Appendix:Betawi Swadesh list

This is a Swadesh list of words in Betawi, compared with definitions in English. The Betawi language has the ISO 639-3 language code: [bew].

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For further information, including the full final version of the list, read the Wikipedia article: Swadesh list.

American linguist Morris Swadesh believed that languages changed at measurable rates and that these could be determined even for languages without written precursors. Using vocabulary lists, he sought to understand not only change over time but also the relationships of extant languages. To be able to compare languages from different cultures, he based his lists on meanings he presumed would be available in as many cultures as possible. He then used the fraction of agreeing cognates between any two related languages to compute their divergence time by some (still debated) algorithms. Starting in 1950 with 165 meanings, his list grew to 215 in 1952, which was so expansive that many languages lacked native vocabulary for some terms. Subsequently, it was reduced to 207, and reduced much further to 100 meanings in 1955. A reformulated list was published posthumously in 1971.

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No. English Betawi
Omong Betawi
ᮠᮧᮙᮧᮀ​ᮘᮦᮒᮝᮤ
ꦲꦺꦴꦩꦺꦴꦁ​ꦧꦼꦠꦮꦶ
1 I aye, ane, gue, gua, gw, ogut
2 you (singular) ente, lu, lo, elu, eluh, loe
3 he, she, it die
4 we kite
5 you (plural) lu pade, lo pade, elu pade, eluh pade, loe pade
6 they ntu orang
7 this ni, nih
8 that tu, tuh, ntu, ntuh
9 here mari, di sini, di sinih
10 there sono, sonoh, gidah
11 who sape, sapa
12 what ape
13 where di mane
14 when kapan
15 how gimana, gimane
16 not kaga, kagak, ora, petot
17 all semue
18 many abreg (ngabreg, seabreg), ngengke (sengengkean) jibun (bejibun)
19 some beberape, sekian
20 few dikit
21 other laen, beda
22 one tu, satu
23 two wa, duwa
24 three ga, tiga
25 four pat, empat
26 five ma, lima
27 big gede
28 long manjang
29 wide lega, lebar
30 thick tebel
31 heavy brat, berat
32 small cilik, kecil
33 short buntet, bogel
34 narrow jubel, sempit
35 thin tipis
36 woman cewe, cewek, wadon
37 man (adult male) cowo, cowok, lanang
38 man (human being) manusie
39 child anak
40 wife bini, garwa
41 husband laki, garwa
42 mother enya, enyak, nyak, nyokap
43 father babe, bokap
44 animal binatang
45 fish lauk, ikan
46 bird manuk, burung
47 dog anjing, kirik (puppy)
48 louse tuma
49 snake uler
50 worm cacing
51 tree batang
52 forest alas
53 stick ranting
54 fruit buah
55 seed bibit, benih
56 leaf daon
57 root akar
58 bark (of a tree) babagan
59 flower kembang
60 grass rumput
61 rope tali
62 skin kulit
63 meat daging
64 blood dara
65 bone tulang
66 fat (noun) gajih
67 egg telor
68 horn tanduk
69 tail buntut
70 feather bulu
71 hair rambut
72 head pala, pale
73 ear kuping
74 eye mata, mate
75 nose idung
76 mouth mulut, congor
77 tooth gigi
78 tongue (organ) ilat, lidah, lati
79 fingernail kuku
80 foot suku, kaki
81 leg tungke
82 knee dengkul
83 hand tangan
84 wing sewiwi, sayap
85 belly perut
86 guts usus
87 neck leher
88 back geger, punggung
89 breast tetek, payudara
90 heart jantung
91 liver ati
92 to drink inom (minum)
93 to eat nglenyom, dahar, nyogroh (eating with hand), gado (ngegado) (eating raw), gegares (ngegares) (eating greedily), nyarap (breakfast), mindo (brunch), lebok (nglebok)
94 to bite cokot (nyokot)
95 to suck kenyot (ngenyot), isep (ngisep)
96 to spit iler (ngiler)
97 to vomit gumoh
98 to blow sebul (nyebul)
99 to breathe ambek (ambekan), ambeg (ambegan)
100 to laugh kakak (ngakak), engkel
101 to see liat (ngeliat), longok (ngelongok, impleng (ngimpleng)
102 to hear danges (ngedanges)
103 to know ngerti, ngarti
104 to think pikir (mikir)
105 to smell ambung (ngambung)
106 to fear kicep, kirig (kekirig)
107 to sleep molor
108 to live idup, urip
109 to die mampus, modar
110 to kill bunuh (ngebunuh)
111 to fight tawur (tawuran), gelut, tengkar
112 to hunt kejer (ngejer)
113 to hit jotos (njotos), dodog (ngedodog), gedig (ngegedig)
114 to cut potong (motong
115 to split belah (ngebelah)
116 to stab tujes (nujes), tohok (nohok), jleb (ngajleb)
117 to scratch kedik (kekedik, kekedikan)
118 to dig gali (ngegali)
119 to swim kebak (ngebak)
120 to fly miber
121 to walk jalan
122 to come dateng, sampe
123 to lie (as in a bed) layab (nglayab)
124 to sit deprok, gesor, sila
125 to stand jogrog (ngejogrog), jegir
126 to turn (intransitive) tegong (negong), belok
127 to fall joprak (ngejoprak)
128 to give angsrong (angsrongin), kasi (ngasi)
129 to hold pegang (megang), gandeng (ngegandeng) (holding hand)
130 to squeeze peres (meres)
131 to rub gosok (ngosok, ngegosok)
132 to wash kumbah (ngumbah)
133 to wipe usek (ngusek), elus (ngelus)
134 to pull betot (ngebetot)
135 to push jorog (jorogin)
136 to throw timpuk (nimpuk)
137 to tie cancang (nyancang), iket (ngiket)
138 to sew kelim (ngelim)
139 to count reken (ngereken)
140 to say ujar (ngujar)
141 to sing nyanyi
142 to play dulin, maen
143 to float apung (ngapung)
144 to flow cucur, kucur (ngucur)
145 to freeze beku (ngebeku)
146 to swell kebi (ngebi)
147 sun surya
148 moon rembulan
149 star rasi
150 water aer, tirta, banyu
151 rain ujan
152 river kali, ci
153 lake telaga
154 sea segara, laut
155 salt garem, uyah
156 stone batu
157 sand pasir
158 dust lawu
159 earth bumi
160 cloud awan
161 fog kabut
162 sky langit
163 wind angin
164 snow salju, kembang es
165 ice es
166 smoke asep
167 fire api
168 ash awu
169 to burn tambus (nambus)
170 road jalanan
171 mountain gunung
172 red merah
173 green ijo
174 yellow kuning
175 white puti, putih
176 black item, gaok
177 night malem
178 day ari
179 year taun
180 warm anget
181 cold dingin
182 full luber, jubel
183 new gres, anyar
184 old lama, lawas, tua
185 good bae, baek
186 bad bejat, dablong
187 rotten bonto, rodok, anyir
188 dirty ngeres, belepotan
189 straight lurus
190 round bunder
191 sharp (as a knife) tajem
192 dull (as a knife) ketul
193 smooth licin
194 wet klebes, lepek
195 dry kerontang
196 correct bener
197 near deket
198 far tangeh
199 right betengen
200 left bekiwa
201 at di
202 in dalem, kutet
203 with bareng, ame, ama
204 and ame, ama
205 if kalo
206 because soalnye, soalnya
207 name name, nama

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Swadesh lists
Individual languages
Language families, family branches, and geographic groupings
Constructed languages
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