English-Lojban dictionary
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y
yam samcu:
x1 is a quantity of cassava/taro/manioc/tapioca/| [edible starchy root] of species/strain x2
yard gutci (guc):
x1 is x2 (default 1) short local distance unit(s) [non-metric], standard x3, x4 subunits
[foot (= jmagutci); | (= cibjamgutci), pace (= tapygutci), inch (= degygutci), cubit (= birgutci)]; (additional subunit places may be added as x5, x6, ...)
yarn (story) lisri (lis):
x1 is a story/tale/|/narrative about plot/subject/moral x2 by storyteller x3 to audience x4
[also legend; a narrative need not be fictional; x2 may be merely a convention rather than a subject; also x3 tells/recounts story/tale x1 about x2 to x4 (= selterlisri for place reordering); note that the storyteller need not be the author]
yarn (used in knitting) nivji (niv):
x3 of: x1 (agent) knits x2 [cloth/object] from |/thread x3
yarn (used in weaving) jivbu:
x3 of: x1 weaves x2 from material/[|] x3
yarn for weaving x3 of jivbu
yarn knitting | x3 of nivji
year (associated with autumn) critu:
x2 of: x1 is autumn/fall [harvest/cooling season] of | x2 at location x3
year (associated with particular season/anniversary) citsi:
x3 of: x1 is a season/is seasonal [cyclical interval], defined by interval/property x2, of |(s) x3
[also anniversary (= citsydei, na'arcitsydei), jubilee (= mumnoncitsi); the period of time may be short or long as indicated by x2, and may occur every | or every nth | as indicated by x3 (default every |); (x2 and/or x3 may need metaphorical restriction: djecitsi, pavdeicitsi; also equinox, solstice, time of |]
year (associated with spring) vensa (ves):
x2 of: x1 is spring/springtime [warming season] of | x2 at location x3; (adjective:) x1 is vernal
year (associated with summer) crisa (cis):
x2 of: x1 is summer/summertime [hot season] of | x2 at location x3
year (associated with winter) dunra (dur):
x2 of: x1 is winter/wintertime [cold season] of | x2 at location x3
year (duration) nanca (na'a):
x1 is x2 years in duration (default is 1 |) by standard x3; (adjective:) x1 is annual
[this | (= cabna'a); next | (= bavlamna'a); last | (= prulamna'a)]
year (part of date) detri (det):
x1 is the date [day,{week},{month},|] of event/state x2, at location x3, by calendar x4
(time units in x1 are specified as numbers separated by pi'e or are unit values massified with joi)
year of autumn x2 of critu
year of season x3 of citsi
year of spring x2 of vensa
year of summer x2 of crisa
year of winter x2 of dunra
year standard x3 of nanca
years in duration nanca (na'a):
x1 is x2 | (default is 1 year) by standard x3; (adjective:) x1 is annual
[this year (= cabna'a); next year (= bavlamna'a); last year (= prulamna'a)]
years duration in | x2 of nanca
years 2. lasts in | x1 of nanca
years 3. number of | x2 of nanca
yell x2 of krixa
yellow x1 of pelxu
yellow 2. pelxu (pel):
x1 is |/golden [color adjective]
yells krixa (kix ki'a):
x1 cries out/|/howls sound x2; x1 is a crier
yen rupnu (rup ru'u):
x1 is measured in major-money-units (dollar/yuan/ruble) as x2 (quantity), monetary system x3
[also pound, rupee, franc, mark, |; x1 is generally a price/cost/value]
yesterday evening vanci (vac):
x1 is an evening [from end-of-work until sleep typical for locale] of day x2 at location x3
[this evening (= cabvanci); tomorrow evening (= bavlamvanci); | (= prulamvanci)]
yesterday morning cerni (cer):
x1 is a morning [dawn until after typical start-of-work for locale] of day x2 at location x3
[this morning (= cabdeicerni); tomorrow morning (= bavlamcerni); | (= prulamcerni, prulamdeicerni)]
yesterday djedi (dje dei):
x1 is x2 full days in duration (default is 1 day) by standard x3; (adjective:) x1 is diurnal
[today (= cabdei); tomorrow (= bavlamdei); | (= prulamdei)]
yield conditions x3 of randa
yield x1 of randa
yield 2. randa (rad):
x1 |-s/gives way/surrenders to x2 (force/agent) under conditions x3
yielded to x2 of randa
yielding (soft/malleable) ranti (ran):
x1 is soft/malleable/moldable/| to force x2 in conditions x3
yields randa (rad):
x1 |/gives way/surrenders to x2 (force/agent) under conditions x3
young (youthful) citno (cit ci'o):
x1 is |/youthful [relatively short in elapsed duration] by standard x2
[also age (= nilnalci'o); (adjective:) x1 is junior]
young (| female person) nixli (nix xli):
x1 is a girl [| female person] of age x2 immature by standard x3
[word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use verba)]
young (| male person) nanla:
x1 is a boy/lad [| male person] of age x2 immature by standard x3
[word dispreferred in metaphor/example as sexist; (use verba)]
young (| person) verba (ver ve'a):
x1 is a child/kid/juvenile [a | person] of age x2, immature by standard x3
[not necessarily human]
young thing x1 of citno
young bear | x2 of jbena
youth standard x2 of citno
youthful citno (cit ci'o):
x1 is young/| [relatively short in elapsed duration] by standard x2
[also age (= nilnalci'o); (adjective:) x1 is junior]
