W - X


Prospective Word Choices for a Provisional Global Core Vocabulary, from Basic English plus: W - X Key to Languages: A = Arabic, Al = Albanian, Am = Amharic, B = Bengali, Ba = Bambara, Bi = Bislama, Bm = Burmese, Bu = Bulgarian, C = Croatian, Ca = Catalan, Ch = Cherokee, Ck = Chinook, Co = Coptic, Ct = Cantonese, Cz = Czech, D = Dutch, Da = Danish, E = English, Es = Estonian, Et = Etruscan, F = French, Fa = Farsi, Fi = Finnish, Fu = Fulani, G = German, Gj = Gujarati, Gk = Greek, Gu = Guarani, Gy = Gypsy, H = Hindi, Ha = Hausa, He = Hebrew, Hk = Hakka, Ht = Haitian FC, Hu = Hungarian, Hw = Hawaiian, I = Italian, Ic = Icelandic, Ig = Igbo, In = Indonesian, Ir = Irish, J = Japanese, Ja = Javanese, Jm = Jamaican, K = Korean, Ka = Kampuchean, Kh = Kurdish, Kt = Kutuba, Ku = Kupang, L = Latin, La = Latinate, LF = Lingua Franca, Li = Lingala, M = Malay, Ma = Maharaja, Mc = Macaista, My = Malayalam, Na = Nahuatl, Ng = Nagamese, Oc = Occitan, P = Putonghua (Mandarin Chinese), Pa = Pashtu, Ph = Polish, Po = Portuguese, Qe = Quechua, Qi = Quiche, R = Russian, Ro = Romanian, Rm = Romansch, S = Spanish, Sa = Sanskrit, Sb = Serbian, Se = Seychellois, Sh = Swedish, Si = Singlish, Sl = Slovene, Sm = Saramaccan, Sn = Samoan, So = Shona, Sr = Sranan, Su = Sumerian, Sw = Swahili, T = Turkish, Ta = Tamil, Te = Telugu, Tg = Tagalog, Th = Thai, TP = Tok Pisin, Tt = Tetun, U = Urdu, V = Vietnamese, W = Wolof, We = Welsh, Y = Yoruba, Z = Zulu









Consonants as in English etc. except as shown: b c = /tsh/ [tʃ] ~ "Italian [c]" as in "ciao, cello" d f g = plosive as in "go" h j = /dzh/ [dʒ] ~ "English [j]" as in "jet" k (digraph{kh} = [x] ~ "ch" as in "Bach" or "loch") l m n p q = [q] ~ as in Arabic "qaf" r s t v w x = /sh/ [ʃ] as in Portuguese, Basque etc. y z (digraph{zh} = [ʒ] "French [j]") apostrophe {'} = glottal stop [ʔ] the five vowels are pronounced separately as in Spanish (e.g. "Port Said","patio")



A Ba - Bi Bl - By Ca - Cl Co - Cu D E Fa - Fi Fl - Fu G H I J - K L Ma - Me Mi - My N

O Pa - Pi Pl - Py Q Ra - Re Rh - Ry Sa - Sh Si - Sq St - Sy Ta - Ti To - Ty U - V W - X Y - Z Homepage


Basic English plus	Neo Patwa	Pandunia	Ceqli	Unish	Lingwa de Planeta	Ardano


wage, salary	salari E


wagon		vagon		wagon


waist				yao	kamar H


wait	mate J		jam Ka	weit	weit E


wake, awake	kwanka Sw			weik


walk, step	kamina S			zou P	pedi


wall	fal Hu		stena R	mur F	mur


wallet, purse				bolsa S


wander, drift	yuwayuwa Sw			wander


want, desire	mau In	kami	vol F	want	yao


war			jang H	war	gwer


warehouse				soko J


warm				warm	warme


warn				avis F	averti


wash	wasi Sm		xpul G	wax	wox


waste	muda J			nangbi	vanisi


watch, monitor	figyel Hu			wac


watch, timepiece


water	lakwa LF	su		akwa	akwa


waterfall				pogpo


watermelon				arbuz	karpus


wave	nami J	bolan		ola	onda


wax	lilin Tt			waks	waksa


way, method, style	moda I		sama H	lu	dao P


we				mis	nu F


weak	lema In			ruo	feble La


wealth				jesan


weapon	sile Kh	vuki			arma


weasel	mostela Oc


wear				foro


weather				tenki	meteo


weave				wiv	teksi


wedge					kunya


Wednesday				aqadi


weed				zaso J


week	semanya S			wik	wik


weep, cry	ulda K			naku J	plak R


weigh, weight				pes S	pesa


welfare				benes


well, waterhole	kisima Sw		kuan H	bien F	kuan H


West	bati T		kulon Ja	west	westa


wet	gila H			wet	mokre R


whale	balina T			balen F	balena


what	ke S		kwa F	wat


wheat	gandum M			grano	wit


wheel	koliso R		vil E	roda	rad G


when				wen	wan


where				wer	wo


whether or not			seya S


while				wail


whim, caprice					kapris


whirlpool			banwar H


whistle	sifle F			wisl	wisli


white	byel R		byel R	blan F	blan


who				wu	hu E


whole, complete				todo S	tote


why				we	wai


wide, broad, width	pana Sw		cora H	waid	caure


wife				marie	molya I


wild, feral	diki R			wild	savaje


will				wil	volia R


will-o'-the-wisp			calawa H


win	tanti V		gan S	win


wind	hawa H			wind	feng P


window	bentana S	vindo		windo	winda


wing	ala Po			wing	ala


Winter	xita A			winter	hima


wire	waya E			waio	fil


wise	sofi Gk			waiz	saje


witch				manu


with				wid	kun


without			sin S		ben H


witness			temwan F


wizard				mago


wolf	lelu Ck		berya H	lobo S	wulfa


woman			dareni P	woman	gina Gk


wood	kaju In			wud	ligna


wool	lana LF			lana	mao


word	kalim A			mot	worda


work, effort		kokari	kam H	work	gunsa


world	dunya A	dunia A	dunya H	mond F	munda


worm	kida H			wom	wurma


worry, anxiety	susi F		fanau P	wori	nokalma


worth			val E	kaci J


wound				wund	wunda


wrap				rap	kuta R


wrench				renc


wrestle					luti


wrinkle, crease				ruga	ruga


wrist				rist	polsa


write	kyan Th		xie P	kaku J	skribi


wrong, incorrect	sala M			ronf	noraite


A Ba - Bi Bl - By Ca - Cl Co - Cu D E Fa - Fi Fl - Fu G H I J - K L Ma - Me Mi - My N

O Pa - Pi Pl - Py Q Ra - Re Rh - Ry Sa - Sh Si - Sq St - Sy Ta - Ti To - Ty U - V W - X Y - Z Homepage