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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | Nivorom |
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| 2 | left | nimir |
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| 3 | right | nimeto |
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| 4 | leg/foot | Nimilom |
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| 5 | skin | Ni pom |
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| 6 | back | gebonom |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | lekewom |
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| 8 | heart |
nemorwon |
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| 9 | intestines | lehgwen |
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| 10 | liver | briten |
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| 11 | lungs | ginan |
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| 12 | breast | nasus |
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| 13 | shoulder | belem |
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| 14 | blood | nireh |
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| 15 | head | pateh |
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| 16 | neck | jelkom |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | Nivlom |
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| 18 | nose | kesem |
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| 19 | mouth | chogom |
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| 20 | tooth | Lo won |
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| 21 | tongue | nermemem |
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| 22 | eye | nimtom |
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| 23 | ear | boron |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | Min |
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| 25 | to spit | tepes |
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| 26 | to eat | Hor |
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| 27 | to chew | Kes |
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| 28 | to breathe | Hevlang |
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| 29 | to smell | neften |
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| 30 | to laugh | nikir |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | worat |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | lolo |
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| 33 | to bite | ge yekes |
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| 34 | to hear | Rogko |
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| 35 | to see | klekle |
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| 36 | to sing |
kul |
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| 37 | to sleep | metur |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | nemre |
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| 39 | man / male | nem mer mer |
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| 40 | woman / female | Deh wat |
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| 41 | child | Dikpis |
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| 42 | husband | Lelak |
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| 43 | wife | Dewat |
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| 44 | mother | mama |
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| 45 | father | tate |
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| 46 | name | nengh |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | val |
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| 48 | to swim | suf |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | Yer roko sovon |
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| 50 | to think | rom rom |
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| 51 | to fear | Yeh rom dake |
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| 52 | to cook | kur kur |
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| 53 | to sit | hat |
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| 54 | to stand | Tur |
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| 55 | to lie down | metur |
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| 56 | to climb | sak |
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| 57 | to say | wer |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | mig longton |
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| 59 | to write |
qri |
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| 60 | to hunt | Nor nor |
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| 61 | to shoot | Dev yian |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | tuk |
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| 63 | to hit | sokot yar |
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| 64 | to kill | Rup |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | Mas |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | morof |
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| 67 | to scratch | vetes |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | teg |
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| 69 | to work | pas |
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| 70 | to plant | laf |
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| 71 | to choose | tok gi nok |
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| 72 | to grow | mah lem sak |
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| 73 | to squeeze | hus terter |
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| 74 | to hold | hus ter ter long ton |
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| 75 | to dig | yian ne wal |
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| 76 | to open | rekes |
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| 77 | to throw | wis sikin |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | jal |
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| 79 | house | naem |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | rewat |
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| 81 | rope | meret |
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| 82 | needle | nidel |
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| 83 | stick | Nekha |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | Nemel wat |
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| 85 | bird | Nemenet |
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| 85 | dog | nukuli |
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| 87 | egg | rellein |
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| 88 | feather | nivolon |
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| 89 | wing | Nekepen |
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| 90 | rat | Nakarip |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | Mer yop nen |
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| 92 | tail | wel yion |
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| 93 | snake | nemet |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | nembruton |
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| 95 | louse | na ket |
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| 96 | mosquito | mostik |
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| 97 | pig |
pokos |
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| 98 | fish | nemag |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | ner re neka |
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| 100 | leaf | rok ko |
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| 101 | root | nok ron |
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| 102 | flower | flawa |
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| 103 | fruit | nek ven ne ka |
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| 104 | grass | kras |
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| 105 | earth / soil | den |
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| 106 | stone | nevat |
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| 107 | sand | Ne wo wom |
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| 108 | water | nuwa |
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| 109 | sea | das |
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| 110 | sugar |
betef |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | lames |
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| 112 | sky | beken ran |
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| 113 | moon | nevel |
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| 114 | star | ne wow |
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| 115 | cloud | beken ran |
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| 116 | sun | nel |
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| 117 | rain | nos |
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| 118 | thunder | beh deh kur |
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| 119 | lightning | neve lak |
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| 120 | wind | lang |
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| 121 | fire | nekap |
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| 122 | smoke | nes |
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| 123 | night | malek |
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| 124 | day | neran |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | long |
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| 126 | clean | Les nem yoh nah |
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| 127 | sharp | morn long ton nah |
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| 128 | dull | beh mo mor deh |
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| 129 | warm/hot |
ikpas |
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| 130 | cold | nermelkas |
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| 131 | small | wer wer |
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| 132 | big | lep lep |
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| 133 | short | mol mol |
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| 134 | long | beh raf |
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| 135 | thin | mer rag |
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| 136 | heavy |
rof |
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| 137 | narrow | Van la lae po ko nevenu po |
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| 138 | wide | depsen lep lep |
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| 139 | black | long long |
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| 140 | white | visvis |
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| 141 | red | melmel |
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| 142 | yellow | mahkal |
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| 143 | green | maral |
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| 144 | painful / sick | iroj teh |
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| 145 | old (object) | dra |
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| 146 | new | neke merak |
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| 147 | good | nem |
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| 148 | bad | sat wersal |
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| 149 | correct / true | woraten wersal |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
sokal |
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| 151 |
two |
iru |
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| 152 |
three |
itil |
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| 153 |
four |
ifat |
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five |
ilim |
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| 155 |
six |
iqwen |
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| 156 |
seven |
irembit |
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| 157 |
eight |
irwel |
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nine |
ihasef |
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ten |
sengafil |
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zero |
isekeh |
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