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comparalex a database of language word list data with audio samples for analysis and historical and comparative linguistic reconstruction security warning username password remember me login forgot password create account query standard word lists submit resources about contact help javascript notice most functions may not work properly because javascript has been disabled select languages output format search for loading ethnologue tree please wait hide empty expand all collapse all standard word list domain search none atlas linguistique du cameroun bantu lexical reconstructions 3 bayreuth grundwortliste bayreuth kulturwortliste benue congo comparative word list bilingual chadic word list comparative african word list comparative bantu word list comparative chadic word list comparative nilo saharan word list proto grassfields bantu glosses sil africa area word list 1 sil africa area word list 2 sil comparative african word list sil comparative african word list domains as id sil comparative african word list domains in gloss sil comparative african word list draft tanzanian language survey swadesh 100 word list swadesh 200 word list 1952 swadesh 207 word list filter by show output list glosses english show output list glosses french hide partially empty rows hide completely empty rows 1 universe creation 1 1 sky 1 1 1 sun 1 1 2 air 1 1 3 weather 1 2 world 1 2 1 land 1 2 2 substance matter 1 2 3 solid liquid gas 1 3 water 1 3 1 bodies of water 1 3 2 movement of water 1 3 3 wet 1 3 4 be in water 1 3 5 solutions of water 1 3 6 water quality 1 4 living things 1 4 1 dead things 1 4 2 spirits of things 1 5 plant 1 5 1 tree 1 5 2 bush shrub 1 5 3 grass herb vine 1 5 4 moss fungus algae 1 5 5 parts of a plant 1 5 6 growth of plants 1 5 7 plant diseases 1 6 animal 1 6 1 types of animals 1 6 2 parts of an animal 1 6 3 animal life cycle 1 6 4 animal actions 1 6 5 animal home 1 6 6 animal group 1 6 7 male and female animals 1 7 nature environment 1 7 1 natural 2 person 2 1 body 2 1 1 head 2 1 2 torso 2 1 3 limb 2 1 4 skin 2 1 5 hair 2 1 6 bone joint 2 1 7 flesh 2 1 8 internal organs 2 2 body functions 2 2 1 breathe breath 2 2 2 cough sneeze 2 2 3 spit saliva 2 2 4 mucus 2 2 5 bleed blood 2 2 6 sweat 2 2 7 urinate urine 2 2 8 defecate feces 2 3 sense perceive 2 3 1 see 2 3 2 hear 2 3 3 taste 2 3 4 smell 2 3 5 sense of touch 2 4 body condition 2 4 1 strong 2 4 2 weak 2 4 3 energetic 2 4 4 tired 2 4 5 rest 2 5 healthy 2 5 1 sick 2 5 2 disease 2 5 3 injure 2 5 4 disabled 2 5 5 cause of disease 2 5 6 symptom of disease 2 5 7 treat disease 2 5 8 mental illness 2 6 life 2 6 1 marriage 2 6 2 sexual relations 2 6 3 birth 2 6 4 stage of life 2 6 5 male female 2 6 6 die 3 language and thought 3 1 soul spirit 3 1 1 personality 3 1 2 mental state 3 2 think 3 2 1 mind 3 2 2 learn 3 2 3 know 3 2 4 understand 3 2 5 opinion 3 2 6 remember 3 2 7 expect 3 2 8 tendency 3 3 want 3 3 1 decide plan 3 3 2 request 3 3 3 influence 3 3 4 ask permission 3 3 5 offer 3 4 emotion 3 4 1 feel good 3 4 2 feel bad 3 5 communication 3 5 1 say 3 5 2 make speech 3 5 3 language 3 5 4 story 3 5 5 foolish talk 3 5 6 sign symbol 3 5 7 reading and writing 3 5 8 interpreting messages 3 5 9 mass communication 3 6 teach 3 6 1 show explain 3 6 2 school 3 6 3 subject of teaching 3 6 4 class lesson 3 6 5 