Lifashian/Swadesh list
| No. | English | Lifashian |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | mek |
| 2 | you (singular) | tuk |
| 3 | he | leso |
| 4 | we | gis |
| 5 | you (plural) | yús |
| 6 | they | letí (m.), letás (f.), letá (n.) |
| 7 | this | (singular) hiˤsy (m.), hiˤsyá (f.), hiˤst (n.) (plural) hiˤsyi (m.), hiˤsyás (f.), hiˤsyá (n.) |
| 8 | that | (singular) hiˤn (m.), hiˤná (f.), hiˤnt (n.) (plural) hiˤni (m.), hiˤnás (f.), hiˤná (n.) |
| 9 | here | syede |
| 10 | there | ide |
| 11 | who | pis |
| 12 | what | pil |
| 13 | where | pade |
| 14 | when | pop |
| 15 | how | pé |
| 16 | not | mé |
| 17 | all | somals |
| 18 | many | polc |
| 19 | some | sódans |
| 20 | few | faws |
| 21 | other | pirterás |
| 22 | one | nyé (m.), nyá (f.), nyam (n.) |
| 23 | two | lúˤ (m.), luwáˤ (f.), luyóˤ (n.) |
| 24 | three | teri (m.), tisyar (f.), tír (n.) |
| 25 | four | múyu |
| 26 | five | pembi |
| 27 | big | duwsás |
| 28 | long | lóˤrgás |
| 29 | wide | tanás |
| 30 | thick | tonyás |
| 31 | heavy | karetás |
| 32 | small | moˤnutás |
| 33 | short | mérwás |
| 34 | narrow | henjás |
| 35 | thin | syaridás |
| 36 | woman | ninfá |
| 37 | man (adult male) | turésy |
| 38 | man (human being) | jommi, oˤndúhas, (rare) inásy |
| 39 | child | helbart |
| 40 | wife | bunáté |
| 41 | husband | gíˤras |
| 42 | mother | máté |
| 43 | father | faté |
| 44 | animal | fúrs |
| 45 | fish | dojús |
| 46 | bird | hawis |
| 47 | dog | syun |
| 48 | louse | tiwl |
| 49 | snake | syenf |
| 50 | worm | parmi |
| 51 | tree | larun |
| 52 | forest | jolné, jinyé |
| 53 | stick | yahek, ayá |
| 54 | fruit | seˤsun |
| 55 | seed | góˤnami |
| 56 | leaf | leyf |
| 57 | root | garlá |
| 58 | bark (of a tree) | ucará |
| 59 | flower | mégam |
| 60 | grass | gelsyam |
| 61 | rope | resan |
| 62 | skin | murtak |
| 63 | meat | kúrs |
| 64 | blood | eˤhorm |
| 65 | bone | feˤstam |
| 66 | fat (noun) | feˤhn |
| 67 | egg | hóyam |
| 68 | horn | syóram |
| 69 | tail | lúmbá |
| 70 | feather | pulungsyá |
| 71 | hair | gési (pl. tantum) |
| 72 | head | syárs |
| 73 | ear | barman |
| 74 | eye | lanté, (archaic) fóp, pl. foˤpi |
| 75 | nose | násá |
| 76 | mouth | baltman |
| 77 | tooth | gelont |
| 78 | tongue (organ) | gulká |
| 79 | fingernail | turnok |
| 80 | foot | fales |
| 81 | leg | pundéyá |
| 82 | knee | jonam |
| 83 | hand | húss |
| 84 | wing | fettorm |
| 85 | belly | hembey, (rare) ulars |
| 86 | guts | syardané |
| 87 | neck | kesyel |
| 88 | back | parastehá |
| 89 | breast | fengá, deˤyman |
| 90 | heart | syardéˤm |
| 91 | liver | eˤntorm |
| 92 | to drink | eˤhámi |
| 93 | to eat | eˤlemi |
| 94 | to bite | lensyámi |
| 95 | to suck | pawbámi |
| 96 | to spit | pyúmi |
| 97 | to vomit | geˤmémi |
| 98 | to blow | húˤmi |
| 99 | to breathe | heˤnámi |
| 100 | to laugh | mílémi |
| 101 | to see | gilémi |
| 102 | to hear | seˤlámi |
| 103 | to know | gyalhe |
