Swadesh list

Swadesh list:

Swadesh list

word list

Subclass of	list
IPA transcription	ˈswɒdɛʃ
Named after	Morris Swadesh
Used by	lexicostatistics, glottochronology, quantitative comparative linguistics

Swadesh list

No.	English	Thuɔŋjäŋ (Rek) [singular]	Thuɔŋjäŋ (Rek) [plural]	notes
1	I	ɣɛn
2	you (singular)	yï
3	he	yen
4	we	ɣook
5	you (plural)	we
6	they	yï
7	this	kënë
8	that	ë	kä
9	here	tɛ̈ɛ̈n
10	there	thin
11	who	ŋa
12	what	ŋö
13	where	ako
14	when	nɛn
15	how	da
16	not	akec
17	all	papɛɛr
18	many	kith
19	some	abɛ̈k
20	few	lïk
21	other	dɛ̈t
22	one	tök
23	two	rou
24	three	diäk
25	four	ŋuan
26	five	dhiëc
27	big	dït
28	long	baar
29	wide
30	thick	dhil
31	heavy
32	small	koor
33	short	ciek
34	narrow	thoi
35	thin	juet, thoi
36	woman	tiɛŋde
37	man (adult male)	moc	muɔny
38	man (human being)	raan	röör
39	child	meth
40	wife	tiŋ
41	husband	moc	muɔny
42	mother	ma
43	father	wä
44	animal	län
45	fish	rec	rɛ̈c
46	bird	dit	diɛt
47	dog	jöŋ
48	louse	nyɔ̈k
49	snake	kerac	kaarac
50	worm	kɔ̈m	käm
51	tree	tim	tiim
52	forest	ror	ruɔr
53	stick	cöt	cööt
54	fruit
55	seed	käu	kɔ̈th
56	leaf	yär	lär
57	root	meei	mei
58	bark (of a tree)	akuɛt
59	flower	abɛth	abeth
60	grass	wal
61	rope	wiɛ̈n	wïïn
62	skin	dɛ̈l
63	meat	rïŋ
64	blood	riɛm	rim
65	bone	yuɔɔm	yom
66	fat (noun)	miok
67	egg	tuɔŋ	toŋ
68	horn	tuŋ
69	tail	yɔ̈l	yäl
70	feather	nɔk	nak
71	hair	nhiɛ̈m	nhïm
72	head	nhom	nhïïm
73	ear	yïc	yïth
74	eye	nyin	nyïn
75	nose	wum	wuum
76	mouth	thok
77	tooth	lëc	lec
78	tongue (organ)	liɛp
79	fingernail	riöp
80	foot	cök
81	leg	diɛɛr
82	knee	nhiaal	nhiɔl
83	hand	nhiɛ̈m
84	wing	wuk	wök
85	belly	juny
86	guts	cïn
87	neck	yeth	yëth
88	back	ciɛ̈ɛ̈n
89	breast	thïïn	thin
90	heart	puɔ̈u	puɔ̈th
91	liver	cuäny	cuääny
92	to drink	dek
93	to eat	cam
94	to bite	kac
95	to suck	thuat
96	to spit	jɔk
97	to vomit	ŋɔk
98	to blow	koth
99	to breathe	wëëi
100	to laugh	dɔl
101	to see	tïŋ
102	to hear	piŋ
103	to know	ŋiɛc
104	to think	tak
105	to smell	yoc
106	to fear	diɛr
107	to sleep	niin
108	to live	pir
109	to die	thou
110	to kill	nɔ̈k
111	to fight	thɔ̈r
112	to hunt	yop
113	to hit	tiiŋ
114	to cut	tem
115	to split	ɣar
116	to stab	lot
117	to scratch	ŋuet
118	to dig	wec
119	to swim	kuaŋ
120	to fly	pär
121	to walk	cath
122	to come	bɛ̈n
123	to lie (as in a bed)	töc
124	to sit	nyuc
125	to stand	kääc
126	to turn (intransitive)	wel
127	to fall	wiɛ̈k
128	to give	miɔɔc
129	to hold	dam
130	to squeeze	nhiac
131	to rub	wuɔk
132	to wash	lɔk
133	to wipe	wukic
134	to pull	rɔt
135	to push	pik
136	to throw	wër
137	to tie	ruk
138	to sew	köc
139	to count	kuen
140	to say	luɛl
141	to sing	ket
142	to play	riäŋ, thɛɛc
143	to float	thɔr
144	to flow	kuër
145	to freeze
146	to swell	but
147	sun	akɔ̈l
148	moon	pɛɛi	pɛ̈i
149	star	kuel	kuɛ̈l
150	water	piu	piɛ̈u
151	rain	deŋ	dëŋ
152	river	wär
153	lake	wär
154	sea	adɛkdiɛt
155	salt	awan
156	stone	kuɔ̈r
157	sand	liɛɛt	lit
158	dust	liɛɛt	lit
159	earth	piny
160	cloud	pial
161	fog	ruur
162	sky	deŋ	dëŋ
163	wind	yom
164	snow	dengker
165	ice	talg
166	smoke
167	fire	mac	mɛ̈c
168	ash	col	cool
169	to burn
170	road	dhöl
171	mountain	gɔ̈ɔ̈t	gɔ̈t
172	red	liɛk
173	green	ŋök		of plants
174	yellow	ayɛn	miyen
175	white	bior
176	black	col
177	night	wɛr
178	day	aköl
179	year	ruɔ̈n	run
180	warm	tuc
181	cold	wir
182	full	thiäŋ
183	new	nyal
184	old	monydït		n.
185	good
186	bad	rɛc
187	rotten	rop		wormeaten
188	dirty	car
189	straight	anyar
190	round	roŋroŋ
191	sharp (as a knife)	moth
192	dull (as a knife)
193	smooth	pampam
194	wet	duac
195	dry	buoŋ
196	correct	dhek
197	near	thiɔ̈k
198	far
199	right	cuëc
200	left	caam
201	at
202	in	ic
203	with	ke
204	and
205	if	lɔn
206	because	ke
207	name	rin	riɛn