muz-o: (myth., also fig.) Muse. — DEFIRS
muze-o: museum, — DEFIRS
muzel-o: (anat.) snout, muzzle (of animals); (fig.) pout, pouting; facar -o: to pout, stick out the lips; -ligar: to muzzle; -lig-ilo: a muzzle; -floro: (bot.) snapdragon (Antirrhinum). Def.: La nazo e la boko di bestii, en qui ta du parti esas salienta (hundo, porko, e.c.); III-10. — EFI
muzik-ar: (intr.) to play music; -igar: to set to m.; -ajo: written music, score; -ala: musical, relating to m.; -ema: musicaclass="underline" fond of playing m.; -am-anta: m. loving; -isto, -ero: musician. Note: A list of musical terms and abbreviations may be found IV-328-330. — DEFIRS
myel-o: spinal-marrow, -cord. — G
myelin-o: (anat.) myelin. — DEF
myelit-o: (med.) myelitis: inflammation of spinal cord. — DEFIS
«mylord»: my lord.
N
nab-o:
nave; hub of a wheel. — De
nabet-o: (bot.) rape (Brassica rapa oleifera); -oleo: rape oil. — FS
nabob-o*: nabob. Def.: Princo di India; metafore, richega viro; VII-280. — DEFIRS
nacion-o: nation; -ala: national; -ano: a native, national; member of a nation; -al-igar: to nationalize (an industry, etc.); -an-igar: to naturalize (cf. civit-an-igar); -al-ismo: devotion to or advocacy of a nation; national interest or unity; -eso: nationality (of a nation as a whole); -al-eso, -an-eso: nationality (of an individual); -al-ista, -isto: nationalist(ic). — DEFIRS
nadir-o: (astron.) nadir. — DEFIRS
naft-o: naptha. — DEFIRS
naftalino: napthaline. — DEFIRS
naiv-a: naïve: unaffectedly simple: ingenuous; artless; -ajo: act of native simplicity; -acha: silly. — DEFR
nakarat-a, -o: nacarat: orange-red colo(u)r. — DeFS
naktigal-o: (orni.) nightingale (genus: Luscinia). — DE
nam: (conj.) for (= because, but in a less immediate and explicit way than pro ke. Introduces a sentence or subordinate clause which adduces reason, proof or justification). Esas matino, nam la uceli kantas: it is morning for (not because: pro ke) the birds are singing. Ex.: Vu ne trovos il en la domo, nam me jus vidis il en la strado. Vu ne povas vidar il, nam il esas departinta de longe. Lavez vua manui, nam li esas sordida. Me ne povas amar ilu, nam il odias me. Ni irez lente adheme, nam balde esos nokto. V. exp.: Nam, pro ke: Pro ke introduktas dependanta propoziciono, qua kontenas motivo o pruvo por la chefa propoziciono prieranta o sequanta: nam introduktas chefa frazo, qua kontenas anke motivo o pruvo, ma nur por preiranta frazo, o tacita penso. Ex.: Pro ke pluvas, me ne ekiros. Me ne ekiros nam pluvas; III-223; cf. or. Ta du konjuncioni interdistingesas precize quale Angla for e because. La Angla linguisto Sweet skribas pri li tale: «La du precipua konjuncioni kauzala esas pro ke, qua konstatas nemediata e direte aganta kauzo, e nam, qua ajuntas expliko o motivo, ofte kom quaza posa penso; ex.: ni kunprenis nia parapluvi, pro ke ni timas ke pluvos; nam la barametro falis de kelka tempo. Konseque, nam uzesas libere pos pauzo ed esas do nur mi-konjunciono (konjunciono koordinanta); IV-524; kp. Talmey’s Text Book, p. 113. — L
nan-o: dwarf. — FIS
nankin-o: (fabric) nankeen, nankin. — DEFIR
nap-o: turnip (Brassica Napus esculenta). — FIS
narac-ar: (tr.) to narrate, relate, tell (something that happened, a true incident); -ar sua historio: to tell one’s history; -o pri batalio*: narrative of (or, about) a battle. V. exp.: Naracar ne esas samsenca kam rakontar; naraco esas prefere historiala, do vera; rakonto esas prefere imaginala, do desvera o fingita; ex.: «il naracis lua historio, qua semblas feala rakonto»; II-485-6. — EFIS
narcis-o: (bot.) narcissus, daffodil; (genus: Narcissus); (cf. jonquilo). — DEFIRS
nard-o: (bot.) spikenard (East Indian: Nardostachys Jatamansi); -o-unguento: nard (ointment). — DEFIS
narkot-ar: (intr.) to be in a state of narcosis; -o: narcosis; -igar: to narcotize; -ig-iva, -ivo: narcotic. — DEFIS
narval-o: narwhal (Monodon monoceros). — DEFIS
nas-o: bownet, eel-trap (for fish); hoopnet (for birds). — FS
nask-ar: (intr.) to be born; -o, -epoko: birth, nativity; -ala: natal; -igar: to give birth to (cf. genitar); -e blinda: blind from birth; -anta: nascent; -ala yuro (od, naskoyuro): birthright; -inta nove: new-born (child, etc.); -into un-esma: first-born child; (cf. seniora); -e poeto: a poet by birth, a born poet; -o-lando: land of birth, fatherland (cf. patrio); -o-loko: birthplace; -en-nask-into: a native; kun-nask-into: congenital. — IS
nat-ar: (intr.) to swim (of living beings); -erio: natatorium. — eFIS
natr-o: (chem.) sodium; -o-kloro: chloride of sodium.
natur-o: (all senses) nature; -ala: (also mus.) natural; -ale: naturally; -ala lego: natural law; -al-ismo: (philos., art) naturalism; -al-isto: (philos., art) naturalist; -cienc-isto: naturalist: one versed in natural history; -kolora: (of wood, etc.) not colored, of natural colo(u)r. — DEFIRS
naufraj-ar: (intr.) to be shipwrecked; -o: (ship)wreck; -anto, -into: shipwrecked person, castaway. — FIS
nautil-o: (zool.) nautilus. — DEFIS
nauze-ar: (intr.) to feel nauseated, be sick to the stomach, be qualmish; -(ad)o: nausea, qualm, retching; -igar: to nauseate (cf. insipid-igar, repugnar, vomar); -ig-anta: nauseous; (fig.) loathsome, disgusting. — EFIS
nav-o: (nav.) vesseclass="underline" (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