Swadesh list (207)

Name all 207 terms on the Swadesh list as seen in Wiktionary. The Swadesh list is a vocabulary list created by American linguist Morris Swadesh in order to understand both the relationships of extant languages and the change of languages over time. It started with 165 terms in 1950, grew to 215 in 1952, and in 1955, a 100-term list was also made.
Lemma forms only: "I", not "me"
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I
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you
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he
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we
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you
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they
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this
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that
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here
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there
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who
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what
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where
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when
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how
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not
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all
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many
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some
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few
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other
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one
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two
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three
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four
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five
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big
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long
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wide
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thick
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heavy
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small
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short
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narrow
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thin
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woman
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man (adult male)
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man (human being)
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child
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wife
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husband
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mother
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father
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animal
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fish
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bird
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dog
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louse
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snake
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worm
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tree
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forest
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stick
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fruit
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seed
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leaf
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root
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bark
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flower
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grass
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rope
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skin
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meat
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blood
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bone
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fat (noun)
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egg
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horn
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tail
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feather
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hair
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head
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ear
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eye
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nose
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mouth
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tooth
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tongue (organ)
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fingernail
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foot
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leg
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knee
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hand
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wing
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belly
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guts
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neck
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back
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breast
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heart
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liver
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to drink
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to eat
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to bite
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to suck
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to spit
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to vomit
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to blow
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to breathe
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to laugh
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to see
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to hear
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to know
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to think
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to smell
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to fear
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to sleep
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to live
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to die
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to kill
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to fight
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to hunt
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to hit
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to cut
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to split
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to stab
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to scratch
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to dig
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to swim
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to fly
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to walk
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to come
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to lie (as in a bed)
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to sit
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to stand
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to turn (intransitive)
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to fall
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to give
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to hold
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to squeeze
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to rub
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to wash
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to wipe
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to pull
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to push
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to throw
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to tie
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to sew
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to count
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to say
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to sing
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to play
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to float
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to flow
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to freeze
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to swell
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sun
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moon
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star
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water
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rain
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river
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lake
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sea
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salt
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stone
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sand
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dust
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earth
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cloud
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fog
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sky
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wind
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snow
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ice
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smoke
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fire
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ash
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to burn
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road
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mountain
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red
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green
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yellow
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white
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black
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night
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day
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year
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warm
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cold
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full
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new
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old
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good
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bad
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rotten
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dirty
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straight
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round
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sharp (as a knife)
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dull (as a knife)
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smooth
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wet
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dry
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correct
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near
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far
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right
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left
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at
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in
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with
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and
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if
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because
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