This is a Swadesh list of qfa-mus languages, specifically Creek, Choctaw and Chickasaw, compared with that of English.
Note: Additional vocabulary words have been added after word no. 207 ("name"), since the original lengths of Swadesh lists are either 100 or 207 words.
№ | English | Creek | Choctaw | Chickasaw |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | I | vne | ano | ano |
2 | you (singular) |
cēme | chishno | chi |
3 | he | ēme | yamma | yammat |
4 | we | pome | pishno, hapishno | |
5 | you (plural) |
cēmetake, centake | hachishno | |
6 | they | ēme | yamma | ho |
7 | this | heyv, yv | -pa, ilappa | |
8 | that | mv | -ma, yamma | |
9 | here | heyv, yv | pa, -pa, ilappa | |
10 | there | mi, mimv | ma, -ma, yamma | |
11 | who | esti, estimv | kata, kana | kata |
12 | what | nake, estómen, náken, hi | nata, na̱na | nanta |
13 | where | estv | katimma, katomma, kanomma, kanimma | katiyakta |
14 | when | estófvn | katimi, na̱ta, katiohmi | kati̱hkmak |
15 | how | estomē | katimichi | kati̱hsht |
16 | not | kust, hekúst, toko | kiyo | keyu |
17 | all | 'somvlkv | mo̱ma | moma |
18 | many | sulkē | lawa | lawa |
19 | some | vpvlwv | kanohmi | |
20 | few | nvcomē | kanohmi | |
21 | other | hvmke | i̱la | |
22 | one | hvmken | achaffa | |
23 | two | hokkolen | toklo | |
24 | three | tutcēnen | tochchina | |
25 | four | osten | oshta | |
26 | five | cvhkēpen | talhlhapi | |
27 | big | rakkē | chito | |
28 | long | cvpkē | falaya | |
29 | wide | tvphē | patha | |
30 | thick | cekfē | sokko | |
31 | heavy | hone, honhoyē | wiki | |
32 | small | cutkē | chipo̱ta | |
33 | short | kocoknē | kolhkoki | |
34 | narrow | tvskocē | atikkonofa | |
35 | thin | tvskocē | tapaski | |
36 | woman | hoktē | ohoyo | ihō |
37 | man (adult male) |
honvnwv | nakni, hattak | |
38 | man (human being) |
este | hattak | |
39 | child (a youth) |
estuce | alla | |
40 | wife | hiwv, ehiwv. | tikchi | |
41 | husband | ehē, hē | hattak | |
42 | mother | eckē | ishki | ishki |
43 | father | erkē | i̱ki | |
44 | animal | ponvttv | powa, alhpowa, napowa, toni | |
45 | fish | rvro | nani | |
46 | bird | foswv | hoshi | |
47 | dog | efv | ofi | |
48 | louse | eckv | issap | issap |
49 | snake | cetto | si̱ti | sinti |
50 | worm | cuntv | ha̲shwish | |
51 | tree | eto | itti | |
52 | forest | eto-vlke | ko̱wi | |
53 | stick (of wood) |
etuce | ititana̱pa, ittikobahli | |
54 | fruit | nak-lokce | ani | |
55 | seed | nērkv | atia | |
56 | leaf | 'to-esse | hishi | |
57 | root | yvlonkv | ashkatala | |
58 | bark (of tree) |
eto-hvrpe | akchalhpi | |
59 | flower | pakpvkuce | himmita | |
60 | grass | pvhe | hashshok | |
61 | rope | eswvnakv | asita | |
62 | skin (of a person) |
hvrpe, ehvrpe | hakshop | |
63 | meat (as in flesh) |
vpeswv | nipi | nipi |
64 | blood | catv | issish | issish |
65 | bone | fone, efone | foni | foni |
66 | fat (noun) |
neha | bila Note: niya "to be fat" |
niha |
67 | egg | custake | aka̱kushi (aka̱koshi) | akankoshi |
68 | horn | yvpe, eyvpe | lapish | lapish |
69 | tail | hvce, ehvce | hasi̱bish | |
70 | feather (rather not down) |
tafv | hishi | |
71 | hair | ekv-esse, esse | pa̱shi, ippa̱shi | |
