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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | tơ ngan |
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| 2 | left | găh nŭa |
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| 3 | right | găh iau |
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| 4 | leg/foot | le |
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| 5 | skin | kơ lĭ |
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| 6 | back | găh dŭt |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | hlŭng |
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| 8 | bone | tơlang |
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| 9 | intestines | weč, proč tơda |
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| 10 | liver | hơtai |
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| 11 | lungs | rơsŏ |
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| 12 | breast | sâu |
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| 13 | shoulder | pơra |
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| 14 | blood | tơ rah |
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| 15 | head | kŏ |
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| 16 | neck | koi |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | bŭk |
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| 18 | nose | dŭng |
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| 19 | mouth | băh |
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| 20 | tooth | gơi |
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| 21 | tongue | tơlăh |
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| 22 | eye | mơta |
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| 23 | ear | tơngia |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | ñum, mơ ñum, |
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| 25 | to spit | čŭt |
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| 26 | to eat | bŏng, hŭa |
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| 27 | to chew | pơ măh |
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| 28 | to breathe | sŭ pran |
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| 29 | to smell | čŭm |
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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 | pơ tăh, ol |
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| 33 | to bite | kĕ |
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| 34 | to hear | mơng, hmư |
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| 35 | to see | bŭh, bôh |
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| 36 | to yawn | hơ ap |
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| 37 | to sleep | pĭt |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | mơnuih |
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| 39 | man / male | đăh rơkơi |
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| 40 | woman / female | đăh mơi |
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| 41 | child | čơ đai |
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| 42 | husband | rơkơi |
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| 43 | wife | bơnai |
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| 44 | mother | mĭ |
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| 45 | father | ma |
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| 46 | name | anăn |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | rơbat |
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| 48 | to swim | luai ia |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | thâu hlŭh |
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| 50 | to think | pơmĭn |
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| 51 | to fear | hŭi |
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| 52 | to cook | seng să |
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| 53 | to sit | dŏ ber |
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| 54 | to stand | dŏ gŭ |
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| 55 | to lie down | dŏ đih |
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| 56 | to climb | đĭ |
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| 57 | to say | pơ hiăp |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | kă jăp |
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| 59 | to sew | sĭt (bĕn, ao) |
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| 60 | to hunt | nao lua |
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| 61 | to shoot | pơ năh |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | gră |
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| 63 | to hit | tĕh |
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| 64 | to kill | pơ djai |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | djai |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | dŏ hdĭp |
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| 67 | to scratch | tăn măn |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | kre |
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| 69 | to work | mă brŭa |
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| 70 | to plant | pla |
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| 71 | to choose | ruah |
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| 72 | to grow | čă |
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| 73 | to squeeze | klen jăp, pĕt |
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| 74 | to hold | klen |
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| 75 | to dig | klơi |
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| 76 | to open | pơk |
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| 77 | to throw | glơm |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | jơlan |
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| 79 | house | sang |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | bung sang |
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| 81 | rope | tơlơi, hrẽ |
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| 82 | needle | grŭm |
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| 83 | stick | gai gra |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | mơ nơng |
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| 85 | bird | čĭm |
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| 85 | dog | asâu |
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| 87 | egg (chicken, birds, duck) |
bŏh (mơnũ, čim, bĭp) |
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| 88 | feather | pơlâu |
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| 89 | wing | čăng |
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| 90 | rat | kŭih |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | añăm |
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| 92 | tail | ku |
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| 93 | snake | ala |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | rơnăng |
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| 95 | louse | tâu (kŏ) |
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| 96 | mosquito | keč |
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| 97 | spider | ngăt, wang we, jăng jâu |
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| 98 | fish | kan, akan |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | than |
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| 100 | leaf | hla |
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| 101 | root | akha |
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| 102 | flower | bơnga, pơnga |
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| 103 | fruit | bŏh rŏh |
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| 104 | grass | rơk |
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| 105 | earth / soil | lân, tơnăh |
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| 106 | stone | bŏh tâu |
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| 107 | sand | čuăh |
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| 108 | water | ia |
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| 109 | sea | ia rơ sĭ |
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| 110 | salt | pơ sĭn |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | glai glo |
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| 112 | sky | rơngĭt |
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| 113 | moon | đăh lan |
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| 114 | star | bŏh tŭ |
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| 115 | cloud | kơ thŭl |
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| 116 | sun | yang hrơi |
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| 117 | rain | jan |
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| 118 | thunder | kơ tal |
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| 119 | lightning | čă la |
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| 120 | wind | angĭn, rơngĭn |
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| 121 | fire | phui |
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| 122 | smoke | săp (phui) |
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| 123 | night | lơm mơt |
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| 124 | day | đăh hrơi |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | hlŭ |
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| 126 | clean | rơgŏh, agaih gong |
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| 127 | sharp | bŏng (thong: knife) |
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| 128 | dull | mlŭk |
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| 129 | warm | pơđao |
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| 130 | cold | rơ ŏt |
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| 131 | small | anĕh |
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| 132 | big | prŏng |
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| 133 | short | ber |
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| 134 | long | glong |
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| 135 | thin | rơwang |
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| 136 | thick | plên, prŏng |
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| 137 | narrow | kơ ayă |
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| 138 | wide | prŏng |
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| 139 | black | tăm |
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| 140 | white | kŏ |
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| 141 | red | hêm |
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| 142 | yellow | ơl |
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| 143 | green | tăm |
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| 144 | painful / sick | rŭa |
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| 145 | old (object) | so, sui |
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| 146 | new | hrâu |
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| 147 | good | hiăm |
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| 148 | bad | sat |
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| 149 | correct / true | gĕh, jŏ |
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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 |
klâu |
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| 153 |
four |
pă |
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| 154 |
five |
rơma |
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| 155 |
six |
năm |
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| 156 |
seven |
jŭh |
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| 157 |
eight |
păn |
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| 158 |
nine |
rơpăn |
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| 159 |
ten |
plŭh |
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| 160 |
zero |
bĭ hmâo |
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