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Swadesh list: 207 core meanings

269 words, in teaching order

Words 101–200
గుడ్డుguḍḍu
an egg; the eyeball; coconut
Noun
కొమ్ముkommu
horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals); a bugle or trumpet; a tusk; the name of the sign of the ఉ (u) which is added to a consonant
Noun
ఈకīka
feather
Noun
జుట్టుjuṭṭu
hair (of the head); the lock of hair worn by Hindu men on the top of the head; a crest, as that of a peacock
Noun
తలtala
head (the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs)
Noun
చెవిcevi
ear; key
Noun
ముక్కుmukku
The nose.; The bill or beak of a bird.
Noun
మూతిmūti
face; mouth
Noun
పన్నుpannu
tax, rent, dues; A tooth.
Noun
నాలుకnāluka
tongue; a tongue of flame
Noun
గోరుgōru
nail (the thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals); claw
Noun
పాదముpādamu
a foot; a root; a line of verse, a quarter of a stanza
Noun
అడుగుaḍugu
to ask; to question; to beg
Verb
కాలుkālu
leg; foot
Noun
చేయిcēyi
hand, arm; a sleeve; a ray of light, beam; an elephant's trunk
Noun
రెక్కrekka
wing; anything resembling a wing, such as the shoulder blade, or a doorleaf
Noun
కడుపుkaḍupu
abdomen; pregnancy
Noun
పేగుpēgu
an entrail, gut, or bowel
Noun
మెడmeḍa
neck (the part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals)
Noun
కంఠముkaṁṭhamu
neck; throat; tone, voice
Noun
వీపుvīpu
the back
Noun
వెన్నుvennu
the back; an ear of corn
Noun
చన్నుcannu
chest, breast; a woman's breast or bosom
Noun
స్తనముstanamu
a woman's breast
Noun
త్రాగుtrāgu
to drink; to smoke
Verb
తినుtinu
to eat; to suffer or undergo (blows, abuse, hardship, or punishment)
Verb
ఉమ్మిummi
spit; saliva, spittle
Noun
ఊదుūdu
to blow; to play on a flute or a wind instrument
Verb
వీచుvīcu
To blow (as the wind).; To spread (as scent).; To wave (as a fan).; To revile, reproach.
Verb
ఊపిరిūpiri
breath, respiration
Noun
పీల్చుpīlcu
to suck up, drink up with a noise; to whiff or inhale (smoke from a pipe); to absorb fluid
Verb
నవ్వుnavvu
a laugh, laughter
Noun
చూచుcūcu
to see, to look, view; to experience, try, prove by any sense
Verb
వినుvinu
to hear; to listen to
Verb
తెలుసుకొనుtelusukonu
to learn, understand, know
Verb
ఎఱుగుeṟugu
to know, be aware of, to understand
Verb
ఆలోచించుālōciṁcu
to think, consider, reflect, ponder, ruminate
Verb
బెదురుbeduru
fright, alarm, fear, timidity, nervousness
Noun
తూగుtūgu
swinging, swaying; drowsiness
Noun
పోవుpōvu
to go, proceed; to pass away
Verb
బతుకుbatuku
life; means of life, support; subsistence, mode of life, trade, profession
Noun
చచ్చుcaccu
to die; to expire
Verb
కొట్టుkoṭṭu
to beat, smash, cause to collide; to pump (air); to type; forms adversive causatives; see -గొట్టు (-goṭṭu)
Verb
కోయుkōyu
to cut; to pluck, gather; to reap; to slaughter (an animal for food)
Verb
చీల్చుcīlcu
to split, crack, tear, divide
Verb
పొడుచుpoḍucu
to pierce, prick, stab; to thrust; to hit out (with the fist); to gore; to bore, punch or perforate, as a hole
Verb
గీరుgīru
to tear, scratch, scrape, comb or smooth the hair with the fingers
Verb
ఈదుīdu
to swim
Verb
ఎగరవేయుegaravēyu
to toss up, toy with; to fly; to hoist; to shrug; to wave; to raise
Verb
నడచుnaḍacu
to walk, go, move, proceed; to happen, occur, pass, take place; to behave, conduct oneself; to take effect (as an order); to live, continue, last; to descend (as an estate); to beat (as applied to a pulse); to act (as a father or servant)
Verb
వచ్చుvaccu
to come, arrive; to appear, happen, occur, take place; to be got, be obtained, be procured; to last (for a long time etc.); to be learnt or acquired; to be carried on continuously or habitually; to appear in print, be published; as an auxiliary verb: occurs; in the obsolete indefinite tense with an infinitive to express "may"; with an infinitive to express "to be about to"; …
Verb
పడుకొనుpaḍukonu
to go to bed; to lie down, recline
Verb
కూర్చొనుkūrconu
to sit down, be seated; following the past participle of another verb, is used idiomatically as follows; it may serve to make the utterance definite and emphatic; it may indicate the continuing nature of a state or action; it may imply that an event described was regrettable from the speaker's point of view
Verb
నిలబడుnilabaḍu
to stand; to stay, remain, wait
Verb
తిప్పుtippu
to turn, to cause to turn; to reel, feel giddy; to be checked; to turn round, turn back; to brandish, wield, whirl, twirl; to lead about, lead round; to wind (a watch), coil (a rope); to reverse, revoke (an order); to steer or command (a ship)
Verb
తిరుగుtirugu
to turn, rove, roam, travel
Verb
పడుpaḍu
to fall (into); to occur, happen, come into being, appear; to be got, be obtained, be received; to be liked, be agreeable, suit, agree with; to feel, enjoy, suffer; to be possible
Verb
ఇచ్చుiccu
to give, grant, confer, bestow; to permit, let, allow
Verb
పట్టుకొనుpaṭṭukonu
to catch, to catch hold of, to seize
Verb
కడుగుkaḍugu
to wash or clean with water, lave, cleanse
Verb
తుడుచుtuḍucu
to wipe or rub clean; to wipe or rub dry; to rub out, erase; to wipe away, sweep away
Verb
నెట్టుneṭṭu
to shove, thrust, push
Verb
తోయుtōyu
to push aside or away
Verb
విసురుvisuru
to come out; to blow; to wave; to brandish, whisk, flourish; to throw, fling, hurl, sling
Verb
కట్టుkaṭṭu
to tie; to build
Verb
కుట్టుkuṭṭu
a stitch; sewing, needle-work; a prick, or puncture, piercing
Noun
చెప్పుceppu
to say, tell; to teach, to speak of; to write or compose a poem; to describe, tell of; to term, call, name, denominate
Verb
పాడుpāḍu
to sing; to spoil; to waste, ruin, throw away; to become waste or desolate
Verb
ఆడుāḍu
to play; to speak, say; to do, perform, practise
Verb
తేలుtēlu
scorpion
Noun
పారుpāru
to run or run away; to purge; to fly or rise in the air; to flow (as water)
Verb
గడ్డకట్టుgaḍḍakaṭṭu
to solidify; to clot; to freeze, be frozen stiff
Verb