Basa de DunyaA language for the world

Basa–English dictionaryKalimakitab de basa a inglix

Aa

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• a n. the letter A
• a prep. to, towards ← Sp. a, Fr. à
• abu n. ash, dust ← M.–I. abu
  • abuni a. ashen, dusty; grey
    • abunia n. grey
• Afrika p.n. Africa ← Lat. Africa
  • afrikano a. African; pertaining to the cultures and peoples of Africa
• agwa n. water ← Sp./Pt. agua
  • agwamata n. hydrogen ← ” + mata
• ailyuruna a. Amerindian, Native American; pertaining to the indigenous peoples of the Americas ← Quechua ayllu runa “indigenous people”
• ais n. ice ← Eng. ice, M.–I. ais
  • aishelyu n. glacier ← ” + helyu
  • aismontan n. iceberg ← ” + montan
  • aisni a. icy
• akdar a. green ← Ar. أخضر akhḏar
  • akdarisme n. environmentalism, green politics
  • akdarista n./a. environmentalist
  • akdarya n. green
• alkohol n. alcohol (chemical or beverage) ← Int’l alcohol
  • alkoholaya a. alcoholic, addicted to alcohol
  • alkoholni a. alcoholic, containing alcohol
• alta a. high, tall ← Sp. alta
  • altaya n. height
• Amasonya p.n. the Amazon rainforest ← Pt. Amazônia
• Amerika p.n. the Americas ← Lat. America
  • amerikano a. American, pertaining to the culture and people of the Americas
• amérikan a. American, pertaining to the culture and people of the United States of America ← Eng. American
• amir n. prince, emir ← Ar. أمير amir
  • amirpei n. principality, emirate
• amor v./n. love ← Sp. amor
• anangu a. Aboriginal Australian ← Pitjantjara Aṉangu
• ananse n. spider, arachnid ← Akan ananse
• angur n. grape ← H.–U. अंगूर انگور aṁgūr, M.–I. anggur
  • angurferma n. vineyard ← ” + ferma
• anti prep. against ← A.Gk. ἀντί antí
  • antia n. opposition
  • bi anti v. oppose, be against
• Antartik p.n. the Southern Ocean ← Lat. antarcticus
• Antartika p.n. Antarctica, the Antarctic ← Lat. Antarctica
• anya a. other, different ← H.–U. अन्य anya
  • anyema a. heterosexual, straight
    • anyemaya n. heterosexuality
• ar n. the letter R
• arbol n. tree ← Sp. árbol
• Artik p.n. the Arctic (Ocean)
  • artikano a. Arctic, pertaining to the culture and people of the Arctic Circle
• arte n. art, skill, craft ← Sp./Pt. arte, Eng./Fr. art
  • arteni a. artistic, artful, skillful
  • arteren n. artist, craftsman ← ” + ren
• Asia p.n. Asia ← Lat. Asia
  • asiano a. Asian, pertaining to the culture and people of Asia
• Atlantik p.n. the Atlantic Ocean ← Lat. atlanticus
• au part. or ← Ar. أو aw, Sw. au
• Australia p.n. Oceania, Australasia, the continent of Australia ← Lat. Australia
  • australiano a. Oceanian, Australian; pertaining to the culture and people of Oceania
• auto n. car, automobile ← Sp./Fr. auto, Rus. авто avto, M.–I. oto

Bb

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• baca v. save, rescue; n. rescue ← H.–U. बचाना بچانا bacānā
  • bacador n. saviour, rescuer
• bad a. bad (poor quality) ← Eng. bad
• badan n. body (anatomy) ← Ar. بدن badan, H.–U. बदन بدن badan, M.–I. badan
  • badanjins n. biological sex ← ” + xwe
  • badanxwe n. anatomy ← ” + xwe
• bai a. white (colour) ← Man. 白 bái
• bara a. heavy, massive ← H.–U. भारा بھارا bhārā
  • baraya n. weight
• Barat p.n. India ← H.–U. भारत Bhārat
• bartia a. Indian ← H.–U. भारतीय bhārtīya
• basa a. Basa de Dunya; (formerly) n. language ← H.–U. भाषा بھاشا bhāṣhā, M.–I. bahasa
  • Basa de Dunya p.n. Basa de Dunya, the language of the world
• baxa n. language ← H.–U. भाषा بھاشا bhāṣhā, M.–I. bahasa
  • baxani a. linguistic
  • baxaxwe n. linguistics ← ” + xwe
    • baxaxwedor n. linguist
• bat num. eight (8) ← Cantonese 八 baat
• be n. the letter B
• bebiri n. sheep ← M.–I. bebiri
  • bebirika n. ewe
  • bebiriti n. ram
• bi v. be; part. -ing, expressing continual aspect ← Eng. be, Rus. быть bytʼ
• Biblia p.n. the Bible ← Lat. Biblia
• bira n. beer ← Sp. birra, Ar. بيرة bīra
• bit v. happen, occur, take place; n. occurrence, occasion, event, time (e.g. “four times”) ← H.–U. बीतना بیتنا bitnā
• blak a. African-American, Black American ← Eng. black
• bola n. ball, sphere ← Sp./Pt./M.–I. bola
• bu v. walk, stroll, step; n. walk, step ← Man. 步 bù “step, walk, follow”
• Buda p.n. the Buddha ← Pali Buddha
  • budani a. Buddhist
    • budania n. Buddhism
• blu a. blue ← Eng. blue, Sw. bluu
  • bluya n. blue
• burju n. tower ← Ar. برج burj

