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This is a Swadesh list of words in Sambali 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.
№ English SambaliSambali edit (207) 1 I (1sg )ako 2 you (2sg )ikaw kayo 3 he , she , it (3sg )siya 4 we (1pl )tayo inclusive kami exclusive 5 you (2pl )kayo 6 they (3pl )sila 7 this yadti 8 that ya-rin far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to yadtaw far from speaker and person being speaker to 9 here iti 10 there ison far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to itaw far from speaker and person being speaker to 11 who hino 12 what anya 13 where ayti 14 when na-kano [Term?] (future 15 how pa-no 16 not kai ambo 17 all halban 18 many lako 19 some oomno 20 few daraoto 21 other laloma 22 one a-sa 23 two lowa 24 three tolo 25 four a-pat 26 five lima 27 big mahiban 28 long maamlo 29 wide malapar 30 thick makorpal 31 heavy mabyat 32 small makalog pandak of stature 33 short maantor 34 narrow makipot 35 thin maimpih 36 woman babayi 37 man (adult male)lalaki 38 man (human being)tawo 39 child anak 40 wife kaambali 41 husband kaambali 42 mother indo 43 father ama 44 animal Sambali Swadesh list 45 fish kona ikan 46 bird manok-manok 47 dog aso 48 louse koto 49 snake Sambali Swadesh list 50 worm olod 51 tree poon kayo 52 forest tatalon 53 stick bihlak 54 fruit bunga 55 seed botol bini 56 leaf bolong 57 root yamot 58 bark (of a tree)balat 59 flower bolak 60 grass dikot 61 rope yobil 62 skin katat 63 meat Sambali Swadesh list 64 blood daya 65 bone botol 66 fat (noun)taba 67 egg oybon 68 horn hala 69 tail ikoy 70 feather habot 71 hair habot 72 head olo 73 ear totolyan 74 eye mata 75 nose a-long 76 mouth boboy 77 tooth ngipon 78 tongue (organ)dila 79 fingernail kokoh 80 foot ayi 81 leg bitih 82 knee toor 83 hand gamot 84 wing pakpak 85 belly tyan 86 guts bitoka 87 neck looy 88 back Sambali Swadesh list 89 breast Sambali Swadesh list 90 heart Sambali Swadesh list 91 liver Sambali Swadesh list 92 to drink Sambali Swadesh list 93 to eat Sambali Swadesh list 94 to bite Sambali Swadesh list 95 to suck Sambali Swadesh list 96 to spit Sambali Swadesh list 97 to vomit Sambali Swadesh list 98 to blow Sambali Swadesh list 99 to breathe Sambali Swadesh list 100 to laugh Sambali Swadesh list 101 to see Sambali Swadesh list 102 to hear Sambali Swadesh list 103 to know Sambali Swadesh list 104 to think Sambali Swadesh list 105 to smell Sambali Swadesh list 106 to fear Sambali Swadesh list 107 to sleep Sambali Swadesh list 108 to live Sambali Swadesh list 109 to die Sambali Swadesh list 110 to kill Sambali Swadesh list 111 to fight Sambali Swadesh list 112 to hunt Sambali Swadesh list 113 to hit Sambali Swadesh list 114 to cut Sambali Swadesh list 115 to split Sambali Swadesh list 116 to stab Sambali Swadesh list 117 to scratch Sambali Swadesh list 118 to dig Sambali Swadesh list 119 to swim Sambali Swadesh list 120 to fly Sambali Swadesh list 121 to walk Sambali Swadesh list 122 to come Sambali Swadesh list 123 to lie (as in a bed) Sambali Swadesh list 124 to sit Sambali Swadesh list 125 to stand Sambali Swadesh list 126 to turn (intransitive) Sambali Swadesh list 127 to fall Sambali Swadesh list 128 to give Sambali Swadesh list 129 to hold Sambali Swadesh list 130 to squeeze Sambali Swadesh list 131 to rub Sambali Swadesh list 132 to wash Sambali Swadesh list 133 to wipe Sambali Swadesh list 134 to pull Sambali Swadesh list 135 to push Sambali Swadesh list 136 to throw Sambali Swadesh list 137 to tie Sambali Swadesh list 138 to sew Sambali Swadesh list 139 to count Sambali Swadesh list 140 to say Sambali Swadesh list 141 to sing Sambali Swadesh list 142 to play Sambali Swadesh list 143 to float Sambali Swadesh list 144 to flow Sambali Swadesh list 145 to freeze Sambali Swadesh list 146 to swell Sambali Swadesh list 147 sun Sambali Swadesh list 148 moon Sambali Swadesh list 149 star Sambali Swadesh list 150 water Sambali Swadesh list 151 rain Sambali Swadesh list 152 river Sambali Swadesh list 153 lake Sambali Swadesh list 154 sea Sambali Swadesh list 155 salt Sambali Swadesh list 156 stone Sambali Swadesh list 157 sand Sambali Swadesh list 158 dust Sambali Swadesh list 159 earth Sambali Swadesh list 160 cloud Sambali Swadesh list 161 fog Sambali Swadesh list 162 sky Sambali Swadesh list 163 wind Sambali Swadesh list 164 snow Sambali Swadesh list 165 ice Sambali Swadesh list 166 smoke Sambali Swadesh list 167 fire Sambali Swadesh list 168 ash Sambali Swadesh list 169 to burn Sambali Swadesh list 170 road dalan 171 mountain bondok 172 red Sambali Swadesh list 173 green Sambali Swadesh list 174 yellow Sambali Swadesh list 175 white Sambali Swadesh list 176 black Sambali Swadesh list 177 night Sambali Swadesh list 178 day Sambali Swadesh list 179 year Sambali Swadesh list 180 warm Sambali Swadesh list 181 cold Sambali Swadesh list 182 full Sambali Swadesh list 183 new Sambali Swadesh list 184 old Sambali Swadesh list inanimate Sambali Swadesh list animate 185 good Sambali Swadesh list 186 bad Sambali Swadesh list 187 rotten Sambali Swadesh list 188 dirty Sambali Swadesh list 189 straight Sambali Swadesh list 190 round Sambali Swadesh list 191 sharp (as a knife)Sambali Swadesh list 192 dull (as a knife)Sambali Swadesh list 193 smooth Sambali Swadesh list 194 wet Sambali Swadesh list 195 dry Sambali Swadesh list 196 correct Sambali Swadesh list 197 near Sambali Swadesh list 198 far Sambali Swadesh list 199 right Sambali Swadesh list 200 left Sambali Swadesh list 201 at Sambali Swadesh list 202 in Sambali Swadesh list 203 with Sambali Swadesh list 204 and Sambali Swadesh list 205 if Sambali Swadesh list 206 because Sambali Swadesh list 207 name Sambali Swadesh list
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