This is a Swadesh list of words in Silesian 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.
№ English Silesianślōnskŏ edit (207) 1 I (1sg )jŏ 2 you (2sg )ty 3 he , she , it (3sg )ôn ôna ôno 4 we (1pl )my 5 you (2pl )wy 6 they (3pl )ôni ône 7 this tyn ta to 8 that tamtyn tamta tamto 9 here sam tukej 10 there tam 11 who fto 12 what co 13 where kaj 14 when kej kedy 15 how jak 16 not niy 17 all wszyjsko 18 many mocka 19 some trochã 20 few mało 21 other inkszy 22 one jedyn 23 two dwa 24 three trzi 25 four sztyry 26 five piyńć 27 big srogi wielgi 28 long dugi 29 wide szyroki 30 thick ruby hruby 31 heavy ciynżki 32 small mały 33 short krōtki 34 narrow wōnski 35 thin ciynki 36 woman baba kobiyta 37 man (adult male)chop 38 man (human being)czowiek 39 child dziycio 40 wife ślubnŏ 41 husband ślubny 42 mother matka 43 father fater ôjciec 44 animal zwiyrz zwiyrzã 45 fish ryba 46 bird ptŏk 47 dog pies 48 louse lojza 49 snake szlanga wōnż 50 worm chrobŏk 51 tree strōm 52 forest las 53 stick karkoszka 54 fruit ôwoc 55 seed nasiynie 56 leaf listek 57 root korzyń 58 bark (of a tree)skōra 59 flower bluma kwiŏtek 60 grass trŏwa 61 rope sznōra 62 skin skōra 63 meat miynso 64 blood krew 65 bone kość 66 fat (noun)fet 67 egg jajco 68 horn rōg 69 tail ôgōn 70 feather piōro 71 hair szkut wos 72 head gowa 73 ear ucho 74 eye ôko ślypie 75 nose nos 76 mouth gymba 77 tooth zōmb 78 tongue (organ)jynzyk 79 fingernail paznoket pazur 80 foot stopa 81 leg noga 82 knee klin kolano 83 hand rynka 84 wing krzidło 85 belly brzuch 86 guts bachōrz bebechy strzewa 87 neck kark szkrawikel 88 back pleca rzbiet 89 breast pierś 90 heart sierce 91 liver wōntroba 92 to drink pić 93 to eat jeś 94 to bite gryź 95 to suck cyckać 96 to spit charkać pluć 97 to vomit swrŏcać 98 to blow dmuchać dmić fukać wiŏć 99 to breathe dychać 100 to laugh śmiŏć lachać 101 to see widzieć 102 to hear słyszeć 103 to know wiedzieć znać 104 to think myśleć 105 to smell wōniać 106 to fear bŏć 107 to sleep spać 108 to live żyć 109 to die umiyrać 110 to kill zabijać 111 to fight walczyć 112 to hunt gōnić 113 to hit prać 114 to cut ciōńć krŏć 115 to split dzielić tajlować 116 to stab żgać bōś 117 to scratch drŏpać szkrobać 118 to dig kopać 119 to swim pływać 120 to fly lecieć lŏtać 121 to walk chodzić iść łazić 122 to come przichodzić prziłazić 123 to lie (as in a bed) leżeć 124 to sit siedzieć 125 to stand stŏć 126 to turn (intransitive) ôbrŏcać zwyrtać 127 to fall padować 128 to give dŏwać 129 to hold dzierżeć trzimać 130 to squeeze ściskać 131 to rub trzić 132 to wash myć 133 to wipe wyciyrać 134 to pull ciōngnōńć 135 to push ciś 136 to throw ciepać 137 to tie pantać wiōnzać 138 to sew szyć 139 to count rachować 140 to say gŏdać padać rzōńdzić 141 to sing śpiywać 142 to play grać szpilać 143 to float pływać 144 to flow płynōńć 145 to freeze marznōńć zamarzać 146 to swell brnieć 147 sun klara słōńce 148 moon miesiōnczek 149 star gwiŏzda 150 water woda 151 rain dyszcz 152 river rzyka 153 lake jezioro 154 sea morze 155 salt sōl 156 stone kamyń 157 sand piŏsek 158 dust sztaub 159 earth ziymia 160 cloud chmōra ôbłok 161 fog mgła 162 sky niebo 163 wind wiater 164 snow śniyg 165 ice lōd 166 smoke smōnd 167 fire ôgyń 168 ash hasie 169 to burn pŏlić goreć 170 road cesta drōga 171 mountain gōra 172 red czyrwōny 173 green zielōny 174 yellow żōłty 175 white bioły 176 black czŏrny 177 night noc 178 day dziyń 179 year rok 180 warm ciepły 181 cold zimny 182 full połny 183 new nowy 184 old stary 185 good dobry 186 bad zły 187 rotten zgnity 188 dirty ôbmaraszōny szpinawy 189 straight prosty 190 round kolity ôkrōngły 191 sharp (as a knife)ôstry 192 dull (as a knife)tympy 193 smooth gładki 194 wet mokry 195 dry suchy 196 correct nŏleżyty 197 near bliski 198 far daleki 199 right prawy 200 left lewy 201 at kole przi u wele 202 in w we 203 with s ś z ze 204 and i 205 if eźli jeźli 206 because bo pōniywŏż 207 name miano
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