Cc

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• cakra n. wheel, circle ← H.–U. चक्र چکر cakra
  • cakradwal n. bicycle ← ” + dwal
• cal n. skin, bark, rind ← H.–U. छाल چھال chāl
  • calbai a. white (ethnicity) ← ” + bai
  • calhitam a. black (ethnicity) ← ” + hitam
• car num. four (4) ← H.–U. चार چار cār
  • carjus num. quarter (¼) ← ” + jus
  • carel n. quartet, foursome
  • carni a. fourth
  • carnumerni a. quarternary ← ” + numer + -ni
• ce n. the letter C
• cengsi n. orange (fruit) ← Man. 橙子 chéngzi
  • cengsini a. orange (colour)
    • cengsinia n. orange (colour)
• centi num. a percent, one hundredth (0.01) ← Metric prefix centi-
• Ceres p.n. Ceres (the dwarf planet) ← Lat. Ceres
• citai v. read ← Rus. читать čitatʼ
• co det. what?, who?, which? ← Rus. чё čë “wot?”
  • co ren det. who?
  • en co det. where?
  • en co waktu det. when?
  • kon co det. how?
  • por co det. why?

Dd

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• da det. that, those; prn. that ← Eng. that, Ar. ذلك dhālika, Rus. та ta
  • en da det. there
• dahina n./a. right (side) ← H.–U. दाहिना داہنا dahina
  • dahina’isme n. rightism
  • dahina’ista a. right-wing, n. rightist
• dam n. blood ← Ar. دم dam, Sw. damu
  • damni a. bloody
• danbi n./v. sin ← Ar. ذنب dhanb, Sw. dhambi
• dant n. tooth ← H.–U. दाँत دانت dāṁt, M.–I. danta, Sp. diente
• darma n. religion, faith, creed ← H.–U. धर्म دھرم dharm
  • darmani a. religious
• dau n. tao ← Man. 道 dào
  • dawisme n. Taoism
• de n. the letter D
• de prep. of, from ← Sp. de “of, from, about”, Man. 的 de “of, that”
• deci num. one tenth (0.1) ← Metric prefix deci-
• dekri v. describe; n. description ← Fr. décrire
  • dekrikalima n. adjective ← ” + kalima
• dela v. do, execute; n. action ← Rus. делать delat’
  • delakalima n. verb ← ” + kalima
• des num. ten (10) ← Pt. dez
  • desel n. decuplet, decade
• desi a. culturally or ethnically South Asian ← H.–U. देसी دیسی desī
• dimag n. brain ← Ar. دماغ dimāgh, H.–U. दिमाग़ دماغ dimāġ
  • dimagni a. cerebral
  • dimagxwe n. neuroscience ← ” + xwe
• dira n. arm ← Ar. ذراع dhirāʻ
• dog n. dog ← Eng. dog
  • doglei n. canid
  • dogni a. canine
• doj n./v. rain ← Rus. дождь doždʼ
  • dojforesta n. rainforest ← ” + foresta
• dom n. house, home, (in compounds) building ← Rus. дом dom
  • dommarid a. homesick, nostalgic ← ” + marid
  • domni a. domestic
• dungfang a. culturally or ethnically East Asian, “oriental” ← Man. 东方 dōngfāng
• dugu n. sibling ← Sw. ndugu
  • duguka n. sister
  • duguti n. brother
• dukan n. shop, store ← Ar. دكان dukkān, H.–U. दुकान دکان dukān, Sw. duka
• Dunya p.n. Earth, the world ← Ar. دنيا dunyā, Sw. dunia
  • dunyano a. Earthling, Terran
  • dunyaxwe n. geography ← ” + xwe
• dux n./v. shower ← Fr. douche, Ar. دوش dūsh, Rus. душ duš, M.–I. dus
• dwa num. two (2) ← Rus. два dva, M.–I. dua
  • dwabitli adv. twice ← ” + bit + -li
  • dwa’ilaisme n. ditheism ← ” + ila + -ismo
  • dwa’ilaista a. ditheistic; n. ditheist ← ” + ila + -ista
  • dwal n. duo
  • dwani a. second
  • dwanumerni a. binary ← ” + numer + -ni
• dwar n. door ← H.–U. द्वार دوار dvar, Rus. дверь dverʼ, Eng. door

