Falamu/Swadesh list

No.	English	Falamu
		Regular script	Etymological script
1	I	amî	amî
2	you (singular)	abô	abô
3	he	êl	êl
4	we	anô; anôs	anô; anôs
5	you (plural)	abôs	abôs
6	they	êlis	êlis
7	this	kês	quês
8	that	kêl; kulá	quêl; culá
9	here	rugálkes	rugál-ques
10	there	rugálkel; rugálkula	rugál-quel; rugál-cula
11	who	kén; bisówké	quém; pissóu-qué
12	what	kôs; árguké	côs; árgu-qué
13	where	úndi, rugálké	úndi; rugál-qué
14	when	wêskê	uêz-quê
15	how	móké	mó-qué
16	not	ná	ná
17	all	tôd	tôd
18	many	jéy	chéi
19	some	argún	argúm
20	few	bôku	pôcu
21	other	ôtu	ôtu
22	one	ún	úm
23	two	dôs	dôs
24	three	terês	três
25	four	kuwátu	quátu
26	five	sînku	cîncu
27	big	lárgu	lárgu
28	long	lóngu	lóngu
29	wide	ánju	ánchu
30	thick
31	heavy	bisâdu	pisâdu
32	small	bikênu	piquênu
33	short	kûrtu	cûrtu
34	narrow	isterêtu	istrêtu
35	thin	fînu	fînu
36	woman	muyêr	muiêr
37	man (adult male)	ômi	ômi
38	man (human being)	bisów	pissóu
39	child	minín	minín
40	wife	muyêr	muiêr
41	husband	ômi	ômi
42	mother	máy	mái
43	father	báy	pái
44	animal	limâra	limâra
45	fish	béx	péx
46	bird	básar	pássar
47	dog	kajór	cachór
48	louse	biyódhu	piódhu
49	snake	kóbra	cóbra
50	worm	bîja	bîcha
51	tree	árbar	árbar
52	forest	mátu	mátu
53	stick	bów	póu
54	fruit	furûta; semênti	frûta; semênti
55	seed	semênti	semênti
56	leaf	fôdha	fôdha
57	root	rayís	raíz
58	bark	káska	cásca
59	flower
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
73	ear
74	eye
75	nose
76	mouth
77	tooth
78	tongue
79	fingernail
80	foot
81	leg
82	knee
83	hand
84	wing
85	belly
86	guts
87	neck
88	back
89	breast
90	heart
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
124	to sit
125	to stand
126	to turn
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	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
192	dull
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