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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | sau2 |
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| 2 | left | zo2 |
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| 3 | right | jau4 |
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| 4 | leg/foot | goek3 |
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| 5 | skin | pei4 |
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| 6 | back | bui3 |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | tou5 |
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| 8 | bone | gwat1 |
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| 9 | intestines | coeng4 |
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| 10 | liver | gon1 |
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| 11 | lungs | fai3 |
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| 12 | breast | hung1 |
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| 13 | shoulder | bok3 |
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| 14 | blood | hyut3 |
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| 15 | head | tau4 |
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| 16 | neck | geng2 |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | faat3
/ mou4 |
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| 18 | nose | bei6 |
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| 19 | mouth | hau2 |
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| 20 | tooth | ngaa4 |
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| 21 | tongue | lei6 |
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| 22 | eye | ngaan5 |
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| 23 | ear | ji5 |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | jam2 |
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| 25 | to spit | tou3 |
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| 26 | to eat | sik6 |
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| 27 | to chew | ziu6 |
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| 28 | to breathe | fu1 |
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| 29 | to smell | man4 |
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| 30 | to laugh | siu3 |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | haam3 |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | ngau2 |
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| 33 | to bite | ngaau5 |
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| 34 | to hear | teng1 |
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| 35 | to see | tai2 |
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| 36 | to yawn | daa2
haam3 lou6 |
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| 37 | to sleep | fan3 |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | jan4 |
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| 39 | man / male | naam4
yan2 |
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| 40 | woman / female | neoi5
yan2 |
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| 41 | child | zai2 |
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| 42 | husband | lou5
gung1 |
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| 43 | wife | lou5
po4 |
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| 44 | mother | mou5
can1 (maa1 maa1) |
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| 45 | father | fu6
can1 (baa1 baa1) |
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| 46 | name | meng4 |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | haang4 |
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| 48 | to swim | jau4
seoi2 |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | zi1 |
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| 50 | to think | lam2 |
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| 51 | to fear | paa3 |
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| 52 | to cook | zyu2 |
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| 53 | to sit | co5 |
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| 54 | to stand | kei5 |
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| 55 | to lie down | fan3 |
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| 56 | to climb | paa4 |
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| 57 | to say | gong2 |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | bong2 |
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| 59 | to sew | fung4
zai3 |
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| 60 | to hunt | daa2
lip6 |
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| 61 | to shoot | se6 |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | gat1 |
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| 63 | to hit | daa2 |
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| 64 | to kill | saat3 |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | gwo3
san1 / sei2 |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | wut6 |
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| 67 | to scratch | waa2 |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | zin2
/ ham2 |
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| 69 | to work | zou6
gong1 |
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| 70 | to plant | zung3
zik6 |
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| 71 | to choose | gaan2 |
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| 72 | to grow | joeng5 |
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| 73 | to squeeze | zaa3 |
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| 74 | to hold | zaa1
zyu6 |
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| 75 | to dig | waat3
dung6 |
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| 76 | to open | hoi1 |
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| 77 | to throw | dam2 |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | lou6 |
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| 79 | house | uk1 |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | uk1
deng2 |
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| 81 | rope | sing4 |
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| 82 | needle | zam1 |
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| 83 | stick | cai6 |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | dung6
mat6 |
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| 85 | bird | zoek3 |
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| 85 | dog | gau2 |
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| 87 | egg | daan6 |
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| 88 | feather | jyu5
mou4 |
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| 89 | wing | jik6 |
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| 90 | rat | syu2 |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | juk6 |
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| 92 | tail | mei5 |
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| 93 | snake | se4 |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | cung4 |
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| 95 | louse | sat1 |
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| 96 | mosquito | man1 |
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| 97 | spider | zyu1 |
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| 98 | fish | jyu4 |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | syu6
zi1 |
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| 100 | leaf | jip6 |
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| 101 | root | gan1 |
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| 102 | flower | faa1 |
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| 103 | fruit | gwo2 |
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| 104 | grass | cou2 |
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| 105 | earth / soil | tou2 |
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| 106 | stone | sek6 |
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| 107 | sand | saa1 |
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| 108 | water | seoi2 |
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| 109 | sea | hoi2 |
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| 110 | salt | jim4 |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | syu6
lam4 |
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| 112 | sky | tin1 |
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| 113 | moon | jyut6 |
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| 114 | star | sing1 |
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| 115 | cloud | wan4 |
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| 116 | sun | jat6
/ taai3 jeong4 |
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| 117 | rain | jyu5 |
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| 118 | thunder | leoi4 |
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| 119 | lightning | sim2
din6 |
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| 120 | wind | fung1 |
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| 121 | fire | fo2 |
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| 122 | smoke | jin1 |
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| 123 | night | maan5 |
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| 124 | day | jat6 |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | wu1
/ wu1 zou1 |
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| 126 | clean | cing1
git3 |
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| 127 | sharp | zim1 |
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| 128 | dull | gwat6 |
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| 129 | warm | nyun5 |
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| 130 | cold | dung3 |
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| 131 | small | sai3 |
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| 132 | big | daai6 |
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| 133 | short | dyun2 |
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| 134 | long | coeng4 |
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| 135 | thin | bok6 |
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| 136 | thick | hau5 |
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| 137 | narrow | zaak3 |
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| 138 | wide | fut3 |
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| 139 | black | haak1 |
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| 140 | white | baak6 |
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| 141 | red | hung4 |
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| 142 | yellow | wong4 |
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| 143 | green | luk6
/ ceng1 |
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| 144 | painful / sick | tung3
/ beng6 |
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| 145 | old (object) | lou5
/ gau2 |
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| 146 | new | san1 |
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| 147 | good | hou2 |
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| 148 | bad | waai6 |
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| 149 | correct / true | ngaam1 |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
jat1 |
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| 151 |
two |
ji6 |
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| 152 |
three |
saam1 |
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| 153 |
four |
sei3 |
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| 154 |
five |
ng5 |
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| 155 |
six |
luk6 |
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| 156 |
seven |
cat1 |
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| 157 |
eight |
baat3 |
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| 158 |
nine |
gau2 |
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| 159 |
ten |
sap6 |
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| 160 |
zero |
ling4 |
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