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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | lima |
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| 2 | left | kawigi |
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| 3 | right | kawanan |
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| 4 | leg/foot | bikking |
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| 5 | skin | baog, katat |
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| 6 | back | bineg |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | eges |
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| 8 | bone | pukel |
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| 9 | intestines | pait |
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| 10 | liver | altey |
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| 11 | lungs | bala |
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| 12 | breast | pagew |
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| 13 | shoulder | takeb |
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| 14 | blood | dala |
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| 15 | head | olo, ulo |
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| 16 | neck | beklew |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | buek |
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| 18 | nose | eleng |
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| 19 | mouth | sangi |
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| 20 | tooth | ngipen |
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| 21 | tongue | dila' |
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| 22 | eye | mata |
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| 23 | ear | layag |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | inom |
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| 25 | to spit | lutda |
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| 26 | to eat | mangan |
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| 27 | to chew | ngalngal |
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| 28 | to breathe | ingas |
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| 29 | to smell | angob |
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| 30 | to laugh | elek |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | akis |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | man-uta |
uta (noun) |
| 33 | to bite | ketket |
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| 34 | to hear | dengel |
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| 35 | to see | nengneng |
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| 36 | to yawn | man-uwab |
uwab (noun) |
| 37 | to sleep | ogip |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | too |
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| 39 | man / male | laki |
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| 40 | woman / female | bi'i |
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| 41 | child | ogaw |
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| 42 | husband | asawa, kaamong, masiken |
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| 43 | wife | asawa, kaamong, akolaw |
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| 44 | mother | ina |
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| 45 | father | ama |
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| 46 | name | ngaran |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | akar |
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| 48 | to swim | langoy |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | anta |
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| 50 | to think | nunot |
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| 51 | to fear | takot |
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| 52 | to cook | luto' |
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| 53 | to sit | yurong |
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| 54 | to stand | alagey |
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| 55 | to lie down | dukol |
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| 56 | to climb | kalab |
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| 57 | to say | baga |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | singer |
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| 59 | to sew | dait |
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| 60 | to hunt | usil |
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| 61 | to shoot | paltog |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | saksak, doyok, turok |
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| 63 | to hit | pekpek, tira, nakna |
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| 64 | to kill | patey |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | um-patey |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | man-bilay |
bilay (noun) |
| 67 | to scratch | gugo |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | puter/tegteg |
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| 69 | to work | obras |
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| 70 | to plant | tanem |
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| 71 | to choose | pili |
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| 72 | to grow | un-baleg |
baleg (adjective) |
| 73 | to squeeze | pigar |
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| 74 | to hold | benben |
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| 75 | to dig | kutkut |
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| 76 | to open | lukas |
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| 77 | to throw | bantak |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | dalan/basbas |
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| 79 | house | abong |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | atep |
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| 81 | rope | lubir, taker |
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| 82 | needle | dagom |
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| 83 | stick | bistik, bislag |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | ayep |
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| 85 | bird | billit |
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| 85 | dog | aso |
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| 87 | egg | itnol |
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| 88 | feather | bago |
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| 89 | wing | payak |
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| 90 | rat | utot |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | karne |
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| 92 | tail | ikol |
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| 93 | snake | oleg |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | bigis/alumbayar |
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| 95 | louse | kuto |
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| 96 | mosquito | ageyet |
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| 97 | spider | genggeng |
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| 98 | fish | sira |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | sanga |
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| 100 | leaf | bolong |
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| 101 | root | lamot |
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| 102 | flower | bulaklak, rosas |
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| 103 | fruit | prutas |
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| 104 | grass | dika |
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| 105 | earth / soil | dalin |
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| 106 | stone | bato |
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| 107 | sand | dabok |
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| 108 | water | danum |
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| 109 | sea | dayat |
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| 110 | salt | asin |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | kakiewan/katakelan |
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| 112 | sky | tawen |
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| 113 | moon | bulan |
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| 114 | star | bituen |
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| 115 | cloud | lorem |
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| 116 | sun | agew |
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| 117 | rain | uran |
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| 118 | thunder | kalor |
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| 119 | lightning | kirmat |
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| 120 | wind | dagem |
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| 121 | fire | apoy |
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| 122 | smoke | asiwek |
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| 123 | night | labi |
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| 124 | day | agew |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | marutak |
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| 126 | clean | malinis |
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| 127 | sharp | makdem |
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| 128 | dull | epel |
epel (object); mangmang (person) |
| 129 | warm | ampetang |
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| 130 | cold | ambetel |
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| 131 | small | melag |
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| 132 | big | baleg |
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| 133 | short | antekey |
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| 134 | long | andukey |
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| 135 | thin | maimpis |
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| 136 | thick | makapal |
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| 137 | narrow | mainget |
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| 138 | wide | maawang |
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| 139 | black | andeket |
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| 140 | white | amputi |
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| 141 | red | ambalanga |
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| 142 | yellow | duyaw |
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| 143 | green | ampasiseng, pasiseng |
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| 144 | painful / sick | ansakit |
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| 145 | old (object) | daan |
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| 146 | new | balo |
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| 147 | good | maong |
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| 148 | bad | mauges |
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| 149 | correct / true | usto |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
sakey |
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| 151 |
two |
duara |
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| 152 |
three |
talora |
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| 153 |
four |
apatira |
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| 154 |
five |
limara |
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| 155 |
six |
animera |
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| 156 |
seven |
pitora |
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eight |
walora |
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nine |
siamera |
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| 159 |
ten |
samplura |
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| 160 |
zero |
bitlog |
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