correct 3 6 6 science 3 6 7 test 3 6 8 answer in a test 4 social behavior 4 1 relationships 4 1 1 friend 4 1 2 types of people 4 1 3 know someone 4 1 4 neighbor 4 1 5 unity 4 1 6 disunity 4 1 7 begin a relationship 4 1 8 show affection 4 1 9 kinship 4 2 social activity 4 2 1 come together form a group 4 2 2 social event 4 2 3 music 4 2 4 dance 4 2 5 drama 4 2 6 entertainment recreation 4 2 7 play fun 4 2 8 humor 4 2 9 holiday 4 3 behavior 4 3 1 good moral 4 3 2 admire someone 4 3 3 love 4 3 4 do good to 4 3 5 honest 4 3 6 self controlled 4 3 7 polite 4 3 8 change behavior 4 3 9 culture 4 4 prosperity trouble 4 4 1 prosperity 4 4 2 trouble 4 4 3 respond to trouble 4 4 4 respond to someone in trouble 4 4 5 chance 4 5 authority 4 5 1 person in authority 4 5 2 have authority 4 5 3 exercise authority 4 5 4 submit to authority 4 5 5 honor 4 5 6 status 4 6 government 4 6 1 ruler 4 6 2 citizen 4 6 3 government organization 4 6 4 rule 4 6 5 subjugate 4 6 6 government functions 4 6 7 region 4 7 law 4 7 1 laws 4 7 2 pass laws 4 7 3 break the law 4 7 4 court of law 4 7 5 trial 4 7 6 judge render a verdict 4 7 7 punish 4 7 8 legal contract 4 7 9 justice 4 8 conflict 4 8 1 hostility 4 8 2 fight 4 8 3 war 4 8 4 peace 4 9 religion 4 9 1 god 4 9 2 supernatural being 4 9 3 theology 4 9 4 miracle supernatural power 4 9 5 practice religion 4 9 6 heaven hell 4 9 7 religious organization 4 9 8 religious things 4 9 9 irreligion 5 daily life 5 1 household equipment 5 1 1 furniture 5 1 2 household decoration 5 2 food 5 2 1 food preparation 5 2 2 eat 5 2 3 types of food 5 2 4 tobacco 5 2 5 narcotic 5 2 6 stimulant 5 3 clothing 5 3 1 men s clothing 5 3 2 women s clothing 5 3 3 traditional clothing 5 3 4 clothes for special occasions 5 3 5 clothes for special people 5 3 6 parts of clothing 5 3 7 wear clothing 5 3 8 naked 5 3 9 style of clothing 5 4 adornment 5 4 1 jewelry 5 4 2 cosmetics 5 4 3 care for hair 5 4 4 care for the teeth 5 4 5 anoint the body 5 4 6 ritual scar 5 4 7 care for the fingernails 5 5 fire 5 5 1 light a fire 5 5 2 tend a fire 5 5 3 extinguish a fire 5 5 4 burn 5 5 5 what fires produce 5 5 6 fuel 5 5 7 fireplace 5 6 cleaning 5 6 1 clean dirty 5 6 2 bathe 5 6 3 wash dishes 5 6 4 wash clothes 5 6 5 sweep rake 5 6 6 wipe erase 5 7 sleep 5 7 1 go to sleep 5 7 2 dream 5 7 3 wake up 5 8 manage a house 5 9 live stay 6 work and occupation 6 1 work 6 1 1 worker 6 1 2 method 6 1 3 difficult impossible 6 1 4 job satisfaction 6 1 5 unemployed not working 6 1 6 made by hand 6 1 7 artificial 6 1 8 experienced 6 2 agriculture 6 2 1 growing crops 6 2 2 land preparation 6 2 3 plant a field 6 2 4 tend a field 6 2 5 harvest 6 2 6 process harvest 6 2 7 farm worker 6 2 8 agricultural tool 6 2 9 farmland 6 3 animal husbandry 6 3 1 domesticated animal 6 3 2 tend herds in fields 6 3 3 milk 6 3 4 butcher slaughter 6 3 5 wool production 6 3 6 poultry raising 6 3 7 animal products 6 3 8 veterinary science 6 4 hunt and fish 6 4 1 hunt 6 4 2 trap 6 4 3 hunting birds 6 4 4 beekeeping 6 4 5 fishing 6 4 6 things done to animals 6 5 working with buildings 6 5 1 building 6 5 2 parts of a building 6 5 3 building materials 6 5 4 infrastructure 6 6 occupation 6 6 1 working with cloth 6 6 2 working with minerals 6 6 3 working with wood 6 6 4 crafts 6 6 5 art 6 6 6 working with land 6 6 7 working with water 6 6 8 working with machines 6 7 tool 6 7 