polvasuker — (kwo) vacuum cleaner
polvasukervati — (zwo) clean with a vacuum cleaner
(Origin: polva + suki)
pomelo — (kwo) pomelo
pompa — (kwo) pomp, state
fai pompa — behave pompously
pompa-ney, pompaful — (kwel) pompous
pompon — (kwo) pompon
pon — (zwo) put
pon se dar — put it there
bepon tabla — lay the table
ponka, geim-ponka — (kwo) stake (pledge)
pondi — (zwo) weigh (determine weight; consider — cf. “vegi”)
ponding — (kwo) weighing pondika — (kwo) balance, scales (also «vaka»)
pondidan — (kwo) scale (either of the pans, trays or dishes of a balance or scales)
poni — (kwo) pony
ponta — (kwo) bridge
pendiponta — hanging bridge
pop — (kwo) Christian priest
popa — (kwo) stern, poop; buttocks, bottom
popla — (kwo) poplar
populare — (kwo) popular
populasion — (kwo) population
por — (konekti) due to, because of
Danke por atenta! — Thank you for your attention!
Nu bu go promeni por bade meteo. — We are not going for a walk due to bad weather.
Me lai por vidi luma in yur winda. – I came because of seeing light in your windows.
porcha — (kwo) porch
porselan — (kwo)porcelain, china
porsion — (kwo) portion (an alloted part)
porti — (zwo) bear, carry; wear
raki-porti — convey or transport in a vehicle
porti wek — (zwo) take away, carry away
porting — (kwo) carrying, bearing
portibile — (kwel) portable
portisulam — ladder
porter — (kwo) porter
portika — (kwo) stretcher, litter
portiwat — (kwo) what is carried, load, burden
portreta — (kwo) portrait
portu — (kwo) port, harbour
Portugal — Portugal
Portugal-jen — inhabitant/citizen of Portugal
portuges — (kwel, kwo) Portuguese (relating to ethnicity, language or country); Portuguese (person of Portuguese ethnicity); Portuguese language
posta — (kwo) 1) post (position of employment; outpost, guard-post — cf. "meil");
2) post (message in an electronic forum)
posti — (zwo) post (send to an electronic forum)
pot — (kwo) pot (a household vessel of medium size)
florpot — (kwo) flowerpot
kukipot — (kwo) cooking pot
potensial — (kwo) potential (ability or capacity for growth; physical notion)
potente — (kwel) potential, potent, endowed with energy adequate to a result
potensia — (kwo) potentiality, potency, ability or capacity to perform; math. power
potensia de motor — engine potency
povre — (kwel) poor (with little money; to be pitied)
povre jen — poor man; pauper
povre jenta — the poor
povritaa — (kwo) poverty
povra (povro, povrina) — (kwo) poor fellow
poy — (taim-komo) then, later
Me bu mog go adar nau, me ve go poy. — I cannot go there now, I shall go later.
un-nem... poy — first... then
Un-nem me go a skola, poy a dom. — First I go to school, then home.
prais — (kwo) price
prais-lista — (kwo) price list
praktika — (kwo) practice
praktike — (kwel) practical, pertaining to practice
praktikem — (komo) practically
praktiki — (zwo) practice, exercise, put into practice
praktiki-she leker — a practical doctor
prave — (kwel) right (correct, just, true, appropriate; synonyms with narrower meaning are “vere, juste, korekte”)
prave jawaba — right answer
prave desida — sound decision
prave dao — right way
yu es prave — you are right
pravitaa — (kwo) rightness
noprave — (kwel) wrong
pravnik — (kwo) righteous man
Russian
pre — (syao) pre-, fore-
previdi — to foresee
preshwo — to foretell
pre-existi — to preexist
prenam — forename
preyeri — the day before yesterday
pregoer — predecessor
prejuda — prejudice
prelaste — penultimate
preferi — (zwo) prefer
me preferi pi chay — I better drink tea
preferi koysa pyu kem koysa — to prefer smth to smth prefera — (kwo) preference
preferival — (kwel) preferable, preferred preferivalem — (komo)preferably
preservi — (zwo) preserve (fon koysa — from smth), save, keep from injury
presi — (zwo) press
ek-presi handa — shake hand
presi labas — press one's lips together
taim presi — the time presses preser — (kwo) press (a devise used to apply pressure to an item)
presa — (kwo) pressure
pri — (sta)to like Me pri flor. — I like flowers.
