(cf. "yoshi")
ivri — (kwel, kwo) Jew (etnicity)
wandi-she ivri — the wandering Jew
buvri — (kwel, kwo) Gentile (not Jewish)
See also: yehudi
ja — the name of the letter J j
jabra — (kwo) jaw
Hindi
jadu — (kwo) sorcery
fai jadu — do/practice sorcery, conjure
mah-jadu — (zwo) bewitch, enchant
jadujen — (kwo) sorcerer/sorceress
jaduman — (kwo) sorcerer
jadugina — (kwo) sorceress; witch
jaduleker — (kwo) witch-doctor, quack doctor
jadu-shwosa — (kwo) spell, exorcism
Hindi
jagi — (zwo) be awake; vigil
jaging, jaga — (kwo) wakefulness, vigil
en-jagi, jagifi — (zwo) wake up (intr.)
jagisi — (zwo) wake up (tr.)
jagiser — alarm clock
Hindi
jaka — (kwo) jacket (a short coat)
Jakarta — (kwo) Jakarta
jaketa — (kwo) jacket (a piece of a person’s suit)
jal — (zwo) be on fire, burn
ek-jal — (zwo) burn, cauterize
ek-jal finga — burn one's fingers
jalsa — (kwo) burning
jal-she — (kwel) ablaze, burning
jalka — (kwo) fuel
mah-jal — (zwo) burn (to cause to be consumed by fire)
finjal — (zwo) burn down
jaltura — (kwo) snuff (of candle)
jalwunda — (kwo) burn (injury)
Hindi
jalusa — (kwo) jealousy
jalusi — (zwo) be jealous (of)
jalusnik — (kwo) jealous man
Jamaika — (kwo) Jamaica
jami — (zwo) gather
jami amigas — gather friends
jami asembla — gather a meeting
jami fruta — gather fruits
jamitura — (kwo) that which has been gathered
(cf. "kolekti, rekoli")
Arabic
jamile — (kwel) beautiful, handsome, pretty
ela es jamile gina — she is a pretty woman
jamilitaa — (kwo) beauty (property)
jamilina — (kwo) beauty (beautiful woman)
jamilo — (kwo) handsome man
Arabic
jan — (zwo) know
Me jan to. — I know that.
Ta bu jan nixa. — He doesn't know anything.
lo bujan-ney — the unknown
en-jan — (zwo) get to know, learn
jansa — (kwo) knowledge
jan-sha, jannik — (kwo) connoisseur
(cf. "koni")
Hindi
jangla — (kwo) jungle
Hindi
janmi — (zwo) be born; give birth to
ta janmi in yar 1975 — he/shi was born in 1975
janma — (kwo) birth
janmadey — (kwo) birthday
janmalanda — (kwo) native land, homeland, motherland
janmalok — (kwo) native place, home
janmalingwa — (kwo) native language
janmamarka — (kwo) birthmark, mole
janming — (kwo) childbirth, delivery
janmer — (kwo) parent
janmiguan — (kwo) maternity hospital
Hindi
janmog — (zwo) know how to, can
Me janmog gani, yu janmog rasmi, bat nu ambi bu janmog swimi. — I can sing, yu can draw, but we both cannot swim.
janmogsa — (kwo) ability, skill, know-how
(Origin: jan+mog)
januar — (kwo) January (also mes-un)
jaopay — (kwo) signboard
Mandarin
japat — (kwo) fit (seizure; outburst of emotion); gust
feng japat — a gust of wind
japat-ney feng — gusty wind
Hindi
japunga — (kwo) dragonfly
Indonesian
jatile — (kwel) intricate, sophisticated
Arabic
jawabi — (zwo) answer
jawaba — (kwo) answer
jawaba-ney — (kwel) reply, return
jawaba-ney leta — reply (letter), return mail
Arabic
jay-jay — (exklami) hip, hip, hooray!
jay-jaysa — (kwo) cheers, hurrahing
jay-jayka — (kwo) cheer (a shout of congratulation)
Syn.: huraa
Hindi
jel — (kwo) gel
jelatin — (kwo) gelatin
jelee — (kwo) jelly
jem — (kwo) jam (sweet mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
jen — (kwo) man (human, any man or woman)
jenley — (kwo) mankind
jen-ney — (kwel) human
jenlik — (kwel) human, humane (characteristic of human)
jenful — (kwel) crowded
auslandajen — (kwo) foreigner
lubijen — (kwo) loved one, lover
samlandajen — (kwo) compatriot
samtaimjen — (kwo) contemporary (coexistent in time)
sendijen — (kwo) envoy
Mandarin
jengun-ney — (kwel) man-made, artificial
jengun-silka — artificial silk
jenmin — (kwo) people (nation)
jenmin-ney — (kwel) people's
interjenmin-ney — (kwel) international
Mandarin
jenta — (kwo) folk, (a particular group of) people
islajenta es hao jenta — islanders are good folk
urbajenta sempre hasti — townspeople always hurry
gunjenta — (kwo) workpeople
yunge jenta — (kwo) youth, young people
jenvigyan — (kwo) the humanities
jenvigyan-ney — (kwel) pertaining to the humanities
(Origin: jen + vigyan)
jesti — (zwo) gesture, gesticulate
jesta — (kwo) gesture (motion of the limbs or body)
jestalingwa — the gesture language, pantomime
jesting — (kwo) gesticulation
