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Swadesh Word List
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| PARTS OF THE BODY | |||
| 1 | hand | Liman |
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| 2 | left | Liman Karuk |
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| 3 | right | Liman Los |
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| 4 | leg/foot | Kelen |
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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 | Ruing |
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| 9 | intestines | Ateng |
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| 10 | liver | ateng boot |
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| 11 | lungs | Ateng |
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| 12 | breast | Hirus matan |
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| 13 | shoulder | Kabas |
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| 14 | blood | Ran |
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| 15 | head | Ulun |
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| 16 | neck | Kabun |
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| 17 | hair (head/body) | Fuk / Fulun |
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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 | Fahe malu |
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| 26 | to eat | Han |
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| 27 | to chew | Nata |
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| 28 | to breathe | Dada iss |
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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 | Nata |
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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 (katuas oan) |
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| 43 | wife | Fen (Ferik oan) |
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| 44 | mother | Ama |
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| 45 | father | Apa |
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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 |
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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 | Tur |
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| 54 | to stand | Hambrik |
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| 55 | to lie down | Deskansa |
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| 56 | to climb | Sae |
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| 57 | to say | Koalia |
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| 58 | to tie up / to fasten | Kesi metin |
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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 | Sona |
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| 63 | to hit | Tuku (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 | Koa |
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| 69 | to work | Servisu |
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| 70 | to plant | Kuda |
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| 71 | to choose | Hili |
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| 72 | to grow | Moris |
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| 73 | to squeeze | Metin | |
| 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 | Dalan |
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| 79 | house | Uma |
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| 80 | roof / thatch | Uma leten |
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| 81 | rope | Tali |
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| 82 | needle | Daun |
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| 83 | stick | Ai |
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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 | Manu - Tolun |
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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 | Daging |
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| 92 | tail | Ikun |
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| 93 | snake | Samea |
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| 94 | worm / earth worm | Ular |
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| 95 | louse | Utu |
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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 | Tahan |
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| 101 | root | Abut |
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| 102 | flower | Funan |
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| 103 | fruit | 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 | Mos |
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| 127 | sharp | Kroat |
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| 128 | dull | La-Kroat |
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| 129 | warm | Marna |
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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 | Mihis |
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| 136 | thick | Luan |
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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 | Kinor |
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| 143 | green | Azul |
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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 |
Hat |
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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 |
Walu |
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nine |
Sia |
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| 159 |
ten |
Sanolu |
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| 160 |
zero |
Zero |
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