Me pri sey flor. — I like this flower. May kinda pri rasmi. — My child likes to draw.
pria — (kwo) liking, love, sympathy
may pria — darling, sweetheart
prival — (kwel) lovely, alluring, nice
Hindi
primare — (kwel) primary (elementary, first or lowest in order)
prime — (kwel) prime (first in importance or quality), primary, paramount
es prime kwesta — it’s a question of primary importance
primem — (komo)above all, first of all; primarily, chiefly, mainly, principally
primitive — (kwel) primitive
primula — (kwo) primula, primrose
Syn.: ranflor
primus — (kwo) primus (stove)
prinsa — (kwo) prince
prinsesa — (kwo) princess
prinsip — (kwo) principle
prinsip-ney — (kwel) of principle
pro — (konekti-syao) pro, in favour of
pro-westa-ney stata — a pro-Western state
Nu es pro guverna. — We support government.
Ob yu es pro may idea? — Do you support my idea?
proba — (kwo) trial, test; sample probi — (zwo) sample (to take or to test a sample), test; try on; try out (cf. “trai”)
Russian
probable — (kwel)probable, likely
shao-probable — unlikely, not likely
probablem — (komo)probably (seealso “shayad”)
probablitaa — (kwo) probability
problema — (kwo) problem
problema yok! — no problem!
probus — (kwo) proboscis (of elephant, of insect)
produkta — (kwo) product
produkti — (zwo) produce
produktive — (kwel) productive
produktivitaa — (kwo) productivity
produkter — (kwo) producer
produkting — (kwo) production
produktura — (kwo) produce, items/amount produced
profesion — (kwo) profession, occupation
See also: profi
puni — (zwo) punish
puna — (kwo) punishment, penalty
manipuna — (kwo) fine (a payment or fee issued as punishment for breaking the law)
punitive — (kwel) punitive
punival — (kwel) deserving punishment
punta — (kwo) point (dot; full stop, period; item or entry in list; score; place or locality)
puntakoma — (kwo) semicolon
dwapunta — (kwo) colon (punctuation mark) vidipunta — (kwo) point of view, standpoint
punta-konta — (kwo) score (number of points earned)
puntuasion — (kwo)punctuation
puntuasion-signa — (kwo)punctuation mark
pupa — (kwo)pupa, chrysalis
pupila — (kwo) pupil (of eye)
pur — (konekti)1) for, in exchange for
Tu kupi signifi pren koysa pur mani. — To buy means to take something for money.
pur to — in return, instead, but then
2) for, in place of
chi pur tri jen — eat for three men
pure — (kwel) pure
pure fantasia — sheer fantasy
puritaa — (kwo) purity
purisi — (zwo) purify
purisa — (kwo) purification
pushi — (zwo) push
pushi-ofni dwar chaurem — push the door wide open
jenmenga ek-pushi avan — the crowd surged forward
ta fa-pushi bak on bencha — he sat back on the bench
fa-pushi a taraf — dash aside
raspushi — (zwo) push away / apart
pusha — (kwo) push
pushing — (kwo) pushing
putre — (kwel) rotten; putrid
putri — (zwo) rot (tr./intr.) putrifi — (zwo) rot, decay, putrefy, become bad
putrisi — (zwo) make rot
putrika — (kwo) rotten stuff
putunhua — (kwo) Putonghua
pwa — (kwo) pea(s)
pwa-sup — pea soup
grin pwa — green peas
pyan — (kwel) drunk, drunken, tipsy
ta es pyan — he/she is drunk
gro-pyan — (kwel) blind drunk
pyannesa — (kwo) intoxication
fa-pyan — (zwo) become drunk
pyani — (zwo) drink hard/heavily
pyaning — (kwo) drunkenness, hard drinking
pyanisi (mah-pyan) — (zwo) make drunk, intoxicate
pyannik — (kwo) drunkard
Russian
pyasi — (zwo) thirst
pyasa — (kwo) thirst
fai pyasa — be thirsty
defai pyasa — slake/quench one's thirst
pyasa-ney (pyase) — (kwel) thirsty
sta pyase — be thirsty
Hindi
pyu — (gramatika-komo) more
Sey gaseta es pyu interes-ney kem toy-la. — This newspaper is more interesting than that one.
Lu lopi pyu kway kem yu. — He runs quicker than you.
Lu lekti pyu kem me. — He reads more than me.
Me bu yao audi se pyu. — I don't want to listen to this any more.
pyu o meno hao, pyu-meno hao — more or less good
fa-pyu — (zwo) increase (intr.) mah-pyu — (zwo) increase (tr.) pyu-nem — (komo) rather, to a greater degree
rabati — (zwo) make a reduction in (value or price)