaning "only" or "one alone" - do not use
    when talking about, for example, two people who are alone); x3 space]
    /=/ sepli (sep sei)
* open (candid), 
    x1 is honest/open/truthfully revealing to/candid/frank with x2 about
    matter/fact x3 
    /:/ [also straight, straight-forward]
    /=/ stace (sac)
* open (of a passage), 
    x1 (portal/passage/entrance-way) is open/ajar/not shut permitting
    passage/access to x2 by x3 
    /:/ [as a doorway]
    /=/ kalri (kar)
* open (public, unhidden), 
    x1 is public/un-hidden/open/jointly available to/owned by all among
    community x2 (mass) 
    /:/
    /=/ gubni (gub)
* open (open-bottomed garment), 
    x1 is a skirt/kilt/dress of material x2; x1 is skirted [garment open at
    the bottom; not legged] 
    /:/ [a skirted garment may be full length (pastu), but must hang below
    the waist from support above or at the waist]
    /=/ skaci
* opening (of a key in a lock), 
    x1 is a key fitting/releasing/opening/unlocking lock x2, and having
    relevant properties x3 
    /:/ [also x2 fastener, mechanism; code key (= termifckiku,
    ckitermifra); x3 is dependent on the type of key, but are those form
    properties of the key that enable it to serve the function of opening
    the lock - in the case of a metal key to a padlock, for example, this
    would be the shaft and teeth]
    /=/ ckiku (kik)
* opening (throat/gullet), 
    x1 is a/the throat/gullet [body-part] of x2; [metaphor: narrow(ing)
    opening of a deep hole] 
    /:/
    /=/ galxe
* opening (window/portal), 
    x1 is a window/portal/opening [portal] in wall/building/structure x2 
    /:/
    /=/ canko (ca'o)
* operate, 
    x1 operate-s/drives/runs x2 [apparatus/machine] with
    goal/objective/use/end/function x3 
    /:/
    /=/ sazri (saz)
* operated (market operated by/with), 
    x1 is a market/store/exchange/shop(s) selling/trading (for) x2, operated
    by/with operator(s)/participants x3 
    /:/ [also: mall, marketplace, shopping center, cooperative, bazaar,
    trading post, mart; the concept is the function of selling/exchanging
    coupled with a location, and is more oriented to the larger concept of
    marketplace than the stalls/shops that comprise it, though it does not
    exclude the latter individual shops (= zaisle); x3 may include both
    owners/proprietors and customers in some markets, but in most contexts
    refers only to the operators]
    /=/ zarci (zac zai)