lu:(pron.) he, she, it (common gender form); -a:
his her(s), its; (when desirable to indicate gender, the forms: ilua,
olua, elua are used ); V. exp.: su, lu: il lavas su
(E. he washes himself); il lavis lu: (E. he washed him, or
her, or it). Petro deziras pruntar de Karlo lua parapluvo (E.
Peter desires to borrow from Charles his umbrella); lua
indikas ke la parapluvo esas la proprajo di Karlo; se sua
esis uzata vice lua, ol (sua) indikus ka la
parapluvo esas la proprajo di Petro, qua esas la subjekto di
pruntar; pluse kp. su e lu, Talmey, Text Book, p.
65-6.
lubrifik-ar:(tr.) to lubricate: to oil; grease
(part of a machinme); -isto: oiler. — eFIS
luci-o:(ich.) pike (Esox lucius). — ISL
lucid-a:(of mind) lucid, clear, sane. Ex.: Homo di
lucida mento. Instanti lucida. — EFIS
luciol-o:(ent.) lightning-bug, fire-fly. (Luciola
italica). — FIS
lud-ar: (intr. of games, sports) to play (per);
(cf. plear); -riskar: to gamble; -o:
playing, game; -(risko): gambling; -anto, ero: a
player;-era, -ema: playful (child, animal); -emo:
playful person; (fig.) gamester, gambler; -ilo:
paything, toy; -kub-o, -aro: dice; -o-disko: (in
games) a quoit; -o-splinto: spilikin; jackstaw; peg
(as for cribbage); -sonalio: toy bell; vorto-ludo:
play upon words; esprit-ludo: play of wit; ludo-tablo:
a table for play; ludo di pacienteso: patience. Ex.: On
ludas per kegli, per buli, per biliardo, per karti, per shako,
e.c. — L
ludion-o: «ludion»; (toy) Cartesian devil,
bottle-imp. Def.: Aparato fizikala uzata por studiar la diferanta
efiki sur korpo plunjita en l’aquo, anke uzebla kom ludilo.
— FIS
lug-ar:(tr.) to let (out), rent (out); hire (out),
lease (out) (ulo, ad ulu); (cf. lokocar); -o:
letting, renting, leasing (by the proprietor); -o-kontrato:
lease.
lugr-o:(vessel) lugger. — DEFIS
luk-o: sky-light; dormer-window; (nav.) hatchway.
— DER
lukan-o:(ent.) stag-beetle (family: Lucanus).
— FL
lukt-ar:(intr.) to wrestle: contend by grappling (kun)
and striving to throw; to scuffle, tussle; (fig.) to
strive, struggle (kontre). — FIS
lul-ar:(tr.) to lull (ulu) to sleep, to
soothe, compose, quiet; -kanto: lullaby (cf. berso-kanto).
— DE
lum-ar:(intr. also fig.) to shine: emit rays of
light, give light; (cf. brilar); -o: light; -eto,
esko: glimmer, gleam; -ala: relating to light; -oza:
full of light; -igar: to cause (ulo) to shine; -ifar:
to produce light; -izar: to light (a room, etc.) throw
light upon; (fig.) to elucidate (a subject); -iz-ilo:
a light(ing instrument), luminary; -if-anta: luminous:
light producing; -iz-ata: luminous (from light received); -oz-eso:
luminosity; -rango: (theat.) foot-lights; -truo:
(nav.) porthole; (in gen.) scuttle. — EFIS
lumb-o, -i: lumbar region, loin(s); -ala: lumbar; -oza:
thick-backed (person); -o-peco (di bovo); sirloin; -o-ruptar:
to break the back of. — EFIS
lumbag-o:(med.) lumbago. — EFIS
lump-o*:(min.) nodule: kidney-shaped ore, lump (of
sugar). — E
lun:(abbr. accus. form of ilun, elun,
olun, without gender).
lun-o: moon; -ala: lunar; -ala periodo:
lunation, lunar month; -sun-ala: luni-solar; -o-lumo:
moonlight; -o plena: full moon; -o-nova: new moon; -eto:
(geom.) lune. — DEFIRS
lunatik-a, -(ul)o: moon-struck, insane; fantastic,
whimsical. — DEFIRS
lundi-o: Monday. — FIS
lunoid-a* (osto): semilunar bone of the wrist.
lup-o:(simple) magnifying glass, reading glass,
pocket lens. Def.: Optikal aparato, qua servas por «grandigar»
l’objekti (ye mikra raporto), e qua esas nek sempre simpla
lenso, nek mikroskopo. On nomizas ol anke «mikroskopo simpla»;
V-675. — DF
lupanar-o*:(antiq.) lupanar, brothel. — L
lupi-o:(med.) wen. Def.: Speco di tumoro sub la
pelo; V-675 — FIS
lupin-o:(bot.) lupine (genus: Lupinus). —
DEFIRS
lupul-o:(bot.) hop (-vine) (Humulus lupulus); -eyo,
-agro: hop-garden, -field. — ISL
lupus-o:(med.) lupus. — DEFIS
lur-ar:(tr.) to lure, allure, entice; (fig.)
wheedle, cajole (cf. seduktar); -ilo, -iz-ilo: a
lure; decoy, bait; -il-izar: to bait (a trap); -sifl-ilo:
call-whistle (for animals, birds); -ucelo: decoy-bird.
— E.
