Appendix:Early New Indo-Aryan Swadesh lists

This is a Swadesh list of Early New Indo-Aryan languages, specifically Old Marathi, Old Gujarati, Old Hindi and Early Assamese, compared with that of Sanskrit, Maharastri Prakrit, Sauraseni Prakrit and Magadhi Prakrit, as well as English.

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EnglishSanskrit
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
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Maharastri Prakrit
𑀫𑀭𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀅 (marahaṭṭhī pāua)
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Sauraseni Prakrit
𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀤 (pāuda)
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Magadhi Prakrit
𑀧𑀸𑀓𑀺𑀤 (pākida)
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Old Marathi (Devanagari)
मर्‍हाटी (mar‍hāṭī)
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Old Gujarati
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Old Hindi
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Early Assamese
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1I (1sg)ahámahaṃ, ahaaṃahaṃhagehaüṃmaiṃ, hūṃmoi
2you (2sg)tvámtumaṃ, taṃtumaṃtuṃ, tūṃtūṃ
3he, she, it (3sg)so, sasoto, tyoāyahu*ehö̐*, tehö̐*
4we (1pl)vayám, nasamhe, vaaṃamheāmīṃ, āmhīhama
5you (2pl)yūyám, vastumhetumhetumhe, tumhī
6they (3pl)te*, tāo*, tāi*, tāṇi*tete*, tiyā*
7thisidámaaṃ, imaaaṃ, iaṃ, idaṃ*, he*, heṃ*ā
8thattáttato*, *, teṃ*
9hereátra, íhaiha, etthaattaethaahāṃihato
10theretátratatthatattatetha, tekaḍe
11whoka, kiṃkokavaṇa, kavhaṇa, koṇa, koṇhakavaṇa
12whatkímka, kiṃkiṃ, kadhaṃkāiṃ, kāya, kāye
13wherekútra, kúha, kvàkattha, kahiṃkahiṃkoṭhekohito, koito
14whenkadā́kaā, kāhekaïṃ, keṃvhā, kaiṃ, kedhavāṃ
15howkathámkahaṃkadhaṃkaisa, kaisenikene kori
16notṇananāhi, nāhiṃ, nāhī, nāhīṃma
17allsárva, víśvasavvasakaḷa, sakaḷai, sagaḷa, sakaḷika, sakaḷaika
18manybahúaneka, ghaṇaüṃ
19somekiñcid
20fewálpa
21otheranyáaṇṇa, iaraavara, aṃna, anna
22oneékaekka, egaeka, ika
23twodvádo, duve, donni
24threetrítiṇṇitīni
25fourcáturcattāricāri
26fivepáñcanpaṃcapaṃcapañco
27bigmahát
28longdīrghádīha
29wideurú
30thickghaná
31heavygurú
32smallálpalahāṇā, lahānā, lahānāla, lāna
33shorthrasvá
34narrowaṃhú
35thintanúpātaḷa
36womanstrī́abalā
37man (adult male)púruṣa, nárapurisa, ṇarapuriṣa
38man (human being)manuṣyá, mānavajaṇa, maṇussamānusajaṇa
39childbā́la, śíśubālaa, vaccha
40wifepátnī, bhāryā́bhajjā
41husbandpátipaī, bhattubharatāra
42mothermā́tṛmāumawo
43fatherpitṛ́piutāya, pīyabapo
44animalpáśu
45fishmátsyamacchamāsā, macha, maccha
46bird, pakṣinpakkhipākhirūṃ, pakṣī
47dogśvánkutirā
48louseyūkā
49snakesarpásappasāpaahi, bhūyaṃga
50wormkṛ́mi
51treevṛkṣá, tarúrukkhajhāḍa
52forestvánavaṇaaraṃna
53stickdaṇḍá
54fruitphálaphala
55seedbī́jabīa
56leafpáttrapaṇṇapānapāna
57rootmū́lamūla
58bark (of a tree)tvác
59flowerpúṣpapuppha, phullaphula
60grasstṛ́ṇagavata
61roperájjurajju
62skincárman, tvác
63meatmāṃsámaṃsamauṃsa
64bloodrakta, ásṛjtejo
65boneásthiaṭṭhi, haḍḍa
66fat (noun)pī́vas, médas
67eggaṇḍá
68hornśṛṅgásiṃga
69tailpúcchapuccha, puṃcha
70featherparṇápaṇṇa
71hairkéśa
72headśíras
73earkárṇakaṇṇakāna
74eyeákṣiakkhi, acchinayaṇa, loaṇacokṣu
75nosenā́sāṇakka
76mouthvaktra, múkhamuhatoṃḍa
77toothdántadaṃtadāṃtadanto
78tongue (organ)jihvā́jibbhājībha
79fingernailnakháṇaha
