In addition to the vocabulary changes listed below, there is one vocabulary rule:
Rule 1: The ending -ia is restricted to countries, regions etc. Where this ending indicates abstract domains, fields etc., it is replaced by -ie in Medilingua, eg.:
Fransia, episkopia remain the same.
biografia, fonologia become biografie, fonologie.
| Novial Lexike | English | Medilingua |
|---|---|---|
| a | to | a(d) |
| abdomene | abdomen | abdomine, -nal |
| abise | abyss | abisme, -mal |
| aborta | abort | aborte, -tione |
| abstrakte (vb) | abstract | abstrakti (adj), -te (vb) |
| adie (sb) | goodbye | adia (vb), -io (sb) |
| adopta | adopt | adopte, -tione |
| after | after | pos |
| agnoska | acknowledge, recognise | rekonosa |
| akseso (sb) | access | aksese (sb), -sa (vb) -so |
| - | albumen (egg white) | albumene |
| - | allergy | alergie |
| - | alias | alias |
| alme | soul | alma |
| along | along | alonge |
| - | altruism, -ist | altruisme, -uiste |
| amasona | amazon | amazona |
| analiso (sb) | analysis | analise (sb), -sa (vb) -so |
| anatemo (sb) | anathema | anateme (sb), -ma (vb) -mo |
| anekte (vb) | annex | anexe (vb) -xione |
| anomal | anomolous | anomali (adj) -lie (sb) |
| - | Antarctic | Antarktike (sb) |
| - | antibiotic | antibioti |
| - | antibiotics (medicine) | antibiotike |
| anuntia | announce | anunsia |
| apostle | apostle | apostole |
| - | appreciate | apresia, -iatione |
| aque | water | aqua |
| - | Arctic | Arktike (sb) |
| -aro | (group) | -are |
| arosa | sprinkle (with liquid) | aroza |
| arsen(ik)e | arsenic | arsenike |
| askolta | listen | eskuta |
| aspekte/-ta (vb) | look (like) | aspekte (sb), -ta (vb) |
| - | aspirin | aspirine |
| - | asterisk | asteriske |
| - | astronaut | astronaute |
| - | attach | atacha |
| - | attain, reach | atena |
| - | attitude | atitude |
| - | Atlantic | Atlantike |
| - | autograph | autografie |
| - | bus | (auto)buse |
| - | coach | autokare |
| automobile | car, automobile | auto(mobile) |
| - | warn, caution | averta |
| avie (sb) | aeroplane/aviate | avia (vb), -tione |
| avie | aeroplane | avione |
| avokato | lawyer, advocate | avokate |
| asuri | azure | azuri |
| bald | soon | balde |
| - | Baltic | Baltike |
| basare | bazaar | bazare |
| bensine | benzine | benzine |
| besone (sb) | need | bezona (vb), -no |
| - | beige (color) | beji |
| bli | (passive of becoming) | bli/fi |
| bisari | bizarre | bizari |
| - | crouch, cower | blotisa |
| botle | bottle | botele |
| Brasilia | Brazil | Brazil |
| - | brief, short (time) | brevi |
| - | shine | brilia, -ant |
| brise | breeze | brize |
| - | broadcast | brodkaste, -ta (vb) |
| bronse | bronze | bronze |
| chaki | each | kadi |
| chimpanse | chimp(anzee) | chimpanze |
| danso | dance (style of) | danse (sb), -sa (vb) -so |
| dar | there | ibi |
| dasla | dazzle | dazla |
| den | since, as, for | nam |
| denuntia | denounce | denunsia, -iatione |
| deserti | desert(ed) | dezerti |
| - | diary | diarie |
| did | (past tense) | -d |
| - | dictionary | diksionarie |
| disi | this | isti |
| dogma(te) | dogma | dogmate |
| - | dollar ($) | dolare |
| - | dossier | dosiere |
| drama(te) | drama | dramate |
| duplikate (sb?) | duplicate | duplika (vb), -tione |
| duta | doubt | dubita |
| - | economics (science) | ekonomike |
| - | efficient | efisienti |
| - | ecology | ekologie |
| elbove | elbow | kude |
