This is a Swadesh list of words in Pali, compared with definitions in English.
| № | English | Pali
pāli
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| 1 | I (1sg) | ahaṃ |
| 2 | you (2sg) | tvaṃ |
| 3 | he, she, it (3sg) | so, sa |
| 4 | we (1pl) | amhe, mayaṃ |
| 5 | you (2pl) | tumhe |
| 6 | they (3pl) | te, tā, tāni |
| 7 | this | ayaṃ, sa |
| 8 | that | asu, tad |
| 9 | here | idha, attha |
| 10 | there | tattha |
| 11 | who | ka |
| 12 | what | ka, kiṃ |
| 13 | where | kattha |
| 14 | when | karāhi, kadā |
| 15 | how | kathaṃ |
| 16 | not | na |
| 17 | all | sabba |
| 18 | many | bahu |
| 19 | some | eke (plural of {{m|pi|eka}}), koci |
| 20 | few | appa |
| 21 | other | añña, apara |
| 22 | one | eka |
| 23 | two | dve |
| 24 | three | tayo |
| 25 | four | catur |
| 26 | five | pañca |
| 27 | big | mahant |
| 28 | long | dīgha |
| 29 | wide | uru |
| 30 | thick | bahala, gahana, ghana |
| 31 | heavy | garu |
| 32 | small | khudda, thoka |
| 33 | short | |
| 34 | narrow | |
| 35 | thin | |
| 36 | woman | itthī |
| 37 | man (adult male) | purisa, nara |
| 38 | man (human being) | jana, manussa |
| 39 | child | bālaka |
| 40 | wife | dāra, bhariyā |
| 41 | husband | pati |
| 42 | mother | mātar |
| 43 | father | pitar |
| 44 | animal | mig (also 'antelope') |
| 45 | fish | maccha |
| 46 | bird | pakkhin |
| 47 | dog | kukkura, suvaṇa |
| 48 | louse | ūkā |
| 49 | snake | sappa, ahi |
| 50 | worm | kimi |
| 51 | tree | rukkha |
| 52 | forest | vana |
| 53 | stick | laṭṭhi |
| 54 | fruit | phala |
| 55 | seed | bīja |
| 56 | leaf | patti |
| 57 | root | mūla |
| 58 | bark (of a tree) | taca |
| 59 | flower | puppha |
| 60 | grass | tiṇa, ghāsa |
| 61 | rope | rajju |
| 62 | skin | camma |
| 63 | meat | maṃsa |
| 64 | blood | lohita |
| 65 | bone | aṭṭhi |
| 66 | fat (noun) | meda |
| 67 | egg | aṇḍa |
| 68 | horn | singa |
| 69 | tail | puccha |
| 70 | feather | paṇṇa, patta |
| 71 | hair | kesa |
| 72 | head | sira |
| 73 | ear | kaṇṇa |
| 74 | eye | akkhi |
| 75 | nose | nāsā |
| 76 | mouth | mukha |
| 77 | tooth | danta |
| 78 | tongue (organ) | jivhā |
| 79 | fingernail | nakha |
| 80 | foot | pāda |
| 81 | leg | janghā |
| 82 | knee | jānu |
| 83 | hand | hattha |
| 84 | wing | pakkha |
| 85 | belly | udara |
| 86 | guts | antavaṭṭi |
| 87 | neck | gīva |
| 88 | back | piṭṭha |
| 89 | breast | thana |
| 90 | heart | hadaya |
| 91 | liver | yakana |
| 92 | to drink | pivati |
| 93 | to eat | adeti |
| 94 | to bite | ḍasati |
| 95 | to suck | cūsati |
| 96 | to spit | oṭṭhubhati |
| 97 | to vomit | vamati |
| 98 | to blow | dhamati |
| 99 | to breathe | sasati |
| 100 | to laugh | hasati |
| 101 | to see | dakkhati |
| 102 | to hear | suṇāti |
| 103 | to know | jānāti |
| 104 | to think | cinteti |
| 105 | to smell | gandha |
| 106 | to fear | dara |
| 107 | to sleep | supati |
| 108 | to live | jīvati |
| 109 | to die | marati |
| 110 | to kill | māreti |
| 111 | to fight | yodheti |
| 112 | to hunt | migava |
| 113 | to hit | abhihanati |
| 114 | to cut | karati |
| 115 | to split | bhindati |
| 116 | to stab | chūriyāhanati |
| 117 | to scratch | likhati |
| 118 | to dig | khaṇati |
| 119 | to swim | pilavati |
| 120 | to fly | uḍḍeti |
| 121 | to walk | carati |
| 122 | to come | āyāti, āgacchati |
| 123 | to lie (as in a bed) | seti |
| 124 | to sit | nisīdati |
| 125 | to stand | tiṭṭhati |
| 126 | to turn (intransitive) | vaṭṭati |
| 127 | to fall | patati |
| 128 | to give | dadāti |
| 129 | to hold | dharati |
| 130 | to squeeze | nippīḷeti |
| 131 | to rub | ghaṃsati |
| 132 | to wash | dhopati |
| 133 | to wipe | majjati |
| 134 | to pull | khaḍḍati |
| 135 | to push | nudati |
| 136 | to throw | khipati |
| 137 | to tie | bandhati |
| 138 | to sew | sibbati |
| 139 | to count | gaṇeti |
| 140 | to say | vatti |
| 141 | to sing | gāyati |
| 142 | to play | kīḷati |
| 143 | to float | palavati |
| 144 | to flow | dhāvati |
| 145 | to freeze | sīyati |
| 146 | to swell | phāti |
| 147 | sun | suriya |
| 148 | moon | canda |
| 149 | star | tārakā |
| 150 | water | jala, āpa |
| 151 | rain | vassa |
| 152 | river | nadī |
| 153 | lake | sara |
| 154 | sea | samudda |
| 155 | salt | loṇa |
| 156 | stone | asama |
| 157 | sand | sikatā |
| 158 | dust | reṇu |
| 159 | earth | bhūmi |
| 160 | cloud | megha |
| 161 | fog | mahikā |
| 162 | sky | akāsa |
| 163 | wind | vāta |
| 164 | snow | hima |
| 165 | ice | phāti |
| 166 | smoke | dhūma |
| 167 | fire | aggi |
| 168 | ash | bhasma |
| 169 | to burn | dahati |
| 170 | road | patha, magga |
| 171 | mountain | pabbata, giri |
| 172 | red | lohita |
| 173 | green | hari |
| 174 | yellow | pīta |
| 175 | white | sukka |
| 176 | black | kanha |
| 177 | night | ratti |
| 178 | day | diva, aṇha |
| 179 | year | vassa, sanvacchara |
| 180 | warm | ghamma |
| 181 | cold | sīta |
| 182 | full | puṇṇa |
| 183 | new | nava |
| 184 | old | vuḍḍha |
| 185 | good | bhaddaka, sundara |
| 186 | bad | pāpa |
| 187 | rotten | pūtika |
| 188 | dirty | malina |
| 189 | straight | ujju |
| 190 | round | guḷa |
| 191 | sharp (as a knife) | tikkha |
| 192 | dull (as a knife) | kuṇtha |
| 193 | smooth | saṇha |
| 194 | wet | adda |
| 195 | dry | sukkha |
| 196 | correct | utu |
| 197 | near | antika |
| 198 | far | dūra |
| 199 | right | dakhiṇa |
| 200 | left | vāma |
| 201 | at | locative case |
| 202 | in | antara |
| 203 | with | saha |
| 204 | and | ca |
| 205 | if | yadi |
| 206 | because | yāvatā |
| 207 | name | nāma |
