Appendix:Muskogean Swadesh lists
This is a Swadesh list of qfa-mus languages, specifically Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw, compared with that of English.
Note: Additional vocabulary words have been added after word no. 207 ("name"), since the original lengths of Swadesh lists are either 100 or 207 words.
| № | English | Creek | Choctaw | Chickasaw |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | vne | ano | ano |
| 2 | you (singular) |
cēme | chishno | chi |
| 3 | he | ēme | yamma | yammat |
| 4 | we | pome | pishno, hapishno | |
| 5 | you (plural) |
cēmetake, centake | hachishno | |
| 6 | they | ēme | yamma | ho |
| 7 | this | heyv, yv | -pa, ilappa | |
| 8 | that | mv | -ma, yamma | |
| 9 | here | heyv, yv | pa, -pa, ilappa | |
| 10 | there | mi, mimv | ma, -ma, yamma | |
| 11 | who | esti, estimv | kata, kana | kata |
| 12 | what | nake, estómen, náken, hi | nata, na̱na | nanta |
| 13 | where | estv | katimma, katomma, kanomma, kanimma | katiyakta |
| 14 | when | estófvn | katimi, na̱ta, katiohmi | kati̱hkmak |
| 15 | how | estomē | katimichi | kati̱hsht |
| 16 | not | kust, hekúst, toko | kiyo | keyu |
| 17 | all | 'somvlkv | mo̱ma | moma |
| 18 | many | sulkē | lawa | lawa |
| 19 | some | vpvlwv | kanohmi | |
| 20 | few | nvcomē | kanohmi | |
| 21 | other | hvmke | i̱la | |
| 22 | one | hvmken | achaffa | |
| 23 | two | hokkolen | toklo | |
| 24 | three | tutcēnen | tochchina | |
| 25 | four | osten | oshta | |
| 26 | five | cvhkēpen | talhlhapi | |
| 27 | big | rakkē | chito | |
| 28 | long | cvpkē | falaya | |
| 29 | wide | tvphē | patha | |
| 30 | thick | cekfē | sokko | |
| 31 | heavy | hone, honhoyē | wiki | |
| 32 | small | cutkē | chipo̱ta | |
| 33 | short | kocoknē | kolhkoki | |
| 34 | narrow | tvskocē | atikkonofa | |
| 35 | thin | tvskocē | tapaski | |
| 36 | woman | hoktē | ohoyo | ihō |
| 37 | man (adult male) |
honvnwv | nakni, hattak | |
| 38 | man (human being) |
este | hattak | |
| 39 | child (a youth) |
estuce | alla | |
| 40 | wife | hiwv, ehiwv. | tikchi | |
| 41 | husband | ehē, hē | hattak | |
| 42 | mother | eckē | ishki | ishki |
| 43 | father | erkē | i̱ki | |
| 44 | animal | ponvttv | powa, alhpowa, napowa, toni | |
| 45 | fish | rvro | nani | |
| 46 | bird | foswv | hoshi | |
| 47 | dog | efv | ofi | |
| 48 | louse | eckv | issap | issap |
| 49 | snake | cetto | si̱ti | sinti |
| 50 | worm | cuntv | ha̲shwish | |
| 51 | tree | eto | itti | |
| 52 | forest | eto-vlke | ko̱wi | |
| 53 | stick (of wood) |
etuce | ititana̱pa, ittikobahli | |
| 54 | fruit | nak-lokce | ani | |
| 55 | seed | nērkv | atia | |
| 56 | leaf | 'to-esse | hishi | |
| 57 | root | yvlonkv | ashkatala | |
| 58 | bark (of tree) |
eto-hvrpe | akchalhpi | |
| 59 | flower | pakpvkuce | himmita | |
| 60 | grass | pvhe | hashshok | |
| 61 | rope | eswvnakv | asita | |
| 62 | skin (of a person) |
hvrpe, ehvrpe | hakshop | |
| 63 | meat (as in flesh) |
vpeswv | nipi | nipi |
| 64 | blood | catv | issish | issish |
| 65 | bone | fone, efone | foni | foni |
| 66 | fat (noun) |
neha | bila Note: niya "to be fat" |
niha |
| 67 | egg | custake | aka̱kushi (aka̱koshi) | akankoshi |
| 68 | horn | yvpe, eyvpe | lapish | lapish |
| 69 | tail | hvce, ehvce | hasi̱bish | |
| 70 | feather (rather not down) |
tafv | hishi | |
| 71 | hair | ekv-esse, esse | pa̱shi, ippa̱shi | |