80footpadápāapāula
81legjáṅghapāabhori
82kneejā́nu
83handhásta, pāṇíhatthahātha
84wingpakṣá
85bellyudárapoṭṭapoṭa
86gutsántra, āntra, gudá
87neckgala, grīvā́galagaḷā
88backpṛṣṭhápāṭa, pāṭhī
89breaststánathaṇa, vaccha
90hearthṛ́dayahaīḍaüṃ, hīaüṃ, hīyaḍaüṃ
91liveryákṛt
92to drinkpíbatipivaï
93to eatkhā́dati, áttikhāaï, bhakkhaïārogivaüṃ, jimivaüṃ
94to bitedáśatiḍasaï
95to suckdháyati
96to spitṣṭhī́vatithukkaï
97to vomitvámati
98to blowvā́tiphukkaï
99to breatheániti
100to laughsmáyate, hásatihasaïhasivaüṃ
101to seepáśyati*, dṛś*dissaï*, pāsaï*ālokivaüṃ, īhivaüṃ, dekhivaüṃ
102to hearśṛṇótisuṇaï
103to knowjānā́tijāṇaïāṇivaüṃ, jāṇivaüṃ
104to thinkmányate, cintayaticiṃtei
105to smelljíghrati
106to fearbibhéti, bháyate*
107to sleepsvápitisuvaï
108to livejī́vati
109to diemriyátemaraï
110to killhántimārei
111to fightyúdhyatejujjhaï
112to huntveti
113to hithánti, tāḍáyati
114to cutkṛntáticiṃdaï*kāpivaüṃ
115to splitbhináttivaṃṭaï*
116to stabvídhyati
117to scratchlikhátilihaï
118to digkhánatikhaṇaï
119to swimplávate
120to flypátatiuḍḍeiuḍivaüṃ, ūḍivaüṃ
121to walkéti, gácchati, cáraticalaï, gacchaï*
122to comeā́gacchatiāgacchaï, eiāvivaüṃ
123to lie (as in a bed)śéte
124to sitsī́datiuvavisaï
125to standtíṣṭhaticiṭṭhaï*, ṭhāi, ṭhāāi*
126to turn (intransitive)vártatevalaï
127to fallpádyatepaḍaïpaḍivaüṃ
128to givedádātideidenā
129to holddháratidharaï
130to squeezemṛdnā́ti
131to rubghárṣatighāsaï
132to washkṣā́layati
133to wipemā́rṣṭi
134to pullkárṣati
135to pushnudáti
136to throwkṣipátikhivaï
137to tiebadhnā́ti, bandhatibaṃdhaï
138to sewsī́vyatisivvaï
139to countgáṇayati, kálategaṇei
140to sayváktibollaï*, bhaṇaï*kahivaüṃ, bolivaüṃ
141to singgā́yatigāaï
142to playdī́vyatikīlaï, khelaïramate
143to floatplávate
144to flowsárati, kṣáratisaraï
145to freeześī́yate
146to swellśváyati
147sunsū́rya, ravi, sū́ra, bhāskara
148moonmā́sa, candramas, candrácando
149starnákṣatra, stṛ́, tārātāraü
150waterjalá, áp, pānīya, vā́ri, udán, tojajala, vāripāṇī
151rainvarṣápāusaboriṣoṇo
152rivernadī́ṇaīgaṅgo
153lakesáras
154seasamudrá
155saltlavaṇálūṇa
156stoneáśman
157sandpāṃsú, śíkatāvāluā
158dustreṇúdhūlī
159earthkṣám, pṛthvī́puhavī, mahī, bhūmi
160cloudnábhas, megháabbha, meha
161fogmíh
162skyākāśáṇahaaṃbara
163windvāyú, vā́tavāu
164snowhimá, tuṣāra, tuhina
165icehimá
166smokedhūmá
167fireagníaggi
168ashā́sa
169to burndahatijalaï
170roadpatha, ádhvan, mārgamagga, vaṭṭamāgadhonu, baṭo
171mountaingirí, párvatapavvaya
172redrakta, róhita
173greenharit, harita, pā́lāśa, palāśa
174yellowpīta, pītalapīvala
175whiteśvetápaṃḍura
176blackkṛṣṇákālakālaüṃ
177nightrā́tri, nákti, kṣáp, rajanī
178daydiná, áhar, divasaroja
179yearvarṣá, saṃvatsarabarasa
180warmtaptá
181coldśītásīala
182fullpūrṇá
183newnáva, nū́tana
184oldjīrṇá, vṛddhá, purātanajuṇṇa
185goodvásu, bhadrásāhu*
186badpāpá, duṣṭaduṭṭha*
187rottenpū́ti
188dirtymalina, samala
189straightṛjú, sādhúuju
190roundvṛttá, vartula
191sharp (as a knife)tīkṣṇátikkha
192dull (as a knife)kuṇṭha
193smoothślakṣṇá, snigdhá
194wetārdrá, klinnáolla
195dryśúṣka
196correctśuddhá, satyá
197nearneda*, prati*uva-*urahaüṃ
198fardūrádūraāghaüṃ
199rightdákṣiṇadakkhiṇa
200leftsavyábamo
201atlocative caselocative case
202inlocative caselocative casemaï, māṃhi
203withsahásahasiuṃ
204andcacaanaïaru
205ifyádijaï
206because
207namenā́manṇāma
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