This is a Swadesh list of words in Nihali, compared with definitions in English.
| № | English | Nihali निहाली edit (203) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I (1sg) | जॉ (jo) |
| 2 | you (2sg) | नॅ (ne) |
| 3 | he, she, it (3sg) | ऍटॅय (eṭey) (visible), ऍत्रॅय (etrey) (distant / invisible) |
| 4 | we (1pl) | इन्गिन (ingin) (ingi), त्येकॉ (ṭyēko) (dual), मनॅय (maney) |
| 5 | you (2pl) | ल (la) (lā), नाकॉ (nāko) (dual) |
| 6 | they (3pl) | ऍटल (eṭla), हिटकॅल (hiṭkel) (dual) |
| 7 | this | हॅरॅय (herey), हान (hān), हि (hi-) |
| 8 | that | इटि (iṭi), हिकि (hiki), हॉतव (hotaw) |
| 9 | here | हॅरॅय (herey), हिन (hin), इटिक (iṭika) |
| 10 | there | हॉउतिन (houtin), हटि (haṭi), हटिन कि (haṭin-ki) (hoṭka, haṭil, hutin-ki, uṭka, haṭi ka, haṭ ka, hin-ki, uṭka) |
| 11 | who | ननि (nani) |
| 12 | what | नान (nān) |
| 13 | where | मिन (min) (mingay, manga, minki) |
| 14 | when | मि (mi), मिरन (miran) |
| 15 | how | नु (nu), नव कि (naw-ki) |
| 16 | not | बॅथॅ (bethe) (beṭhe), हयॉम (hayom) |
| 17 | all | पूर (pūra) (pura), पार (pār) |
| 18 | many | अर्मन (arman), खरु (kharu) |
| 19 | some | जीस (jīsa) |
| 20 | few | कॅम्टि (kemṭi) (kemti), जीस (jīsa) |
| 21 | other | दूस्र (dūsra) (from Hindi) |
| 22 | one | बिडि (biḍi), बड (baḍa) |
| 23 | two | इरार (irār) (īːr, ēr) |
| 24 | three | मोठॉ (mōṭho) (moːṭh; from Dravidian) |
| 25 | four | नाल्कॉ (nālko) (nāl, nālkho, nal, nalko) |
| 26 | five | पाँसॉं (pā̃sõ) (from Hindi) |
| 27 | big | भाग (bhāga) (bhakka) |
| 28 | long | भाग (bhāga) (bhakka, bhaːgel) |
| 29 | wide | पसार (pasār), चव्ड (cawḍa) |
| 30 | thick | दाटॉ (daːṭo), दाटि (daːṭi), अद्दॉ (addo) (clothes) |
| 31 | heavy | जचॉम (jacom) (also jacyom) |
| 32 | small | बसॅल (basel), बच्क (backa) |
| 33 | short | बच्क (backa) |
| 34 | narrow | बच्क (backa) |
| 35 | thin | पतेर (patēr) |
| 36 | woman | कोल (kōl) |
| 37 | man (adult male) | मान्सॉ (maːnso) |
| 38 | man (human being) | कल्तॉ (kalto) (kalṭo), मन्त (man-ta) (man-ṭa) |
| 39 | child | बच्करि (backari), बक्रु (bakru) |
| 40 | wife | कोल (kōl) |
| 41 | husband | आटॉ (āṭo) (āṭho) |
| 42 | mother | माय (māy) |
| 43 | father | ब (ba), अब (aba), बातॅ (bāte) |
| 44 | animal | जन्वार (janwār) (from Hindi), नायर-सायर (nāyar-sāyar) (hedgehog-like), चाचॉ (cāco) (rat-like), सम्बोर (sambōr) (horse-like) |
| 45 | fish | चान (cān) |
| 46 | bird | पॉऍ (poe), प्यु (pyu) |
| 47 | dog | नाय (nāy) |
| 48 | louse | केपॅ (kēpe) |
| 49 | snake | कोगॉ (kōgo) |
| 50 | worm | चिकिन (cikin), जिल्नगुय्ज (jilnguyj) (jingluyt), भर्ध्वान (bhardhwān) (bhardhwan) |
| 51 | tree | आड्डॉ (āḍḍo) |
| 52 | forest | बॅन्दि (bendi) |
| 53 | stick | लक्ड़ि (lakṛi), दॅन्ग्र (ḍengra), आफॉ (āpho) (āpo, āpa) |
| 54 | fruit | फॉर (phor) |
| 55 | seed | बीजॉ (bījo) |
| 56 | leaf | पाल (pāla), साकॉम (sākom) (from Korku), चॉकॉब (cokob) (big leaf) |
| 57 | root | जाड़ि (jāṛi) (from Hindi) |
| 58 | bark (of a tree) | सालि (sāli) |
| 59 | flower | फूल (phūl) (from Hindi), ज्योति (jyōti) |
| 60 | grass | बोय (bōy) |
