Open Dictionary

Word Or Phrase:

Wiktionary: Swadesh lists for Tupi-Guarani languages

From open-dictionary.com - the free dictionary.

English Tupinambá Guarani (Modern)[All entries below for Guarani [Modern] from A. Guash, Diccionario Castellano-Guarani.I put ^ for ~ where necessary. Will someone please edit?]
1 I ixé, xe che
2 thou endé, nde nde
3 he a'e, i ha'e, i
4 we îandé (+ 2nd person); oré (− 2nd person) ñande (+ 2nd person); ore (− 2nd person)
5 you pe'ẽ, pe peẽ, pe
6 they a'e, i ha'e, i
7 this
8 that
9 here
10 there
11 who
12 what
13 where
14 when
15 how
16 not
17 all
18 many
19 some
20 few
21 other
22 one
23 two
24 three
25 four
26 five
27 big
28 long
29 wide
30 thick
31 heavy
32 small
33 short
34 narrow
35 thin
36 woman
37 man
38 person
39 child
40 wife
41 husband
42 mother
43 father
44 animal
45 fish
46 bird
47 dog
48 louse
49 snake
50 worm
51 tree
52 forest
53 stick
54 fruit
55 seed
56 leaf
57 root
58 bark
59 flower
60 grass
61 rope
62 skin
63 meat
64 blood
65 bone
66 fat (n.)
67 egg
68 horn
69 tail
70 feather
71 hair
72 head
73 ear
74 eye
75 nose
76 mouth
77 tooth
78 tongue
79 fingernail
80 foot
81 leg
82 knee
83 hand
84 wing
85 belly
86 guts
87 neck
88 back
89 breast
90 heart
91 liver
92 drink
93 eat
94 bite
95 suck
96 spit
97 vomit
98 blow
99 breathe
100 laugh puká (intr.) puka (a)
101 see epîak (s-) (trans.) echa (h-) (a)
102 hear endub (s-) (trans.) endu (h-) (a)
103 know kuab (trans.) kuaa (ai)
104 think
105 smell
106 fear sykyîé (intr.) kyhyje (a)
107 sleep ker (intr.) ke (a)
108 live ikobé / ekobé (t-) (intr.) kove (ai)
109 die manõ / e'õ (t-) (intr.) mano (a)
110 kill îuká (trans.) juka (a)
111 fight
112 hunt
113 hit
114 cut
115 split
116 stab
117 scratch
118 dig
119 swim 'ytab (intr.) yta (a)
120 fly (v.) bebé (intr.) veve (a)
121 walk gûatá (intr.) guata (a)
122 come îur / ur (t-) (intr.) ju (a)
123 lie
124 sit gûapyk (intr.) guapy (a)
125 stand 'am
126 turn
127 fall
128 give me'eng (trans.) me'ẽ (a)
129 hold
130 squeeze
131 rub
132 wash
133 wipe
134 pull
135 push
136 throw
137 tie
138 sew
139 count papar (trans.) papa (ai)
140 say 'e e
141 sing nhe'engar (intr.) purahei (a)
142 play
143 float
144 flow
145 freeze
146 swell
147 sun kûarasy kuarahy
148 moon îasy jasy
149 star îasytatá mbyja
150 water 'y y
151 rain amana ama
152 river 'y ysyry
153 lake upaba ypa
154 sea paranã para
155 salt îukyra juky
156 stone itá ita
157 sand ybyku'i yvyku'i
158 dust
159 earth yby yvy
160 cloud ybatinga arai
161 fog
162 sky ybaka yvága
163 wind ybytu yvytu
164 snow
165 ice
166 smoke atatinga (t-) timbo
167 fire atá (t-) ata (t-)
168 ashes
169 burn
170 road ape (t-)
171 mountain ybytyra yvyty
172 red pytang, pirang pytã
173 green oby (s-) ky, kyrỹi
174 yellow îub sa'yju
175 white ting morotĩ
176 black un (s-) ũ (h-)
177 night pytuna pyhare
178 day 'ara ára
179 year seîxu, akaîu ary
180 warm
181 cold ro'y ro'y
182 full enysem (s-) enyhẽ (h-)
183 new pysasu pyahu
184 old
185 good katu porã
186 bad aíb vai
187 rotten
188 dirty ky'á ky'a
189 straight
190 round
191 sharp
192 dull
193 smooth
194 wet
195 dry
196 correct
197 near
198 far
199 right
200 left
201 at
202 in pupé (inside of) pýpe (inside of)
203 with ndibé, irúnamo, irumo (company); pupé (instrument) ndive, ndie, ndi (company)
204 and ha
205 if
206 because
207 name era (t-) éra (t-)

Contribute

Found an omission? You can freely contribute to this Wiktionary article. Edit 'Wiktionary: Swadesh lists for Tupi-Guarani languages' article.

Dictionary Search

To use the dictionary service: Simply type in your word or phrase in the search box visible at the top of each Web page on this Web site and click the 'Search' button. This will start a search which will check several dictionary resources and return results based on your input. Our results are composed from the Wiktionary project, WordNet among others.

About Open Dictionary

Open Dictionary is an free extensive dictionary search service provided by the New Frontier Information Network, a newly launched private company which offers easy access to thousands of online articles, e-books and documentation covering a wide variety of broad topics.


This is a minimal rendered version of a open-dictionary.com Web page. Our Web site is best viewed using an up-to-date Web browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Opera or Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Copyright © 2003-2010 Zeeshan Muhammad. All rights reserved. Legal notices.