Quenya Swadesh list
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This is a Swadesh list of basic words in Quenya. Unfortunately, some of the English words in the list do not have their Quenya equivalents known at this time, although more are likely to be found in as yet unreleased material. Diaereses are not shown here, being optional. Quenya verbs are shown as their stems (such as tul- "come").
| № | English | Quenya |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | ni |
| 2 | thou (singular) | ce |
| 3 | he | se |
| 4 | we | me |
| 5 | you (plural) | elle? |
| 6 | they | te |
| 7 | this | sina |
| 8 | that | tana |
| 9 | here | sinome |
| 10 | there | tanome? |
| 11 | who | man |
| 12 | what | mana |
| 13 | where | masse |
| 14 | when | íre |
| 15 | how | manen |
| 16 | not | lá, u- |
| 17 | all | ilya, ilúve |
| 18 | many | ? |
| 19 | some | ? |
| 20 | few | ? |
| 21 | other | exa |
| 22 | one | mine |
| 23 | two | atta |
| 24 | three | nelde |
| 25 | four | canta |
| 26 | five | lempe |
| 27 | big | alta |
| 28 | long | sóra |
| 29 | wide | landa |
| 30 | thick | tiuca |
| 31 | heavy | lunga |
| 32 | small | pitya, titta |
| 33 | short | sinta |
| 34 | narrow | lenwa |
| 35 | thin | lenwa |
| 36 | woman | nís |
| 37 | man (adult male) | nér |
| 38 | man (human being) | atan |
| 39 | child (a youth) | hína |
| 40 | wife | vesse |
| 41 | husband | verno |
| 42 | mother | amil |
| 43 | father | atar |
| 44 | animal | celva, laman |
| 45 | fish | lingwe, hala |
| 46 | bird | aiwe, filit |
| 47 | dog | huo |
| 48 | louse | ? |
| 49 | snake | ango |
| 50 | worm | ? |
| 51 | tree | alda |
| 52 | forest | taure |
| 53 | stick (of wood) | nasta |
| 54 | fruit | yáva |
| 55 | seed | erde |
| 56 | leaf | lasse |
| 57 | root | sulca |
| 58 | bark (of tree) | ? |
| 59 | flower | lóte, indil |
| 60 | grass | salque |
| 61 | rope | ? |
| 62 | skin (of a person) | helma |
| 63 | meat (as in flesh) | apsa |
| 64 | blood | serce |
| 65 | bone | axo |
| 66 | fat (noun) | tiuqua? |
| 67 | egg | ? |
| 68 | horn | rasse |
| 69 | tail | ? |
| 70 | feather (rather not down) | quesse |
| 71 | hair | finde |
| 72 | head | cár |
| 73 | ear | lár |
| 74 | eye | hen |
| 75 | nose | nengwe |
| 76 | mouth | náva |
| 77 | tooth (rather not molar) | nelet |
| 78 | tongue | lambe |
| 79 | fingernail | taxe ("nail") |
| 80 | foot | tál |
| 81 | leg | telco |
| 82 | knee | ? |
| 83 | hand | má |
| 84 | wing | ráma |
| 85 | belly | cumbo |
| 86 | guts | ? |
| 87 | neck | yat |
| 88 | back | ? |
| 89 | breast | ? |
| 90 | heart | hón, enda |
| 91 | liver | ? |
| 92 | to drink | suc- |
| 93 | to eat | mata- |
| 94 | to bite | naca-, nahta |
| 95 | to suck | ? |
| 96 | to spit | piuta- |
| 97 | to vomit | ? |
| 98 | to blow (as wind) | ? |
| 99 | to breathe | súya- |
| 100 | to laugh | lala- |
| 101 | to see | cen- |
| 102 | to hear | lasta- |
| 103 | to know (a fact) | ista- |
| 104 | to think | sana- |
| 105 | to smell (sense odor) | ? |
| 106 | to fear | ruc- |
| 107 | to sleep | fúm- |
| 108 | to live | ? |
| 109 | to die | fir- |
| 110 | to kill | ? |
| 111 | to fight | ? |
| 112 | to hunt (transitive) | roita- |
| 113 | to hit | ? |
| 114 | to cut | rista- |
| 115 | to split | mac- |
| 116 | to stab (or stick) | ? |
| 117 | to scratch (an itch) | ? |
| 118 | to dig | ? |
| 119 | to swim | ? |
| 120 | to fly | vil- |
| 121 | to walk | vanta- |
| 122 | to come | tul- |
| 123 | to lie (as on one's side) | caita |
| 124 | to sit | har- |
| 125 | to stand | ? |
| 126 | to turn (change direction) | quer- |
| 127 | to fall (as in drop) | lanta- |
| 128 | to give | anta- |
| 129 | to hold (in one's hand) | ? |
| 130 | to squeeze | ? |
| 131 | to rub | ? |
| 132 | to wash | ? |
| 133 | to wipe | ? |
| 134 | to pull | saca- |
| 135 | to push | ? |
| 136 | to throw | ? |
| 137 | to tie | nut- |
| 138 | to sew | ser-? |
| 139 | to count | not- |
| 140 | to say | quet- |
| 141 | to sing | lir- |
| 142 | to play | tyal- |
| 143 | to float | wil- |
| 144 | to flow | sir- |
| 145 | to freeze | nicu- |
| 146 | to swell | tiuya- |
| 147 | sun | anar |
| 148 | moon | isil |
| 149 | star | elen |
| 150 | water | nén |
| 151 | to rain | ? |
| 152 | river | síre |
| 153 | lake | ailin |
| 154 | sea (as in ocean) | ear |
| 155 | salt | singe |
| 156 | stone | ondo |
| 157 | sand | litse |
| 158 | dust | asto |
| 159 | earth (as in soil) | cemen |
| 160 | cloud | fanya, lumbo |
| 161 | fog | hiswe |
| 162 | sky | helle, ilwe, telume |
| 163 | wind (as in breeze) | súre |
| 164 | snow | losse |
| 165 | ice | helce |
| 166 | smoke | ? |
| 167 | fire | náre |
| 168 | ashes | ? |
| 169 | to burn (intransitive) | urya- |
| 170 | road | tie, malle |
| 171 | mountain | oron |
| 172 | red | carne |
| 173 | green | laica |
| 174 | yellow | malina, tulca |
| 175 | white | ninque |
| 176 | black | more |
| 177 | night | lóme |
| 178 | day (daytime) | aure |
| 179 | year | loa, coranar |
| 180 | warm (as in weather) | lauca |
| 181 | cold (as in weather) | nique |
| 182 | full | quanta |
| 183 | new | vinya |
| 184 | old | enwina |
| 185 | good | mára |
| 186 | bad | faica |
| 187 | rotten (as, a log) | saura |
| 188 | dirty | vára |
| 189 | straight | téna |
| 190 | round | corna |
| 191 | sharp (as a knife) | aica |
| 192 | dull (as a knife) | ? |
| 193 | smooth | pasta |
| 194 | wet | linque |
| 195 | dry (adjective) | parca |
| 196 | right (correct) | téra |
| 197 | near | hare |
| 198 | far | haiya |
| 199 | right (side) | forya |
| 200 | left (side) | hyarya |
| 201 | at | -nna |
| 202 | in | -sse |
| 203 | with (accompanying) | as, yo |
| 204 | and | ar |
| 205 | if | ? |
| 206 | because | an |
| 207 | name | esse |
Source: [Ardalambion]
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