Appendix:Tausug Swadesh list

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

Introduction

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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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EnglishTausug
bahasa Sūg
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1I (1sg)aku
2you (2sg)aku, niyu
3he, she, it (3sg)siya
4we (1pl)kita (inclusive), kami (exclusive)
5you (2pl)niyu
6they (3pl)sila
7thisini
8thatyadtu (far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to), yaun (far from speaker and person being speaker to)
9here
10theredidtu (far from speaker but closer to person being spoken to), duun (far from speaker and person being speaker to)
11whosino
12whatdiin, unu
13wheresaan
14whenka' nu (past and present), ku' nu (future)
15howdayn hain
16notdi'
17allkatān
18manymabanus
19some[[#Tausug|]]
20fewhangkatiyu'
21otherdugaing
22onehambuuk, isa
23twoduwa
24three
25fourupat
26fivelima
27bigdakula'
28long[[#Tausug|]]
29wide[[#Tausug|]]
30thick[[#Tausug|]]
31heavy[[#Tausug|]]
32small[[#Tausug|]], [[#Tausug|]], [[#Tausug|]]
33short[[#Tausug|]]
34narrow[[#Tausug|]]
35thin[[#Tausug|]]
36womanbabai
37man (adult male)usug
38man (human being)tau
39childanak, bata'
40wifeasawa
41husbandbana
42motherina'
43fatheraba, ama'
44animalbinatang, hayup
45fishista'
46birdmanuk
47dogiru'
48lousekutu
49snakehās
50wormūd
51treekahuy
52forest[[#Tausug|]]
53stick[[#Tausug|]]
54fruit[[#Tausug|]]
55seed[[#Tausug|]]
56leaf[[#Tausug|]]
57root[[#Tausug|]]
58bark (of a tree)[[#Tausug|]]
59flower[[#Tausug|]]
60grass[[#Tausug|]]
61rope[[#Tausug|]]
62skin[[#Tausug|]]
63meat[[#Tausug|]]
64blood[[#Tausug|]]
65bone[[#Tausug|]]
66fat (noun)[[#Tausug|]]
67egg[[#Tausug|]]
68horn[[#Tausug|]]
69tail[[#Tausug|]]
70feather[[#Tausug|]]
71hair[[#Tausug|]]
72head[[#Tausug|]]
73ear[[#Tausug|]]
74eye[[#Tausug|]]
75nose[[#Tausug|]]
76mouth[[#Tausug|]]
77tooth[[#Tausug|]]
78tongue (organ)[[#Tausug|]]
79fingernail[[#Tausug|]]
80foot[[#Tausug|]]
81leg[[#Tausug|]]
82knee[[#Tausug|]]
83hand[[#Tausug|]]
84wing[[#Tausug|]]
85belly[[#Tausug|]]
86guts[[#Tausug|]]
87neck[[#Tausug|]]
88back[[#Tausug|]]
89breast[[#Tausug|]]
90heart[[#Tausug|]]
91liver[[#Tausug|]]
92to drink[[#Tausug|]]
93to eat[[#Tausug|]]
94to bite[[#Tausug|]]
95to suck[[#Tausug|]]
96to spit[[#Tausug|]]
97to vomit[[#Tausug|]]
98to blow[[#Tausug|]]
99to breathe[[#Tausug|]]
100to laugh[[#Tausug|]]
101to see[[#Tausug|]]
102to hear[[#Tausug|]]
103to know[[#Tausug|]]
104to think[[#Tausug|]]
105to smell[[#Tausug|]]
106to fear[[#Tausug|]]
107to sleep[[#Tausug|]]
108to live[[#Tausug|]]
109to die[[#Tausug|]]
110to kill[[#Tausug|]]
111to fight[[#Tausug|]]
112to hunt[[#Tausug|]]
113to hit[[#Tausug|]]
114to cut[[#Tausug|]]
115to split[[#Tausug|]]
116to stab[[#Tausug|]]
117to scratch[[#Tausug|]]
118to dig[[#Tausug|]]
119to swim[[#Tausug|]]
120to fly[[#Tausug|]]
121to walk[[#Tausug|]]
122to come[[#Tausug|]]
123to lie (as in a bed)[[#Tausug|]]
124to sit[[#Tausug|]]
125to stand[[#Tausug|]]
126to turn (intransitive)[[#Tausug|]]
127to fall[[#Tausug|]]
128to give[[#Tausug|]]
129to hold[[#Tausug|]]
130to squeeze[[#Tausug|]]
131to rub[[#Tausug|]]
132to wash[[#Tausug|]]
133to wipe[[#Tausug|]]
134to pull[[#Tausug|]]
135to push[[#Tausug|]]
136to throw[[#Tausug|]]
137to tie[[#Tausug|]]
138to sew[[#Tausug|]]
139to count[[#Tausug|]]
140to say[[#Tausug|]]
141to sing[[#Tausug|]]
142to play[[#Tausug|]]
143to float[[#Tausug|]]
144to flow[[#Tausug|]]
145to freeze[[#Tausug|]]
146to swell[[#Tausug|]]
147sunadlaw
148moonbulan
149starbituun
150watertubig
151rainulan
152riverilog
153lakesapa'
154seadagat
155saltasin
156stonebatu
157sandbuhangin
158dustbagunbun
159earthgumi, lupa'
160cloudgabun
161fog[[#Tausug|]]
162skylangit
163windhangin
164snow[[#Tausug|]]
165iceyelo
166smokeasu
167fireapi, kāyu
168ashabu
169to burndukut
170roaddān
171mountainbūd
172redpula, galāna
173greengaddung
174yellowbiyaning
175whiteputi'
176blackitum
177nightdūm
178dayadlaw
179yeartahun
180warmmalingaut
181coldmahaggut
182fullhinit
183newba'gu
184olddaan (inanimate), gulang (animate)
185goodmarayaw
186badkaat
187rottengabuk
188dirtymalubag
189straightbuntul
190roundmabuntal
191sharp (as a knife)mahayt
192dull (as a knife)pundul
193smoothkutad
194wetbasa'
195dryganggang
196correctamu
197neardaig
198farmaladju
199righttuu
200leftlawa
201atha
202inha
203withiban
204andiban
205ifabila
206becausebat
207namengān
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