nul-a: no, not any none; -e, -maniere: nowise, in
no way, not at all; -o: nothing; (interj.) no use!
no go! not a bit of it! -u: no one, nobody; -ajo:
nullity (cf. nihilo); -o pluse: nothing more; -kaze:
in no case; -loke: nowhere; -tempe: never; -ag-anta,
-ema; -fac-anta, -emo: do-nothing, idle (person) (cf. indolenta);
-savanta: ignorant; (cf. ne-savo); -valor-anta:
of no value, worthless, invalid. Ant.: kelka: — eFI
numer-o: (ordinal) number (i.e. indicative of order or
succession; as 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
etc.); -ala: numerical (order); -izar: to give
successive numbers (to houses, journals, etc.). — DEFIRS
numerator-o:(arith.) numerator. — EFIS
numismatik-o: numismatics. — DEFIRS
numulari-o:(bot.) moneywort (Lysimachia
Nummularia). — FIS
numulit-o:(paleon.) nummulite. — DEFIS
nun:(adv.) now, at present, at this time; -a:
(time) present, actual, current, now occurring (cf. prezenta);
-tempa: present day, time; -tempe: at the present
time; -a stando: the existing condition, status quo; -a
evento: a present, current event; nun kande: now when,
now that (N.B. not nun ke). Ex.: Me lernas nun la
internaciona linguo. Nun kande il venis, ni iros. — D
nunci-o: (Pope’s) nuncio. — DEFIRS
nupcial-a:(zool.) nuptial.
nur:(adv.) only; -a: indicates exclusion
(of all else) only, sole (cf. sola, unika); ne nur:
not only; se nur: if only, providing that; nur ed
unike: purely and simply. Ex.: Nur l’amo inspiras il. Il
drinkas nur vino. Me donas ol a vu, se nur vu venos. Il nura (od,
sola) esas kulpoza. — D
nutac-o*:(astron., plant physiol.) nutation.
— DEFIS
nutr-ar:(tr.) to nourish, feed, sustain (ulu),
(cf. alimentar, alaktar); -(ad)o: nourishing,
nutrition, sustenance; -anta, -iva: nourishing, nutritive,
nutritious; -iv-aro; -iv-gan-ilo: (means of) subsistence, (fig.)
livelihood, living. Ex.: Nutrar la familio. La sango nutras la
korpo. Nutriva dieto. — EFIS
O
o(d):
(The «d» is omitted before
consonants)
(conj.)
or;
o(d) . . o(d)
either …
or;
il devos o submisar o demisar:
he should either submit
or resign (cf.
sive
). — DIS
oazis-o: oasis. — DEFIRS
obcen-a: obscene. — DEFIS
obedi-ar:(tr.) to obey; -esar: to be
obeyed; -(ad)o: obedience, obeying, observance (of a law,
command, etc.); -ema: (tendency) obedient. Ex.: La soldato
obedias sua chefo. — EFIS
obelisk-o: obelisk. — DEFIRS
obez-a: obese (cf. korpulenta, repleta); -eso:
obesity. Def.: Qua havas tro abunta graso, precipue en la ventro:
on qualifikas lu vulgare «ventroza». L’obezeso esas
maladeso e preske infirmeso; VI-601. — EFIS
objecion-ar:(tr.) to object: adduce as an
objection. Ex.: On objecionis a Galileo ke, se la tero rotacas
… — EFIS
objekt-o: object: anything that comes within the
cognizance of the senses (cf. skopo, komplemento); -ala:
objective (opp. to subjekt-ala); -alo: (opt.)
object-glass; -al-eso: objectivity. — DEFIRS
oblat-o: wafer. Def.: Dina tabuleto ek farinpasto (azimo)
uzata por siglar letri. — DRS
oble-o: wafer: a thin pastry. — FRS
oblig-ar:(tr.) to oblige: put (ulu) under
obligation to do or not to do something, to bind, constrain (by
duty, hono(u)r, etc.) (cf. devar, koaktar); -o, -eso:
obligation (imposed by conscience, law, etc.); -anta:
obligatory (which obliges); -ata: (which is) obligatory,
incumbent; reciproka -eso: joint liability, obligation; ne-oblig-ata:
optional; obligesar ad ulu: to be beholden to someone; obligar
ulu per juro: to bind a person by oath; me obligas me
facar to: I assume the obligation, the responsibility to do
this. — DEFIS
obligacion-o:(fin.) debenture, bond: a legal
obligation (bond) bearing interest; fervoyala -i: railway
bonds; -iero: bond-, debenture-holder. — DEFIRS
obliqu-a:(also anat., gram.) oblique, aslant,
slanting; (fig.) indirect, not straightforward, insincere;
-a angulo, lineo: oblique angle, line; -e tranchar
stofo: to cut fabric slantingly, on the bias; ta aleo esas
-a: that lane runs slantingly; (gram.) -a kazo: oblique
case; (fig.) -a laudo: indirect praise; -a
homulo: an insincere (not straightforward) man. — EFIS