| 61 | rope | लाडॅन दॉर (laːḍen dora) |
| 62 | skin | टोल (ṭōl) (from Dravidian), खल (khal) |
| 63 | meat | काव (kāw) |
| 64 | blood | चॉर्टॉ (corṭo) |
| 65 | bone | पाक्टॉ (pākṭo) |
| 66 | fat (noun) | तेम (tēm) (ṭēm) |
| 67 | egg | कलॅन (kalen) |
| 68 | horn | सिन्गि (singi) |
| 69 | tail | पागॉ (pāgo) |
| 70 | feather | चाप (cāpa) (cāpha) |
| 71 | hair | कुगुसॉ (kuguso) |
| 72 | head | पेञ (pēñ) (peñ) |
| 73 | ear | चिगम (cigam) |
| 74 | eye | जिकित (jikit) |
| 75 | nose | चोन (cōn) (con) |
| 76 | mouth | कग्गॉ (kaggo) |
| 77 | tooth | मॅनगॅ (menge) |
| 78 | tongue (organ) | लाय (lāy), लाञ (lāñ) (from Korku) |
| 79 | fingernail | नक्खॉ (nakkho) |
| 80 | foot | खुरि (khuri) |
| 81 | leg | खुरि (khuri) |
| 82 | knee | तॉन्ग्रॅ (tongre) |
| 83 | hand | बक्कॉ (bakko) (hand and arm together) |
| 84 | wing | पाख (pākha) |
| 85 | belly | पोपॉ (pōpo), लाज (lāj) |
| 86 | guts | कॉटॉर (koṭor) |
| 87 | neck | गर्दन (gardan) (from Hindi) |
| 88 | back | सान्डि (sānḍi), बाव्रि (bhāwri) |
| 89 | breast | बुचु (bucu) |
| 90 | heart | दिल (dil) |
| 91 | liver | गद्रि (gadri) |
| 92 | to drink | डॅलॅन (ḍelen-) |
| 93 | to eat | त्ये (tyē-) (ṭyē-) |
| 94 | to bite | हरु (haru-) |
| 95 | to suck | सुलुत (sulut-) |
| 96 | to spit | थुकि (thuki-) |
| 97 | to vomit | अजिनि (ajini-) (adini) |
| 98 | to blow | भिगि (bhigi-) (bigi-) |
| 99 | to breathe | सासॉ (sāso-) |
| 100 | to laugh | हागॉ (hāgo-) |
| 101 | to see | आर (āra-) |
| 102 | to hear | चक्नि (cakni-) |
| 103 | to know | जान (jān-), मालुम (mālum) |
| 104 | to think | सॉचतिन (socatin-) |
| 105 | to smell | घनि (ghani) |
| 106 | to fear | चाव्गॉ (cāwgo-), चावक (cāwak-) |
| 107 | to sleep | कप्पॉ (kappo-) |
| 108 | to live | जिव्त (jiwta-) |
| 109 | to die | बॅत्तॉ (betto-) (beṭṭo-) |
| 110 | to kill | पड (paḍa-) |
| 111 | to fight | तागॉ झगड़ (tāgo-jhagaṛa) |
| 112 | to hunt | सिकर (sikar-) (from Hindi) |
| 113 | to hit | चेन्ड (ceːnḍa) |
| 114 | to cut | गन्ड (ganḍa-), चॅक्तॉ (cekṭo-), चानि (cāni-) (vegetables) |
| 115 | to split | पर कम (para-kam-), बॅतरि (bethri-) |
| 116 | to stab | सॉबॉ (sobo-) |
| 117 | to scratch | कॅर्सि (kersi), बदार (badār) |
| 118 | to dig | अचचि (acci-) |
| 119 | to swim | उयॅर (uyer-) |
| 120 | to fly | अफिर (aphir-) |
| 121 | to walk | कॉच (koca-) |
| 122 | to come | प्य (pya) (piya), पाटॉ (pāṭo) |
| 123 | to lie (as in a bed) | गॉथन (gothana-) |
| 124 | to sit | पॅटॅ (peṭe-) |
| 125 | to stand | चिप्पॉ (cippo-) |
| 126 | to turn (intransitive) | ढॅरॅ (ḍhere-) |
| 127 | to fall | चॅर्क (cerk-), उलट (ulṭaː-) |
| 128 | to give | बे (beː-), म (ma-) (from Korku) |
| 129 | to hold | चक (caka-), चॅक्कि (cekki-), झॅल (jhel-) |
| 130 | to squeeze | पॅट्टॉ (peṭṭo-) |
| 131 | to rub | उरुट (uruṭ-) ( uruḍ-) |
| 132 | to wash | सॉक्कॉ (sokko-), धव (dhaw) (clothes), ढो (ḍhoː-) (body) |
| 133 | to wipe | पुचॉ (puːco-) |
| 134 | to pull | ऑत्ति (otti-), खॅरि कम (kheri-kam-) |
| 135 | to push | धॅक्लि (dhekli-) (ḍhekli-), धक्क (dhakka-) (ḍhakka-, ḍukka-) |
