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This is a Swadesh list of words in Jarai , compared with definitions in 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.
No.
English
Jarai Jarai
1
I
kâo
2
you (singular)
ih , ŏng (masculine, informal)
3
he , she , it
gơ̆ , ñu
4
we
gơmơi , ƀing gơmơi (exclusive), ta , ƀing ta (inclusive)
5
you (plural)
gih , ƀing gih (informal), ƀing ih (formal)
6
they
arăng , ƀing gơ̆ , gơñu (exclusive), ƀing gơñu
7
this
anai
8
that
anŭn
9
here
anai
10
there
anŭn , adih
11
who
hlơi
12
what
hơget
13
where
pơpă
14
when
tơdang
15
how
hiư̆m
16
not
ƀu }, ôh }
17
all
raih
18
many
lu
19
some
đơđa
20
few
ƀiă
21
other
phara
22
one
sa
23
two
dua
24
three
klâo
25
four
pă
26
five
rơma
27
big
prĭn , prŏng
28
long
glông
29
wide
prong , prong krin
30
thick
kơpal
31
heavy
kơtraŏ
32
small
anĕt
33
short
bêr (length), djăl (height)
34
narrow
kơsep
35
thin
net
36
woman
đah bơnai
37
man (adult male)
đah rơkơi
38
man (human being)
mơnuih
39
child
ană
40
wife
bơnai
41
husband
rơkơi
42
mother
amĭ
43
father
ama
44
animal
hlô mơnŏng
45
fish
akan
46
bird
čĭm
47
dog
asâo
48
louse
kơtâo
49
snake
ala
50
worm
rơ̆năng
51
tree
kơyâo
52
forest
glai
53
stick
gai
54
fruit
bôh
55
seed
asar
56
leaf
hla
57
root
akha
58
bark (of a tree)
kơđuh
59
flower
bơnga
60
grass
rơk
61
rope
tơlơi
62
skin
klĭ
63
meat
mơnŏng
64
blood
drah
65
bone
tơlang
66
fat (noun)
rơmă
67
egg
boh
68
horn
tơki
69
tail
aku
70
feather
blâo
71
hair
ƀuk (head), blâo (body)
72
head
akŏ
73
ear
tơngia
74
eye
mơta
75
nose
adŭng
76
mouth
mơbah
77
tooth
tơgơi
78
tongue (organ)
jơlăh
79
fingernail
tơkâo
80
foot
tơkai
81
leg
tơkai
82
knee
tơŭt
83
hand
tơngan
84
wing
čơčăng
85
belly
tian
86
guts
pruaĭ
87
neck
tơkuai
88
back
rŏng
89
breast
tơda (chest)
90
heart
hơtai bôh
91
liver
hơtai
92
to drink
mơñum
93
to eat
huă (with rice)
94
to bite
kĕ
95
to suck
ƀop (straw)
96
to spit
kơčuh
97
to vomit
ŏ
98
to blow
bluh
99
to breathe
suă pran
100
to laugh
klao
101
to see
ƀuh
102
to hear
hơmư̆
103
to know
thâo
104
to think
pơmĭn
105
to smell
ƀâo
106
to fear
bơngŏt
107
to sleep
pĭt
108
to live
hơdĭp
109
to die
djai
110
to kill
pơ̆djai
111
to fight
pơrơtaih
112
to hunt
hiu lua
113
to hit
păh
114
to cut
tă
115
to split
čar
116
to stab
čŭt
117
to scratch
kuah
118
to dig
kuai (with hands or claws)
119
to swim
luai
120
to fly
pŏr
121
to walk
hiu
122
to come
truh
123
to lie (as in a bed)
đih
124
to sit
dô̆
125
to stand
tơgŭ
126
to turn (intransitive)
pơ̆dar
127
to fall
lê̆ (humans)
128
to give
brơi
129
to hold
djă
130
to squeeze
ñač (wring)
131
to rub
mlia
132
to wash
rao
133
to wipe
uă
134
to pull
dui
135
to push
čur
136
to throw
glŏm
137
to tie
čăp (in a bundle)
138
to sew
čơčoh (with a machine)
139
to count
yap
140
to say
laĭ
141
to sing
adôh
142
to play
ngui
143
to float
pơđông
144
to flow
rô
145
to freeze
146
to swell
bơ̆brăh }
147
sun
yang hrơi
148
moon
yang ƀlan
149
star
pơ̆tŭt
150
water
ia
151
rain
hơjan
152
river
čroh ia
153
lake
dơnao
154
sea
rơsĭ
155
salt
hra
156
stone
pơtâo
157
sand
čuah
158
dust
ƀruih
159
earth
lŏn
160
cloud
gơ̆thul
161
fog
gơ̆thul
162
sky
adai
163
wind
angĭn
164
snow
165
ice
166
smoke
asăp
167
fire
apui
168
ash
hơ̆bao
169
to burn
čuh
170
road
jơlan
171
mountain
čư̆
172
red
mraih
173
green
mơtah
174
yellow
kơñĭ
175
white
kŏ
176
black
jŭ
177
night
mlăm
178
day
hrơi
179
year
thŭn
180
warm
pơđao
181
cold
rơŏt
182
full
bă
183
new
pơ̆hrâu
184
old
tha (living being)
185
good
hiam
186
bad
sat
187
rotten
brŭ
188
dirty
grĭ
189
straight
anang
190
round
wĭl
191
sharp (as a knife)
tơma
192
dull (as a knife)
tơ̆nol
193
smooth
194
wet
pơsah
195
dry
kro
196
correct
djơ̆
197
near
giăm , jê̆
198
far
ataih
199
right
gah hơnuă
200
left
gah ieo
201
at
pơ
202
in
amăng
203
with
hăng
204
and
hăng
205
if
plă
206
because
yuadah
207
name
anăn