noch-o: notch, nick, dent, indentation; -izar: to notch, dent. Def.: V-forma dentizuro (quale en flecho, dento-roto; l’intervalo o lakuno inter du denti di ingranajo, do l’inverso di dento; (kp. III-142). Mikra kavajo produktita per instrumento o frapo. — F
nocion-o: notion. Def.: Ideo quan on havas pri ulo. Ex. La koncienco direte donas al homo nociono pri la bono e lo mala. Il donos a vu nociono pri ca afero. — DEFIS
nod-o: knot (in thread, cord, rope, etc.); (nav.) knot: nautical mile: 6080.27 ft., 1852 meters (metres); -igar: to tie a knot in (ulo); -ifar: to knot: produce knots; -o Gordiala: Gordian knot. — FIS
nokt-ar: (impers.) to be night; -as: it is night; -eskar: night is coming on; -ala: nocturnal. (ye) -esko: (at) nightfall; -o: night (cf. tenebro, obskuro); -o-mezo: midnight; -o-vag-anto, -ero: night prowler; -o-vazo: chamber-pot; -o-lampo, -bujio: night-light; nokto-marvelo: (bot.) marvel of Peru (Mirabilis). — DEFIRS
noktiluk-o: (zool.) noctiluca (genus: Noctiluca). — EFISL
noktu-o: (orni.) white owl, barn-owl (Noctua); (cf. IV-296).
nokturn-o: (mus.) nocturne. — DEFIRS
nom-ar: (tr.) to name: call (ulu) by name, to say the name of (ulu); -esar: to be named, to be called; -o: name; (gram.) noun; -izar: to name: give a name to (ulo); -iz-o, -uro: naming; appelation; -izado: nomenclature (cf. nomenklaturo); -e: namely (viz.); bapto- -o: Christian name; pre- -o: first name; ye la -o di: in the name of; ye mea -o (vice me): in my name; propra -o: own name; proper noun; sen- -a: nameless. Def.: Dicar, lektar o pensar la nomo; «nom-izar» esas donar nomo (nova); IV-164. Ex.: Ka vu nomas ta persono? La persono nomesas S.X. Lua gepatri nomizis il Jean X. (gram.) Propra, komuna nomo; nomo-substantivo; nom-adjektivo. — DEFIS
nomad-(ulo), -a:.nomad(ic). — DEFIRS
nombr-o: (cardinal) number, numeral (i.e. numbers used in simple counting: 1, 2, 3, etc. cf. numero); (gram.) number; -izar: to give numbers to; to count, take census of; -o prima: prime number; -ala: numerical; granda- -a: numerous; sen- -a: numberless (cf. ne-kont-ebla). — EFIS
nomenklatur-o: nomenclature. — DEFIRS
nomin-ar: (tr.) to nominate: to name as a canditate for election or appointment to an office or title; -o, -eso: (act. condition) nomination, appointment, designation; -ala: (of price, value) nominal; -anto, -ero: nominator, presenter; -ato, -ario: nominee; -al-ismo: (philos.) nominalism. — EFIS
nominativ-o: (gram.) nominative. — DEFIS
nomografi-o*: nomography.
non: nine; -o: the ninth; -esma, -esmo: (ordinal) ninth, (rel.) novena (nine days devotion); -imo: (fraction) a ninth part; -opla: ninefold; -a-dek-yara, -o: nonogenarian; -a-dek: ninety; (cf. du).
nopal-o: (bot.) nopal, Indian-fig, cochineal-tree (Opuntia coccinellifera). — DEFIRS
nord-o: north; -ala: nothern; -e: northerly, in the north (with movement: ad –e); -esto: north-east. — DEFIRS
nori-o*: noria: a machine for raising water by buckets on an endless chain. — DEF
norm-o: norm: authoritative standard or model; -a: of or constituting a norm, rule, or principle; -ala: ordinary, regular, normaclass="underline" relating to an authoritative standard, as in speaking of health, etc.; (goem.) -ala, -alo: normaclass="underline" perpendicular to a tangent; -igar: to establish (ulo) as a norm, to make a standard of (ulo); -izar: to furnish with a standard, norm; -al-igar: to standardize; to seal (weights, measures); pezo- -o: standard of weights. V. exp.: Regulo esas precepto o preskripto generala, enuncita per vorti. Normo esas kozo konkreta, qua servas quale modelo o tipo a qua on komparas la ceteri por evaluar lia justeso; III-410. — DEFIRS
nostalgi-o: nostalgia, homesickness. — EFIRS
nostok-o*: (bot.) nostoc: a plant of blue-green algæ (genus: Nostoc). — DEFS
not-ar: (tr.) to note down, set down in writing, make memo of; (cf. remarkar); -izar: to annotate, make notes in (a book); (mus.) to write down the notes; (N.B. on notas remarki en libro; on notizas libro per remarki; cf. Talmey’s Text Book, p. 109); -o: noting; note, mark, memo, minute (to assist the memory); (mus.) note (written or sounded); (diplom.) note; -iz(ad)o, -izuro: annotation, notation (musical, chemical, etc.); inventory; -iz-iva: annotative; -iz-anto, -ero: annotator; -libr-eto: memorandum book (cf. posh-kayero); -o-referi: reference marks (signs, numbers), etc.). — DEFIRS
notari-o: notary (public); koram -o: in the presence of a notary. — DEFIRS
notic-o: (short) notice, note, or account (instructive or informative as on bottle labels, or in a museum, etc.); -o biografiala: biographical sketch. Def.: Nelonga skribajo instruktiva o informiva pri partikulara temo od objektivo; III-204. V. exp.: avizo. — DEFIS
notifik-ar: (tr.) to notify (formally), give notice of (ulo, ad ulu). V. exp.: sav-igar. — DEFIS
notor-a: manifest, well-known, known generally, notorious (N.B. but not in a bad sense); -eso: notoriety, notoriousness. — DEFIRS
nov-a: (of things) new, novel; (of persons) new (in service, office); -(ul)o: a newcomer; -ajo: a new thing, novelty; -e: newly , freshly (cf. recente); -e nask-into: a new-born child; -yaro, -a: New Year; -igar: to innovate (ulo) (intr.: enduktar novajo); -ig-anto, -ero: innovator; V. exp.: vid. anciena. — DEFIRS
novel-o: short story, novelette; -isto: short-story writer. V. exp.: Romano esas generale libro kontenanta fingita historio di un o plura personi. Novelo signifikas nur rakonto de kelka pagini, qua havas la naturo di romano, me esas romano tre kurta, tam per l’ampleso kam per la duro (generale on rakontas nur aventuro, epizodo, fakto); IV-291-2. — DEFIRS