This is a Swadesh list of words in Betawi English . The Betawi language has the ISO 639-3 language code: [bew].
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
Betawi Omong Betawi
1
I
aye ane gue gua gw ogut
2
you (singular)
ente lu lo elu eluh loe
3
he , she , it
die
4
we
kite
5
you (plural)
lu pade lo pade elu pade eluh pade loe pade
6
they
ntu orang
7
this
ni nih
8
that
tu tuh ntu ntuh
9
here
mari sini sinih
10
there
sono sonoh gidah
11
who
sape sapa
12
what
ape
13
where
di mane
14
when
kapan
15
how
gimana gimane
16
not
kaga kagak ora petot
17
all
semue
18
many
abreg ngabreg seabreg ngengke sengengkean jibun bejibun
19
some
beberape sekian
20
few
dikit
21
other
laen beda
22
one
tu satu
23
two
wa duwa
24
three
ga tiga
25
four
pat empat
26
five
ma lima
27
big
gede
28
long
manjang
29
wide
lega lebar
30
thick
tebel
31
heavy
brat berat
32
small
cilik kecil
33
short
buntet bogel
34
narrow
jubel sempit
35
thin
tipis
36
woman
cewe cewek wadon
37
man (adult male)
cowo cowok lanang
38
man (human being)
manusie
39
child
anak
40
wife
bini garwa
41
husband
laki garwa
42
mother
enya enyak nyak nyokap
43
father
babe bokap
44
animal
binatang
45
fish
lauk ikan
46
bird
manuk burung
47
dog
anjing kirik (puppy)
48
louse
tuma
49
snake
uler
50
worm
cacing
51
tree
batang
52
forest
alas
53
stick
ranting
54
fruit
buah
55
seed
bibit benih
56
leaf
daon
57
root
akar
58
bark (of a tree)
babagan
59
flower
kembang
60
grass
rumput
61
rope
tali
62
skin
kulit
63
meat
daging
64
blood
dara
65
bone
tulang
66
fat (noun)
gajih
67
egg
telor
68
horn
tanduk
69
tail
buntut
70
feather
bulu
71
hair
rambut
72
head
pala pale
73
ear
kuping
74
eye
mata mate
75
nose
idung
76
mouth
mulut congor
77
tooth
gigi
78
tongue (organ)
ilat lidah lati
79
fingernail
kuku
80
foot
suku kaki
81
leg
tungke
82
knee
dengkul
83
hand
tangan
84
wing
sewiwi sayap
85
belly
perut
86
guts
usus
87
neck
leher
88
back
geger punggung
89
breast
tetek payudara
90
heart
jantung
91
liver
ati
92
to drink
inom minum
93
to eat
nglenyom dahar nyogroh (eating with hand) , gado ngegado (eating raw) , gegares ngegares (eating greedily) , nyarap (breakfast) , mindo (brunch) , lebok nglebok
94
to bite
cokot nyokot
95
to suck
kenyot ngenyot isep ngisep
96
to spit
iler ngiler
97
to vomit
gumoh
98
to blow
sebul nyebul
99
to breathe
ambek ambekan ambeg ambegan
100
to laugh
kakak ngakak engkel
101
to see
liat ngeliat longok ngelongok impleng ngimpleng
102
to hear
danges ngedanges
103
to know
ngerti ngarti
104
to think
pikir mikir
105
to smell
ambung ngambung
106
to fear
kicep kirig kekirig
107
to sleep
molor
108
to live
idup urip
109
to die
mampus modar
110
to kill
bunuh ngebunuh
111
to fight
tawur tawuran gelut tengkar
112
to hunt
kejer ngejer
113
to hit
jotos njotos dodog ngedodog gedig ngegedig
114
to cut
potong motong
115
to split
belah ngebelah
116
to stab
tujes nujes tohok nohok jleb ngajleb
117
to scratch
kedik kekedik kekedikan
118
to dig
gali ngegali
119
to swim
kebak ngebak
120
to fly
miber
121
to walk
jalan
122
to come
dateng sampe
123
to lie (as in a bed)
layab nglayab
124
to sit
deprok gesor sila
125
to stand
jogrog ngejogrog jegir
126
to turn (intransitive)
tegong negong belok
127
to fall
joprak ngejoprak
128
to give
angsrong angsrongin kasi ngasi
129
to hold
pegang megang gandeng ngegandeng (holding hand)
130
to squeeze
peres meres
131
to rub
gosok ngosok ngegosok
132
to wash
kumbah ngumbah
133
to wipe
usek ngusek elus ngelus
134
to pull
betot ngebetot
135
to push
jorog jorogin
136
to throw
timpuk nimpuk
137
to tie
cancang nyancang iket ngiket
138
to sew
kelim ngelim
139
to count
reken ngereken
140
to say
ujar ngujar
141
to sing
nyanyi
142
to play
dulin maen
143
to float
apung ngapung
144
to flow
cucur kucur ngucur
145
to freeze
beku ngebeku
146
to swell
kebi ngebi
147
sun
surya
148
moon
rembulan
149
star
rasi
150
water
aer tirta banyu
151
rain
ujan
152
river
kali ci
153
lake
telaga
154
sea
segara laut
155
salt
garem uyah
156
stone
batu
157
sand
pasir
158
dust
lawu
159
earth
bumi
160
cloud
awan
161
fog
kabut
162
sky
langit
163
wind
angin
164
snow
salju kembang es
165
ice
es
166
smoke
asep
167
fire
api
168
ash
awu
169
to burn
tambus nambus
170
road
jalanan
171
mountain
gunung
172
red
merah
173
green
ijo
174
yellow
kuning
175
white
puti putih
176
black
item gaok
177
night
malem
178
day
ari
179
year
taun
180
warm
anget
181
cold
dingin
182
full
luber jubel
183
new
gres anyar
184
old
lama lawas tua
185
good
bae baek
186
bad
bejat dablong
187
rotten
bonto rodok anyir
188
dirty
ngeres belepotan
189
straight
lurus
190
round
bunder
191
sharp (as a knife)
tajem
192
dull (as a knife)
ketul
193
smooth
licin
194
wet
klebes lepek
195
dry
kerontang
196
correct
bener
197
near
deket
198
far
tangeh
199
right
betengen
200
left
bekiwa
201
at
di
202
in
dalem kutet
203
with
bareng ame ama
204
and
ame ama
205
if
kalo
206
because
soalnye soalnya
207
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