| - | electronic | elektroni |
| - | electronics | elektronike |
| emotione (sb) | be emotional | emote (vb), -tione |
| enuntia | enunciate | enunsia, -iatione |
| - | environment | ambiente |
| - | enzyme | enzime |
| epistle | epistle | epistole |
| erika | heather | erike |
| esentie | essence | esensie |
| eskadra | squadron | eskadre |
| -eso | (being) | -ie |
| - | indeed, true | esver |
| - | euphonic | eufoni |
| - | euro (€) | euro, -os |
| even | even | mem |
| experientie | experience | experiensie |
| fa | do, make | fasa |
| faktum | facte | fakte |
| feire | fair, market | ferie |
| - | fence | fense |
| fika | make, render, cause | renda |
| finanse | finance | finansie, -sial |
| flekte | bend, flex | flexe, -xione |
| fogle | bird | usele |
| - | football | futbale |
| forsan/poves | perhaps | forsan |
| fosilum | fossil | fosile |
| - | post (upright) | foste |
| - | photocopy | fotokopie, -ia |
| foye, -foy | time (occasion) | vese, -ves |
| - | fractal | fraktale |
| frase | phrase | frasete |
| frenesie | frenzy | frenezie |
| frequentira | frequent (vb) | frequenta |
| frese | strawberry | freze |
| frisa (kuafa) | dress hair | kuafa |
| frise | frieze | frize |
| furni | furnish | furnisa |
| - | galaxy | galaxie |
| garante | guarantee | garantie, -ta (vb) |
| garni | garnish | garnisa |
| gelbi | yellow | jalni |
| - | gene | gene |
| - | genetics | genetike |
| - | genome | genome |
| - | goal (sport) | gol(e) |
| gratie | grace | grasie, -iosi |
| - | gramophone | gramofone |
| grisi | grey | grizi |
| gurmande (sb) | glutton | gurmandi (adj), -de (sb) |
| hamre | hammer | martele |
| hasarde | hazard, chance | hazarde |
| - | hedge | hege |
| herede (sb) | inherit | hereda (vb), -datum, -dere |
| heresia | heresy | heresie |
| - | hibernate | hiberna, -natione |
| hinter | behind | arier |
| - | hyper- | hiper- |
| - | hypo- | hipo- |
| hir | here | hiki |
| - | hobby | hobie |
| disdi | today | hodi |
| honie | honey | miele |
| - | horrible | horible |
| horisonte | horizon | horizonte, -tal |
| - | humbug | humbuge |
| idee | idea | idea |
| - | down, below | infre |
| initia | initiate | inisia, -iatione |
| insted | instead | vise |
| integrate (vb) | integrate | integra (vb) |
| - | jazz | jaz(e) |
| jirafe | giraffe | girafe |
| jodie | Thursday | jovdie |
| june | June | junie |
| kakatue | cockatoo | kakatu |
| - | cassette | kasete |
| kansre | cancer | kansere |
| kese | cheese | fromaje |
| - | collapse | kolapsa, -so |
| - | component | komponente |
| komprenda | understand, comprehend | komprense, -sione, -sebli |
| - | compute | komputa, -tatione |
| - | computer | komputore |
| konduite | behave | kondute |
| konfidentie | confidence | konfidensie |
| konsientie | conscience | konsiensie |
| konter | against, counter-, contra- | kontre |
| - | copse, coppice | kopse |
| kremate | cremate | krema, -matione |
| krime | crime | krimine, -nal |
| krose | cross | kruse |
| krusa | cruise | kruza |
| la(s) | she/her | ila(s) |
| lago | lake | lage |
| lange/tunge | tongue | lange |
| lasarete | lazaretto | lazarete |
| le/o/a(s) | he/she/it/they (epicene) | ile/o/a(s) |
| len/lon/lan/lesen/sen etc. | his/her/their etc. | su |
| let | (hortative) | las |
| li | the | le |
| lia | lie (down) | jase |
| lingue | language | lingua |
| lisentie | licence | lisensie |
| - | far | lontani |