Ee

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• e n. the letter E
• ef n. the letter F
• ekusu n. non-binary person, genderqueer person ← Japanese Xジェンダー ekkusu-jendā
  • ekusuni a. non-binary, genderqueer
• el n. the letter L
• em n. the letter M
• en prep. in, at, on (general locative) ← Sp. en
  • endom n. inside, indoors ← ” + dom
  • eni a. inner, interior
  • enjus n. inside, interior ← ” + jus
• ese n. the letter S
• esper v./n. hope ← Fr. espérer
• esperanta a. Esperanto ← Esperanto Esperanta
• estil n. style ← Rus. стиль estilʼ, Sp./Pt. estilo
  • estilni a. stylish, stylistic
• estomak n. stomach ← Fr. estomac, Sp. estomago, Eng. stomach
• et det. this, these; prn. this ← Sp. este, Rus. это èto
  • en et det. here
• etno n. race, ethnicity, ethnic group ← A.Gk. ἔθνος éthnos
  • etnoheit n. racism ← ” + heit
    • etnoheiting a. racist
  • etnoni a. ethnic
• Europa p.n. Europe ← Lat. Europa
  • europano a. European, pertaining to the people and culture of Europe
• Ewangelyon p.n. the New Testament ← A.Gk. εὐαγγέλιον euangélion
• ex prep. out, outside (of), away ← Lat. ex
  • exdom n. the outdoors, outside ← ” + dom
  • exjus n. outside, exterior ← ” + jus
  • exni a. outer, exterior
  • expei n. a foreign country, “abroad”, the rest of the world ← ” + pei
    • expeini a. foreign

Ff

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• faras n. horse ← Ar. فرس faras, Sw. farasi
  • faraska n. mare
  • farasni a. equine
  • farasti n. stallion
• ferma n. farm ← Rus. ферма ferma
  • fermani a. agricultural
  • fermaxwe n. agriculture ← ” + xwe
    • fermaxwedor n. agriculturalist
  • fermaren n. farmer
• filme n. movie, film ← Sp./Pt. filme, Eng. film
  • filmearte n. the art of cinema
  • filmedom n. cinema, movie theatre ← ” + dom
  • filmeni a. cinematic
  • filmeya n. filmography
• fisika n. physics ← Lat. physica
  • fisikani a. physical
  • fisikaren n. physicist
• foresta n. forest, woods ← Eng. forest, Sp./Pt. floresta
• Frans p.n. France ← Fr. France
• fransé a. French ← Fr. français
• ful a. full ← Eng. full
  • fulfa v. fill up
• funu n. woman ← Man. 妇女 fùnǚ
  • funuisme n. feminism
  • funuista a./n. feminist
  • funulei a. feminine, effeminate ← ” + lei
  • fununi a. female
  • funuti n. pansy, femboy; a stereotypically effeminate man
• fwa a. cold ← Fr. froid
  • fwahot a. lukewarm ← ” + hot

Gg

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ge n. the letter G
• gei v. give, gift ← Man. 给 gěi
• giga num. a billion (1,000,000,000) ← Metric prefix giga-
• glori n. glory, fame ← Eng. glory, Sp. gloria, Pt. glória
  • glorini a. famous, glorious
• go v. go ← Eng. go
• grup n. group, assortment ← Eng. group, Ar. قروب grūb, Fr. groupe, H.–U. ग्रूप گروپ grūp, M.–I. grup, Rus. группа gruppa, Sp./Pt. grupo
• guto n. bone ← Man. 骨头 gǔtou
  • gutoya n. skeleton
• gwan n. government, v. govern ← Man. 官 guān “government official”
  • gwaniktar n. election, vote
  • gwanjus n. government department, ministry ← ” + jus
  • gwanra’is n. government minister, secretary ← ” + ra’is
  • gwanren n. government official, civil servant ← ” + ren
    • gwanrenya n. civil service
• gwanhwa a. Mandarin Chinese ← Man. 官话 guānhuà

