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Swadesh list: 207 core meanings

269 words, in teaching order

Words 201–269
వాచుvācu
to swell
Verb
సూర్యుడుsūryuḍu
Sun (the star at the centre of the Solar System)
Name
ప్రొద్దుproddu
the sun; time; a day; half a day; dawn; morning
Noun
చంద్రుడుcaṁdruḍu
the Moon; the regent of the moon
Noun
తారtāra
star; eye pupil
Noun
చుక్కcukka
a star; the planet Venus; the round mark worn on the forehead by Hindus; the tilak; any small mark; a dot, spot or a drop, a small quantity of liquid; a full stop; a pip on dice or cards
Noun
నీరుnīru
water, as in the substance; fluid; urine
Noun
కురియుkuriyu
to rain, shower, fall like rain or dew; to leak
Verb
నదిnadi
a river or stream; a river or stream, which flows from west to east
Noun
సరస్సుsarassu
a pool, pond, lake
Noun
కడలిkaḍali
sea, ocean
Noun
మన్నుmannu
earth, mud, soil, dirt
Noun
మట్టిmaṭṭi
earth, soil, mud
Noun
నేలnēla
land, ground, field; earth, world; soil
Noun
మబ్బుmabbu
cloud; obscurity, darkness, dimness; laziness, dullness, heaviness
Noun
నింగిniṁgi
sky; atmosphere; air
Noun
గాలిgāli
wind; air
Noun
మంచుmaṁcu
snow; dew
Noun
గడ్డముgaḍḍamu
beard; facial hair on the chin, cheeks, and jaw; the chin
Noun
పొగpoga
smoke
Noun
మంటmaṁṭa
a blaze, flame, burning; a hot or burning sensation; heat, acute pain, inflammation
Noun
నిప్పుnippu
fire; ember, cinder, live coal
Noun
బూడిదbūḍida
ash; grey colour of ash
Noun
మండుmaṁḍu
to burn, blaze, flame
Verb
బాటbāṭa
a road, way
Noun
కొండkoṁḍa
hill, hillock, rock; mountain
Noun
ఎర్రerra
red, scarlet, crimson
Adjective
పచ్చpacca
leaf-colored; green, yellowish green, yellow colour (a leaf being first green, then fading into yellow); an emerald; any figure punctured or tattooed into the skin, because it is coloured green; a green plant or tree
Noun
పసుపుpasupu
Indian saffron or turmeric (Curcuma longa); yellow colour of turmeric
Noun
తెల్లtella
white
Adjective
నల్లnalla
black
Adjective
కర్రిkarri
dark colored, dun
Adjective
మాపుmāpu
to dirty, make foul; to destroy, efface
Verb
పగలుpagalu
day; daytime
Noun
పాతpāta
of or pertaining to old age; old, decayed, worn out
Adjective
మంచిmaṁci
good; soundness
Noun
పదునయినpadunayina
able to cut easily; sharp
Adjective
మొండిmoṁḍi
maimed, lame
Adjective
తడిtaḍi
wet, damp, moist
Adjective
పొడిpoḍi
powder; the fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding or grinding
Noun
ఎండుeṁḍu
to dry up, to become dry, to become lean or withered; to sun-dry
Verb
సరియైనsariyaina
right, correct, fitting, appropriate
Adjective
దగ్గరdaggara
by, at, near, close by, at hand, towards, to, with, in possession of
Adverb
కుడిkuḍi
right, belonging to the right (dexter)
Adjective
ఎడమeḍama
distant; left
Adjective
మరియుmariyu
and
Conjunction