This lexicon consists primarily of words introduced in the grammar
sketch, as well as some words of
interest derived from them. The lexicon is organized on entries in simple
alphabetical order. Consult the Borg-English section for the precise
meaning of doubtful words.A B C D E F G H I J K L M N - Z Borg-Eng Back
A ability paw able poziw, puw about chri, p?i (ppn) above 'eDH, plu abroad s?eji? absent f?oHuH abundance ?a' accelerate (tr) vlishobuj accompany knuruj accompanying knu (ppn) accomplish shumun according to lva (ppn) acquire Soquv across thna (ppn) activate huzh actual khin add hvadukh addition hvadakh, hvadudakh additional vi' adequate dhip adhesive ñojajaq adjust zhuth adjustment zheqath admit ñumuv adversary poz afresh tveche? after pDo (ppn) afterward peD again swechek, tveche? against pza (ppn) agree hwul aim for rul air dhaj airlock ghazh alien Dob all kil alleged ghil allow juz almost Dle (adv) along lva (ppn) alongside hwet already mja (adv) also shñe (adv) although 'bi (conj) altitude DaDan always ka'el among other things mzheDeb among mzhe (ppn) and khli (conj) animal has annihilate joquk annul joquk, poqugh aperture wap appoint troshuq approach Dwezhut approximate humij arise chajun arm prosthesis dsaDHagh arm das, nobuH army qa' around chri (ppn) arrange zhuth artificial chewin as (comparison) ?ehw (adv) as if ghla (conj) ask for Hugh ask a question (intr) vu? assimilate (tr) qush assimilation qudash asteroid laq at Dwe, tro (ppn) at all jña (adv) at (the) last dbedeb at least thhwe (adv) at the rate of vzo (ppn) at will lvalekh atom poHisakh attach (tr) hvañuq attempt shaf, shuf attend DweHuH attract hvanuth audience Semo'aj authority chaH automatic sneDHim average mizh away f?o (adv) away from pza (adv) Top
B back sew, taD, tyeD back(side) peqaD back(wards) syew bad fnebid band Tadh bar put barb zhagh barely qdhu (adv) bark hwakh barricade pojat barrier pat be HuH be off meb because ghwa (conj) because of ghra, pvo (ppn) become chajun, 'uj become perfect bajugh bedroom zhiqa' before bla (ppn) begin (tr) ghush beginning ghash behind peD being Ho'oH belief Hab believe (intr) Hub below hwen bend sak bent sik, suk berth wan beside spu (ppn) besides mzheDeb, sto, s?e, Set between mzhe (ppn) big bish bind ñuq biology fughazh bit pa' black jich blanket zh'adhojaz block put blockade poTat blood fzhadhaq blue lib board temaT, zab body ghab bond ñojaq book thab booklet thoHab boot gha' born khajuz boss Hol bottom hwan, hwin brain ?am bread neqan bred breadth zaDab break down fuT breakdown faT breath fzhadhaj bring knuwuv bring about 'oquñ broad zib broadcast wsaSoquj brown sid build knuzhuth building knuzheqath bulkhead DaS burden Sakh burn (intr) kuS but sDe (conj) button hach, hojazh by Dwe (ppn) by means of vma (ppn) by now mja (adv) Top
C cable faD cancel poqugh capacious shozin capacity shaDozan capital city Hlavan cat has kat, hepas kat cause DHaDH, puq ceiling HaS certain ligh, pin certificate ñequmav chain dhab chair mojash chance thakh change (tr) thnachun chief Hil chief spokesperson Hlokutos child baq childishness beqaq choice tagh choose tugh circle chazh circuit chazh city van city dweller vepan city leader viTon clear chij, jikh cliff Sab clock chkapaT clock-wise Humidh close up shu' clothes teqaq cogitate (intr) ?umum cold fne'ich collective vemaq collide (intr) dhuD color TaT, TuT come zhut come from tveghuS comet Dap companion kon compare sum comparison sam compel doquv compete khush complete zhin completely zhen compulsion dudoqav compulsory doqiv computer DHojam con pza (ppn) concerning p?i (ppn) condition 'aD confess ñumuv connected kid connection kad conquer ruq conquest raq consequence raz construct knuzhuth contain 'iq container 'aq contents troSav continually beh continue (intr) buh continue (tr) boquh control panel qojaz control quz cool fnefiz correct bizh, buzh corrugated ñuhwin cosmic zhizh cosmology zhughazh cosmos zhazh council temaT counter-clockwise mumidh course Daz cover (intr) dhuz coverall pluzhan covering dhojaz crater qaS creature Ho'oH cuff kumaq cul-de-sac snelwiriqaj culture sash cup Dak cure dhut curvature jaDath curve jath curved jith Top
D dam peqat damage khuch danger wazh dangerous wizh data deqewakh datapadd thab dawn jajaj day jaj dead kikh dead-end snelwiriqaj death kakh deck naS deep chiD demand Hagh, Hugh denote lu? depart mbiruj depend tvedugh depleted (devices) ?ith deprive of soqun depth chaDaD desire lakh despite fneghra destination ral destroy wuw destruction weqaw, wudaw device mach, paT dictionary 'emam die kukh dike peqat direction Daz directly snevem discover tuzh discovery tazh discuss ruT discussion raT disease zhaDH disruptor zhap distant fi? distribute wsadukh do (tr) chun dock hvawajun, wan door ghazh dormancy niche zhiqa' doubt fneHub downward hwyen drink zhub drop (intr) shub drop of fuel nisan duplicate (tr) moquchugh durable buSih during Hwu (conj) duty dav duty station diqav Top
