This is a Swadesh list of words in Megleno-Romanian English .
Presentation [ edit ] 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.
No.
English
Megleno-Romanian vlășească
1
I
i̯o
2
you (singular)
tu
3
he , she , it
i̯el
4
we
noi
5
you (plural)
voi
6
they
i̯eľ
7
this
tsist
8
that
tsel
9
here
u̯a
10
there
colo , ạncǫ
11
who
cola , ạncolo
12
what
tse , tsi
13
where
i̯undi
14
when
cǫn
15
how
cum
16
not
nu
17
all
tot
18
many
muľts
19
some
niști
20
few
uneac
21
other
altu
22
one
un
23
two
doi
24
three
trei
25
four
patru
26
five
tsints
27
big
mari
28
long
lung
29
wide
larg
30
thick
gros
31
heavy
greu
32
small
mic , minut
33
short
34
narrow
strimt
35
thin
subtzǫri
36
woman
muľari
37
man (adult male)
bărbat , mascur
38
man (human being)
u̯om
39
child
cupilaș , fitšor
40
wife
niveastă
41
husband
bărbat
42
mother
mamă
43
father
tată
44
animal
45
fish
peaști
46
bird
47
dog
cǫini
48
louse
piducľu
49
snake
şarpi
50
worm
ghermi , varmi
51
tree
arbur , pom
52
forest
păduri
53
stick
virdzeau̯ă
54
fruit
plod
55
seed
siminţă
56
leaf
frunză
57
root
corin
58
bark (of a tree)
59
flower
floari
60
grass
i̯arbă
61
rope
funi , fortumă
62
skin
coajă
63
meat
carni
64
blood
sǫnzi
65
bone
u̯os
66
fat (noun)
grăsimi
67
egg
u̯ou
68
horn
corn
69
tail
coadă
70
feather
peană
71
hair
per
72
head
cap
73
ear
ureacľă
74
eye
u̯ocľu
75
nose
nas
76
mouth
gură
77
tooth
dinti , măseau̯ă
78
tongue (organ)
limbă
79
fingernail
ungľă
80
foot
pitšor
81
leg
pitšor
82
knee
zinucľu
83
hand
mǫnă
84
wing
i̯aripă , aripă
85
belly
buric , foali
86
guts
matsi
87
neck
gușă
88
back
gorb
89
breast
chi̯ept
90
heart
ińamă
91
liver
drob
92
to drink
beai , bęu
93
to eat
mănǫnc
94
to bite
95
to suck
sug
96
to spit
scup
97
to vomit
vom
98
to blow
suflu
99
to breathe
100
to laugh
rǫd
101
to see
ved
102
to hear
ud
103
to know
știu
104
to think
misles
105
to smell
miruses
106
to fear
mi ạnfric
107
to sleep
dorm
108
to live
trăies , ghii̯es
109
to die
mor
110
to kill
nec , vatăm
111
to fight
mi bat , mi buros
112
to hunt
luves
113
to hit
ugudes
114
to cut
taľ
115
to split
dispic
116
to stab
pung
117
to scratch
zgair , scarpin
118
to dig
sap
119
to swim
plivăies
120
to fly
părăies
121
to walk
amnu
122
to come
vin
123
to lie (as in a bed)
mi culc , stau̯ culcat
124
to sit
șǫd
125
to stand
stau
126
to turn (intransitive)
mi ạnvărtes
127
to fall
cad
128
to give
dau
129
to hold
tsǫn
130
to squeeze
string
131
to rub
frec
132
to wash
spel
133
to wipe
șterg
134
to pull
trag , trăgăies
135
to push
136
to throw
runc
137
to tie
leg
138
to sew
cos
139
to count
numir
140
to say
spun , zic
141
to sing
cǫnt
142
to play
(mi) joc
143
to float
plivăies
144
to flow
cur
145
to freeze
ạngľets
146
to swell
mi anflu
147
sun
soari
148
moon
lună
149
star
steau̯ă
150
water
apu
151
rain
ploaiă
152
river
vali
153
lake
lac
154
sea
mari
155
salt
sari
156
stone
rǫpă
157
sand
pisoc
158
dust
prau
159
earth
pimint
160
cloud
nor
161
fog
162
sky
tser
163
wind
vint
164
snow
neau̯ă
165
ice
gľets
166
smoke
fum
167
fire
foc
168
ash
tșănușă
169
to burn
ardu
170
road
cåle
171
mountain
munti
172
red
roș
173
green
veardi
174
yellow
galbin
175
white
alb , beal
176
black
negru
177
night
noapti
178
day
zuu̯ă
179
year
an
180
warm
cald
181
cold
ratsi , frig
182
full
ạmplin
183
new
nou
184
old
vecľu
185
good
bun
186
bad
rǫu
187
rotten
putrid
188
dirty
murdar
189
straight
190
round
gurguľat
191
sharp (as a knife)
tăľătos
192
dull (as a knife)
193
smooth
194
wet
vlajnic
195
dry
uscat
196
correct
197
near
prochiat , proapi
198
far
diparti
199
right
dirept , dreapta
200
left
stǫng , leava
201
at
la , lă
202
in
ăn
203
with
cu
204
and
și
205
if
acu
206
because
că , pri tse , dintru că
207
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