Wordlist

Audio in Hokkien English
left
right
leg
skin
back
belly/stomach
bone
intestines
liver
lungs
breast
shoulder
blood
head
neck
hair (head/body)
nose
mouth
tooth
tongue
eye
ear
Audio in Hokkien English
road / path
house
roof/thatch
rope
needle
stick

Animals

Audio in Hokkien English
animal
dog
bird
egg
feather
wing
rat
meat/flesh
tail
snake
worm/earth worm
mosquito
spider
fish

Natural objects and phenomena

Audio in Hokkien English
tree
leaf
root
flower
fruit
grass
earth/soil
stone
sand
water
sea
salt
sky
sun
moon
cloud
rain
thunder
wind
fire
smoke
night
day

Verbs of the body

Word English
to drink
to spit
to eat
to chew
to breathe
to smell
to laugh
to cry/to weep
to vomit/to throw up
to bite
to hear
to see
to sleep

Verbs of action

Word English
to walk
to swim
to know/to be knowledgeable
to think
to fear
to say
to cook
to sit
to stand
to lie down
to climb
to tie up/to fasten
to sew
to shoot
to stab/to pierce
to hit
to kill
to live/to be alive
to scratch
to cut/hack
to work
to plant
to choose
to grow
to squeeze
to hold
to dig
to open
to throw

Adjectives

Word English
dirty
clean
sharp
dull
warm
cold
small
big
short
long
thin
thick
narrow
wide
black
white
red
yellow
green
painful/sick
old (object)
new
good
bad
correct/true

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