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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | līga |
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| 2 | left | mawī |
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| 3 | right | matau |
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| 4 | leg/foot | yava |
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| 5 | skin | yago |
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| 6 | back | daku |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | kete |
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| 8 | bone | sui |
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| 9 | intestines | au |
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| 10 | liver | yate |
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| 11 | lungs | gacagaca |
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| 12 | breast | sucu |
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| 13 | shoulder | taba |
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| 14 | blood | dra |
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| 15 | head | ulu |
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| 16 | neck | domo |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | ulu |
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| 18 | nose | ucu |
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| 19 | mouth | gusu |
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| 20 | tooth | bati |
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| 21 | tongue | yame |
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| 22 | eye | mata |
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| 23 | ear | daliga |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | gunu |
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| 25 | to spit | kasivi |
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| 26 | to eat | kana |
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| 27 | to chew | māmā |
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| 28 | to breathe | cegu |
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| 29 | to smell | boica |
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| 30 | to laugh | dredre |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | tagi |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | lua |
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| 33 | to bite | kati |
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| 34 | to hear | rogoca |
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| 35 | to see | raica |
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| 36 | to yawn | lamau |
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| 37 | to sleep | moce |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | tamata |
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| 39 | man / male | turaga/tagane |
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| 40 | woman / female | marama/yalewa |
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| 41 | child | gone |
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| 42 | husband | watiqu |
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| 43 | wife | watiqu |
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| 44 | mother | tina |
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| 45 | father | tama |
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| 46 | name | yaca |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | taubale |
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| 48 | to swim | sili |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | kīla |
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| 50 | to think | nanuma |
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| 51 | to fear | rerevaka |
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| 52 | to cook | vasasaqa |
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| 53 | to sit | dabe |
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| 54 | to stand | tu |
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| 55 | to lie down | davo |
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| 56 | to climb | kaba |
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| 57 | to say | vosa |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | vesu |
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| 59 | to sew | culacula |
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| 60 | to hunt | vakati |
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| 61 | to shoot | vana |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | sua |
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| 63 | to hit | vacu (fist) |
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| 64 | to kill | vamatei |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | mate |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | bula |
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| 67 | to scratch | kadru |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | musu |
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| 69 | to work | cakacaka |
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| 70 | to plant | tei |
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| 71 | to choose | digitaka |
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| 72 | to grow | tubu |
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| 73 | to squeeze | loba |
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| 74 | to hold | tara |
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| 75 | to dig | keli |
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| 76 | to open | dola |
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| 77 | to throw | viri |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | gaunisala |
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| 79 | house | vale |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | dele ni vale |
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| 81 | rope | wa |
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| 82 | needle | cula |
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| 83 | stick | kau |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | manumanu |
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| 85 | bird | maina |
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| 85 | dog | koli |
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| 87 | egg | yaloka |
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| 88 | feather | kula |
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| 89 | wing | taba |
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| 90 | rat | kalavo |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | lewe ni manumanu |
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| 92 | tail | boina |
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| 93 | snake | gata |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | baca ni qele |
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| 95 | louse | kutu |
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| 96 | mosquito | namu |
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| 97 | spider |
viritalawalawa |
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| 98 | fish | ika |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | tabanikau |
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| 100 | leaf | draunikau |
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| 101 | root | wakana |
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| 102 | flower | senikau |
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| 103 | fruit | vua |
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| 104 | grass | co |
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| 105 | earth / soil | vanua |
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| 106 | stone | vatu |
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| 107 | sand | nuku |
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| 108 | water | wai |
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| 109 | sea | wai tui |
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| 110 | salt | masima |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | veikau |
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| 112 | sky | lagilagi |
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| 113 | moon | vula |
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| 114 | star | kalokalo |
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| 115 | cloud | Ō |
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| 116 | sun | siga |
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| 117 | rain | uca |
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| 118 | thunder | kurukuru |
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| 119 | lightning | livaliva |
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| 120 | wind | cagi |
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| 121 | fire | kama |
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| 122 | smoke | kuvu |
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| 123 | night | bogi |
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| 124 | day | siga |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | duka |
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| 126 | clean | savasava |
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| 127 | sharp | gata |
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| 128 | dull | butobuto |
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| 129 | warm | draki vinaka |
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| 130 | cold | batabatā |
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| 131 | small | lailai |
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| 132 | big | levu |
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| 133 | short | lekaleka |
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| 134 | long | balavu |
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| 135 | thin | lailai |
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| 136 | thick | papaku |
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| 137 | narrow | raba i lailai |
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| 138 | wide | Raba i levu |
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| 139 | black | loaloa |
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| 140 | white | vulavula |
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| 141 | red | damudamu |
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| 142 | yellow | karakarawa |
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| 143 | green | drokadroka |
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| 144 | painful / sick | tauvi mate |
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| 145 | old (object) | makawa |
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| 146 | new | vou |
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| 147 | good | vinaka |
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| 148 | bad | sega ni vinaka |
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| 149 | correct / true | donu |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
dua |
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| 151 |
two |
rua |
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| 152 |
three |
tolu |
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| 153 |
four |
va |
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| 154 |
five |
lima |
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| 155 |
six |
ono |
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| 156 |
seven |
vitu |
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eight |
walu |
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nine |
ciwa |
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| 159 |
ten |
tini |
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| 160 |
zero |
sega bau (nothing) |
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