Swadesh list

SWADESH LIST LANGUAGE LIST

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list


1. head

2. hair

3. ear

4. nose

5. tongue

6. tooth

7. eye

8. mouth

9. beard

10. chin

11. shoulder

12. upper arm

13. hand

14. thumb

15. neck

16. breasts

17. rib

18. belly

19. guts

20. heart

21. liver

22. navel

23. kidney

24. body hair

25. penis

26. testicles

27. vulva

28. back

29. right (hand)

30. left (hand)

31. lungs

32. excrement

33. vein

34. thigh

35. knee

36. leg

37. ankle

38. heel

39. foot

40. blood

41. bone

42. skin

43. sore (n)

44. fat (n)

45. sweat

46. tears

47. father

48. mother

49. child

50. man

51. woman

52. husband

53. wife

54. name

55. person

56. uncle (paternal)

57. uncle (maternal)

58. house

59. door

60. story

61. pig

62. tusk

63. dog

64. louse

65. fly (n)

66. snake

67. egg

68. bird

69. animal

70. mosquito

71. fish

72. rat

73. shark

74. whale

75. butterfly

76. wing

77. ant

78. dolphin

79. grasshopper

80. scorpion

81. starfish

82. tail

83. turtle

84. spider web

85. feather

86. meat

87. food

88. yam

89. taro

90. sugar cane

91. tree

92. leaf

93. coconut

94. banana

95. breadfruit

96. flower

97. fruit

98. grass

99. root

100. woods

101. sun

102. moon

103. star

104. cloud

105. water

106. rain

107. river

108. sand

109. stone

110. salt

111. mountain

112. fire

113. smoke

114. ashes

115. road

116. wind

117. lightning

118. rainbow

119. earth

120. earthquake

121. hole

122. thunder

123. fog

124. lake

125. sea

126. seed

127. sky

128. stick

129. firewood

130. mud

131. wave

132. foam

133. canoe

134. paddle

135. anchor

136. snail

137. dust

138. rope

139. bow

140. arrow

141. knife

142. axe

143. digging stick

144. hook

145. spear

146. earth oven

147. fight (n)

148. black

149. white

150. red

151. yellow

152. green

153. blind

154. deaf

155. big

156. small

157. good

158. bad

159. cooked

160. dead

161. dry

162. wet

163. lazy

164. heavy

165. light

166. sick

167. cold

168. warm

169. dirty

170. clean

171. dull

172. long

173. narrow

174. new

175. old

176. right (correct)

177. wrong

178. rotten

179. sharp

180. short

181. smooth

182. straight

183. thick

184. thin

185. wide

186. one

187. two

188. three

189. four

190. five

191. six

192. seven

193. eight

194. nine

195. ten

196. few

197. other

198. some

199. many

200. who

201. what

202. when

203. how many

204. how

205. where

206. yesterday

207. tomorrow

208. night

209. year

210. day

211. I

212. you sg.

213. he/she

214. we inc.

215. we exc.

216. you pl

217. they

218. give

219. hit

220. see

221. bite

222. hear

223. cry

224. die

225. vomit

226. go

227. come

228. swim

229. eat

230. stand

231. sit

232. call out

233. run

234. fall

235. sleep

236. laugh

237. speak

238. lie (tell an untruth)

239. blow

240. hold

241. fly (v)

242. tie

243. spit

244. bark (v)

245. breathe

246. burn

247. count

248. dig

249. drink

250. fear

251. float

252. flow

253. hunt

254. kill

255. know

256. lie (down)

257. live

258. play

259. pull

260. push

261. rub

262. say

263. scratch

264. sew

265. sing

266. smell

267. split

268. squeeze

269. stab

270. suck

271. swell

272. think

273. throw

274. turn

275. walk

276. wash

277. wipe

278. work

279. all

280. and

281. at

282. because

283. far

284. near

285. here

286. there

287. if

288. in

289. out

290. not

291. that

292. this

293. with

294. yes

295. no