Swadesh list

1. I: mi
2. you (singular): yu
3. he: (man)te
4. we: imi
5. you (plural): uyu
6. they: ete (animate), oto (inanimate)
7. this: hin
8. that: den
9. here: hinloka
10. there: denloka
11. who: kete
12. what: keto
13. where: keloka
14. when: kewatu
15. how: kepul, kemaner (done in what way), kemo (to what degree)
16. not: no
17. all: total (entire, whole), moy (every, each)
18. many: multi
19. some: ban (certain), bankwanti (some quantity of), bannumer (a few, several)
20. few: xosu (not many, not much)
21. other: alo
22. one: un
23. two: dua
24. three: tiga
25. four: care
26. five: lima
27. big: day
28. long: lungo
29. wide: pahna
30. thick: mote
31. heavy: wajenpul
32. small: lil
33. short: cote
34. narrow: sempay
35. thin: dambo
36. woman: femixu, femyen
37. man (adult male): manixu, manyen
38. man (human being): insan
39. child: nini
40. wife: femgami
41. husband: mangami
42. mother: matre
43. father: patre
44. animal: hewan
45. fish: mahi
46. bird: piu
47. dog: bwaw
48. louse: xirani
49. snake: sarpen
50. worm: wermu
51. tree: drevo
52. forest: drevolari
53. stick: gumbo
54. fruit: fruta
55. seed: bija
56. leaf: dahun
57. root: geno
58. bark (of a tree): xupi
59. flower: flura
60. grass: gras
61. rope: kordo
62. skin: pifu
63. meat: maso
64. blood: damu
65. bone: osto
66. fat (noun): cibo
67. egg: ovo
68. horn: sungo
69. tail: koda
70. feather: yumaw
71. hair: tofa (head), belo (hair, fur)
72. head: kapi
73. ear: ore
74. eye: oko
75. nose: nasa
76. mouth: munte
77. tooth: denta
78. tongue (organ): xeto
79. fingernail: (xujili) nakun
80. foot: peda
81. leg: tui
82. knee: janu
83. hand: hanta
84. wing: fleytul
85. belly: fubu
86. guts: antru (intestine, bowel)
87. neck: gardan
88. back: ruke
89. breast: mamo
90. heart: tutum
91. liver: ganzo
92. to drink: na glu
93. to eat: na yam
94. to bite: na yao
95. to suck: na susu
96. to spit: na tuko
97. to vomit: na kaku
98. to blow: na exhawa
99. to breathe: na nafasu
100. to laugh: na haha
101. to see: na oko
102. to hear: na ore
103. to know: na jixi (have knowledge of), na kone (be familiar/acquainted with)
104. to think: na fikir
105. to smell: na nasa (sense the smell of), na nasacu (have a particular smell)
106. to fear: na fobi
107. to sleep: na somno
108. to live: na jiwa (be alive), na ogar (reside, inhabit)
109. to die: na morcu
110. to kill: na morgi
111. to fight: na jento
112. to hunt: na xikar
113. to hit: na darbe
114. to cut: na kata
115. to split: na vibaja (divide), na julagi (separate)
116. to stab: na hanjer
117. to scratch: na garu
118. to dig: na goyu
119. to swim: na suyon
120. to fly: na fley
121. to walk: na anda, na sampo (stroll)
122. to come: na ata
123. to lie (as in a bed): na leta
124. to sit: na side
125. to stand: na estay
126. to turn (intransitive): na jwan
127. to fall: na sokutu
128. to give: na gibe
129. to hold: na woju
130. to squeeze: na nicode
131. to run: na pawbu
132. to wash: na woxa
133. to wipe: na suhemotsa (dry), na safemotsa (clean)
134. to pull: na pospel
135. to push: na pel
136. to throw: na jeti
137. to tie: na binde
138. to sew: na siu
139. to count: na hesabu
140. to say: na loga
141. to sing: na lala
142. to play: na yuxi
143. to float: na flota
144. to flow: na lyudon
145. to freeze: na jamegi
146. to swell: na warum
147. sun: Sola
148. moon: Luna (Earth's moon), candru
149. star: estare
150. water: sui
151. rain: barix
152. river: nahir
153. lake: hosu
154. sea: bahari
155. salt: namake
156. stone: petra
157. sand: xatu
158. dust: gubar
159. earth: turan
160. cloud: megu
161. fog: ukungu
162. sky: asman
163. wind: vento
164. snow: taluji
165. ice: ayse
166. smoke: dudan
167. fire: atex
168. ash: ramadu
169. to burn: na yake, na atex (with fire)
170. road: dolo
171. mountain: jabal
172. red: roso
173. green: kijawi
174. yellow: jalo
175. white: sefide
176. black: syahe
177. night: noce
178. day: din (24 hours), nuru (opposite of night)
179. year: nyan
180. warm: termopul
181. cold: bardipul
182. full: pul
183. new: neo
184. old: lama (inanimate), lao (animate)
185. good: bon
186. bad: bur
187. rotten: fasidu
188. dirty: kotor
189. straight: jinji
190. round: dayrapul
191. sharp (as a knife): tejam
192. dull (as a knife): kunde
193. smooth: motsakal (frictionless)
194. wet: gile
195. dry: suhe
196. correct: sahi
197. near: ner
198. far: teli
199. right: kanan
200. left: suo
201. at: fe, in (in)
202. in: in
203. with: har (having), ton (together with), yon (using)
204. and: ji
205. if: eger
206. because: koski, fe kosa ki
207. name: name