‹ Telugu decksSwadesh list: 207 core meanings
269 words, in teaching order
నేనుI (first-person nominative singular pronoun)
Pronoun
నువ్వుyou; (second person nominative singular/informal pronoun)
Pronoun
నీవుyou; (second person nominative singular/informal pronoun)
Pronoun
అతడుthird-person singular distal male pronoun, he
Pronoun
అతనుhe; (3rd person singular slightly formal distal pronoun)
Pronoun
వాడుhe (3rd-person singular masculine informal distal pronoun); that man
Pronoun
వారుthey; third-person human distal plural personal pronoun; he; third-person male distal singular personal pronoun
Pronoun
మనముwe (including the person or people addressed)
Pronoun
మేముfirst-person plural exclusive pronoun, we
Pronoun
అదిnon-masculine third-person singular distal pronoun; it or she
Pronoun
కాదుno, not [so] (it is untrue)
Adverb
లేదుno, none, (it's) not (not present, don't have, it doesn't exist)
Adverb
మొత్తముentire, full, total, whole; general, generic; thick
Adjective
కొన్నిsome, a few (of countable non-human things)
Determiner
కొంతsome, a little, a part, to a certain extent
Adjective
వేరేother, separate, distinct
Adjective
పెద్దgreat, big, large; long, high, tall; loud; chief, principal; respectable, honest, honourable; old, aged; senior
Adjective
మందముslow, tardy, inactive, sluggish, lazy; slack, as a trade or business; cold, apathetic; dull, heavy, stupid, obtuse, blunt; weak, feeble, faint; thick
Adjective
చిక్కనిnot found, not to be had; thick, as a liquid; dark or deeper in hue; close pressed, as a kiss
Adjective
సన్ననిthin – very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions; lean; fine, small, little; narrow; soft (not loud)
Adjective
పురుషుడుman; husband; the supreme being as the soul of the universe; the in-dwelling all-knower (as opposed to ప్రకృతి (prakr̥ti))
Noun
మనిషిhuman, human being; human of unspecified gender—person
Noun
ఆలిa woman's female friend
Noun
మగడుa male, a man; a husband; a ruler, a king
Noun
పాముsnake, serpent (a legless reptile of the sub-order Serpentes with a long, thin body and a fork-shaped tongue); A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.
Noun
అడవిforest (a dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area)
Noun
కర్రwood, a piece of wood; a stick or staff; the stem or stalk of grain; any straight rod whether of wood or not
Noun
కట్టెa stick or staff; a piece of wood, firewood
Noun
పండుfruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization)
Noun
ఫలముfruit; produce, crop, yield; profit, advantage, benefit; reward; interest on capital; the result of a mathematical calculation such as a product
Noun
ఆకుleaf; paper, document
Noun
పూవుflower; cataract; asterisk, star
Noun
గడ్డిgrass (any plant of the family Poaceae); marijuana, ganja
Noun
బొక్కa hole, a pit, an orifice; a loss (of money, time, resources, etc.); vaginal orifice; bone
Noun