| lo(s) | he/him | ilo(s) |
| lu(m) | it | ile, ilum, lo |
| maise | maize | maize |
| - | mash | maisha (vb) |
| -man | (adverb) | -mente |
| muse | mouse | mause |
| me | I/me | io |
| men | my | mi |
| mensu | month | monate |
| - | metro, subway, underground, Tube | metro |
| - | mild | mildi |
| milke | milk | lakte(?), milka (vb) |
| - | mysticism | mistisisme |
| mutu (pronoun) | each other, one another | unaltres |
| -n | (genitive) | de |
| nesesar(i) | necessary | nesesi, -sitate |
| - | next | nexti |
| novus | news | notisie |
| nur | only | solmente |
| nus | we/us | nos |
| nusen | our | nostre |
| - | use in duo, trio etc. | -o |
| ob | (question word) | eske |
| ofte | often | sovente |
| -opim | (at a time) | -opi(m) |
| ose | bone | oste |
| osone | ozone | ozone |
| verkaro | oeuvre, body of work | ovre |
| paisaje | landscape, countryside | peisaje |
| - | panda | panda |
| - | paranoia | paranoia |
| - | participate | partisipa, -patione |
| partisipe | participle | partisipie, -pial |
| pretie | price | presie, -siosi |
| prinsipe | principle | prinsipie |
| - | principal | prinsipali |
| printa | imprima | |
| pronuntia | pronounce | pronunsia, -iatione |
| - | propaganda | propagande, -da (vb) |
| providentie | providence | providensie |
| - | pound (£) | punde |
| - | radar | radare |
| regle | rule | regule, -la (vb) -latione |
| renuntia | renounce | renunsia |
| res | level with | rez |
| resiva | receive | reseva |
| - | robot | robote |
| ruse | ruse | ruze |
| sal/ve | (future tense) | va |
| - | sandwich | sandwiche |
| sat | enough | satis |
| satse | sentence | frase |
| sebra | zebra | zebra |
| sefire | zephyr | zefire |
| sela | be zealous | zela, -lo |
| sel(ul)e | cell | selule, -lal |
| self | self | ipso |
| sen | his/her/their | su |
| senite | zenith | zenite |
| sero | zero | zero |
| sientie | science | siensie |
| sigsag | zigzag | zigzage, -ga |
| - | cinema, movies, pictures | sinema |
| - | circular (letter) | sirkulare |
| sirk | around | sirkum |
| sirkumstantie | circumstance | sirkumstansie, -sial |
| urb(on)e | city | sitate |
| situa (vb) | site | situe (sb), -ua (vb) |
| skema(te) | schema, schema | skemate |
| somre | summer | somere |
| sodiake | zodiac | zodiake |
| sone | zone | zone |
| soologe | zoology | zoologe, -gie |
| spatie | space | spasie |
| stea | stand | stasa |
| - | stereo | stereo |
| stulone | armchair | fotele |
| substantie | substance | substansie, -sial |
| sufisa | suffice | sufisia, -siant (-ciant in OM) |
| sumba | buzz | zuma |
| suone | sound | sone |
| svabre | swab | swabe |
| svane | swan | swane |
| svima | swim | nata |
| - | switch | swiche, -cha (vb) |
| tand | then | lore, lor (prepn) |
| - | taxi | taxi |
| - | television | televisione |
| - | terrible | terible |
| title | title | titule |
| tu | (infinitive) | - |
| tulip(an)e | tulip | tulipe |
| -ud | (conditional) | vel |
| ulter | beyond | ultre |
| vest | west | west |
| vetre | weather | vetere |
| - | video | video |
| - | violet (color) | violeti |
| - | vitamin | vitamine |
| voise | voice | vose |
| vor | where | ubi |
| vud | would | vel |
| vun, vusen | your | vostre |
| - | vodka | vodka |
| - | fly | vola |
| (watt) | watt | wate |
| (whisky) | whisky | wiskie |
| yare | year | anue, -ual |
| ye | (indefinite prepn) | na |
| - | yoghurt | yogurte |
| - | zoo(logical garden) | zoo |