This is a Swadesh list of words in Tausug 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 Tausugbahasa Sūg edit (207) 1 I (1sg )aku nominative ku genitive 2 you (2sg )ikaw nominative kaw nominative mu genitive 3 he , she , it (3sg )siya nominative niya genitive 4 we (1pl )kita dual, nominative kitaniyu inclusive, nominative kami exclusive, nominative ta dual, genitive natu' inclusive, genitive namu' exclusive, genitive 5 you (2pl )kamu nominative niyu genitive 6 they (3pl )sila nominative nila genitive 7 this ini 8 that yan, yaun far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to yadtu far from speaker and person being spoken to 9 here dī diy 10 there duun far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to didtu far from speaker and person being spoken to 11 who hisiyu siyu 12 what diin unu 13 where hawnu hariin hāin 14 when ka'nu past and present ku'nu future 15 how biya'diin biyariin 16 not bukun 17 all katān 18 many mabanus mataud 19 some kaybanan 20 few hangkatiyu' 21 other dugaing 22 one hambuuk isa 23 two duwa 24 three tū tuw 25 four upat 26 five lima 27 big dakula' malagku' maaslag 28 long mahaba' 29 wide malakbang 30 thick marakmul 31 heavy mabu'gat 32 small asibi' manahut 33 short hawpu' in length 34 narrow makiput masikut 35 thin manipis inanimate makayug animate 36 woman babai 37 man (adult male)usug 38 man (human being)tau mānusiya' 39 child anak bata' anak-bata' bata'-bata' 40 wife asawa 41 husband bana 42 mother ina' 43 father ama' 44 animal binatang sattuwa 45 fish ista' 46 bird manuk-manuk 47 dog iru' 48 louse kutu 49 snake hās 50 worm ūd uwd 51 tree kahuy 52 forest gimba kabbun 53 stick bula' 54 fruit bungang-kahuy bunga 55 seed bigi 56 leaf dahun 57 root ugat 58 bark (of a tree)basbas 59 flower sumping 60 grass sagbut 61 rope lubid 62 skin pais 63 meat unud 64 blood dugu' 65 bone bukug 66 fat (noun)babat 67 egg iklug 68 horn tanduk 69 tail ikug 70 feather bulbul 71 hair buhuk 72 head uw ū 73 ear taynga 74 eye mata 75 nose ilung 76 mouth simud 77 tooth ipun 78 tongue (organ)dila' 79 fingernail kuku 80 foot siki 81 leg paa 82 knee tuhud 83 hand lima 84 wing pikpik 85 belly tiyan 86 guts lungun-lungun 87 neck liug 88 back taykud 89 breast duru' 90 heart jantung 91 liver atay 92 to drink inum minum 93 to eat kaun kumaun 94 to bite kutkut kumutkut 95 to suck supsup sumupsup 96 to spit lura' lumura' 97 to vomit suka sumuka 98 to blow huyup humuyup 99 to breathe napas numapas 100 to laugh katawa kumatawa 101 to see kita' kumita' 102 to hear dungug dumungug 103 to know ingat umingat 104 to think tali' tumali' pikil namikil 105 to smell hamut humamut 106 to fear buga' muga' 107 to sleep tuwg matuwg tūg matūg 108 to live buhi' mabuhi' 109 to die patay mapatay 110 to kill patay mamatay 111 to fight atu umatu 112 to hunt panhut mamanhut 113 to hit kugdan kumugdan 114 to cut utud umutud 115 to split bahagi' bahagiun 116 to stab dugsu' dumugsu' 117 to scratch katul kumatul 118 to dig kali' kumali' 119 to swim languy lumanguy 120 to fly lupad lumupad 121 to walk panaw manaw 122 to come kari mari 123 to lie (as in a bed) kulang kumulang 124 to sit lingkud lumingkud 125 to stand tindug tumindug 126 to turn (intransitive) ligut lumigut 127 to fall hulug humulug 128 to give dihil' dumihil 129 to hold ulin umulin hulid humulid 130 to squeeze puga' mamuga' 131 to rub sapu-sapu sumapu-sapu 132 to wash hugas humugas 133 to wipe pahid mamahid 134 to pull utung umutung 135 to push tuwd, tūd tumuwd, tumūd 136 to throw tilu' tumilu' 137 to tie hukut humukut baggut maggut 138 to sew tahi' tumahi' 139 to count itung umitung 140 to say iyan, bayta' umiyan, mamayta' 141 to sing kalang kumalang 142 to play panayam manayam 143 to float lantup lumantup 144 to flow anud umanud 145 to freeze [[#Tausug|]] 146 to swell hubag humubag 147 sun suga 148 moon bulan 149 star bituun 150 water tubig 151 rain ulan 152 river sapa' 153 lake lanaw 154 sea dagat 155 salt asin 156 stone batu 157 sand buhangin 158 dust bagunbun 159 earth gumi lupa' 160 cloud gabun 161 fog [[#Tausug|]] 162 sky langit āyan 163 wind hangin 164 snow [[#Tausug|]] 165 ice ays 166 smoke asu 167 fire kāyu 168 ash abu 169 to burn sunug 170 road dān 171 mountain būd buwd 172 red pula 173 green gaddung 174 yellow biyaning 175 white puti' 176 black itum 177 night dūm 178 day adlaw 179 year tahun 180 warm mahag-mahag 181 cold mahaggut mahagpay 182 full hipu' 183 new ba'gu 184 old daan inanimate gulang animate 185 good marayaw 186 bad mangiy' 187 rotten halu' 188 dirty malummi' 189 straight buntul 190 round mabuntal tibulung 191 sharp (as a knife)mahāit 192 dull (as a knife)pundul 193 smooth kutad 194 wet basa' 195 dry tahay ganggang 196 correct amu 197 near masuuk daig, haraig 198 far malayu' 199 right tuu 200 left lawa 201 at ha 202 in halawm 203 with iban iban 204 and iban 205 if apabiyla bang 206 because pasal pasālan 207 name ngān
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