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This is a Swadesh list of words in Kangean , compared with definitions in English . The Kangean language has the ISO 639-3 language code: [kkv].
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
Kangean besa Kangayan
1
I
ako , nira , kaula
2
you (singular)
kao , nae , panjenengan
3
he , she , it
rea , direkna
4
we
abekna (exclusive) , keta (inclusive)
5
you (plural)
kao hakalean
6
they
[Term?]
7
this
ena
8
that
ento
9
here
dina
10
there
diye , dito
11
who
hapa , pasera
12
what
apa
13
where
dimma
14
when
pabila
15
how
mamma
16
not
beni , endek , tak
17
all
kabih
18
many
manyak
19
some
ha
20
few
halik , haling
21
other
aseng , laen
22
one
hetong , sekok
23
two
due
24
three
telo
25
four
empa
26
five
lema
27
big
raje
28
long
lanjeng
29
wide
ambe
30
thick
kandel
31
heavy
berak
32
small
dumik , dumit , cimit
33
short
pandek
34
narrow
selak , cekak
35
thin
tepes
36
woman
bibini , bibinian , bebinian
37
man (adult male)
lalake , lalakean
38
man (human being)
reng , to , manongsa
39
child
anak , nanak
40
wife
bini
41
husband
lakean
42
mother
ebu , mak , mamak , ummik
43
father
pak , mpak , rama , abah
44
animal
keben , eban
45
fish
jukok , laok
46
bird
manok , jangang
47
dog
patek
48
louse
koto , tumo
49
snake
olar
50
worm
caceng
51
tree
pokok , poon
52
forest
rembe , alas
53
stick
betang , tongkat
54
fruit
bua
55
seed
bigi
56
leaf
deon
57
root
akar
58
bark (of a tree)
bebegan
59
flower
kembeng
60
grass
rompot
61
rope
tale
62
skin
kolek
63
meat
deging
64
blood
dera
65
bone
tolang
66
fat (noun)
gejih
67
egg
telor
68
horn
[Term?]
69
tail
buntot , buntek
70
feather
bulu
71
hair
obu
72
head
olo
73
ear
kopeng , talenga
74
eye
mata
75
nose
elong
76
mouth
colok , congor
77
tooth
onto , gigi
78
tongue (organ)
ila
79
fingernail
koko
80
foot
soko
81
leg
[Term?]
82
knee
toot
83
hand
tanang
84
wing
jangjang , sajep , swiwi
85
belly
tabuk
86
guts
osos
87
neck
gulu , leer
88
back
geger
89
breast
soso , tetek
90
heart
jentong
91
liver
ate
92
to drink
enom (ngenom )
93
to eat
kakan (ngakan )
94
to bite
kekek (ngekek )
95
to suck
esep (ngesep )
96
to spit
copa (ngacopa )
97
to vomit
ngota
98
to blow
sebul (nyebul )
99
to breathe
napas (anapas )
100
to laugh
gelak (agelak , agelakan )
101
to see
abes (ngabes )
102
to hear
nenger (anenger , nengeragen )
103
to know
tao (ngataoe )
104
to think
peker (apeker )
105
to smell
seom (nyeom )
106
to fear
takok
107
to sleep
tedung
108
to live
odik
109
to die
mate
110
to kill
pate (patee )
111
to fight
kalae (akalae )
112
to hunt
buro (aburo , ngaburo )
113
to hit
antep (ngantep )
114
to cut
pangkak (aranggek ), ketok (ngetok )
115
to split
belah (abelah )
116
to stab
tojeb (nojeb ), tojes (nojes ), tosok (nosok )
117
to scratch
cakar (nyakar )
118
to dig
gele (agele )
119
to swim
langoy (alangoy )
120
to fly
meber , ngeber
121
to walk
jelan (ajelanan )
122
to come
deteng
123
to lie (as in a bed)
goler (agoleran ), alotsot (ngalotsot )
124
to sit
tojuk
125
to stand
manjeng (mamanjeng )
126
to turn (intransitive)
poter (moter ), belok (abelok )
127
to fall
geger
128
to give
berek (eberek )
129
to hold
tegik (negik ), tegit (ategitan ) (hold on to something)
130
to squeeze
peres (meres )
131
to rub
kosok (ngosok )
132
to wash
sasa (nyasa ), gira (agirae )
133
to wipe
elos (ngelos )
134
to pull
tarek (narek )
135
to push
sorong (nyorong )
136
to throw
oncal (ngoncal ), sawat (nyawat )
137
to tie
tale (nalee )
138
to sew
jeek (ajeek )
139
to count
etong (ngetong )
140
to say
ocak (ngocak ), caca (acaca )
141
to sing
kedong (ngedong ), tembang (nembang )
142
to play
maen (maen )
143
to float
apong (ngapong )
144
to flow
mili (amili ), aler (ngaler )
145
to freeze
beko (abeko )
146
to swell
kembeng (ngembeng )
147
sun
mataare , sorje
148
moon
bulan , buwan
149
star
lentang
150
water
aeng , terta , banyu
151
rain
ojen
152
river
songay , kang
153
lake
talage
154
sea
tasek
155
salt
buje
156
stone
beto
157
sand
bedi
158
dust
debu
159
earth
tanah , bome
160
cloud
ondem
161
fog
arbut
162
sky
langet
163
wind
angen
164
snow
saljo , kembeng es
165
ice
es
166
smoke
asep
167
fire
apoy
168
ash
abu
169
to burn
tunu (nunu ), bekar (abekar )
170
road
jelan
171
mountain
gunong
172
red
mirah
173
green
biru
174
yellow
koneng
175
white
poteh
176
black
celeng
177
night
malem
178
day
are
179
year
taon
180
warm
angak
181
cold
celep
182
full
posak
183
new
anyar
184
old
toa , lawas
185
good
becek , lebur , begos
186
bad
jubek
187
rotten
bucok
188
dirty
kotor , ngeres
189
straight
loros
190
round
bungkol
191
sharp (as a knife)
tajem
192
dull (as a knife)
tompol
193
smooth
lecen , lunyu
194
wet
beca
195
dry
kereng
196
correct
bener
197
near
semak , celak , dek
198
far
jeoh
199
right
kanan
200
left
kere
201
at
e
202
in
delem
203
with
ben
204
and
ben
205
if
mon
206
because
polana , lakar
207
name
nyama , asma
Dialectal Variation of Kangean: An Intonation and Lexical Study [1] (in Indonesian), Malang: Institutional Repository of the State University of Malang, 2016
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