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 lev to lift (up), to raise li he liber free libr a book lig to bind lign wood lingv speech, language, tongue lip lip lit bed liter a letter (of the alphabet), a type logh to dwell, to lodge lok place, stand, spot long long lud to play lum to light, to shine lun the moon lund Monday

mach to chew magazen a magazine, a shop makul a spot, a speck mal indicates contrasts; f. in. bon — good, mal-bon — bad. estim — to esteem, mal-estim — to despise, to disdain malgraŭ in spite of, notwithstanding man hand mangh to eat mar the sea mard Tuesday mastr master maten the morning matur ripe, mature mem self memor to remember, to keep in mind merit to merit, to deserve merkred Wednesday met to put; answers in all significations and shades to the French “mettre” mez the middle mezur to measure mi I miks to mix, to mingle mil thousand milit to combat, to ﬁght, to struggle mir to be astonished, to wonder mizer misery, poverty, wretchedness moder moderate, temperate modest modest mol soft, tender mon money monat month mond the world mont mountain montr to show mord to bite morgaŭ to-morrow mort to die mosht highness, majesty, etc. (is generally added to titles); f. in. Vi-a regh-a mosht-o — Your Royal Majesty; Vi-a general-a mosht-o, Vi-a episkop-a mosht-o, etc. mov to move, to stir (up) mult much mur wall murmur to murmur mush a ﬂy

n it indicates the accumtive case and the direction; f. in. mi ir-as domon — I go home nagh to swim najbar neighbor nask to bear a child, to bring forth, to give birth to naŭ nine naz nose ne no nebul mist, fog neces indispensable, necessary negh snow nek — nek neither — neither nenia not any nenianneniam [sic] never nenie nowhere neniel by no means, in no wise nenies nobody’s nenio nothing neniu nobody, no one nep grandchild nev a nephew ni we nigr black nj added to the first two to five letters of a feminine proper name makes of it n diminutive, caressing; f. in. Mari — Ma-nj; Emili — Emi-nj nobl noble nokt night nom name nombr number nov new nub cloud nud naked nuks nut nun now nur only nutr to nourish, to nurse (a child)

o indicates a substantive obe obey objekt object obl indicates a numeral in multiplicative form; f. in. (du — two, du-obl — two-fold, double, of two different sorts obstin obstinate, stubborn odor to exhale fragrance, to smell (well)