1 cutting tool 6 7 2 pounding tool 6 7 3 carrying tool 6 7 4 lifting tool 6 7 5 fastening tool 6 7 6 holding tool 6 7 7 container 6 7 8 parts of tools 6 7 9 machine 6 8 finance 6 8 1 have wealth 6 8 2 accumulate wealth 6 8 3 share wealth 6 8 4 financial transaction 6 8 5 borrow 6 8 6 money 6 8 7 accounting 6 8 8 tax 6 8 9 dishonest financial practices 6 9 business organization 6 9 1 management 6 9 2 work for someone 6 9 3 marketing 6 9 4 commerce 6 9 5 economics 6 9 6 insurance 7 physical actions 7 1 posture 7 1 1 stand 7 1 2 sit 7 1 3 lie down 7 1 4 kneel 7 1 5 bow 7 1 6 lean 7 1 7 straight posture 7 1 8 bend down 7 1 9 move a part of the body 7 2 move 7 2 1 manner of movement 7 2 2 move in a direction 7 2 3 move toward something 7 2 4 travel 7 2 5 accompany 7 2 6 pursue 7 2 7 not moving 7 2 8 send someone 7 3 move something 7 3 1 carry 7 3 2 move something in a direction 7 3 3 take somewhere 7 3 4 handle something 7 3 5 turn something 7 3 6 open 7 3 7 cover 7 3 8 transport 7 4 have be with 7 4 1 give hand to 7 4 2 receive 7 4 3 get 7 4 4 distribute 7 4 5 keep something 7 4 6 not have 7 5 arrange 7 5 1 gather 7 5 2 join attach 7 5 3 mix 7 5 4 tie 7 5 5 organize 7 5 6 substitute 7 5 7 multiple things moving 7 5 8 simple complicated 7 5 9 put 7 6 hide 7 6 1 search 7 6 2 find 7 6 3 lose misplace 7 7 physical impact 7 7 1 hit 7 7 2 aim at a target 7 7 3 kick 7 7 4 press 7 7 5 rub 7 7 6 grind 7 7 7 mark 7 8 divide into pieces 7 8 1 break 7 8 2 crack 7 8 3 cut 7 8 4 tear rip 7 8 5 make hole opening 7 8 6 dig 7 9 break wear out 7 9 1 damage 7 9 2 tear down 7 9 3 destroy 7 9 4 repair 8 states 8 1 quantity 8 1 1 number 8 1 2 count 8 1 3 plural 8 1 4 more 8 1 5 all 8 1 6 whole complete 8 1 7 enough 8 1 8 full 8 2 big 8 2 1 small 8 2 2 long 8 2 3 thick 8 2 4 wide 8 2 5 big area 8 2 6 distance 8 2 7 fit size 8 2 8 measure 8 2 9 weigh 8 3 quality 8 3 1 shape 8 3 2 texture 8 3 3 light 8 3 4 hot 8 3 5 type kind 8 3 6 made of material 8 3 7 good 8 3 8 decorated 8 4 time 8 4 1 period of time 8 4 2 take time 8 4 3 indefinite time 8 4 4 telling time 8 4 5 relative time 8 4 6 aspectual time 8 4 7 continue persevere 8 4 8 speed 8 5 location 8 5 1 here there 8 5 2 direction 8 5 3 be at a place 8 5 4 area 8 5 5 spatial relations 8 5 6 contain 8 6 parts of things 8 6 1 front 8 6 2 top 8 6 3 side 8 6 4 inner part 8 6 5 middle 8 6 6 edge 8 6 7 end point 9 grammar 9 1 general words 9 1 1 be 9 1 2 do 9 1 3 thing 9 1 4 general adjectives 9 1 5 general adverbs 9 2 part of speech 9 2 1 adjectives 9 2 2 adverbs 9 2 3 pronouns 9 2 4 prepositions postpositions 9 2 5 conjunctions 9 2 6 particles 9 2 7 interjections 9 2 8 idiophones 9 2 9 affixes 9 3 very 9 3 1 degree 9 3 2 completely 9 3 3 partly 9 3 4 do intensely 9 3 5 attribution of an attribute 9 4 semantic constituents related to verbs 9 4 1 tense and aspect 9 4 2 agent oriented modalities 9 4 3 moods 9 4 4 epistemic moods 9 4 5 evidentials 9 4 6 yes 9 4 7 subordinating particles 9 4 8 adverbial clauses 9 5 case 9 5 1 primary cases 9 5 2 semantically similar events 9 5 3 patient related cases 9 6 connected with related 9 6 1 coordinate relations 9 6 2 dependency relations 9 6 3 discourse markers 9 7 name 9 7 1 name of a person 9 7 2 name of a place 9 7 3 name of a thing search for search in std list number gloss audio phonetic 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