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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | Tangin |
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| 2 | left | iw |
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| 3 | right | nuk |
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| 4 | leg/foot | takai |
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| 5 | skin | kalik |
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| 6 | back | ka-ing |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | hatung |
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| 8 | bone | talang |
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| 9 | intestines | pruec |
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| 10 | liver | hatai |
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| 11 | lungs | janji |
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| 12 | breast | tada/tathw |
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| 13 | shoulder | bira |
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| 14 | blood | darah |
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| 15 | head | akoak |
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| 16 | neck | takuei |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | mbuk |
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| 18 | nose | adung |
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| 19 | mouth | pabah |
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| 20 | tooth | tagei |
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| 21 | tongue | dalah |
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| 22 | eye | mata |
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| 23 | ear | tangi |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | manyum |
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| 25 | to spit | gei |
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| 26 | to eat | mbeng |
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| 27 | to chew | mamâh |
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| 28 | to breathe | ayuk |
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| 29 | to smell | hun |
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| 30 | to laugh | klao |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | hia |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | paglon |
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| 33 | to bite | kaik |
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| 34 | to hear | peng |
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| 35 | to see | mboh |
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| 36 | to yawn | tanok |
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| 37 | to sleep | ndih |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | manuis |
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| 39 | man / male | likei |
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| 40 | woman / female | kumei |
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| 41 | child | anak praok/kaman |
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| 42 | husband | pasang |
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| 43 | wife | hadiep |
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| 44 | mother | amaik |
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| 45 | father | ama |
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| 46 | name | angan |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | nao |
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| 48 | to swim | caluei |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | athuw |
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| 50 | to think | sanâng |
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| 51 | to fear | athun/huer/pahuec |
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| 52 | to cook | tanâk |
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| 53 | to sit | daok |
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| 54 | to stand | deng |
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| 55 | to lie down | ndih candaop |
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| 56 | to climb | ndik |
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| 57 | to say | ndom |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | ikak |
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| 59 | to sew | jhik |
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| 60 | to hunt | amal |
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| 61 | to shoot | cuh |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | klep |
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| 63 | to hit | ataong/cabak |
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| 64 | to kill | pamatai |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | pamatai |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | hadiep |
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| 67 | to scratch | kataik |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | cakak |
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| 69 | to work | ngap |
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| 70 | to plant | pala |
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| 71 | to choose | ruah |
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| 72 | to grow | pala |
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| 73 | to squeeze | iak |
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| 74 | to hold | khik |
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| 75 | to dig | takac |
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| 76 | to open | peh |
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| 77 | to throw | glem |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | jalan |
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| 79 | house | pasang |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | pabung |
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| 81 | rope | jap |
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| 82 | needle | ||
| 83 | stick | gal |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | asur |
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| 85 | bird | ciim |
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| 85 | dog | asuw |
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| 87 | egg | baoh |
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| 88 | feather | hamluw |
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| 89 | wing | thiap |
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| 90 | rat | tikuh |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | ralaow |
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| 92 | tail | iku |
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| 93 | snake | ula |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | halak |
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| 95 | louse | arah |
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| 96 | mosquito | jamuk |
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| 97 | spider | galimâng |
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| 98 | fish | ikan |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | dhan |
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| 100 | leaf | hala |
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| 101 | root | aga |
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| 102 | flower | bingu/bingoa |
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| 103 | fruit | aboah kayuw |
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| 104 | grass | harek |
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| 105 | earth / soil | tanah |
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| 106 | stone | patuw |
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| 107 | sand | cuah |
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| 108 | water | aia |
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| 109 | sea | tasik |
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| 110 | salt | sara |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | raglai |
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| 112 | sky | langik |
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| 113 | moon | aia bilan |
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| 114 | star | batuk |
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| 115 | cloud | ganâm |
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| 116 | sun | aia harei |
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| 117 | rain | hajan |
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| 118 | thunder | kakaok |
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| 119 | lightning | cakala |
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| 120 | wind | angin |
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| 121 | fire | apuei |
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| 122 | smoke | athak |
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| 123 | night | mâlam |
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| 124 | day | harei |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | tasep |
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| 126 | clean | cih |
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| 127 | sharp | tamâr |
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| 128 | dull | luh |
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| 129 | warm | pandaw |
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| 130 | cold | li-an |
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| 131 | small | asit |
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| 132 | big | praong |
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| 133 | short | katut |
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| 134 | long | atah |
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| 135 | thin | lawang |
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| 136 | thick | lamâk |
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| 137 | narrow | ganik |
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| 138 | wide | raya/hahuei/cabmac |
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| 139 | black | hajuk |
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| 140 | white | kaok/mbon |
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| 141 | red | bhon |
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| 142 | yellow | kanyik |
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| 143 | green | hajuw |
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| 144 | painful / sick | ndik/ruak |
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| 145 | old (object) | klak |
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| 146 | new | biruw |
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| 147 | good | thiam/siam |
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| 148 | bad | chak |
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| 149 | correct / true | nyep |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
sa |
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| 151 |
two |
dua |
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| 152 |
three |
kluw |
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| 153 |
four |
pak |
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| 154 |
five |
lima |
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| 155 |
six |
ranem |
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| 156 |
seven |
tijuh |
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| 157 |
eight |
dalipan |
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| 158 |
nine |
salipan |
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| 159 |
ten |
sapluh |
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| 160 |
zero |
thaoh |
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