Meanings

Counterparts of the 40 boldfaced meanings can be obtained here for all doculects in the database, to the extent that they are attested. For a few hundred doculects the remaining items on the Swadesh list are also included (normal font).

• I
• you
• we
• this
• that
• who
• what
• not
• all
• many
• one
• two
• big
• long
• small
• woman
• man
• person
• fish
• bird
• dog
• louse
• tree
• seed
• leaf
• root
• bark
• skin
• flesh
• blood
• bone
• grease
• egg
• horn
• tail
• feather
• hair
• head
• ear
• eye
• nose
• mouth
• tooth
• tongue
• claw
• foot
• knee
• hand
• belly
• neck
• breast
• heart
• liver
• drink
• eat
• bite
• see
• hear
• know
• sleep
• die
• kill
• swim
• fly
• walk
• come
• lie
• sit
• stand
• give
• say
• sun
• moon
• star
• water
• rain
• stone
• sand
• earth
• cloud
• smoke
• fire
• ash
• burn
• path
• mountain
• red
• green
• yellow
• white
• black
• night
• hot
• cold
• full
• new
• good
• round
• dry
• name