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This is a Swadesh list of words in Meänkieli English .
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.
No.
English
Meänkieli
1
I
mie
2
you (singular)
sie
3
he , she , it
hään se
4
we
met
5
you (plural)
tet
6
they
het
7
this
tämä
8
that
tuo
9
here
tässä
10
there
sielä
11
who
ken
12
what
mikä
13
where
missä
14
when
millon
15
how
kunka
16
not
älä
17
all
kaikki
18
many
monet
19
some
jokkut
20
few
muutama
21
other
muu
22
one
yks
23
two
kaks
24
three
kolme
25
four
neljä
26
five
viis
27
big
iso
28
long
pitkä
29
wide
leveä
30
thick
paksu
31
heavy
raskas
32
small
pieni
33
short
lyhyt
34
narrow
kapea
35
thin
ohut
36
woman
nainen
37
man (adult male)
mies
38
man (human being)
ihminen
39
child
kläppi lapsi
40
wife
vaimo
41
husband
mies aviomies
42
mother
mamma äiti
43
father
pappa isä
44
animal
elläin
45
fish
kala
46
bird
lintu
47
dog
koira
48
louse
täi
49
snake
käärme
50
worm
mato
51
tree
puu
52
forest
mettä
53
stick
keppi
54
fruit
heelmä
55
seed
siemen
56
leaf
lehti
57
root
juuri
58
bark (of a tree)
kuori
59
flower
kukka
60
grass
ruoho
61
rope
köysi
62
skin
iho
63
meat
liha
64
blood
veri
65
bone
luu
66
fat (noun)
fetti
67
egg
muna
68
horn
sarvi
69
tail
häntä
70
feather
sulka
71
hair
tukka
72
head
pää
73
ear
korva
74
eye
silmä
75
nose
nokka
76
mouth
suu
77
tooth
hammas
78
tongue (organ)
kieli
79
fingernail
kynsi
80
foot
jalka
81
leg
sääri
82
knee
polvi
83
hand
käsi
84
wing
siipi
85
belly
vatta
86
guts
suolet
87
neck
kaula
88
back
selkä
89
breast
rinta
90
heart
syän
91
liver
maksa
92
to drink
juua
93
to eat
syyä
94
to bite
purra
95
to suck
imeä
96
to spit
sylkeä
97
to vomit
oksentaa
98
to blow
puhaltaa
99
to breathe
hengittää
100
to laugh
nauraa
101
to see
nähä
102
to hear
kuulla
103
to know
tietää
104
to think
hunteerata aatela funteerata
105
to smell
haistaa
106
to fear
pölätä
107
to sleep
nukkua
108
to live
ellää
109
to die
kuolla
110
to kill
tappaa
111
to fight
taistela kamppaila
112
to hunt
jaakata
113
to hit
lyyä
114
to cut
leikata
115
to split
halkasta
116
to stab
puukottaa
117
to scratch
raapia
118
to dig
kaivaa
119
to swim
uija
120
to fly
lentää
121
to walk
marsia kävelä
122
to come
tulla
123
to lie (as in a bed)
maata
124
to sit
istua
125
to stand
seisoa
126
to turn (intransitive)
kääntyä
127
to fall
puota
128
to give
antaa
129
to hold
pitää
130
to squeeze
puristaa
131
to rub
hieroa
132
to wash
pestä
133
to wipe
pyyhkiä tokata
134
to pull
vetää
135
to push
työntää
136
to throw
heittää
137
to tie
sitoa
138
to sew
ommella
139
to count
räknätä
140
to say
sanoa
141
to sing
laulaa
142
to play
leekata
143
to float
kellua
144
to flow
virrata
145
to freeze
jäätyä
146
to swell
paisua
147
sun
aurinko
148
moon
kuu
149
star
tähti
150
water
vesi
151
rain
sae
152
river
joki
153
lake
järvi
154
sea
meri
155
salt
suola
156
stone
kivi
157
sand
hiekka
158
dust
pöly
159
earth
maa
160
cloud
pilvi
161
fog
sumu
162
sky
taivas
163
wind
tuuli
164
snow
lumi
165
ice
jää
166
smoke
savvu
167
fire
tuli
168
ash
tuhka
169
to burn
pallaa
170
road
tie
171
mountain
vuori
172
red
punanen
173
green
vihreä vihriäinen
174
yellow
keltanen
175
white
valkonen
176
black
musta
177
night
yö
178
day
päivä
179
year
vuosi
180
warm
kuuma
181
cold
kylmä
182
full
täysi
183
new
uusi
184
old
vanha
185
good
hyä fiini
186
bad
huono
187
rotten
mätä
188
dirty
likanen
189
straight
suora
190
round
pyöreä
191
sharp (as a knife)
terävä
192
dull (as a knife)
tylppä
193
smooth
sileä
194
wet
märkä
195
dry
kuiva
196
correct
oikea
197
near
likelä lähelä
198
far
kaukana
199
right
oikea
200
left
vasen
201
at
-l(l)a -ssa
202
in
-ssa -l(l)a
203
with
kans
204
and
ja
205
if
jos
206
because
ko koska
207
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nimi
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Storordbok för meänkieli S / Meänkielen iso Sanakirja S, Bengt Pohjanen 2011, ISBN: 9789189466104.
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