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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | SOUNDS AND MEANING | ||
| 1 | hand | liman |
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| 2 | left | loos |
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| 3 | right | karuk |
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| 4 | leg/foot | ain |
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| 5 | skin | kulit |
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| 6 | back | kotuk |
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| 7 | belly/stomach | kabun |
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| 8 | bone | ruin |
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| 9 | intestines | aten |
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| 10 | liver | fuan |
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| 11 | lungs | paru-paru |
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| 12 | breast | hirus-matan |
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| 13 | shoulder | kabaas |
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| 14 | blood | raan |
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| 15 | head | ulun |
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| 16 | neck | kakorok |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | fuuk |
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| 18 | nose | inus |
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| 19 | mouth | ibun |
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| 20 | tooth | nehan |
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| 21 | tongue | nanal |
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| 22 | eye | matan |
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| 23 | ear | tilun |
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| VERBS OF THE BODY | |||
| 24 | to drink | hemu |
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| 25 | to spit | tafui |
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| 26 | to eat | haan |
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| 27 | to chew | nata |
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| 28 | to breathe | dada-iis |
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| 29 | to smell | horon |
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| 30 | to laugh | hamnasa |
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| 31 | to cry/to weep | tanis |
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| 32 | to vomit/to throw up | muta |
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| 33 | to bite | tata |
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| 34 | to hear | rona |
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| 35 | to see | hare |
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| 36 | to yawn | maas |
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| 37 | to sleep | toba |
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| FAMILY TERMS | |||
| 38 | person / human being | ema |
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| 39 | man / male | mane |
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| 40 | woman / female | feto |
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| 41 | child | labarik |
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| 42 | husband | laen |
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| 43 | wife | feen |
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| 44 | mother | inan |
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| 45 | father | aman |
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| 46 | name | naran |
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| VERBS OF ACTION | |||
| 47 | to walk | lao |
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| 48 | to swim | nani |
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| 49 | to know / to be knowledgeable | hatene/konhese |
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| 50 | to think | hanoin |
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| 51 | to fear | tauk |
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| 52 | to cook | tein |
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| 53 | to sit | tuur |
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| 54 | to stand | hamrik |
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| 55 | to lie down | latan |
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| 56 | to climb | sae |
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| 57 | to say | dehan |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | kesi |
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| 59 | to sew | suku |
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| 60 | to hunt | kasa |
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| 61 | to shoot | tiru |
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| 62 | to stab / to pierce | tuu |
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| 63 | to hit | baku |
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| 64 | to kill | oho |
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| 65 | to die / to be dead | mate |
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| 66 | to live / to be alive | moris |
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| 67 | to scratch | koi |
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| 68 | to cut / to hack | tesi |
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| 69 | to work | serbisu |
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| 70 | to plant | kuda |
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| 71 | to choose | hili |
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| 72 | to grow | sai boot |
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| 73 | to squeeze | hois |
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| 74 | to hold | kaer |
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| 75 | to dig | kee |
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| 76 | to open | loke |
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| 77 | to throw | soe |
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| EVERY DAY OBJECT | |||
| 78 | road / path | estrada/dalan |
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| 79 | house | uma |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | uma kakuluk/ |
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| 81 | rope | tali |
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| 82 | needle | daun |
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| 83 | stick | ai-tongkat |
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| ANIMALS |
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| 84 | animal | animal |
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| 85 | bird | manu |
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| 85 | dog | asu |
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| 87 | egg | manutolun |
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| 88 | feather | fulun |
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| 89 | wing | liras |
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| 90 | rat | laho |
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| 91 | meat / flesh | naan |
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| 92 | tail | ikun |
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| 93 | snake | samea |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | lumbriga |
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| 95 | louse | insekta |
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| 96 | mosquito | susuk |
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| 97 | spider | labadain |
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| 98 | fish | ikan |
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| NATURAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA | |||
| 99 | branch | sanak |
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| 100 | leaf | ai-tahan |
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| 101 | root | abut |
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| 102 | flower | ai-funan |
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| 103 | fruit | ai-fuan |
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| 104 | grass | duut |
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| 105 | earth / soil | rai |
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| 106 | stone | fatuk |
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| 107 | sand | rai-henek |
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| 108 | water | bee |
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| 109 | sea | tasi |
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| 110 | salt | masin |
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| 111 | woods / forest / jungle | ai-laran |
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| 112 | sky | lalehan |
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| 113 | moon | fulan |
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| 114 | star | fitun |
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| 115 | cloud | kalohan |
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| 116 | sun | loron-matan |
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| 117 | rain | udan |
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| 118 | thunder | rai-tarutu |
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| 119 | lightning | rai-lakan |
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| 120 | wind | anin |
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| 121 | fire | ahi |
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| 122 | smoke | suar |
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| 123 | night | kalan |
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| 124 | day | loron |
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| ADJECTIVES | |||
| 125 | dirty | foer |
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| 126 | clean | moos |
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| 127 | sharp | kroat |
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| 128 | dull | tuan |
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| 129 | warm | manas/morna |
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| 130 | cold | malirin |
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| 131 | small | kiik |
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| 132 | big | boot |
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| 133 | short | badak |
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| 134 | long | naruk |
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| 135 | thin | krekas |
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| 136 | thick | mahar |
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| 137 | narrow | kloot |
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| 138 | wide | luan |
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| 139 | black | metan |
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| 140 | white | mutin |
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| 141 | red | mean |
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| 142 | yellow | kinur |
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| 143 | green | modok |
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| 144 | painful / sick | moras |
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| 145 | old (object) | tuan |
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| 146 | new | foun |
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| 147 | good | diak |
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| 148 | bad | aat |
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| 149 | correct / true | loos |
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| NUMBERS |
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| 150 |
one |
ida |
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| 151 |
two |
rua |
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| 152 |
three |
tolu |
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| 153 |
four |
haat |
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| 154 |
five |
lima |
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| 155 |
six |
neen |
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| 156 |
seven |
hitu |
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| 157 |
eight |
ualu |
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nine |
sia |
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| 159 |
ten |
sanulu |
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zero |
zero |
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