72 | head | ekv | noshkobo | ishkobo |
73 | ear | hvcko, ehvcko | haksobish | |
74 | eye | torwv | nishkin | |
75 | nose | yopo | ibishakni | |
76 | mouth | cokwv | itakha | |
77 | tooth (rather not molar) |
nute, enute | noti | |
78 | tongue | tolaswv, etolaswv | isso̱lash | |
79 | fingernail | enkososowv | ibbak chosh | |
80 | foot | ele | iyyi | |
81 | leg | ele | hanali | |
82 | knee | torkowv, le-torkowv | ittolhpi | |
83 | hand | enke | ibbak | |
84 | wing | tvrpv | ali | |
85 | belly | nvrke, envrke | iffoka | |
86 | guts | ofv-pokv (entrails; archaic) | iskona | |
87 | neck | nokwv | ikko̱la | |
88 | back | era | olbal | |
89 | breast | pesē, epesē | ikkishii | |
90 | heart | fēke | cho̱kash | |
91 | liver | lope, elope | issalakha | |
92 | to drink | esketv | ishko | |
93 | to eat | hompetv | apa | |
94 | to bite | akketv | kapoli | |
95 | to suck | yolketv | pishi, sho̱ka | |
96 | to spit | tofketv | tufa | |
97 | to vomit | vwotetv | howita | |
98 | to blow (as wind) |
hotvletv | mahli | |
99 | to breathe | hesaketv | fiopa | |
100 | to laugh | vpeletv | yoppa | |
101 | to see | hecetv | pisa | |
102 | to hear | pohetv | haklo | |
103 | to know (a fact) |
kerretv | ikha̱na | |
104 | to think | vkerricetv | 'ahni | |
105 | to smell (sense odor) |
vwenayetv | hu̱wa | |
106 | to fear | penkáletv, fēk-súmketv | nokshopa, komota | |
107 | to sleep | nocetv | nosi | |
108 | to live | hesaketv | okchaya, atta | |
109 | to die | eletv | illi | |
110 | to kill | elēcetv | abi | |
111 | to fight | etepoyetv | itibbi | |
112 | to hunt (transitive) |
fayetv | abi | |
113 | to hit | nvfketv | isso | |
114 | to cut | sing.:tvcetv plur.: lvffetv | bashli | |
115 | to split | fvlvbetv | palhali | |
116 | to stab (or stick) |
sekēyetv | bali | |
117 | to scratch (an itch) |
hos'ketv, wósetv | kalaffi | |
118 | to dig | korretv | itakshish kulli | |
119 | to swim | omiyetv | okshinilli | |
120 | to fly | tvmketv | hika/heli | |
121 | to walk | yvkvpetv | nowa | |
122 | to come | v'lelv (of one), vthóyetv (of two), v'wetv (of three) | minti | |
123 | to lie (as on one's side) |
wakketv (of one), wakhoketv (of two), lumhetv (of three) | itula, tvshka | |
124 | to sit | ohliketv | binili | |
125 | to stand | hueretv | atelifa | |
126 | to turn (change direction) |
sing.: fiketv dual: fihoketv plur.: fvyvcetv | afinni | |
127 | to fall (as in drop) |
lvtketv | ittula | |
128 | to give | emetv | ima | |
129 | to hold (in one's hand) |
hokli | ||
130 | to squeeze | wetenetv | bocholi | |
131 | to rub | poroyetv | munfa | |
132 | to wash | sing.: okkosetv plur.: okkoskuecetv | achefa | |
133 | to wipe | hvsvtecetv | kasholichi | |
134 | to pull | ahvlvtetv | halvlli | |
135 | to push | vhepvketv | tobli | |
136 | to throw | pila | ||
137 | to tie | takchi | ||
138 | to sew | achunli | ||
139 | to count | hotina | ||
140 | to say | aachi | ||
141 | to sing | taloa | ||
142 | to play | olachi | ||
143 | to float | okpalali | ||
144 | to flow | yanvlli | ||
145 | to freeze | kalampi | ||
146 | to swell | chitoli | ||
147 | sun | hvshi | ||
148 | moon | hvshi ninak a̲ya | ||
149 | star | fichik | ||
150 | water | oka | ||
151 | rain | o̱ba | ||
