100 Swadesh-Liste




back
· He is back.
bird
· Birds eat seeds.
bite
· The dog bit the child
black
· The ground on those hills over there is black.
blood
· There is blood on your spear.
bone
· The animal has large bones.
burn
· I burned the grass.
cloud
· The sun is behind a big cloud.
cold
· This water is cold.
come
· You will come with him.
die
· The goat will die if it does not eat.
dig
· Stop digging!
dirty
· She is getting dirty.
dog
· My father's three dogs are dead.
drink
· We will drink water.
dust
· It is dust on the street over there.
ear
· He is scratching behind his ear.
eat
· Those people do not eat tortoise.
egg
· He ate some eggs.
fall
· The man fell out of the tree.
far
· It is far from here.
fat
· This animal has a lot of fat.
father
· Your father killed a snake.
feather
· This feather is long.
few
· A few fishes can fly.
fire
· Snakes are afraid of fire.
fish
· Did you catch a fish?
five
· Five eggs and four fishes.
flower
· Get the flower!
fly
· Birds fly, but fish do not.
foot
· He has big feet.
four
· Four sticks and three stones.
give
· Give me those twelve eggs.
grass
· There is grass on the path.
green
· Is the gras green?
hair
· She has long hair.
head
· He has a big head and a long neck.
hear
· I hear the women singing.
heart
· The heart of an animal beats.
here
· He sleeps here.
hit
· She hit the child.
horn
· That animal had only one horn.
kill
· Man kills animals for food.
knee
· Schow me your knee!
know
· You know this person.
laugh
· I can hear you laughing.
leaf
· I'm burning the dry leaves.
leftside
· He is sitting on the leftside of his sister.
leg
· The skin on your leg is white.
long
· He saw a long snake.
louse
· The children have lice in their hair.
man
· One man danced, the other sang.
many
· Many men have wives.
moon
· When there are clouds, we cannnot see the moon.
mother
· Their mother died four years ago.
mouth
· She has a small mouth.
name
· He does not know my mother's name.
narrow
· The road is narrow.
near
· He is near the fire.
neck
· His neck is swollen.
night
· We are afraid of the night.
nose
· He is scratching his nose.
one
· One fish and two birds.
pull
· I am pulling the goat's rope.
push
· When you push him, he falls.
rain
· The rain washes the leaves.
red
· Snake's blood is red.
rightside
· It is on the rightside.
river
· He throws a fishing trap into the river.
road
· We are walking on the road.
root
· Those trees have long roots.
salt
· Give us a little salt.
see
· He was seen by his father.
short
· He picked up a short rope.
sit
· You sit over there!
skin
· He is scratching the skin on his feet.
sky
· There are many stars in the sky.
sleep
· Are you sleeping?
small
· I pick up a small stone.
smell
· The dogs smelled the meat.
smoke
· I can see the smoke of the fire.
snake
· There is a snake in the grass.
star
· Tonight there are a lot of stars.
stick
· I threw my stick a long way.
stone
· There are stones on the path.
sun
· We can see the sun.
tail
· He pulled our dog's tail.
there
· He is sitting over there.
thick
· His tongue is thick.
thin
· Her hair is thin.
three
· Three children and two dogs.
throw
· They throw the garbage into the hole.
tie
· He tied his feet.
tongue
· He bit his tongue.
tooth
· These are dogs' teeth
tree
· There is a big tree near the stream.
two
· Two men and one woman.
warm
· Is the water warm?
water
· Give him some water.
wet
· The gras is wet.
what
· What are you eating?
when
· When will you come?
where
· Where is my goat?
white
· The white dog is sleeping.
who
· Who is it?
wide
· The road is wide.
wind
· The wind is blowing.
wing
· That bird's wings are red.
woman
· That woman is my mother.
woods
· Get the woods.
worm
· The worm is small.
year
· Their mother died four years ago.
yellow
· The sun is yellow.





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© 2004 Reinhold Greisbach / Katja Getrost (Institut für Phonetik)
JWG-Universität Frankfurt am Main