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Words in subset Swadesh-100

IDFullwordCount
100yellow480
99woman882
98who?557
97white702
96what?531
95we incl. (pronoun d:1p, incl)94
94water1229
93warm/hot393
92two988
91tree1030
88to walk489
87to swim276
86to stand826
85to sleep835
84to sit876
83to see842
82to say266
81to rain157
90tooth (front rather than molar)1068
89tongue945
80to lie down302
79to know (facts)281
78to kill425
77to hear607
76to give811
75to fly475
74to eat1055
73to drink344
72to die540
71to come894
70to burn (intrans.)522
69to bite556
68thou398
67this515
66that457
65tail948
64sun1148
63stone1055
62star921
61smoke (of fire)903
60small735
59skin1131
58seed354
57sand737
56round223
55root704
54road/path541
53red690
52person334
51one981
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