Appendix:Sardinian Swadesh list

This is a Swadesh list of words in Sardinian, compared with definitions in English.

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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.

List

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EnglishSardinian
sardu
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1I (1sg)deo
2you (2sg)tue
3he, she, it (3sg)issu
4we (1pl)nois
5you (2pl)bois
6they (3pl)issos
7thiscustu
8thatcuddu
9hereinoghe
10thereaddaeche
11whochie
12whatitte, chi
13whereube
14whencando
15howcomente
16notnono
17alltotu
18manytantu
19somecarchi
20fewpacu
21otheràtteru
22oneunu
23twoduos
24threetres
25fourbattor
26fivechimbe
27bigmannu
28longlongu
29widelàrgu
30thickispìssu
31heavypesante
32smallpitzinnu
33shortcurtu
34narrowistrintu
35thinsuttile
36womanfemina
37man (adult male)omine
38man (human being)persona
39childpitzinnu
40wifepobidda
41husbandmaridu
42mothermama
43fatherbabbu
44animalanimale
45fishpische
46birdpuzone
47dogcane
48lousepeugu
49snakeserpente
50wormberme
51treealvure
52forestbuscu
53stickbastone
54fruitfrutta
55seedsemene
56leaffoza
57rootraighina
58bark (of a tree)iscortza
59flowerflore
60grasserva
61ropecorda
62skinpedde
63meatpetta
64bloodsambene
65boneossu
66fat (noun)grassu
67eggou
68horncorru
69tailcoa
70featherpinna
71hairpilos
72headconca
73earorija
74eyeoju
75nosenasu
76mouthbucca
77toothdente
78tongue (organ)limba
79fingernailugna
80footpe’
81legcamba
82kneebenuju
83handmanu
84wingala
85bellypanza
86gutsbolloros
87neckcollu
88backischina
89breastpettus
90heartcoro
91liverfidigu
92to drinkbiere
93to eatpappare
94to bitemordere
95to sucksuere
96to spitistuppiare
97to vomitistercorare
98to blowbuffare
99to breatherespirare
100to laughriere
101to seevìdere
102to hearsentire
103to knowischire
104to thinkpensare
105to smellannajare
106to feartimere
107to sleepdormire
108to livevivere
109to diemorrere
110to killocchiere, abbutzianare
111to fightcumbattere
112to huntcatzare
113to hitcolpare
114to cuttagliare, mutzare
115to splitdividire, ispartzire
116to stabpugnalare, istoccadare
117to scratchiscarrafare
118to digiscavare
119to swimnadare
120to flybolare
121to walkcaminare
122to comebennere
123to lie (as in a bed)giacchire
124to sitsentare
125to standistare in cambas
126to turn (intransitive)boltare
127to fallruere
128to givedare
129to holdtennere
130to squeezeispremere
131to rubfrigare
132to washilloddiare
133to wipeassugare
134to pulltirare
135to pushispinghere
136to throwfrundire
137to tieligare
138to sewcosire
139to countcontare
140to saynarrere
141to singcantare
142to playgiogare
143to floatgallizare
144to flowiscurrere
145to freezeastragare
146to swellabburvuddare
147sunsole
148moonluna
149staristeddu
150waterabba
151rainpioza
152riverflumene
153lakelagu
154seamare
155saltsale
156stonepedra
157sandrena
158dustpruine
159earthterra
160cloudnue
161fogneula
162skychelu
163windbentu
164snownie
165iceghiatzu, astragu
166smokefumu
167firefogu
168ashchisina
169to burnfogulare
170roadistrada
171mountainmonte
172redruiu
173greenbirde
174yellowgrogu, giallu
175whitearvu
176blacknieddu
177nightnotte
178daydie
179yearannu
180warmcalidu
181coldfrittu
182fullpienu
183newnou
184oldbetzu
185goodbonu
186badmalosu
187rottenmartzu
188dirtyisporcu
189straightdrittu
190roundredundu
191sharp (as a knife)arrodadu
192dull (as a knife)atturussu
193smoothliju
194wetbagnadu
195drysiccu
196correctgiustu
197nearaffacca
198faraddae
199rightdresta
200leftmanca
201ata
202inin
203withcun
204ande
205ifsi
206becausepro itte
207namenomene
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