Hh

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ha n. the letter H
• ha prn. he, him, she, her, it, they, them; det. his, her, its, their (third person singular) ← Ar. ـهَا -hā
  • has prn. they, them; det. their (third person plural)
• haiwan n. animal ← H.–U. हैवान حیوان haivān, M.–I. haiwan/hewan, Ar. حيوان ẖayawān
  • haiwani a. animalistic, animalian
  • haiwanxwe n. zoölogy ← ” + xwe
• halij n. bay, gulf ← Ar. خليج khalīj
• hamar v. ferment, brew; n. fermentation ← Ar. خمر khamara “cover, hide; brew, ferment”
  • hamardom n. brewery ← ” + dom
• hamsa num. five (5) ← Ar. خمسة khamsa
• han a. Han Chinese ← Man. 汉 Hàn
• hand n. hand ← Eng. hand
• handad num. a hundred (100) ← Eng. hundred
  • handadel n. centuplet, century
• hau a. good ← Man. 好 hǎo
  • hauya n. good, goodness
• hawa n. air ← Ar. هواء hawāʻ, H.–U. हवा ہوا havā, Sw. hewa
• heit v. hate; n. hatred ← Eng. hate
• helyu n. river ← Man. 河流 héliú
• helyum n. helium ← Lat. helium
• hen adv. very, quite ← Man. 很 hěn
• hitam a. black (colour) ← M.–I. hitam
  • hitamya n. black
• histori n. history ← Eng. history, M.–I. istoriya, Pt. histórico, Rus. история istorija, Sp./Sw. historia
• hof n./v. fear, worry, concern ← H.–U. ख़ौफ़ خوف ḳhauf, Ar. خوف khawf, Sw. hofu
  • hofa v. scare, terrify, worry, frightening
  • hoffilme n. horror film
  • hofing a. worried, concerned, scared, frightened
  • hofwa a. scary, frightening, worrying, concerning
• holi a. holy, sacred ← Eng. holy
  • holia n. holiness, sanctity
  • holiren n. saint ← ” + ren
• homo n. human, homo sapiens ← Lat. homo
• hot a. hot ← Eng. hot
  • hotfa v. heat up
  • hotya n. heat, temperature
• hudye n. butterfly ← Man. 蝴蝶 húdié

Ii

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• i n. the letter I
• i part. and ← Sp. y, Rus. и i
• ibna n. child, offspring, descendant ← Ar. ابنة ibna “daughter”
  • ibnaka n. daughter
  • ibnati n. son
• igra v. tempt, attract, secude; n. temptation, seduction ← Ar. إغراء ighrāʻ
• iktar v. choose, pick, decide, vote (for); n. choice, decision ← Ar. اختار ikhtāra
• ila n. god, deity ← Ar. إله ilāh
  • Ila p.n. God (monotheistic)
  • ila’isme n. theism
  • ila’ista a. theistic, n. theist
  • ilaka n. goddess
  • ilani a. divine, godly
    • ilania n. divinity
  • ilati n. god (specifically male)
  • ilaxwe n. theology ← ” + xwe
  • ilaya n. pantheon
• imara a. strong, tough, powerful ← Sw. imara
  • imaraya n. strength, power
• important a. important, major ← Eng./Fr. important, Sp./Pt. important
  • importantya n. imporance
• in- aff. un-, in-; negates adjectives and reverses verbs ← Lat. in-
• India p.n. South Asia, the Indian subcontinent ← Lat. India
• Indik p.n. the Indian Ocean ← Lat. indicus
• inglix a. English ← Eng. English
• inter prep. between, amongst ← Lat. inter
  • interjinsni a. intersex ← ” + jins
• internet n. internet ← Eng. internet
• islami a. Islamic, Muslim ← Ar. إسلامي islāmiyy
  • islamia n. Islam
  • islamisme n. Islamism
• it v. eat ← Eng. eat
• ix n. the letter X
• ixi v. live, be alive; n. life ← Sw. -ishi
  • ixing a. alive
  • ixixwe n. biology ← ” + xwe
    • ixixwedor n. biologist

