Twench/Swadesh list
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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 | mader |
| 43 | father | pader |
| 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 | voel |
| 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 | kood |
| 70 | feather | pluum |
| 71 | hair | kapel |
| 72 | head | tiest |
| 73 | ear | oreghel |
| 74 | eye | oeghel |
| 75 | nose | naas (nazes) |
| 76 | mouth | bok |
| 77 | tooth | deint |
| 78 | tongue | leng |
| 79 | fingernail | ongel |
| 80 | foot | pied |
| 81 | leg | gam |
| 82 | knee | ghenoghel |
| 83 | hand | maan |
| 84 | wing | aal |
| 85 | belly | weinter |
| 86 | guts | entreils |
| 87 | neck | kol |
| 88 | back | dos |
| 89 | breast | zeen |
| 90 | heart | koer |
| 91 | liver | vikaat |
| 92 | drink | bewer, beew, bewui, beewt |
| 93 | eat | mangaar, mang, mangaai, mangaat |
| 94 | bite | moerder, moerd, moersui, moerst |
| 95 | suck | zukaar, zuuk, zukaai, zukaat |
| 96 | spit | sputaar, spuut, sputaai, sputaat |
| 97 | vomit | womijr, womis, womij, womijt |
| 98 | blow | zoflaar, zoffel, zoflaai, zoflaat |
| 99 | breathe | respiraar, respijr, respiraai, respiraat |
| 100 | laugh | rider, rijd, risui, rijst |
| 101 | see | weder, weed, wisui, wijst |
| 102 | hear | oghijr, oogh, oghij, oghijt |
| 103 | know | zaper, zaap, zapui, zaapt |
| 104 | think | peinzaar, peins, peinzaai, peinzaat |
| 105 | smell | oeler, oel, oelui, oelt |
| 106 | fear | kriemer, kriem, kriemui, kriemt |
| 107 | sleep | doermijr, doerm, doermij, doermijt |
| 108 | live | wiwer, wijw, wiwui, wijwt |
| 109 | die | moerijr, moer, moerij, moerijt |
| 110 | kill | tutaar, tuut, tutaai, tutaat |
| 111 | fight | luchtaar, lucht, luchtaai, luchtaat |
| 112 | hunt | kassaar, kas, kassaai, kassaat |
| 113 | hit | batter, bat, battui, bat |
| 114 | cut | koelpaar, koelp, koelpaai, koelpaat |
| 115 | split | veinder, veind, veindui, veindt |
| 116 | stab | puinder, puin, puinui, puint |
| 117 | scratch | grattaar, grat, grattaai, grattaat |
| 118 | dig | kawaar, kaaw, kawaai, kawaat |
| 119 | swim | notaar, noot, notaai, notaat |
| 120 | fly | woelaar, woel, woelaai, woelaat |