| 72 | head | ekv | noshkobo | ishkobo |
| 73 | ear | hvcko, ehvcko | haksobish | |
| 74 | eye | torwv | nishkin | |
| 75 | nose | yopo | ibishakni | |
| 76 | mouth | cokwv | itakha | |
| 77 | tooth (rather not molar) |
nute, enute | noti | |
| 78 | tongue | tolaswv, etolaswv | isso̱lash | |
| 79 | fingernail | enkososowv | ibbak chosh | |
| 80 | foot | ele | iyyi | |
| 81 | leg | ele | hanali | |
| 82 | knee | torkowv, le-torkowv | ittolhpi | |
| 83 | hand | enke | ibbak | |
| 84 | wing | tvrpv | ali | |
| 85 | belly | nvrke, envrke | iffoka | |
| 86 | guts | ofv-pokv (entrails; archaic) | iskona | |
| 87 | neck | nokwv | ikko̱la | |
| 88 | back | era | olbal | |
| 89 | breast | pesē, epesē | ikkishii | |
| 90 | heart | fēke | cho̱kash | |
| 91 | liver | lope, elope | issalakha | |
| 92 | to drink | esketv | ishko | |
| 93 | to eat | hompetv | apa | |
| 94 | to bite | akketv | kapoli | |
| 95 | to suck | yolketv | pishi, sho̱ka | |
| 96 | to spit | tofketv | tufa | |
| 97 | to vomit | vwotetv | howita | |
| 98 | to blow (as wind) |
hotvletv | mahli | |
| 99 | to breathe | hesaketv | fiopa | |
| 100 | to laugh | vpeletv | yoppa | |
| 101 | to see | hecetv | pisa | |
| 102 | to hear | pohetv | haklo | |
| 103 | to know (a fact) |
kerretv | ikha̱na | |
| 104 | to think | vkerricetv | 'ahni | |
| 105 | to smell (sense odor) |
vwenayetv | hu̱wa | |
| 106 | to fear | penkáletv, fēk-súmketv | nokshopa, komota | |
| 107 | to sleep | nocetv | nosi | |
| 108 | to live | hesaketv | okchaya, atta | |
| 109 | to die | eletv | illi | |
| 110 | to kill | elēcetv | abi | |
| 111 | to fight | etepoyetv | itibbi | |
| 112 | to hunt (transitive) |
fayetv | abi | |
| 113 | to hit | nvfketv | isso | |
| 114 | to cut | sing.:tvcetv plur.: lvffetv | bashli | |
| 115 | to split | fvlvbetv | palhali | |
| 116 | to stab (or stick) |
sekēyetv | bali | |
| 117 | to scratch (an itch) |
hos'ketv, wósetv | kalaffi | |
| 118 | to dig | korretv | itakshish kulli | |
| 119 | to swim | omiyetv | okshinilli | |
| 120 | to fly | tvmketv | hika/heli | |
| 121 | to walk | yvkvpetv | nowa | |
| 122 | to come | v'lelv (of one), vthóyetv (of two), v'wetv (of three) | minti | |
| 123 | to lie (as on one's side) |
wakketv (of one), wakhoketv (of two), lumhetv (of three) | itula, tvshka | |
| 124 | to sit | ohliketv | binili | |
| 125 | to stand | hueretv | atelifa | |
| 126 | to turn (change direction) |
sing.: fiketv dual: fihoketv plur.: fvyvcetv | afinni | |
| 127 | to fall (as in drop) |
lvtketv | ittula | |
| 128 | to give | emetv | ima | |
| 129 | to hold (in one's hand) |
hokli | ||
| 130 | to squeeze | wetenetv | bocholi | |
| 131 | to rub | poroyetv | munfa | |
| 132 | to wash | sing.: okkosetv plur.: okkoskuecetv | achefa | |
| 133 | to wipe | hvsvtecetv | kasholichi | |
| 134 | to pull | ahvlvtetv | halvlli | |
| 135 | to push | vhepvketv | tobli | |
| 136 | to throw | pila | ||
| 137 | to tie | takchi | ||
| 138 | to sew | achunli | ||
| 139 | to count | hotina | ||
| 140 | to say | aachi | ||
| 141 | to sing | taloa | ||
| 142 | to play | olachi | ||
| 143 | to float | okpalali | ||
| 144 | to flow | yanvlli | ||
| 145 | to freeze | kalampi | ||
| 146 | to swell | chitoli | ||
| 147 | sun | hvshi | ||
| 148 | moon | hvshi ninak a̲ya | ||
| 149 | star | fichik | ||
| 150 | water | oka | ||
| 151 | rain | o̱ba | ||
