Twench/Swadesh list

Abbreviations:

• irr. = irregular (conjugation cannot be predicted from principal parts)
• pl. = plural
• pol. = polite
• arch. = archaic

No.	English	Twench
1	I	jou
2	you (singular)	woes; os (pol.); tu (arch.)
3	he	el
4	we	noes; noezeuts
5	you (plural)	woezeuts; os (pol.)
6	they	els; elzeuts
7	this	sest
8	that	sel
9	here	sij
10	there	la
11	who	kij
12	what	kei
13	where	ond
14	when	kwand
15	how	komment
16	not	pas
17	all	toot
18	many	molts (pl.)
19	some	alkuuns (pl.)
20	few	peuk(e)
21	other	alter
22	one	uun
23	two	dous
24	three	treis
25	four	kwatter
26	five	sink
27	big	grand(e)
28	long	long(e)
29	wide	laargh(e)
30	thick	gros(se)
31	heavy	loord(e)
32	small	petit(te)
33	short	koort(e)
34	narrow	strecht(e)
35	thin	maker(e)
36	woman	vemme
37	man (adult male)	omme
38	man (human being)	humaan
39	child	enfaant
40	wife	vemme; spouze
41	husband	omme; spous (spouzes)
42	mother	mater
43	father	pater
44	animal	animaal
45	fish	peisoun
46	bird	eusiel
47	dog	kaan
48	louse	peughel
49	snake	zerpeint
50	worm	werm
51	tree	arber
52	forest	bos
53	stick	bastoun
54	fruit	frucht
55	seed	zemens
56	leaf	voil
57	root	reisijn
58	bark	skoers
59	flower	flour
60	grass	gheerb
61	rope	koerd
62	skin	piel
63	meat	karn
64	blood	zang
65	bone	oes
66	fat (noun)	gras
67	egg	oew
68	horn	koorn
69	tail	kou
70	feather	pluum
71	hair	kapel
72	head	tiest
73	ear	oreghel
74	eye	oeghel
75	nose	naas (-zes)
76	mouth	bok
77	tooth	deint
78	tongue	leng