Wena/Swadesh list

No.	English	Wena
1	I	na
2	you (singular)	wa
3	he	de
4	we	wena, wana
5	you (plural)	wewa, wede
6	they	dwe, de (we)
7	this	hi, hina
8	that	hi, hiwa, hide
9	here	lu hi lu hina
10	there	lu hi, lu hiwa, lu hide
11	who	ma, ngo ma, mango, ma ngo
12	what	ma, nu ma, manu, ma nu
13	where	lu ma, ma i lyu, lyu i ma
14	when	ma i nyo, nyo i ma
15	how	ma i ndo, ndo i ma
16	not	ze
17	all	va, vandya, vawe
18	many	bawe
19	some	nwawe, nwandya
20	few	giwe
21	other	bya
22	one	nwa
23	two	gwa
24	three	wege
25	four	wendo
26	five	wembe
27	big	da
28	long	dahwi
29	wide	davyo
30	thick	davyo, go vyada
31	heavy	ndandu
32	small	di
33	short	dihwi, ndudi
34	narrow	divyo
35	thin	divyo
36	woman	la
37	man	hu
38	person (human being)	ngo
39	child	dingo, didi
40	wife	la
41	husband	hu
42	mother	ama, lazye
43	father	aba, huzye
44	animal	zondi, mbi, nya
45	fish	gwi
46	bird	hye
47	dog	eme, omo
48	louse	udu, emba
49	snake	mbihwi, nyahwi
50	worm	nyahwi, nyahwi zevwe
51	tree	vya, vyada
52	forest	ndyovya, ndyovyada, buvya, buvyada
53	stick	nggo, nggovya
54	fruit	nwe
55	seed	genwe
56	leaf	lya, lyalya, lavya
57	root	duvya, nduvya
58	bark (of a tree)	hwo, hwovya hwovyada,
59	flower	aha
60	grass	vyandu
61	rope	hwi, hwida
62	skin	hwo, hwongo, hwombi
63	meat	mbi, mbimo
64	blood	vovo, zwavo, zwavondi, zwandivo
65	bone	gendi
66	fat (noun)	mwindi
67	egg	dyehye
68	horn	nggozyo
69	tail	nggobwe
70	feather	lya, lyahye
71	hair	hwi, hwizyo, hwi zyo, hwindi, hwi ndi
72	head	zyo
73	ear	mwogyu, zwogyu
74	eye	dyevwe
75	nose	mwoni
76	mouth	mbwa
77	tooth	gembwa
78	tongue (organ)	mimbwa
79	fingernail	genggombe
80	foot	mbengwo, mbe ngwo, du
81	leg	ngwo
82	knee	vungwa ngwo
83	hand	mbe
84	wing	ngyehye
85	belly	mindi
86	guts	mindimindi
87	neck	nduzyo
88	back	bwe
89	breast	mwomwo
90	heart	vuzyezo
91	liver	vumiho, ade
92	to drink	mo, mozwa
93	to eat	mo, mombi, monwe, monggi
94	to bite	gumbwa
95	to suck	ba dyoni, ba dyozwa, dyomba (ya) ni, dyombani
96	to spit	nombwa (ya) zwa, nombwazwa
97	to vomit	nombwa ((ya) gi zyamo), nombwamo
98	to blow	nombwa (ya) nini, nombwani
99	to breathe	nodyoni
100	to laugh	hoho
101	to see	vwe
102	to hear	gyu
103	to know	mu
104	to think	vwemi, vwezyo
105	to smell	nwini
106	to fear	nggyu
107	to sleep	lwe
108	to live	zandi
109	to die	li nwo, linwo
110	to kill	ngu, zyenwo, ngwa
111	to fight	gugu (zyige), gunge (zyige)
112	to hunt	ngge
113	to hit	gu
114	to cut	ngwa, ngwahwi, ngwahwo
115	to split	zyegwavu, ngwagwavu
116	to stab	gunggyo, gunggyodi
117	to scratch
118	to dig	zyezwobu
119	to swim	zozwa
120	to fly	zoni
121	to walk	zongwo
122	to come	zo, zo hina
123	to lie (as in a bed)	ndundi
124	to sit	ndubwe
125	to stand	zwindi
126	to turn (intransitive)	zoyobwe, li yobwe, zogodye
127	to fall	lindu
128	to give	no
129	to hold	za
130	to squeeze	gibwa
131	to rub
132	to wash	zyembwi, zwezwa zyembwi
133	to wipe
134	to pull
135	to push
136	to throw	zyezoni
137	to tie	zwehwi, zwehwi zyedyu
138	to sew	zwehwi, zwehwi zyenwa, zwehwimi, zwenggyohwi
139	to count	ngewe
140	to say	nge
141	to sing	ngebwi
142	to play	bwi
143	to float	lu yozwa
144	to flow	zo, zwazo
145	to freeze	ligegye, li gezwa
146	to swell	lida, lidye
147	sun	gya
148	moon	myo
149	star	myodi
150	water	zwa, zwazwa, zwangyu
151	rain	zwa, zwali, zwalindu
152	river	zwazo
153	lake	zwambo, zwamboda
154	sea	zwada
155	salt	ngyu
156	stone	ge gege
157	sand	ndyogedi, mbwo gedi
158	dust	ndyogedidi, mbwo gedidi
159	earth	bu, mbwo bu, vabu, dyebu
160	cloud	zwazwi, vezwi, dwozwi
161	fog	zwani
162	sky	zwi, zwizwi, yozwi
163	wind	nizo
164	snow	vegye
165	ice	gezwa, zwage
166	smoke	byevwo, dwovwo
167	fire	vwo
168	ash	vevwo
169	to burn	vwo, nevwo, zyevwo
170	road	ndo, ndozo, ndoda, ndodyazo
171	mountain	mwoda, mwobu, mwobuda
172	red	vo
173	green	myu, myuvya
174	yellow	vwa
175	white	ve
176	black	dwo
177	night	nyodwo, owo
178	day	nyogya, gya, a-
179	year	nyoda
180	warm	gi govwo
181	cold	gye
182	full	nggwe zwomi
183	new	lye, gizili
184	old	bazili, zinye lu bandya nyo
185	good	ho
186	bad	vi
187	rotten	vwi
188	dirty	vwi lyu vwi lyu bu lyu mbwobu
189	straight	lwinggyo lwinggoho
190	round	dye
191	sharp (as a knife)	mwe zomi
192	dull (as a knife)	zemwe zomi
193	smooth	hohwo
194	wet	lyuzwa
195	dry	nggezwa ngge zwa
196	correct	ndwa
197	near	ndye
198	far	ngwengwe
199	right	lu vyonggwo
200	left	lu vyongya
201	at	lu
202	in	lu lu mi
203	with	me zwe
204	and	gwe
205	if	ha wi
206	because	u zye i yu
207	name	dyi