| 152 | river | bok | ||
| 153 | lake | haiyip, okhvta | ||
| 154 | sea (as in ocean) |
okhuta chito | ||
| 155 | salt | hvpi | ||
| 156 | stone | tali | ||
| 157 | sand | shinuk | ||
| 158 | dust | hittuk | ||
| 159 | earth (as in soil) |
ēkvnv | yakni | |
| 160 | cloud | vholoce | hoshonti | |
| 161 | fog | oktohbi | ||
| 162 | sky | sotv | shutik | |
| 163 | wind (as in breeze) |
hotvle | mahli | |
| 164 | snow | oktusha | ||
| 165 | ice | okti | ||
| 166 | smoke | shoboli | ||
| 167 | fire | totkv | lowak | |
| 168 | ash | hitokchobi | ||
| 169 | to burn (intransitive) |
libbi, lua | ||
| 170 | road | hina | ||
| 171 | mountain | nvnih chaha | ||
| 172 | red | catē | homma | |
| 173 | green | lanē | okchamali | |
| 174 | yellow | lanē | lakna | |
| 175 | white | hvtkē | tohbi | |
| 176 | black | lvstē | lusa | |
| 177 | night | ninak | ||
| 178 | day (daytime) |
nittak | ||
| 179 | year | ohrolopē | afvmmi | |
| 180 | warm (as in weather) |
libisha | ||
| 181 | cold (as in weather) |
kapvssa | ||
| 182 | full | kaiya | ||
| 183 | new | himona | ||
| 184 | old | vculē | hlipa | |
| 185 | good | hēnrē | achukma | |
| 186 | bad | okpúlo | ||
| 187 | rotten (as, a log) |
shua | ||
| 188 | dirty | litiha | ||
| 189 | straight | anli | ||
| 190 | round | lumbo | ||
| 191 | sharp (as a knife) |
halukpa | ||
| 192 | dull (as a knife) |
ik halukpo | ||
| 193 | smooth | halasbi | ||
| 194 | wet | lvcha | ||
| 195 | dry (adjective) |
kvrpē | shileli | |
| 196 | right (correct) |
a̲hli | ||
| 197 | near | bili̲ka | ||
| 198 | far | inhopaki | ||
| 199 | right (side) |
isht impak imma | ||
| 200 | left (side) |
afabi | ||
| 201 | at | itoma | ||
| 202 | in | anu̲ka | ||
| 203 | with (accompanying) |
awant | ||
| 204 | and | micha | ||
| 205 | if | ikma | ||
| 206 | because | kanimi na | ||
| 207 | name | hocefkv | hohchifo | |
| 208 | house | coko | chukka | |
| 209 | wall | hospv | tali holihta | |
| 210 | deer | eco | issi | |
| 211 | mouse | cesse | pinti | |
| 212 | rabbit | cofe | chukfi | |
| 213 | eagle | lvmhe | o̲si | |
| 214 | spider | vcokrvnwv | chulhkan | |
| 215 | face | tolofv | nashshuka | |
| 216 | body | ena | haknip | |
| 217 | navel | hocowv, hocewv | itambish | |
| 218 | finger | enke-wesakv (Oklahoma), Enke-hesakv (Florida) | ibbak ushi | |
| 219 | sick (painful) |
enokkē | abeka | |
| 220 | needle | cufunwv (Muscogee), esropottv (Seminole) | nishkin ansha | |
| 221 | clothing | accvkē | fóhka, náfka | |
| 222 | thunder | tenētkē | hiloha | |
| 223 | lightning | vtokyehattē | malvhta | |
| 224 | above | onvpv | inshali | |
| 225 | below | lecv, elecv | nutaka | |
| 226 | to cough | ohoketv | hotilhko | |
| 227 | to buy | nesetv | cho̱pa | |
| 228 | to choose | enhopoyetv | alhtoka | |
| 229 | to grow | amahetv (to grow tall), hontetv (to sprout) | offo, wayya, hofa̱ti | |
| 230 | to open | hvwecetv | tiwwi | |
| 231 | to steal | horkopetv | ho̱kopa | |
| 232 | to dream | vpuecetv | aholhpokonna, nosika | |
| 233 | to cry | hakih'ketv, hakepecetv | yaya | |
| 234 | to yawn | nocayetv | chisimoha | |
| 235 | to cook | nori-cetv, hompetv-hayetv, Nor-etv | honni, hopōni, nonāchi | |
| 236 | six | ēpaken | hannāli | |
| 237 | seven | kolvpaken | o̱toklo | |
| 238 | eight | cenvpaken | o̱tochchina | |
| 239 | nine | ostvpaken | chakkāli | |
| 240 | ten | palen | pokkōli |