| 136 | to throw | तार (tār), चेन्ड (ceːnḍa) |
| 137 | to tie | बॉक्कि (bokki-), बिट्ठाव (biṭṭhaːw) |
| 138 | to sew | सिम (sim-) |
| 139 | to count | उम (uma-) |
| 140 | to say | कायनि (kāyni-) |
| 141 | to sing | बारो (bāroː-) (baraw-) |
| 142 | to play | मेर (mēr-), ख्याल कम (khyāl-kam-) |
| 143 | to float | वेर (wēr-) (also uēr-, uyaːr-) |
| 144 | to flow | डॉक्स (ḍoksa-) |
| 145 | to freeze | |
| 146 | to swell | फुलटिनॅ (phulaṭine-), सारि (saːri) |
| 147 | sun | गॉम्बब (gombaba), दॅव्त (dewta) |
| 148 | moon | थॅन्डॅज (thenḍej) |
| 149 | star | पिफिन्जॉर (piphinjor) |
| 150 | water | जॉप्पॉ (joppo) |
| 151 | rain | मान्डॉ (mānḍo) |
| 152 | river | पराय (parāy) |
| 153 | lake | धरान (dharaːn), तलब (talab) |
| 154 | sea | समुद्र (samudra) |
| 155 | salt | चोपॉ (cōpo) |
| 156 | stone | चागॉ (cāgo) (also cārgo) |
| 157 | sand | बिटिल (biṭil) |
| 158 | dust | धुल्ल (dhulla) (ḍhulla) |
| 159 | earth | ऑटॅ (oṭe) |
| 160 | cloud | बद्र (badra) |
| 161 | fog | धुंअंर (dhũãr) |
| 162 | sky | आगसॉ (āgaso) |
| 163 | wind | ओर (ōra) |
| 164 | snow | |
| 165 | ice | |
| 166 | smoke | धुंययँ (dhũyyã) (duy) |
| 167 | fire | ऍन्गॅर (enger) |
| 168 | ash | नेतॉ (neːto) (neːṭu), निऍटॉ (nieṭo) (nieto) |
| 169 | to burn | लाव (lāw-), अडॅक (aḍek) (intransitive), लम्प्ट (lampṭa-) |
| 170 | road | डांय (ḍā̃y) (ḍāy) |
| 171 | mountain | डॉन्गॉर (ḍongor) |
| 172 | red | राट (rāṭa) |
| 173 | green | नील (nīla) |
| 174 | yellow | हर्दॉ (hardo) |
| 175 | white | पान्डॅर (pānḍer) |
| 176 | black | पॉपॉर (popor) |
| 177 | night | चिर्य (cirya), मिन्दि (mindi) |
| 178 | day | दिय (diya) (from Indo-Aryan), दिन (din) (from Hindi) |
| 179 | year | साल (sāl) |
| 180 | warm | चॅचकॉक (cecakoka), चच्कॉ (cacko) |
| 181 | cold | हिम (him) (him-ka), रबान (rabaːn) (Korku) |
| 182 | full | |
| 183 | new | नव (nawa) |
| 184 | old | जुन (juna), पाथ (pātha) (paːṭha), सान (saːna) |
| 185 | good | अवल (awal), मस्तॉ (masto) (masta), अयिन (ayin), पूर (puːr) (puar) |
| 186 | bad | आनड (ānḍa), बॅकर (bekar) |
| 187 | rotten | सरतिनि (saratini) |
| 188 | dirty | मोन्गॉ (mōngo) |
| 189 | straight | उब (uba), सीद (siːda), सर्क (sarka) |
| 190 | round | गोल (gōl) |
| 191 | sharp (as a knife) | भुम (bhum), लिचि-लिचि (lici-lici) |
| 192 | dull (as a knife) | भॉल (bhola), बॅभुम (bebhum) (bebbhum) |
| 193 | smooth | बुलरिच (bularic-), लुमुसॉर (lumosor), कुप्र (kupra), पतेर (pateːr) (paṭeːr, paːtier) |
| 194 | wet | ऑलाय (olāy) (ola) |
| 195 | dry | पतार (patār) (pataːri) |
| 196 | correct | सच्चॉ (sacco) |
| 197 | near | मॅर (mera) (from Korku), बुनदि (bundi) |
| 198 | far | धाव (dhāwa) |
| 199 | right | जॅव्न (jewna) |
| 200 | left | डक्र्य (ḍakrya) |
| 201 | at | कि (ki) (ke) |
| 202 | in | बॅथॅर (bether) (inside, under), मिन्जार (minjaːr) (mijaːr) |
| 203 | with | गॉन (gon) (kon), हुन (hun) |
| 204 | and | डॉ (ḍo) (from Kurku) |
| 205 | if | तासॉ (tāso) |
| 206 | because | आन्टि (ānṭi) (aːnti, angti), मारॅ (māre) |
| 207 | name | जुमु (jumu) (jyumu) |