Changes: Swadesh list

Revision as of 01:22, 10 December 2020

I: mi
you (singular): yu
he: (man)te
we: imi
you (plural): uyu
they: ete (animate), oto (inanimate)
this: hin
that: den
here: hinloka
there: denloka
who: kete
what: keto
where: keloka
when: kewatu
how: kepul, kemaner (done in what way), kemo (to what degree)
not: no
all: total (entire, whole), moy (every, each)
many: multi
some: ban (certain), bankwanti (some quantity of), bannumer (a few, several)
few: xosu (not many, not much)
other: alo
one: un
two: dua
three: tiga
four: care
five: lima
big: dayo
long: lungo
wide: pahna
thick: mote
heavy: wajen
small: lile
short: cote
narrow: sempay
thin: dambo
woman: femixu, femyen
man (adult male): manixu, manyen
man (human being): insan
child: nini
wife: femgami
husband: mangami
mother: matre
father: patre
animal: hewan
fish: maci
bird: piu
dog: bwaw
louse: xirani
snake: sarpen
worm: wermu
tree: drevo
forest: drevolar
stick: gumbo
fruit: fruta
seed: bija
leaf: dahun
root: geno
bark (of a tree): xupi
flower: flura
grass: gras
rope: kordo
skin: pifu
meat: maso
blood: damu
bone: osto
fat (noun): cibo
egg: ovo
horn: sungo
tail: koda
feather: yumaw
hair: tofa
head: kape
ear: ore
eye: oko
nose: nasa
mouth: munte
tooth: denta
tongue (organ): xeto
fingernail: (xujili) nakun
foot: peda
leg: tui
knee: janu
hand: hanta
wing: fleytul
belly: fubu
guts: antru (intestine, bowel)
neck: gardan
back: ruke
breast: mamari
heart: tum
liver: ganzo
to drink: na glu
to eat: na yam
to bite: na yao
to suck: na susu
to spit: na tuko
to vomit: na kaku
to blow: na exhawa
to breathe: na nafas
to laugh: na haha
to see: na oko
to hear: na ore
to know: na jixi (have knowledge of), na kone (be familiar/acquainted with)
to think: na fikir
to smell: na nasa (sense the smell of), na nasacu (have a particular smell)
to fear: na fobi
to sleep: na somno
to live: na jiwa (be alive), na ogar (reside, inhabit)
to die: na morcu
to kill: na morgi
to fight: na jento
to hunt: na xikar
to hit: na darbe
to cut: na kata
to split: na vibaja (divide), na julagi (separate)
to stab: na hanjer
to scratch: na garu
to dig: na goyu
to swim: na suyon
to fly: na fley
to walk: na sampo
to come: na ata
to lie (as in a bed): na leta
to sit: na side
to stand: na estay
to turn (intransitive): na rotacu, na jwancu
to fall: na sokutu
to give: na gibe
to hold: na woju
to squeeze: na nicode
to run: na pawbu
to wash: na woxa
to wipe: suhemotsa (dry), safemotsa (clean)
to pull: na pospel
to push: na pel
to throw: na jeti
to tie: na binde
to sew: na siu
to count: na hesabu
to say: na loga (in speech), na basa (in speech or writing)
to sing: na lala
to play: na yuxi
to float: na flota
to flow: na lyudo
to freeze: na jamegi
to swell: na warum
sun: sola
moon: candru
star: estare
water: sui
rain: barix
river: nahir
lake: hosu
sea: bahari
salt: namake
stone: petra
sand: xatu
dust: gubar
earth: turan
cloud: megu
fog: ukungu
sky: asman
wind: vento
snow: taluji
ice: ayse
smoke: dudan
fire: atex
ash: ramadu
to burn: na yake, na atex (with fire)
road: dolo
mountain: jabal
red: roso
green: kijawi
yellow: jalo
white: sefide
black: syahe
night: noce
day: dina
year: nyan
warm: termopul
cold: bardipul
full: pule
new: newe
old: lama (inanimate), lawo (animate), letel (from a long time ago)
good: bono
bad: buru
rotten: fasidu
dirty: kotor
straight: jinji
round: dayrapul
sharp (as a knife): tejam
dull (as a knife): kunde
smooth: mosatukal (frictionless)
wet: gile
dry: suhe
correct: sahi
near: nere
far: teli
right: kanan
left: suo
at: fe, in
in: in
with: har (having, using), ton (together with)
and: ji
if: eger
because: koski, fe kosa ki
name: name

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 # narrow: sempay
 # thin: dambo
-# woman: femixu
+# woman: femixu, femyen
-# man (adult male): manixu
+# man (adult male): manixu, manyen
 # man (human being): insan
 # child: nini
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 # to run: na pawbu
 # to wash: na woxa
-# to wipe: MISSING
+# to wipe: suhemotsa (dry), safemotsa (clean)
 # to pull: na pospel
 # to push: na pel
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 # sharp (as a knife): tejam
 # dull (as a knife): kunde
-# smooth: MISSING
+# smooth: mosatukal (frictionless)
 # wet: gile
 # dry: suhe