152 | river | bok | ||
153 | lake | haiyip, okhvta | ||
154 | sea (as in ocean) |
okhuta chito | ||
155 | salt | hvpi | ||
156 | stone | tali | ||
157 | sand | shinuk | ||
158 | dust | hittuk | ||
159 | earth (as in soil) |
ēkvnv | yakni | |
160 | cloud | vholoce | hoshonti | |
161 | fog | oktohbi | ||
162 | sky | sotv | shutik | |
163 | wind (as in breeze) |
hotvle | mahli | |
164 | snow | oktusha | ||
165 | ice | okti | ||
166 | smoke | shoboli | ||
167 | fire | totkv | lowak | |
168 | ash | hitokchobi | ||
169 | to burn (intransitive) |
libbi, lua | ||
170 | road | hina | ||
171 | mountain | nvnih chaha | ||
172 | red | catē | homma | |
173 | green | lanē | okchamali | |
174 | yellow | lanē | lakna | |
175 | white | hvtkē | tohbi | |
176 | black | lvstē | lusa | |
177 | night | ninak | ||
178 | day (daytime) |
nittak | ||
179 | year | ohrolopē | afvmmi | |
180 | warm (as in weather) |
libisha | ||
181 | cold (as in weather) |
kapvssa | ||
182 | full | kaiya | ||
183 | new | himona | ||
184 | old | vculē | hlipa | |
185 | good | hēnrē | achukma | |
186 | bad | okpúlo | ||
187 | rotten (as, a log) |
shua | ||
188 | dirty | litiha | ||
189 | straight | anli | ||
190 | round | lumbo | ||
191 | sharp (as a knife) |
halukpa | ||
192 | dull (as a knife) |
ik halukpo | ||
193 | smooth | halasbi | ||
194 | wet | lvcha | ||
195 | dry (adjective) |
kvrpē | shileli | |
196 | right (correct) |
a̲hli | ||
197 | near | bili̲ka | ||
198 | far | inhopaki | ||
199 | right (side) |
isht impak imma | ||
200 | left (side) |
afabi | ||
201 | at | itoma | ||
202 | in | anu̲ka | ||
203 | with (accompanying) |
awant | ||
204 | and | micha | ||
205 | if | ikma | ||
206 | because | kanimi na | ||
207 | name | hocefkv | hohchifo | |
208 | house | coko | chukka | |
209 | wall | hospv | tali holihta | |
210 | deer | eco | issi | |
211 | mouse | cesse | pinti | |
212 | rabbit | cofe | chukfi | |
213 | eagle | lvmhe | o̲si | |
214 | spider | vcokrvnwv | chulhkan | |
215 | face | tolofv | nashshuka | |
216 | body | ena | haknip | |
217 | navel | hocowv, hocewv | itambish | |
218 | finger | enke-wesakv (Oklahoma), Enke-hesakv (Florida) | ibbak ushi | |
219 | sick (painful) |
enokkē | abeka | |
220 | needle | cufunwv (Muscogee), esropottv (Seminole) | nishkin ansha | |
221 | clothing | accvkē | fóhka, náfka | |
222 | thunder | tenētkē | hiloha | |
223 | lightning | vtokyehattē | malvhta | |
224 | above | onvpv | inshali | |
225 | below | lecv, elecv | nutaka | |
226 | to cough | ohoketv | hotilhko | |
227 | to buy | nesetv | cho̱pa | |
228 | to choose | enhopoyetv | alhtoka | |
229 | to grow | amahetv (to grow tall), hontetv (to sprout) | offo, wayya, hofa̱ti | |
230 | to open | hvwecetv | tiwwi | |
231 | to steal | horkopetv | ho̱kopa | |
232 | to dream | vpuecetv | aholhpokonna, nosika | |
233 | to cry | hakih'ketv, hakepecetv | yaya | |
234 | to yawn | nocayetv | chisimoha | |
235 | to cook | nori-cetv, hompetv-hayetv, Nor-etv | honni, hopōni, nonāchi | |
236 | six | ēpaken | hannāli | |
237 | seven | kolvpaken | o̱toklo | |
238 | eight | cenvpaken | o̱tochchina | |
239 | nine | ostvpaken | chakkāli | |
240 | ten | palen | pokkōli |