Swadesh’s 100-word list - Portland State University



Swadesh’s 100-word list

1. I

2. thou

3. we

4. this

5. that

6. who?

7. what?

8. not

9. all

10. many

11. one

12. two

13. big

14. long

15. small

16. woman

17. man

18. person

19. fish

20. bird

21. dog

22. louse

23. tree

24. seed

25. leaf

26. root

27. bark

28. skin

29. flesh

30. blood

31. bone

32. grease

33. egg

34. horn

35. tail

36. feather

37. hair

38. head

39. ear

40. eye

41. nose

42. mouth

43. tooth

44. tongue

45. fingernail

46. foot

47. knee

48. hand

49. belly

50. neck

51. breasts

52. heart

53. liver

54. drink

55. eat

56. bite

57. see

58. hear

59. know

60. sleep

61. die

62. kill

63. swim

64. fly

65. walk

66. come

67. lie

68. sit

69. stand

70. give

71. say

72. sun

73. moon

74. star

75. water

76. rain

77. stone

78. sand

79. earth

80. cloud

81. smoke

82. fire

83. ash

84. burn

85. path

86. mountain

87. red

88. green

89. yellow

90. white

91. black

92. night

93. hot

94. cold

95. full

96. new

97. good

98. round

99. dry

100. name

1. all

2. and

3. animal

4. ashes

5. at

6. back

7. bad

8. bark

9. because

10. belly

11. big

12. bird

13. bite

14. black

15. blood

16. blood

17. blow

18. bone

19. breast

20. breathe

21. brother

22. burn

23. child

24. clothing

25. cloud

26. claw

27. cold

28. come

29. cook

30. count

31. cut

32. dance

33. day

34. die

35. dig

36. dirty

37. dog

38. drink

39. dry

40. dull

41. dust

42. ear

43. earth

44. eat

45. egg

46. eight

47. eye

48. fall

49. far

50. fat/grease

51. father

52. fear

53. feather

54. few

55. fight

56. fire

57. fish

58. five

59. float

60. flow

61. flower

62. fog

63. foot

64. four

65. freeze

66. fruit

67. full

68. give

69. good

70. grass

71. green

72. guts

73. hair

74. hand

75. he

76. head

77. hear

78. heart

79. heavy

80. here

81. hit

82. hold/take

83. horn

84. how

85. hundred

86. hunt

87. husband

88. I

89. ice

90. if

91. in

92. kill

93. knee

94. know

95. lake

96. laugh

97. leaf

98. left side

99. leg

100. lie

101. live

102. liver

103. long

104. louse

105. man/male

106. many

107. meat/flesh

108. moon

109. mother

110. mountain

111. mouth

112. name

113. narrow

114. near

115. neck

116. new

117. night

118. nose

119. not

120. old

121. one

122. other

123. person

124. play

125. pull

126. push

127. rain

128. red

129. right (correct)

130. right (side)

131. river

132. road

133. root

134. rope

135. rotten

136. rub

137. salt

138. sand

139. say

140. scratch

141. sea

142. see

143. seed

144. seven

145. sew

146. sharp

147. shoot

148. short

149. sing

150. sister

151. sit

152. skin

153. sky

154. sleep

155. small

156. smell

157. smoke

158. smooth

159. snake

160. snow

161. some

162. spear

163. spit

164. split

165. squeeze

166. stab/pierce

167. stand

168. star

169. stick

170. stone

171. straight

172. suck

173. sun

174. swell

175. swim

176. tail

177. ten

178. that

179. there

180. they

181. thick

182. thin

183. think

184. this

185. thou

186. three

187. throw

188. tie

189. tongue

190. tooth

191. tree

192. turn

193. twenty

194. two

195. vomit

196. walk

197. warm

198. wash

199. water

200. we

201. wet

202. what?

203. when?

204. where?

205. white

206. who?

207. wide

208. wife

209. wind

210. wing

211. wipe

212. with

213. woman

214. woods

215. work

216. worm

217. ye

218. year

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