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Appendix:Jamaican Creole Swadesh list

No. English Jamaican Creole
Jumiekan Patwa
1 I mi
2 you (singular) yuh
3 he, she, it im, shi, it
4 we wi
5 you (plural) unu
6 they dem
7 this dis
8 that dat
9 here ya, hya
10 there deh
11 who uu
12 what wa
13 where we
14 when wen
15 how hou
16 not no
17 all aal
18 many nof
19 some sum
20 few kopl
21 other anieda
22 one wan
23 two tuu
24 three chrii
25 four fuo
26 five faib
27 big big, laaj
28 long lang, taal
29 wide waid
30 thick
31 heavy hebi
32 small likl, smaal
33 short shaat
34 narrow naro
35 thin liin, kraani
36 woman uman
37 man (adult male) man
38 man (human being) piipl
39 child pikni
40 wife waif
41 husband ozban
42 mother mada
43 father faada
44 animal animal
45 fish fish
46 bird bod
47 dog daag
48 louse
49 snake siniek
50 worm worm
51 tree chrii
52 forest faris
53 stick tik
54 fruit fruut
55 seed siid
56 leaf liif
57 root ruut
58 bark (of a tree) baak
59 flower flowaz
60 grass graas
61 rope ruop
62 skin skin
63 meat miit
64 blood blod
65 bone buon
66 fat (noun) fat
67 egg eg
68 horn aan
69 tail tiel
70 feather feda
71 hair ier
72 head ed
73 ear iez
74 eye yai, yeye
75 nose nuoz
76 mouth mout
77 tooth tiit
78 tongue (organ) tong
79 fingernail fingganiel
80 foot fut
81 leg fut
82 knee nii
83 hand an
84 wing wing
85 belly beli
86 guts
87 neck nek
88 back bak
89 breast bres
90 heart aat
91 liver
92 to drink jringk
93 to eat nyam, iit
94 to bite bait
95 to suck
96 to spit pit
97 to vomit vamit
98 to blow bluo
99 to breathe bret
100 to laugh laaf
101 to see si
102 to hear ier
103 to know nuo
104 to think tingk
105 to smell sumel
106 to fear fraitn
107 to sleep sliip
108 to live liv
109 to die ded
110 to kill kil
111 to fight fait
112 to hunt
113 to hit hit, lik
114 to cut kot
115 to split plit
116 to stab tab
117 to scratch
118 to dig dig
119 to swim swim
120 to fly flai
121 to walk waak
122 to come kom
123 to lie (as in a bed) lai dong
124 to sit sidong
125 to stand tan
126 to turn (intransitive) ton
127 to fall faal
128 to give gi
129 to hold uol
130 to squeeze
131 to rub rob
132 to wash wash
133 to wipe waip
134 to pull jraa
135 to push push
136 to throw dash
137 to tie tai
138 to sew
139 to count kount
140 to say se
141 to sing sing
142 to play plie
143 to float
144 to flow
145 to freeze
146 to swell swelop
147 sun son
148 moon muun
149 star staar
150 water waata
151 rain rien
152 river riva
153 lake liek
154 sea sii
155 salt saal
156 stone stuon
157 sand san
158 dust dos
159 earth ort
160 cloud kloud
161 fog fag
162 sky skai
163 wind win
164 snow sunuo
165 ice ais
166 smoke sumuok
167 fire faiya
168 ash ashiz
169 to burn bon
170 road ruod
171 mountain mountn
172 red red
173 green griin
174 yellow yelo
175 white wait
176 black blak
177 night nait
178 day die
179 year ier
180 warm waam
181 cold kuol
182 full ful
183 new nyuu
184 old uol
185 good gud
186 bad bad
187 rotten ratn
188 dirty doti
189 straight chriet
190 round roun
191 sharp (as a knife) shaap
192 dull (as a knife)
193 smooth simuud
194 wet wetiweti
195 dry jrai
196 correct karek
197 near nier
198 far for
199 right rait
200 left lef
201 at a
202 in iin, iina
203 with wid
204 and an
205 if ef
206 because kaa, kaaz
207 name niem
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