| 104 | to think | mimónáˤmi or mimóˤnámi |
| 105 | to smell | bólémi |
| 106 | to fear | tirsnúmi |
| 107 | to sleep | syúpámi |
| 108 | to live | bífámi |
| 109 | to die | dihnúmi |
| 110 | to kill | (animals) cenémi; (humans) enériyámi |
| 111 | to fight | borjémi |
| 112 | to hunt | forsámi, cenémi |
| 113 | to hit | beˤlámi |
| 114 | to cut | fehámi |
| 115 | to split | undemámi |
| 116 | to stab | kóhémi |
| 117 | to scratch | syonémi |
| 118 | to dig | bedmi |
| 119 | to swim | nenámi |
| 120 | to fly | púlcámi |
| 121 | to walk | benámi |
| 122 | to come | siˤymi |
| 123 | to lie (as in a bed) | leláha |
| 124 | to sit | sillámi |
| 125 | to stand | tistáhe |
| 126 | to turn (intransitive) | teˤrmi |
| 127 | to fall | syálémi |
| 128 | to give | lelúmi |
| 129 | to hold | sisyejámi |
| 130 | to squeeze | cistémi |
| 131 | to rub | mártémi |
| 132 | to wash | unelmi |
| 133 | to wipe | sammi |
| 134 | to pull | tengámi |
| 135 | to push | rahlámi |
| 136 | to throw | séˤmi |
| 137 | to tie | serámi |
| 138 | to sew | siˤnúmi |
| 139 | to count | pítiyámi |
| 140 | to say | lismi, lallámi |
| 141 | to sing | sámámi |
| 142 | to play | belfémi (an instrument) kánámi |
| 143 | to float | pulúkmi |
| 144 | to flow | sfargámi |
| 145 | to freeze | íˤgiyámi |
| 146 | to swell | syuneˤmi |
| 147 | sun | sahul |
| 148 | moon | míˤsá |
| 149 | star | bolté |
| 150 | water | éˤhá |
| 151 | rain | lissyá |
| 152 | river | hafné |
| 153 | lake | sasam |
| 154 | sea | puleˤtam |
| 155 | salt | lamak |
| 156 | stone | syeˤlá |
| 157 | sand | suˤmaká |
| 158 | dust | múter |
| 159 | earth | dejá |
| 160 | cloud | nebas |
| 161 | fog | bíljené |
| 162 | sky | gaˤrsá |
| 163 | wind | húˤyinc |
| 164 | snow | jiyám |
| 165 | ice | íˤgam |
| 166 | smoke | dúman |
| 167 | fire | páwé |
| 168 | ash | hóst, antel |
| 169 | to burn | (intrans.) hósmi, (transitive) hehasmi |
| 170 | road | hér, felsy |
| 171 | mountain | syart |
| 172 | red | bebrás |
| 173 | green | jelfás |
| 174 | yellow | syuítás |
| 175 | white | harjenás |
| 176 | black | korsonás |
| 177 | night | napat |
| 178 | day | hámor, (24 hours) rózisyebán |
| 179 | year | gic |
| 180 | warm | harmás |
| 181 | cold | delnás |
| 182 | full | syúˤnás |
| 183 | new | kenitás |
| 184 | old | getostás |
| 185 | good | mehweˤsás |
| 186 | bad | alórás, garamás, mémehweˤsás |
| 187 | rotten | pútrás |
| 188 | dirty | syúrdás |
| 189 | straight | frejás |
| 190 | round | mandalíyás |
| 191 | sharp (as a knife) | hessyás |
| 192 | dull (as a knife) | boskás |
| 193 | smooth | leˤygás |
| 194 | wet | gejás |
| 195 | dry | syerás |
| 196 | correct | durfosyás |
| 197 | near | mejirás |
| 198 | far | lúrás |
| 199 | right | frojomás |
| 200 | left | syehigás |
| 201 | at | nil |
| 202 | in | mey |
| 203 | with | sya |
| 204 | and | ng |
| 205 | if | conditional mood |
| 206 | because | yámat |
| 207 | name | lónami |