E ear ghat early lik eat zhub effect (physics) pumaw effort shaf eight zak element tas elevator pojaj eleven (B) waq emptiness Hakh enclose troshuq end mav engine shojaj engine(s) shomaj enough ziz ensure loqugh entire zhin environment cheqar envoy ñewoT ersatz ghil establish (tr) shoqut even ñzo event DHaDH ever jña (adv) every kil every kind of ku?il everyone kol everything kal everywhere kaghel exactly bezh exaggerate hwoquf examine such exceed pul excellent ba?id except for sto (conj) existence HudaH extent ñach exterior seqa? external si? extra vil eye prosthesis mnaDHagh eye man Top
F face kam factory chiqan failure faT fake ghil fall (intr) shub far fnehij fast biz fate thakh feeding station niqeqan feeding tube zhojab feel ruch feel sorrow about (tr) budh female himis, vimoq few fnemigh field (physics) qam fiery Duhwiq fifteen (F) DHa? filament foHaD fill (tr) shun final dib finally dbedeb find tuzh finger faj fire Daq first ?iz fissure faf fit for dhup five pap flame Disaq flashlight ?oHojaDH flavor 'eqadh flee Huv floor naS fly wush follow ruz foot fash for ghwa, pvo for every reason ko'el for no reason jo'ek for some reason po'en for that reason to'eb for the rest Set for the sake of pra (ppn) for this reason gho'eH force doquv, dudoqav form chan, chun forward byel, chiz, chyez four ghaz fourfold ghuchiz fourteen (D) kach frequent fit from lwi, tve (ppn) front chaz, chiz fuel nan fuel tank naqan fulfill shumun full shin function properly quzh functional qozizh further v'u (adv) futile 'il futile act 'al futility 'aDal future HaDolaH Top
G galaxy pemaDH gather together (intr) Tudh gel daj generate khuz generator nojal get Soquv get ready hajul get rid of foqu? gift deqakh give dukh give back swedukh give out wsadukh give rise to khuz glass (the substance) jakh glossary 'emam glove jal glue ñojajaq go ruj go astray tvehwajut go dormant zhu' go off course tvehwajut go out lwiruj go with knuruj goal ral good bid good person bod good thing bad gratitude khaq gravity ToTal green kip grey pid group Tadh gunsight rojal Top
H hammer qojaD hand kaq handle tomadh hang (intr) dhugh hang (tr) dhoqugh happen DHuDH hard (not soft) thiD hardly qdhu (adv) have Suv have the opinion (intr) Hub have to (tr) duv head rakh heading Daz hear Suj hearing (sense) Saj heat 'aDach heavy Til height saDaf helm Dojaz herbicide ghoDaDH here ghagheH high Din hill roHaD hind tiD hindrance pat hit (intr) dhuD hit (tr) quD hoist pojaj hold tudh hook zhagh hot 'ich hour jjapa' how vep how much veDHap how many veDHap huge 'i? hull (of ship) hwakh hungry (persons) ?ith Top
I idea nab, ?eqam if sli (conj) immediately hwvu (adv) immense 'i? implement pam importance waDakh important wakh, wikh, wukh improve (intr) vlibajud in tro (ppn) in any case kleDHeDH in charge Hul in comparison sem in every way kel in exchange for pvo (ppn) in fact khen in front of bla (ppn) in no way jek in the first place ?zezhehw in this way gheH indeed ñja (adv) indefinite meaning chwe (ppn) independent snetvedigh indirect vim inhabitant of a planet jepo? inject tur injector tojar injure khuch innovate (tr) choqu? innovation cheqa? install troshuq instantaneous hwiv instead of Dgha (ppn) instrument pam intend DHuzh interrogate p?ivu' interrogative chqu (ptl) interval mzheza?ab into tro (ppn) invade shuS Top
J join (tr) koqun journey ghaS just nru (adv) just now zhsu (adv) Top
K keep tudh key ?omakh kind qath knee 'ad know dut knowledge dat Top
L label naD, nuD lack mak, muk land (ground) kaj language vagh laser energy/beam ?aD laser torch ?omaD last (intr) buh last dib later piD lead to 'oquñ learn lun learning program lnathab least fnevlo (adv) leave lwiruj left (side) madh left-hand midh leg rat legible jiniD length maDas less fnevli (adv) let's go meb levee peqat license jomaz life fazh life support system fomazh lift (tr) puj light ?aDH light fixture ?ojaDH lightning zhap line foHaD linguistics vikutagh link kad liquid dhaq live fuzh local ghaghiH located (intr) luzh location lazh lock ?akh, ?ukh lone thiz long mis look for qub lot of megh, ?a' (lhu) lower hwin Top
M machine paT made from lwi (ppn) magnet vaT magnetic viT magnetic device vojaT magnetic field qam viT magnetism voTaT magnetize vobuT main Hil make (tr) chun male hopis, vopoq manual kiq, qiDiz many mirgh mark lu? material pakh maybe ten meanwhile Hew meat heqas meet knuzhut member (of a group) mop member of a collective vepemoq member of a species chepoT merely nru (adv) mesa dhoHaDH message pañash metal bas metal-bearing bu'is metallic buhwis meteor shas mid-day jjamazh middle mazh mind ?am misunderstand dmakhut molecule pemoHisakh molten metal beads ?eqaD monitor Tojaj mpnth jjaTadh moon (natural satellite) la' more val, vli, v'u most va?al, vlo most of all vel motive vo'ap motor shojaj mountain raD mouth raDH move (intr) shuj movement shaj much migh multiple muchigh multiply (tr) moquchugh muscle zaDH must (tr) duv must be assimilated qiDish
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