[pau̯k]
1. indefinite determiner Little (singular), few (plural). It expresses a small quantity. Example: S’hast paucas pereixonas na strata, there are few people in the street.
2. indefinite pronoun Little (singular), few (plural). It expresses a small quantity. Example: Paucs osen-ou reitre, few (of them) dare to challenge him.
3. adverb of quantity Not much, little. It expresses a small quantity. Example: Nos vidèms-nus pauc, we see each other little.
Etymology: From Latin paucus.
[au̯ˈku]
1. indefinite determiner Some, any. It refers to an indefinite quantity of people or things. Example: Aucunas pereixonas pensen qwe jo sõ mout bell, some people think I am very handsome.
2. indefinite pronoun Some, any. It refers to an indefinite quantity of people or things. Example: Aucũns pensen qwe jo sõ mout bell, some (of them) think I am very handsome.
Spelling: Before words beginning with a vowel or h-, it turns into aucũn’, with word ligature (both words are written together without intermediate spaces). For feminine singular: aucuna, or aucun’ before words beginning with a vowel or h-; for masculine plural, aucũns; feminine plural: aucunas.
Etymology: From Latin aliquis unus.
[kom]
1. interrogative and exclamative pronoun How. Example: Com apelles-ti?, What’s your name? (literally: how do you call yourself?
2. causal conjunction As, because, since. Example: Com s’hawabe pluggat, a strata esabe moixata, as it had rained, the street was wet.
3. adverb of manner Like, as. Example: Faça-ou com tu volles, do it as you wish.
Etymology: From Latin quomodo.
[kom kwe]
2. conditional conjunction If, in case. Example: Com qwe nõ manngges-ti ou plat de lentellas, esarés castigat, if you don’t eat the dish of lentils, you’ll be punished.
[kwand]
1. interrogative and exclamative pronoun When. Example: Qwand vojaixarés tu a Franza?, when are you going to travel to France?
2. conjunction of time When. Example: Jo vidabe a televeixõ de segat qwand ou telefõ soné, I was watching TV when the telephone rang.
Etymology: From Latin quando.
[do]
1. interrogative and exclamative pronoun Where. Example: Dõn has esat?, where have you been?
2. relative pronoun Where. Example: A cità dõ jo naçé apelle-si Nou Jorc, the city where I was born is called New York.
Etymology: From Latin de unde.
[kwi]
1. interrogative and exclamative pronoun Who. Example: Qwĩn arriwé hjer tant tard?, who arrived yesterday so late?
2. relative pronoun Who, that. Example: Mas ggermanas, qwĩns vircen nous Stats Unats, paraulen ainglès perfetament, my sisters, who work in the United States, speak English perfectly.
Etymology: From Latin quem.
[mou̯t]
1. adverb of quantity A lot, much. Example: J’ame-ti mout, I love you a lot.
2. adverb of quantity Very (used to express the superlative degree in adjectives and adverbs). Example: A citàt eh mout bella, the city is very beautiful.
3. indefinite determiner A lot of, much, many. Example: Jo laic ou cafè cõ mout sucer, I like coffee with a lot of sugar; mouts lãns dou mond viwen n’eixtrema pauperiza, many countries in the world live in the extreme poverty.
4. indefinite pronoun Much, many. Example: Mouts hen-si qwezonat pur qwe hast sucedat dou, many have asked themselves why this has happened, da mannggata d’hjer, s’hast tuvïe mouta, of the food from yesterday, there is still much of it left.
Etymology: From Latin multus.
[ˈtera]
1. feminine noun Ground, soil.
[ˈtera]
1. feminine noun The Earth.
Etymology: From Latin terra.
[ˈtera ˈfiɾma]
1. feminine noun Continent, mainland.
Etymology: From terra firma.
[ˈmaɲd͡ʒəɾe]
1. transitive verb To eat (something), to have for lunch.
2. intransitive verb To eat, to have lunch.
Etymology: From Latin manducare.