Jj

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ja v. to come ← Sw. -ja
• jahat a. bad, evil ← M.–I. jahat
  • jahatya n. evil
• jami n. society, community, civilisation ← Sw. jami
  • jamia n. civilisation, global society as a whole
  • jamini a. societal, communal, civic
  • jamixwe n. sociology
• jang n. battle, war ← Man. 仗 zhàng H.–U. जंग جنگ jang
• jarden n. garden, yard ← Fr. jardin
• je n. the letter J
• jenga v. build, construct; n. construction ← Sw. -jenga
  • jengaj n. building, structure
• jidau v. to know, n. knowledge ← Man. 知道 zhīdao
• jins n. category, type, kind, sort; sex, gender (grammatical or anthropological)
  • jinsheit n. sexism
• jolti a. yellow ← Rus. жёлтый žëltyj
  • joltia n. yellow
• junghwa a. Chinese ← Man. 中华 Zhōnghuá
• Jungwo p.n. China ← Man. 中国 Zhōngguó
• jus n. part, section, division ← Ar. جزء juz‘
  • juspei n. state, province, county, &c ← ” + pei

Kk

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ka n. the letter K
• kabra n. goat ← Sp./Pt. cabra
• kafe n. coffee ← Man. 咖啡 kāfēi, Sp./Fr./Pt. café
  • kafeski a. brown
    • kafeskia n. brown
• kalima n. word ← Ar. كلمة kalima, H.–U. कलमा کلمہ kalma, M.–I. kalimah
  • kalimakitab n. dictionary
  • kalimaya n. vocabulary
• kanun n. law, axiom ← Ar. قانون qānūn, H.–U. क़ानून قانون qānūn, Sw. kanuni
  • kanundom n. parliament, legislature
  • kanuni a. legal (pertaining to the law)
  • kanunren n. lawyer
• karib a. near, close, approximate ← Ar. قريب qarīb, H.–U. क़रीब قریب qarīb
• kaul v. to say, to tell; n. speech, saying, phrase, sentence ← Ar. قول qawl
  • kaulya n. story
• ke part. that, which, who (introduces a subclause) ← Sp. que
• keltaid a. Celtic ← Welsh Celtaidd
• kemia n. chemistry
• kepala n. head ← M.–I. kepala
  • kepalaguto n. skuill ← ” + guto
• kilya n. ← A.Gk. χίλια chília
• kit n. cat, housecat ← Ar. قط qiṯṯ
• kitab n. book
• ku n. the letter Q

Ll

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• lakin part. but, however, except ← Ar. لكن lākin, H.–U. लेकिन لیکن lekin, Sw. lakini
• lojbo a. Lojban ← Lojban lojbo

Mm

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• maha a. big, large, great; epic, mighty, grand ← H.–U. महा mahā, M.–I. maha

Nn

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• nen n. the letter N

Oo

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• o n. the letter O

Pp

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• pe n. the letter P

Rr

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ren n. person, human ← Man. 人 rén
  • renkabra n. satyr, faun ← ” + kabra

Ss

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• set n. the letter Z

Tt

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• te n. the letter T
• tra prep. across ← Lat. trans
  • trajinsni a. transgender ← jins

Uu

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• u n. the letter U

Ww

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• wau n. the letter V
• we n. the letter W

Xx

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• xati n. beach, coast, shore ← Ar. شاطئ shāṯiʻ

Yy

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• ye n. the letter Y

Prefixes and suffixes

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUWXYAffixes

• -ador n. -er; forms agent nouns ← Sp. -ador
• -aj n. forms nouns representing results of verbs ← Fr. -age, Esperanto -aĵo
• -ano a. pertaining to the culture and people of a certain place ← Sp./Pt. -ano
• -el n. a group of n of something
• -ema a. attracted to, prone to ← Esperanto -ema
• -eski a. -esque, -ish, similar to or in the style of
• -fa v. -ify; -ise; forms verbs meaning “to make” or “to become” ← Cantonese -化 -faa
• -ing a. -ing; present active participle ← Eng. -ing
• -ka n. forms female equivalents of nouns ← Rus. -ка -ka
• -li adv. forms adverbs ← Eng. -li
• -ni a. forms adjectives from nouns ← Rus. ный -nyj
• -s n. pluralises nouns
• -ti n. forms male equivalents of nouns ← Burmese ထီး -ti
• -wa a. -ed; past passive participle ← wa
• -ya n. -ness; forms nouns from adjectives, and nouns denoting collections of things treated as a whole unit ← Ar. -ية -iyya