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This is a Swadesh list of words in Interlingue English .
The list is semi-automatically generated from the Kemp and Pope word list (pdf , odt )
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
Interlingue
1
I
yo
2
you (singular)
tu
3
he
il
4
we
noi
5
you (plural)
vu
6
they
ili
7
this
to (ci), ti (ci)
8
that
to , ti
9
here
ci
10
there
ta
11
who
qui
12
what
quo
13
where
u
14
when
quande
15
how
qualmen
16
not
ne
17
all
omni
18
many
mult
19
some
quelc
20
few
poc
21
other
altri
22
one
un
23
two
du
24
three
tri
25
four
quar
26
five
quin
27
big
grand
28
long
long
29
wide
larg
30
thick
spess
31
heavy
pesant
32
small
micri
33
short
curt
34
narrow
strett
35
thin
tenui
36
woman
fémina
37
man (adult male)
mann
38
man (human being)
hom
39
child (a youth)
infante
40
wife
marita
41
husband
marito
42
mother
matre
43
father
patre
44
animal
bestie , animale
45
fish
pisc
46
bird
avie
47
dog
cane
48
louse
pedicul
49
snake
serpente
50
worm
verme
51
tree
árbor
52
forest
silva , forest
53
stick (of wood)
baston
54
fruit
fructe
55
seed
seme
56
leaf
folie
57
root
radica
58
bark (of tree)
cortice
59
flower
flor
60
grass
herbe
61
rope
corde
62
skin (of a person)
pelle
63
meat (as in flesh)
carne
64
blood
sangue
65
bone
osse
66
fat (noun)
grasse
67
egg
ove
68
horn
corn
69
tail
caude
70
feather (rather not down)
plum
71
hair
capille
72
head
cap
73
ear
orel
74
eye
ocul
75
nose
nase
76
mouth
bocca
77
tooth (rather not molar)
dente
78
tongue
lingue
79
fingernail
ungul
80
foot
pede
81
leg
gambe
82
knee
genú
83
hand
manu
84
wing
ale
85
belly
ventre
86
guts
intrallia
87
neck
col
88
back
dorse
89
breast
péctor
90
heart
cordie
91
liver
hépate
92
to drink
trincar
93
to eat
manjar
94
to bite
morder
95
to suck
sucar
96
to spit
sputar
97
to vomit
vomir
98
to blow (as wind)
sufflar
99
to breathe
halar , respirar
100
to laugh
rider
101
to see
vider
102
to hear
audir
103
to know (a fact)
saver
104
to think
pensar
105
to smell (sense odor)
flarar
106
to fear
timer
107
to sleep
dormir
108
to live
viver
109
to die
morir
110
to kill
mortar
111
to fight
combatter
112
to hunt (transitive)
chassar
113
to hit
frappar
114
to cut
ciser
115
to split
fender
116
to stab (or stick)
(tra -)picar
117
to scratch (an itch)
grattar
118
to dig
fossar
119
to swim
svimmar
120
to fly
volar
121
to walk
ear
122
to come
venir
123
to lie (as on one's side)
jacer
124
to sit
seder
125
to stand
star
126
to turn (change direction)
tornar
127
to fall (as in drop)
cader
128
to give
dar
129
to hold (in one's hand)
tener
130
to squeeze
compresser
131
to rub
fricter
132
to wash
lavar
133
to wipe
essuyar
134
to pull
tirar
135
to push
pussar
136
to throw
jettar
137
to tie
nodar
138
to sew
suer
139
to count
contar
140
to say
dir
141
to sing
cantar
142
to play
luder
143
to float
flottar
144
to flow
fluer
145
to freeze
gelar
146
to swell
inflar
147
sun
sole
148
moon
lune
149
star
stelle , sídere
150
water
aqua
151
to rain
pluviar
152
river
fluvie , rivere
153
lake
lagl
154
sea (as in ocean)
mare
155
salt
sale
156
stone
petre , lápide
157
sand
sable , sand
158
dust
polve
159
earth (as in soil)
terre
160
cloud
nube
161
fog
nebul
162
sky
ciel
163
wind (as in breeze)
vente
164
snow
nive
165
ice
glacie
166
smoke
fum
167
fire
foy
168
ashes
cindre
169
to burn (intransitive)
arder
170
road
strada , via
171
mountain
monte
172
red
rubi
173
green
verdi
174
yellow
yelb
175
white
blanc
176
black
nigri
177
night
nocte
178
day (daytime)
jorne
179
year
annu
180
warm (as in weather)
calid
181
cold (as in weather)
frigid
182
full
plen
183
new
nov
184
old
old
185
good
bon
186
bad
mal
187
rotten (as a log)
putrid
188
dirty
sordid
189
straight
rect
190
round
rond
191
sharp (as a knife)
acut , acri
192
dull (as a knife)
ínacut
193
smooth
glatt
194
wet
humid
195
dry (adjective)
sicc
196
right (correct)
just
197
near
proxim , vicin
198
far
lontan
199
right (side)
dextri
200
left (side)
levul
201
at
che
202
in
in
203
with (accompanying)
con
204
and
e
205
if
si
206
because
pro que
207
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