# -*- mode: org -*- #+title: Swadesh List #+INCLUDE: headers #+OPTIONS: auto-id:t * Modified Swadesh List :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: h-85e70600-8e60-483a-8ef7-aa64d5fe9705 :END: List of words I should somehow cover with my conlangs. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swadesh_list][Source]]. This is based on the Final Swadesh List as well as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig%E2%80%93Jakarta_list][Leipzig-Jakarta List]] and the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolgopolsky_list][Dolgopolsky List]]. - [ ] I (Pers.Pron.1.Sg.) - [ ] all (of a number) - [ ] and - [ ] animal - [ ] ant - [ ] ash(es) - [ ] at - [ ] back - [ ] bad - [ ] bark (of tree) - [ ] because - [ ] belly (lower part of body, abdomen) - [ ] big - [ ] bird - [ ] bite (verb) - [ ] bitter - [ ] black (color) - [ ] blood - [ ] blow (verb) - [ ] bone - [ ] breasts (female; 1955 still breast) - [ ] breathe, breath - [ ] burn (verb intr.!) - [ ] carry (verb) - [ ] child - [ ] claw (not in 1952)1 - [ ] cloud (not fog) - [ ] cold (of weather) - [ ] come (verb) - [ ] correct - [ ] count - [ ] cut - [ ] day - [ ] dead - [ ] die (verb) - [ ] dig - [ ] dirty - [ ] do/make (verb) - [ ] dog - [ ] drink (verb) - [ ] dry (substance) - [ ] dull - [ ] dust - [ ] ear - [ ] earth (soil) - [ ] eat (verb) - [ ] egg - [ ] eye - [ ] fall (verb) - [ ] far - [ ] fat - [ ] father - [ ] fear - [ ] feather (large, not down) - [ ] few - [ ] fight - [ ] fingernail - [ ] fire - [ ] fish (noun) - [ ] five - [ ] flesh (1952 meat, flesh) - [ ] float - [ ] flow - [ ] flower - [ ] fly (noun) - [ ] fly (verb) - [ ] fog - [ ] foot (not leg) - [ ] forest - [ ] four - [ ] freeze - [ ] fruit - [ ] full - [ ] give (verb) - [ ] go (verb) - [ ] good - [ ] grass - [ ] grease (1952: fat, organic substance) - [ ] green (color) - [ ] guts - [ ] hair (on head of humans) - [ ] hand - [ ] hard - [ ] he/she/it (Pers.Pron.3.sg) - [ ] head (anatomic) - [ ] hear (verb) - [ ] heart - [ ] heavy - [ ] here - [ ] hide (verb) - [ ] hit/beat (verb) - [ ] hold - [ ] horn (of bull etc., not 1952) - [ ] hot (adjective; 1952 warm, of weather) - [ ] house - [ ] how? - [ ] hunt - [ ] husband - [ ] ice - [ ] if - [ ] in - [ ] kill (verb) - [ ] knee (not 1952) - [ ] know (facts) - [ ] lake - [ ] laugh (verb) - [ ] leaf (botanics) - [ ] left - [ ] leg - [ ] lie (on side, recline) - [ ] little - [ ] live - [ ] liver - [ ] long (not wide) - [ ] louse - [ ] man (adult male human) - [ ] many - [ ] meat - [ ] moon - [ ] mother - [ ] mountain (not hill) - [ ] mouth - [ ] nail (finger-nail) - [ ] name - [ ] narrow - [ ] navel - [ ] near - [ ] neck (not nape) - [ ] new - [ ] night - [ ] nose - [ ] not - [ ] old - [ ] one - [ ] other - [ ] path (1952 road, trail; not street) - [ ] person, human being, Man - [ ] play - [ ] pull - [ ] push - [ ] rain (noun, 1952 verb) - [ ] red (color) - [ ] right - [ ] river - [ ] road - [ ] root (botanics) - [ ] rope - [ ] rotten - [ ] round (not 1952) - [ ] rub - [ ] run (verb) - [ ] salt - [ ] sand - [ ] say (verb) - [ ] scratch - [ ] sea - [ ] see (verb) - [ ] seed (noun) - [ ] sew - [ ] shade/shadow - [ ] sharp - [ ] short - [ ] sing - [ ] sit (verb) - [ ] skin (1952: person’s) - [ ] sky - [ ] sleep (verb) - [ ] small - [ ] smell - [ ] smoke (noun, of fire) - [ ] smooth - [ ] snake - [ ] snow - [ ] some - [ ] spit - [ ] split - [ ] squeeze - [ ] stab - [ ] stand (verb) - [ ] star - [ ] stick - [ ] stone - [ ] straight - [ ] suck (verb) - [ ] sun - [ ] sweet - [ ] swell - [ ] swim (verb) - [ ] tail - [ ] take (verb) - [ ] tear/teardrop - [ ] that - [ ] there - [ ] they - [ ] thick - [ ] thigh - [ ] thin - [ ] think - [ ] this - [ ] three - [ ] throw - [ ] tie (verb) - [ ] tongue (anatomical) - [ ] tooth (front, rather than molar) - [ ] tree (not log) - [ ] turn - [ ] two - [ ] vomit - [ ] walk (verb) - [ ] wash - [ ] water (noun) - [ ] we (1955: inclusive) - [ ] wet - [ ] what? (“?” not 1971) - [ ] when? - [ ] where? - [ ] white (color) - [ ] who? (“?” not 1971) - [ ] wide - [ ] wife - [ ] wind - [ ] wing - [ ] wipe - [ ] with - [ ] woman - [ ] wood - [ ] worm - [ ] year - [ ] yellow (color) - [ ] yesterday - [ ] you (2.sg! 1952 thou & ye) * Ñyqy :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: h-a5b4a65c-68ab-4630-b054-da816d679cfd :END: - [X] I (Pers.Pron.1.Sg.) - [X] all (of a number) - [ ] and - [ ] animal - [ ] ant - [X] ash(es) - [ ] at - [X] back - [ ] bad - [X] bark (of tree) - [ ] because - [X] belly (lower part of body, abdomen) - [X] big - [X] bird - [X] bite (verb) - [ ] bitter - [X] black (color) - [X] blood - [X] blow (verb) - [X] bone - [X] breasts (female; 1955 still breast)† - [ ] breathe, breath - [X] burn (verb intr.!) - [X] carry (verb) - [ ] child - [X] claw (not in 1952)†1 - [X] cloud (not fog) - [X] cold (of weather) - [ ] come (verb) - [ ] correct - [ ] count - [ ] cut - [ ] day - [X] dead - [X] die (verb) - [ ] dig - [ ] dirty - [ ] do/make (verb) - [X] dog - [X] drink (verb) - [X] dry (substance) - [ ] dull - [ ] dust - [X] ear - [X] earth (soil) - [X] eat (verb) - [X] egg - [X] eye - [X] fall (verb) - [ ] far - [ ] fat - [ ] father - [ ] fear - [X] feather (large, not down) - [ ] few - [ ] fight - [ ] fingernail - [X] fire - [X] fish (noun) - [ ] five - [X] flesh (1952 meat, flesh) - [ ] float - [ ] flow - [ ] flower - [X] fly (noun) - [X] fly (verb) - [ ] fog - [X] foot (not leg) - [ ] forest - [ ] four - [ ] freeze - [ ] fruit - [ ] full - [ ] give (verb) - [ ] go (verb) - [X] good - [ ] grass - [ ] grease (1952: fat, organic substance) - [ ] green (color) - [ ] guts - [ ] hair (on head of humans) - [X] hand - [ ] hard - [X] he/she/it (Pers.Pron.3.sg) - [X] head (anatomic) - [ ] hear (verb) - [X] heart - [ ] heavy - [ ] here - [ ] hide (verb) - [ ] hit/beat (verb) - [ ] hold - [ ] horn (of bull etc., not 1952)† - [X] hot (adjective; 1952 warm, of weather) - [X] house - [ ] how? - [ ] hunt - [ ] husband - [ ] ice - [ ] if - [ ] in - [ ] kill (verb) - [ ] knee (not 1952)† - [ ] know (facts) - [ ] lake - [ ] laugh (verb) - [ ] leaf (botanics) - [ ] left - [ ] leg - [ ] lie (on side, recline) - [ ] little - [ ] live - [ ] liver - [ ] long (not wide) - [ ] louse - [X] man (adult male human) - [X] many - [ ] meat - [X] moon (not 1952)† - [ ] mother - [ ] mountain (not hill) - [ ] mouth - [ ] nail (finger-nail) - [ ] name - [ ] narrow - [ ] navel - [ ] near - [ ] neck (not nape) - [ ] new - [X] night - [X] nose - [X] not - [ ] old - [X] one - [ ] other - [X] path (1952 road, trail; not street) - [ ] person (individual human) - [ ] play - [ ] pull - [ ] push - [ ] rain (noun, 1952 verb) - [X] red (color) - [ ] right - [ ] river - [ ] road - [ ] root (botanics) - [ ] rope - [ ] rotten - [ ] round (not 1952)† - [ ] rub - [ ] run (verb) - [ ] salt - [ ] sand - [X] say (verb)† - [ ] scratch - [ ] sea - [X] see (verb) - [ ] seed (noun) - [ ] sew - [X] shade/shadow - [ ] sharp - [ ] short - [ ] sing - [ ] sit (verb) - [ ] sing - [X] skin (1952: person’s) - [X] sleep (verb) - [ ] small - [ ] smell - [ ] smoke (noun, of fire) - [ ] smooth - [ ] snake - [ ] snow - [ ] some - [ ] spit - [ ] split - [ ] squeeze - [ ] stab - [ ] stand (verb) - [ ] star - [ ] stick - [ ] stone - [ ] straight - [ ] suck (verb) - [ ] sun - [ ] sweet - [ ] swell - [ ] swim (verb) - [ ] tail - [ ] take (verb) - [ ] tear/teardrop - [ ] that - [ ] there - [ ] they - [ ] thick - [ ] thigh - [ ] thin - [ ] think - [ ] this - [ ] three - [ ] throw - [ ] tie (verb) - [ ] tongue (anatomical) - [X] tooth (front, rather than molar) - [ ] tree (not log) - [ ] turn - [X] two - [ ] vomit - [X] walk (verb) - [ ] wash - [X] water (noun) - [X] we (1955: inclusive) - [ ] wet - [ ] what? (“?” not 1971) - [ ] when? - [ ] where? - [ ] white (color) - [ ] who? (“?” not 1971) - [ ] wide - [ ] wife - [X] wind - [ ] wing - [ ] wipe - [ ] with - [X] woman - [ ] wood - [ ] worn - [ ] year - [ ] yellow (color) - [ ] yesterday - [X] you (2.sg! 1952 thou & ye) * aaaaaaaa :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: h-72ad3dab-5e5e-4cbf-a364-4ba96556acfc :END: