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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | lima |
Arm and hand |
| 2 | left | hema |
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| 3 | right | matau |
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| 4 | leg/foot | Hui |
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| 5 | skin | kili |
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| 6 | back | tua |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | manava |
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| 8 | bone | polo-hui |
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| 9 | intestines | gākau |
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| 10 | liver | ase |
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| 11 | lungs | māmā | |
| 12 | breast | huhu |
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| 13 | shoulder | tuke-ua |
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| 14 | blood | toto |
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| 15 | head | ulu |
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| 16 | neck | ka-kia |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | fulu-ulu |
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| 18 | nose | ihu |
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| 19 | mouth | gutu |
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| 20 | tooth | nifo |
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| 21 | tongue | alelo |
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| 22 | eye | mata |
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| 23 | ear | teliga |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | inu |
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| 25 | to spit | anu |
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| 26 | to eat | kai |
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| 27 | to chew | gau |
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| 28 | to breathe | fafagu |
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| 29 | to smell | namu |
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| 30 | to laugh | kata |
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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 | gagau |
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| 34 | to hear | logona |
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| 35 | to see | kitia |
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| 36 | to yawn | mamao |
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| 37 | to sleep | mohe |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | tagata |
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| 39 | man / male | taane |
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| 40 | woman / female | fīfine |
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| 41 | child | tama |
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| 42 | husband | taane |
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| 43 | wife | hoana |
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| 44 | mother | matua-fifine |
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| 45 | father | matua-taane |
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| 46 | name | higoa |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | laka |
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| 48 | to swim | kakau |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | iloa |
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| 50 | to think | manamanatu |
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| 51 | to fear | matakutaku |
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| 52 | to cook | tunu |
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| 53 | to sit | nofo |
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| 54 | to stand | tu |
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| 55 | to lie down | takoto |
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| 56 | to climb | toli |
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| 57 | to say | vagahau |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | pipi |
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| 59 | to sew | tuitui |
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| 60 | to hunt | tafaga |
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| 61 | to shoot | fana |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | hoka |
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| 63 | to hit | tā |
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| 64 | to kill | tāmate | |
| 65 | to die / to be dead | mate |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | moui |
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| 67 | to scratch | haku |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | hio |
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| 69 | to work | gahua |
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| 70 | to plant | tō |
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| 71 | to choose | fifili |
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| 72 | to grow | tupu |
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| 73 | to squeeze | mōmolo |
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| 74 | to hold | taofi |
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| 75 | to dig | keli |
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| 76 | to open | hafagi |
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| 77 | to throw | liti |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | puhala tū |
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| 79 | house | fale |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | tua-fale |
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| 81 | rope | toua |
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| 82 | needle | huki |
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| 83 | stick | kā-kau |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | manu |
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| 85 | bird | manu-lele |
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| 85 | dog | kuli |
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| 87 | egg | fufua-manu |
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| 88 | feather | fulu |
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| 89 | wing | pēkau |
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| 90 | rat | kumā |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | kakano |
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| 92 | tail | hiku |
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| 93 | snake | gāta |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | kelemutu |
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| 95 | louse | kutu |
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| 96 | mosquito | namu |
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| 97 | spider | kufani |
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| 98 | fish | ika |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | la |
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| 100 | leaf | lau-akau |
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| 101 | root | hoko-akau |
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| 102 | flower | fisi |
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| 103 | fruit | fua-lakau |
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| 104 | grass | mo-sie |
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| 105 | earth / soil | kele-kele |
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| 106 | stone | maka |
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| 107 | sand | oneone |
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| 108 | water | vai |
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| 109 | sea | tahi |
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| 110 | salt | masima |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | vao |
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| 112 | sky | lagi |
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| 113 | moon | mahina |
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| 114 | star | fetū |
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| 115 | cloud | aulū |
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| 116 | sun | lā | |
| 117 | rain | uha |
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| 118 | thunder | pakū-lagi |
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| 119 | lightning | kape-hila |
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| 120 | wind | matagi |
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| 121 | fire | afi |
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| 122 | smoke | ahua |
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| 123 | night | pō |
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| 124 | day | aho |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | kiva |
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| 126 | clean | meā |
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| 127 | sharp | matila |
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| 128 | dull | penu |
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| 129 | warm | mafana |
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| 130 | cold | maka-lili |
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| 131 | small | tote |
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| 132 | big | lahi |
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| 133 | short | kū |
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| 134 | long | loa |
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| 135 | thin | pipili |
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| 136 | thick | matolu |
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| 137 | narrow | lau-tote |
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| 138 | wide | lau-lahi |
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| 139 | black | uli |
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| 140 | white | sea |
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| 141 | red | kula |
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| 142 | yellow | ago |
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| 143 | green | lanu |
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| 144 | painful / sick | mamahi/ gagao |
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| 145 | old (object) | tuai |
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| 146 | new | foou |
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| 147 | good | mitaki |
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| 148 | bad | kelea |
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| 149 | correct / true | hako |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
taha |
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| 151 |
two |
ua |
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| three |
tolu |
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| four |
fa |
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| 154 |
five |
lima |
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| 155 |
six |
ono |
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| 156 |
seven |
fitu |
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eight |
valu |
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nine |
hiva |
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ten |
hogo-fulu |
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zero |
nakai |
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