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This is a Swadesh list of words in Hungarian English .
For further information, including the full final version of the list, read the Wikipedia article: Swadesh list .American linguist Morris Swadesh believed that languages changed at measurable rates and that these could be determined even for languages without written precursors. Using vocabulary lists, he sought to understand not only change over time but also the relationships of extant languages. To be able to compare languages from different cultures, he based his lists on meanings he presumed would be available in as many cultures as possible. He then used the fraction of agreeing cognates between any two related languages to compute their divergence time by some (still debated) algorithms. Starting in 1950 with 165 meanings, his list grew to 215 in 1952, which was so expansive that many languages lacked native vocabulary for some terms. Subsequently, it was reduced to 207, and reduced much further to 100 meanings in 1955. A reformulated list was published posthumously in 1971.
№ English Hungarianmagyar nyelv edit (207) 1 I (1sg )én 2 you (2sg )te 3 he , she , it (3sg )ő 4 we (1pl )mi 5 you (2pl )ti 6 they (3pl )ők 7 this ez 8 that az 9 here itt 10 there ott 11 who ki 12 what mi 13 where hol 14 when mikor 15 how hogy hogyan 16 not nem ne 17 all mind minden 18 many sok 19 some néhány 20 few kevés 21 other más 22 one egy 23 two kettő 24 three három 25 four négy 26 five öt 27 big nagy 28 long hosszú 29 wide széles 30 thick vastag 31 heavy nehéz 32 small kis 33 short rövid 34 narrow szűk 35 thin vékony 36 woman nő 37 man (adult male)férfi 38 man (human being)ember 39 child gyerek gyermek 40 wife feleség 41 husband férj 42 mother anya 43 father apa 44 animal állat 45 fish hal 46 bird madár 47 dog kutya eb formal or literary 48 louse tetű 49 snake kígyó 50 worm féreg 51 tree fa 52 forest erdő 53 stick bot 54 fruit gyümölcs 55 seed mag 56 leaf levél 57 root gyökér 58 bark (of a tree)kéreg 59 flower virág 60 grass fű 61 rope kötél 62 skin bőr 63 meat hús 64 blood vér 65 bone csont 66 fat (noun)háj 67 egg tojás 68 horn szarv 69 tail farok 70 feather toll 71 hair haj 72 head fej 73 ear fül 74 eye szem 75 nose orr 76 mouth száj 77 tooth fog 78 tongue (organ)nyelv 79 fingernail köröm 80 foot lábfej 81 leg láb 82 knee térd 83 hand kéz 84 wing szárny 85 belly has 86 guts bél 87 neck nyak 88 back hát 89 breast mell 90 heart szív 91 liver máj 92 to drink iszik 93 to eat eszik 94 to bite harap 95 to suck szop szopik 96 to spit köp 97 to vomit hány 98 to blow fúj 99 to breathe lélegzik 100 to laugh nevet 101 to see lát 102 to hear hall 103 to know tud 104 to think gondol 105 to smell szagol 106 to fear fél 107 to sleep alszik 108 to live él 109 to die meghal 110 to kill öl 111 to fight harcol 112 to hunt vadászik 113 to hit üt 114 to cut vág 115 to split hasít 116 to stab szúr 117 to scratch vakar 118 to dig ás 119 to swim úszik 120 to fly repül 121 to walk jár 122 to come jön 123 to lie (as in a bed) fekszik 124 to sit ül 125 to stand áll 126 to turn (intransitive) fordul 127 to fall esik 128 to give ad 129 to hold tart 130 to squeeze sajtol 131 to rub dörgöl 132 to wash mos 133 to wipe töröl 134 to pull húz 135 to push tol 136 to throw hajít 137 to tie köt 138 to sew varr 139 to count számol 140 to say mond 141 to sing énekel 142 to play játszik 143 to float lebeg 144 to flow folyik 145 to freeze megfagy 146 to swell dagad 147 sun nap 148 moon hold 149 star csillag 150 water víz 151 rain eső 152 river folyó 153 lake tó 154 sea tenger 155 salt só 156 stone kő 157 sand homok 158 dust por 159 earth föld 160 cloud felhő 161 fog köd 162 sky ég 163 wind szél 164 snow hó 165 ice jég 166 smoke füst 167 fire tűz 168 ash hamu 169 to burn ég 170 road út 171 mountain hegy 172 red piros vörös 173 green zöld 174 yellow sárga 175 white fehér 176 black fekete 177 night éj 178 day nap 179 year év 180 warm meleg 181 cold hideg 182 full teli 183 new új 184 old öreg being régi thing 185 good jó 186 bad rossz 187 rotten rohadt 188 dirty piszkos 189 straight egyenes 190 round kerek 191 sharp (as a knife)éles 192 dull (as a knife)tompa 193 smooth sima 194 wet nedves 195 dry száraz 196 correct helyes 197 near közel 198 far távol 199 right jobb 200 left bal 201 at -nál -nél 202 in -ban -ben 203 with -val -vel 204 and és 205 if ha 206 because mert 207 name név
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