nav-o: (nav.) vessel: (merchant-) ship (cf. milit-navo); nave (of a church); -aro: shipping (collect.), fleet; -eto: (fig., eccl.) incense-box; (weaver’s) shuttle; -ala: nautical; -ano: member of a ship’s company; -ero, -isto: seaman, mariner, sailor; -estro: master of a (merchant-) ship; -o tri-ferdeka: a three decker (ship); komerc-navo, var-navo: merchant-man; vapor- -o: steamer; me iris nave (de Hamburg ad Bordeaux): I went by ship (from H. to B.); la kapitano restis en-nave: the captain (of a warship) remained on board; -atra osto: scaphoid bone (cf. tarso); -oida osto: scaphoid bone (of carpal bones). — EFIRS
navig-ar: (tr., intr.) to navigate, sail (on); -arto: (art of) navigation, seamanship; -anta viro: seafaring man; -ala: nautical: relating to navigation; -ebla: navigable; fora- -ado: foreign trade; rivo- -o:coasting;. — DEFIRS
nayad-o: (myth.) naiad, water-nymph. — DEFIRS
naz-o: nose; -ala: nasal; -alo: (gram.) a nasal (sound, letter); -al-igar: (gram.) to nasalize; -fetida: a stinking nose; (med.) affected with ozaena; -guto: a nose-drop, snot, snivel; -kataro: cold in the head; -peco: nose-piece (serving as protection); -parolar: to speak through the nose; -truo: nostril; (of whales) blow-hole; -tuko: handkerchief; -binoklo: nose glasses; facar longa nazo (ad, kontre) (fig.) to laugh at; -o kontre -o: nose to nose, (fig.) face to face. — DEFIRS
ne: (adv.) not; ne plus: no more; ne multo: not much; tote ne: not at all, by no means, not in the least; ne tam multe: not so much; me anke ne: nor I also; ne for: not far from; ne nur: not only; ne tante stupida: not so stupid; ne male: not badly; ne ja: not yet. Note: As distinguishable from des- in word composition, ne- carries a less forceful sense of negation, implying merely absence of the positive quality rather than the absolute negation; ex.: ne-facila: difficult = not easy; des-facila: difficult = arduous, laborious. — DEFIRS
ne-acent-iz-ita: unaccented.
ne-acept-ebla: unacceptable.
ne-aces-ebla: (of persons, places) unapproachable, inaccessible.
ne-admis-ebla: inadmissible.
ne-ago, -agemeso: inactivity; -ag-anta: inactive; -ag-ema: (tendency) inactive; indolent, lazy.
ne-aktiv-a: inactive.
ne-akurat-a: unpunctual, not prompt.
ne-alien-ebla: inalienable.
ne-alter-ebla: unalterable: unmodified; unadulterated.
ne-amans-ita: untamed.
ne-aplik-ebla: inapplicable.
ne-aprob-ar: (tr.) to disapprove: not to approve (ulo).
ne-apt-a: inapt, unfit.
ne-atak-ebla: unassailable; (fig.) unimpeachable, irreproachable.
ne-atenc-oza, -ema: inattentive, unmindful.
ne-aud-ita: unheard (of).
ne-blam-ebla: blameless.
nebul-ar: (impers.) to be foggy, misty, hazy; -oza, -atra: foggy, misty, nebulous (cf. nebuloza); (fig.) obscure, not intelligible; -izar: to cover with fog; -pluvar: to drizzle. — DEFIS
nebulos-o: (astron.) nebula.
ne-cert-a: uncertain.
neces-a: necessary, indispensable requisite (cf. bezon-ata); -ajo: a necessary thing, the needful; -igar: necessitate. Ex.: Esas necesa konsequajo. Respirado esas necesa por la vivo. Ne esas necesa parolar pri to. Ant.: superflua, ne-utila. — EFIS
ne-ces-anta: incessant (cf. sen-cesa).
ne-chanj-ebl-a: unchangeable, unalterable, immutable.
ne-chast-a: unchaste, lewd, immodest.
ne-cirkonciz-ita, -ito: uncircumsized (person).
ne-civiliz-ita: uncivilized.
ne-dechifr-ebla: undecipherable.
ne-decid-ema, -iva: irresolute, indecisive; -ita: undecided (of acts).
ne-defens-ebla: indefensible, untenable.
ne-defin-ita: undefined, indefinite.
ne-delikat-a: indelicate.
ne-depend-o: independence.
ne-deskript-ebla: indescribable.
ne-destrukt-ebla: indestructible.
ne-determin-ebla: indeterminable.
ne-devoc-oza: undevout, irreligious.
ne-dic-ebla: unutterable, unspeakable.
ne-digest-ebla: indigestible.
ne-diret-a: indirect (cf. mediata).
ne-diskret-a: indiscreet; -eso, -ajo: (quality, act) indiscretion.
