Appendix:Pali Swadesh list

This is a Swadesh list of words in Pali, compared with definitions in English.

№	English	Pali pāli edit (204)
1	I (1sg)	ahaṃ
2	you (2sg)	tvaṃ
3	he, she, it (3sg)	so, sa
4	we (1pl)	amhe, mayaṃ
5	you (2pl)	tumhe
6	they (3pl)	te, tā, tāni
7	this	ayaṃ, sa
8	that	asu, tad
9	here	idha, attha
10	there	tattha
11	who	ka
12	what	ka, kiṃ
13	where	kattha
14	when	karāhi, kadā
15	how	kathaṃ
16	not	na
17	all	sabba
18	many	bahu
19	some	eke (plural of {{m|pi|eka}}), koci
20	few	appa
21	other	añña, apara
22	one	eka
23	two	dve
24	three	tayo
25	four	catur
26	five	pañca
27	big	mahant
28	long	dīgha
29	wide	uru
30	thick	bahala, gahana, ghana
31	heavy	garu
32	small	khudda, thoka
33	short
34	narrow
35	thin
36	woman	itthī
37	man (adult male)	purisa, nara
38	man (human being)	jana, manussa
39	child	bālaka
40	wife	dāra, bhariyā
41	husband	pati
42	mother	mātar
43	father	pitar
44	animal	mig (also 'antelope')
45	fish	maccha
46	bird	pakkhin
47	dog	kukkura, suvaṇa
48	louse	ūkā
49	snake	sappa, ahi
50	worm	kimi
51	tree	rukkha
52	forest	vana
53	stick	laṭṭhi
54	fruit	phala
55	seed	bīja
56	leaf	patti
57	root	mūla
58	bark (of a tree)	taca
59	flower	puppha
60	grass	tiṇa, ghāsa
61	rope	rajju
62	skin	camma
63	meat	maṃsa
64	blood	lohita
65	bone	aṭṭhi
66	fat (noun)	meda
67	egg	aṇḍa
68	horn	singa
69	tail	puccha
70	feather	paṇṇa, patta
71	hair	kesa
72	head	sira
73	ear	kaṇṇa
74	eye	akkhi
75	nose	nāsā
76	mouth	mukha
77	tooth	danta
78	tongue (organ)	jivhā
79	fingernail	nakha
80	foot	pāda
81	leg	janghā
82	knee	jānu
83	hand	hattha
84	wing	pakkha
85	belly	udara
86	guts	antavaṭṭi
87	neck	gīva
88	back	piṭṭha
89	breast	thana
90	heart	hadaya
91	liver	yakana
92	to drink	pivati
93	to eat	adeti
94	to bite	ḍasati
95	to suck	cūsati
96	to spit	oṭṭhubhati
97	to vomit	vamati
98	to blow	dhamati
99	to breathe	sasati
100	to laugh	hasati
101	to see	dakkhati
102	to hear	suṇāti
103	to know	jānāti
104	to think	cinteti
105	to smell	gandha
106	to fear	dara
107	to sleep	supati
108	to live	jīvati
109	to die	marati
110	to kill	māreti
111	to fight	yodheti
112	to hunt	migava
113	to hit	abhihanati
114	to cut	karati
115	to split	bhindati
116	to stab	chūriyāhanati
117	to scratch	likhati
118	to dig	khaṇati
119	to swim	pilavati
120	to fly	uḍḍeti
121	to walk	carati
122	to come	āyāti, āgacchati
123	to lie (as in a bed)	seti
124	to sit	nisīdati
125	to stand	tiṭṭhati
126	to turn (intransitive)	vaṭṭati
127	to fall	patati
128	to give	dadāti
129	to hold	dharati
130	to squeeze	nippīḷeti
131	to rub	ghaṃsati
132	to wash	dhopati
133	to wipe	majjati
134	to pull	khaḍḍati
135	to push	nudati
136	to throw	khipati
137	to tie	bandhati
138	to sew	sibbati
139	to count	gaṇeti
140	to say	vatti
141	to sing	gāyati
142	to play	kīḷati
143	to float	palavati
144	to flow	dhāvati
145	to freeze	sīyati
146	to swell	phāti
147	sun	suriya
148	moon	canda
149	star	tārakā
150	water	jala, āpa
151	rain	vassa
152	river	nadī
153	lake	sara
154	sea	samudda
155	salt	loṇa
156	stone	asama
157	sand	sikatā
158	dust	reṇu
159	earth	bhūmi
160	cloud	megha
161	fog	mahikā
162	sky	akāsa
163	wind	vāta
164	snow	hima
165	ice	phāti
166	smoke	dhūma
167	fire	aggi
168	ash	bhasma
169	to burn	dahati
170	road	patha, magga
171	mountain	pabbata, giri
172	red	lohita
173	green	hari
174	yellow	pīta
175	white	sukka
176	black	kanha
177	night	ratti
178	day	diva, aṇha
179	year	vassa, sanvacchara
180	warm	ghamma
181	cold	sīta
182	full	puṇṇa
183	new	nava
184	old	vuḍḍha
185	good	bhaddaka, sundara
186	bad	pāpa
187	rotten	pūtika
188	dirty	malina
189	straight	ujju
190	round	guḷa
191	sharp (as a knife)	tikkha
192	dull (as a knife)	kuṇtha
193	smooth	saṇha
194	wet	adda
195	dry	sukkha
196	correct	utu
197	near	antika
198	far	dūra
199	right	dakhiṇa
200	left	vāma
201	at	locative case
202	in	antara
203	with	saha
204	and	ca
205	if	yadi
206	because	yāvatā
207	name	nāma