Haïtian Creole language/Swadesh list

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Swadesh list of 207 words in English and Haitian Creole.

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Presentation

For further information, read the article: Swadesh list

The Swadesh word list, developed by the linguist Morris Swadesh, is used as a tool to study the evolution of languages. It contains a set of basic words which can be found in every language. Various versions have been created, in particular:

a complete 207 words version, in which some of the words are not found in every environment (it contains for instance snake and snow)
a reduced 100 words version.

This word list should not be considered as an elementary lexicon to communicate with speakers of a given language; for such a purpose, the numerous existing Wikitravel lexicons are more useful. Its only objective is to give a rough idea of the language, by showing its lexical and, when possible, phonetics basis.

List

No.	English	Haitian Creole kréyòl
1	I	mwen
2	you (singular)	ou
3	he	li
4	we	nou
5	you (plural)	nou
6	they	yo
7	this	sa
8	that	sila
9	here	isit
10	there	la
11	who	kimoun
12	what	kisa
13	where	kikote
14	when	kan, kilè
15	how	kòman, kijan
16	not	pa
17	all	tout
18	many	anpil
19	some	kèk
20	few	trepe
21	other	lòt
22	one	youn, en
23	two	de
24	three	twa
25	four	kat
26	five	senk
27	big	gran
28	long	long
29	wide	laj
30	thick	epè, pwès
31	heavy	lou
32	small	piti
33	short	kout
34	narrow	etwat
35	thin	fen
36	woman	fanm
37	man (adult male)	nonm
38	man (human being)	moun
39	child	pitit, timoun
40	wife	fanm
41	husband	mari
42	mother	manman
43	father	papa
44	animal	zannimo
45	fish	pwason
46	bird	zwazo
47	dog	chen
48	louse	pou
49	snake	koulèv
50	worm	vè
51	tree	pyebwa
52	forest	forè
53	stick	baton
54	fruit	fwi
55	seed	grenn
56	leaf	fèy
57	root	rasin
58	bark (of a tree)	ekòs, po
59	flower	flè
60	grass	zèb
61	rope	kòd
62	skin	po
63	meat	vyann
64	blood	san
65	bone	zo
66	fat (noun)	grès
67	egg	ze
68	horn	kòn
69	tail	lake, ke
70	feather	plim
71	hair	cheve
72	head	tèt
73	ear	zòrèy
74	eye	zye
75	nose	nen
76	mouth	bouch
77	tooth	dan
78	tongue (organ)	lang
79	fingernail	zong
80	foot	pye
81	leg	janm, pye
82	knee	jenou
83	hand	men
84	wing	zèl
85	belly	vant
86	guts	zantray
87	neck	kou
88	back	do
89	breast	tete, sen
90	heart	kè
91	liver	fwa
92	to drink	bwè
93	to eat	manje
94	to bite	mòde
95	to suck	souse
96	to spit	krache
97	to vomit	vomi
98	to blow	soufle
99	to breathe	respire
100	to laugh	ri
101	to see	wè
102	to hear	tande
103	to know	konnen
104	to think	panse
105	to smell	santi
106	to fear	pè
107	to sleep	dòmi
108	to live	viv
109	to die	mouri
110	to kill	tiye, touye
111	to fight	goumen, batay
112	to hunt	chase
113	to hit	frape
114	to cut	koupe
115	to split	separe
116	to stab	pike
117	to scratch	grafouyen
118	to dig	fouye
119	to swim	naje
120	to fly	vole
121	to walk	mache
122	to come	vini
123	to lie (as in a bed)	blayi
124	to sit	chita, chita
125	to stand	leve, kanpe
126	to turn (intransitive)	vire
127	to fall	tonbe
128	to give	bay
129	to hold	kenbe
130	to squeeze	sere
131	to rub	frote
132	to wash	lave
133	to wipe	siye
134	to pull	tire
135	to push	pouse
136	to throw	voye, jete
137	to tie	mare
138	to sew	koud
139	to count	konte
140	to say	di
141	to sing	chante
142	to play	jwe
143	to float	flote
144	to flow	koule
145	to freeze	glase
146	to swell	anfle
147	sun	solèy
148	moon	lalin
149	star	etwal
150	water	dlo
151	rain	lapli
152	river	rivyè
153	lake	lak
154	sea	lanmè, loseyan
155	salt	sèl
156	stone	ròch
157	sand	sab
158	dust	pousyè
159	earth	latè
160	cloud	nuaj
161	fog	bwouya
162	sky	syèl, lesyèl
163	wind	van
164	snow	nèj, lanèj
165	ice	glas
166	smoke	lafimen
167	fire	dife
168	ash	sann
169	to burn	boule
170	road	chemen, rout
171	mountain	mòn, montay
172	red	rouj
173	green	vè
174	yellow	jòn
175	white	blan
176	black	nwa
177	night	lanuit
178	day	jou
179	year	ane
180	warm	cho
181	cold	frèt
182	full	plen
183	new	nouvo, nèf
184	old	vye, aje
185	good	bon
186	bad	move
187	rotten	pouri
188	dirty	sal
189	straight	dwat
190	round	ron
191	sharp (as a knife)	file, koupe
192	dull (as a knife)	defile, febli
193	smooth	lis
194	wet	mouye
195	dry	sèk
196	correct	kòrèk
197	near	akote, pre
198	far	lwen
199	right	dwat
200	left	gòch
201	at	a
202	in	nan, andedan
203	with	ak, avèk
204	and	ak, epi, e
205	if	si
206	because	paske, akòz
207	name	non

External links

[Kreyol | Haïtian Creole Dictionary] (source)

Swadesh lists
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The list may also include : (t) the transcription in latin characters, (p) the phonetic transcription

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Haïtian Creole language/Swadesh list

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