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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | tana |
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| 2 | left | weli |
"weli gua la'a" mean walk on the left |
| 3 | right | tane |
"tane gua la'a" mean walk on the right |
| 4 | leg/foot | iti |
we use "iti" for both leg and foot |
| 5 | skin | uli |
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| 6 | back | naruta |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | atubusu |
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| 8 | bone | safa |
some people say "sarusafa" |
| 9 | intestines | atu |
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| 10 | liver | ari |
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| 11 | lungs | sada |
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| 12 | breast | waboku |
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| 13 | shoulder | warea'a |
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| 14 | blood | wai |
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| 15 | head | dae, daebu |
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| 16 | neck | masu |
"masukoru" means throat |
| 17 | hair (head/body) | daeasa, namu |
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| 18 | nose | muni |
some also say "munikai" |
| 19 | mouth | a'a |
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| 20 | tooth | wasi |
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| 21 | tongue | a'amata |
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| 22 | eye | nanawa |
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| 23 | ear | walikasa |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | gehe |
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| 25 | to spit | sufa |
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| 26 | to eat | nawa |
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| 27 | to chew | tia |
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| 28 | to breathe | ehe rei |
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| 29 | to smell | orono |
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| 30 | to laugh | (g)ia |
people also say "gia" |
| 31 | to cry/to weep | (g)iara |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | (g)iaole |
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| 33 | to bite | gaele |
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| 34 | to hear | walihi |
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| 35 | to see | (g)ena |
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| 36 | to yawn | agana |
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| 37 | to sleep | tae |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | anu, anunu |
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| 39 | man / male | asukai, nami |
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| 40 | woman / female | tufurae, fana |
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| 41 | child | matakoi, koidiki, mata |
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| 42 | husband | nami, asukai |
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| 43 | wife | da, tufurae |
gi tufurae - literally means his woman |
| 44 | mother | ina |
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| 45 | father | iba |
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| 46 | name | nai |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | la'a |
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| 48 | to swim | looro |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | maene |
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| 50 | to think | gere |
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| 51 | to fear | agaha |
some also say "aga" |
| 52 | to cook | tina |
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| 53 | to sit | homi |
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| 54 | to stand | etena |
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| 55 | to lie down | tae |
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| 56 | to climb | misa |
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| 57 | to say | lolo |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | ge sili |
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| 59 | to sew | fa'a |
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| 60 | to hunt | liguru, soro |
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| 61 | to shoot | suri |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | saunu |
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| 63 | to hit | base |
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| 64 | to kill | guta |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | umu, atekai |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | lafu |
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| 67 | to scratch | kauru, sua |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | teri |
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| 69 | to work | gini |
now people mostly use "siriwisu" - quite similar to Tetum "serbisu" |
| 70 | to plant | saunu |
plant and stab have same translation "saunu" - difference in context |
| 71 | to choose | meli |
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| 72 | to grow | ||
| 73 | to squeeze | ramaha |
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| 74 | to hold | sifa'a |
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| 75 | to dig | toi |
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| 76 | to open | loke |
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| 77 | to throw | liana |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | diambata, iabere, iamata, |
sometimes people just say "ia" - interestingly "ia" can also be translated as laughing |
| 79 | house | oma |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | tara |
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| 81 | rope | tali |
similar to Tetum "tali" |
| 82 | needle | ruma |
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| 83 | stick | loli |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | animal |
no specific word for animal; we call also "animal" but many times we just mention type of animal, such as dog, goat, etc. |
| 85 | bird | asa |
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| 85 | dog | defa |
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| 87 | egg | waha |
"waha" can be translate as hatching - to be different people use with object: "asa waha" bird's egg, etc |
| 88 | feather | namu |
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| 89 | wing | lihakai |
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| 90 | rat | dura |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | seu, fisu |
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| 92 | tail | ula |
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| 93 | snake | ofo |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | walikauku |
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| 95 | louse | ame |
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| 96 | mosquito | niki |
some call as "susuku" - taken from Tetum "susuk" |
| 97 | spider | labarake |
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| 98 | fish | afi |
some call "meti seu" or sea meat |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | tala |
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| 100 | leaf | asa |
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| 101 | root | ari |
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| 102 | flower | fuhu |
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| 103 | fruit | isu |
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| 104 | grass | rou |
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| 105 | earth / soil | mua |
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| 106 | stone | afa |
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| 107 | sand | imiaha |
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| 108 | water | ira |
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| 109 | sea | meti |
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| 110 | salt | asi |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | ala, alamutu |
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| 112 | sky | loono |
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| 113 | moon | uru |
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| 114 | star | ifibere |
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| 115 | cloud | nundeu |
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| 116 | sun | watu |
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| 117 | rain | ae |
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| 118 | thunder | fatilaku, laku |
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| 119 | lightning | fatilaku, laku |
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| 120 | wind | gawa |
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| 121 | fire | ata |
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| 122 | smoke | (ata) teu |
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| 123 | night | gamu |
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| 124 | day | usa |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | isariku |
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| 126 | clean | sarehe |
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| 127 | sharp | meraa |
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| 128 | dull | gibalu |
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| 129 | warm | lamuku |
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| 130 | cold | ga'ara |
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| 131 | small | harai |
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| 132 | big | gibere |
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| 133 | short | digara |
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| 134 | long | asana |
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| 135 | thin | rika |
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| 136 | thick | abaha |
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| 137 | narrow | mooro |
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| 138 | wide | malara |
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| 139 | black | metana |
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| 140 | white | butiri |
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| 141 | red | imiri |
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| 142 | yellow | onekai, gabara |
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| 143 | green | lumu |
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| 144 | painful / sick | sisiri |
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| 145 | old (object) | gigama |
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| 146 | new | gisufa |
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| 147 | good | rau, girau |
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| 148 | bad | nokorau, gikote |
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| 149 | correct / true | loloro, tafiru |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
u |
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| 151 |
two |
lolae |
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| 152 |
three |
lolitu |
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| 153 |
four |
loloha, faara |
in some part they say "faara" for hungry |
| 154 |
five |
lima |
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| 155 |
six |
daho |
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| 156 |
seven |
fitu |
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| 157 |
eight |
afo |
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| 158 |
nine |
siwa |
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| 159 |
ten |
ruru |
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| 160 |
zero |
to'e |
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