Appendix:Sumerian basic vocabulary

A basic vocabulary list of Sumerian from Kassian (2014) is given below. Kassian (2014) uses a 110-item wordlist from the Global Lexicostatistical Database, which consists of 100 Swadesh list items, in addition to 10 other words from Sergei Yakhontov's 100-wordlist.

Kassian (2014)

No.	Gloss	Sumerian
1	all (omnis)	NOUN REDUPLICATION
2	ashes	dedal ~ didal ⟨DE3-DAL⟩
5	big	gal ⟨GAL⟩
6	bird	mušen ⟨MUŠEN⟩
8	black	giggi ⟨GE6⟩
9	blood	mud ⟨MUD⟩, umun ⟨U3-MUN⟩
11	breast	gaba ⟨GABA⟩
12	to burn tr.	bil ⟨BIL2 ~ BIL3 ~ BIL⟩
16	to come	ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.)
18	dog	ur ⟨UR⟩
19	to drink	naŋ ⟨NAĜ⟩
21	ear	ŋeštug- ⟨ĝešTUG2 = ĝešTU2 ~ ĝešTUG⟩
22	earth	saxar ⟨SAÎAR⟩
23	to eat	gu ⟨GU7⟩
25	eye	igi ⟨IGI⟩
26	fat n.	i ⟨I3⟩
28	fire	iʒi ⟨IZI⟩
31	foot	ŋiri ⟨ĜIRI3⟩
33	to give	šum ⟨ŠUM2⟩
34	good	dug- ⟨DUG3 = DU10⟩
37	hand	šu ⟨ŠU⟩
38	head	saŋ ⟨SAĜ⟩
39	to hear	ŋeš tuku ⟨ĜEŠ TUKU⟩ ‘to acquire the ear (?)’
40	heart	šag- ⟨ŠAG4 = ŠA3⟩
42	I	ŋe ⟨ĜE26⟩
45	to know	ʒu ⟨ZU⟩
48	liver	ur ⟨UR5⟩, ba ⟨BA3 = EŠ⟩
49	long	gid ⟨GID2⟩
50	louse	ex ⟨EÎ⟩
51	man	lu ⟨LU2⟩
52	many	šar ⟨ŠAR ~ ŠAR2⟩
53	meat	uʒu ⟨UZU⟩
54	moon	itid- ⟨ITID = ITI ~ I3-TI⟩
55	mountain	kur ⟨KUR⟩
56	mouth	kag- ⟨KAG2 = KA⟩
57	name	mu ⟨MU⟩
58	neck	gu ⟨GU2⟩
59	new	gibil ⟨GIBIL ~ GIBIL4⟩
61	nose	kiri ⟨KIRI3⟩
62	not	nu- ⟨NU⟩
63	one	diš
64	person	lu ⟨LU2⟩
65	rain	šeŋ ⟨ŠEĜ3⟩ ‘to rain; rain (n.)’
67	road	kaskal ⟨KASKAL⟩
71	to say	dug- ⟨DUG4 = DU11⟩ (perf.), e ⟨E⟩ (imperf.)
72	to see	igi du ⟨IGI DU8⟩ ‘to spread the eye’
74	to sit	tuš ⟨TUŠ⟩ (perf.), dur ⟨DUR2⟩ (imperf.)
75	skin	kuš ⟨KUŠ⟩
78	smoke	ibi ⟨I-BI2⟩
82	sun	ud- ⟨UD = U4⟩
85	that	=še
86	this	=e
87	thou	ʒe ⟨ZE2⟩
88	tongue	eme ⟨EME⟩
89	tooth	ʒu ⟨ZU2⟩
90	tree	ŋeš ⟨ĜEŠ⟩
91	two	min
92	to go	ŋen ⟨ĜEN⟩ (perf.), du ⟨DU⟩ (imperf.)
94	water	ay ⟨A⟩
96	what	ana ⟨A-NA⟩
98	who	aba ⟨A-BA⟩
99	woman	munus ⟨MUNUS⟩
106	snake	muš ⟨MUŠ⟩
107	thin	sal ⟨SAL⟩
110	year	mu ⟨MU⟩

See also

• Appendix:Sumerian Swadesh list