Appendix:Tigrinya Swadesh list
Appearance
This is a Swadesh list of words in Tigrinya, compared with definitions in English.
Presentation
[edit]- For further information, read the article: Swadesh list
The Swadesh word list, developed by the linguist Morris Swadesh, is used as a tool to study the evolution of languages. It contains a set of basic words which can be found in every language. Various versions have been created, in particular:
- a complete 207 words version, in which some of the words are not found in every environment (it contains for instance snake and snow)
- a reduced 100 words version.
This word list should not be considered as an elementary lexicon to communicate with speakers of a given language; for such a purpose, the numerous existing Wikivoyage lexicons are more useful. Its only objective is to give a rough idea of the language, by showing its lexical and, when possible, phonetics basis.
List
[edit]No. | English | Tigrinya təgrəñña |
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1 | I | ኣነ (ʾanä) |
2 | you (singular) | ንስኻ (nəsxa) (m.), ንስኺ (nəsxi) (f.), ኣታ (ʾata) (m. voc.), ኣቲ (ʾati) (f. voc.) |
3 | he, she, it | ንሱ (nəsu) |
4 | we | ንሕና (nəḥna) |
5 | you (plural) | |
6 | they | |
7 | this | |
8 | that | |
9 | here | |
10 | there | |
11 | who | መን (män) |
12 | what | እንታይ (ʾəntay) |
13 | where | ኣበይ (ʾabäy) |
14 | when | |
15 | how | ከመይ (kämäy) |
16 | not | |
17 | all | ኩሉ (kulu) |
18 | many | |
19 | some | |
20 | few | |
21 | other | |
22 | one | ሓደ (ḥadä) (m.), ሓንቲ (ḥanti) (f.) |
23 | two | ክልተ (kəltä) |
24 | three | ሰለስተ (sälästä) |
25 | four | ኣርባዕተ (ʾarbaʿtä) |
26 | five | ሓሙሽተ (ḥamuštä) |
27 | big | |
28 | long | |
29 | wide | |
30 | thick | |
31 | heavy | |
32 | small | |
33 | short | |
34 | narrow | |
35 | thin | |
36 | woman | |
37 | man (adult male) | |
38 | man (human being) | |
39 | child | |
40 | wife | |
41 | husband | |
42 | mother | ኣደ (ʾadä), እኖ (ʾəno) |
43 | father | ኣቦ (ʾabo) |
44 | animal | |
45 | fish | ዓሳ (ʿasa) |
46 | bird | |
47 | dog | ከልቢ (kälbi) |
48 | louse | |
49 | snake | |
50 | worm | |
51 | tree | |
52 | forest | |
53 | stick | |
54 | fruit | |
55 | seed | |
56 | leaf | |
57 | root | |
58 | bark (of a tree) | |
59 | flower | ፍዮሪ (fəyori) |
60 | grass | |
61 | rope | |
62 | skin | |
63 | meat | |
64 | blood | |
65 | bone | |
66 | fat (noun) | |
67 | egg | |
68 | horn | |
69 | tail | |
70 | feather | |
71 | hair | |
72 | head | ርእሲ (rəʾsi) |
73 | ear | እዝኒ (ʾəzni) |
74 | eye | ዓይኒ (ʿayni) |
75 | nose | ኣፍንጫ (ʾafnəč̣a) |
76 | mouth | ኣፍ (ʾaf) |
77 | tooth | ስኒ (səni) |
78 | tongue (organ) | |
79 | fingernail | |
80 | foot | እግሪ (ʾəgri) |
81 | leg | |
82 | knee | |
83 | hand | ኢድ (ʾid) |
84 | wing | |
85 | belly | |
86 | guts | |
87 | neck | |
88 | back | |
89 | breast | |
90 | heart | ልቢ (ləbi) |
91 | liver | |
92 | to drink | |
93 | to eat | |
94 | to bite | |
95 | to suck | |
96 | to spit | |
97 | to vomit | |
98 | to blow | |
99 | to breathe | |
100 | to laugh | |
101 | to see | |
102 | to hear | |
103 | to know | |
104 | to think | |
105 | to smell | |
106 | to fear | |
107 | to sleep | |
108 | to live | |
109 | to die | |
110 | to kill | |
111 | to fight | |
112 | to hunt | |
113 | to hit | |
114 | to cut | |
115 | to split | |
116 | to stab | |
117 | to scratch | |
118 | to dig | |
119 | to swim | |
120 | to fly | |
121 | to walk | |
122 | to come | |
123 | to lie (as in a bed) | |
124 | to sit | |
125 | to stand | |
126 | to turn (intransitive) | |
127 | to fall | |
128 | to give | |
129 | to hold | |
130 | to squeeze | |
131 | to rub | |
132 | to wash | |
133 | to wipe | |
134 | to pull | |
135 | to push | |
136 | to throw | |
137 | to tie | |
138 | to sew | |
139 | to count | |
140 | to say | |
141 | to sing | |
142 | to play | |
143 | to float | |
144 | to flow | |
145 | to freeze | |
146 | to swell | |
147 | sun | |
148 | moon | |
149 | star | |
150 | water | |
151 | rain | |
152 | river | |
153 | lake | |
154 | sea | |
155 | salt | |
156 | stone | |
157 | sand | |
158 | dust | |
159 | earth | |
160 | cloud | |
161 | fog | |
162 | sky | |
163 | wind | |
164 | snow | |
165 | ice | |
166 | smoke | |
167 | fire | |
168 | ash | |
169 | to burn | |
170 | road | |
171 | mountain | |
172 | red | |
173 | green | |
174 | yellow | |
175 | white | |
176 | black | |
177 | night | |
178 | day | |
179 | year | |
180 | warm | |
181 | cold | |
182 | full | |
183 | new | |
184 | old | |
185 | good | |
186 | bad | |
187 | rotten | |
188 | dirty | |
189 | straight | |
190 | round | |
191 | sharp (as a knife) | |
192 | dull (as a knife) | |
193 | smooth | |
194 | wet | |
195 | dry | |
196 | correct | |
197 | near | |
198 | far | |
199 | right | |
200 | left | |
201 | at | |
202 | in | |
203 | with | |
204 | and | |
205 | if | |
206 | because | |
207 | name |