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This is a Swadesh list of words in Quechua English .
Note on orthography: Quechua orthography may change from one source to another.
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
Southern Quechua
1
I
ñuqa
2
you (singular)
qam
3
he , she , it
pay
4
we
ñuqanchik (inclusive) , ñuqayku (exclusive)
5
you (plural)
qamkuna
6
they
paykuna
7
this
kay
8
that
chay (medial) , haqay (distal)
9
here
kaypi
10
there
chaypi (medial) , haqaypi (distal)
11
who
pi (interrogative)
12
what
ima (interrogative) , hay (asking for repetition)
13
where
may (interrogative)
14
when
hayk'aq (interrogative) , mayk'ap (interrogative)
15
how
imahina (interrogative)
16
not
mana -chu (negative) , ama -chu (prohibitive)
17
all
tukuy lliw llapa
18
many
achka
19
some
tumpa waki
20
few
aslla tumpa pisi
21
other
huk waki
22
one
huk
23
two
iskay
24
three
kimsa
25
four
tawa
26
five
pichqa
27
big
hatun suni
28
long
suni llañu suyt'u
29
wide
kimra luqhu llapha phanlli sakha
30
thick
raku
31
heavy
llasa
32
small
uchuy
33
short
chutu kuru
34
narrow
k'ichki
35
thin
ñañu
36
woman
warmi
37
man (adult male)
qhari
38
man (human being)
runa
39
child
irqi
40
wife
warmi
41
husband
qusa
42
mother
mama
43
father
tayta yaya
44
animal
uywa
45
fish
challwa
46
bird
pisqu lluta
47
dog
allqu
48
louse
usa
49
snake
mach'aqway katari amaru
50
worm
kuru
51
tree
sacha
52
forest
sachakuna
53
stick
k'aspi
54
fruit
ruru
55
seed
muru
56
leaf
laqi
57
root
sapi
58
bark (of a tree)
qara
59
flower
wayta
60
grass
qura
61
rope
waska
62
skin
qara
63
meat
aycha
64
blood
yawar
65
bone
tullu
66
fat (noun)
wira
67
egg
runtu
68
horn
waqra
69
tail
chupa
70
feather
puru
71
hair
chukcha
72
head
uma
73
ear
rinri
74
eye
ñawi
75
nose
sinqa
76
mouth
simi
77
tooth
kiru
78
tongue (organ)
qallu
79
fingernail
sillu
80
foot
chaki
81
leg
chanka
82
knee
qunquri
83
hand
maki
84
wing
rapra
85
belly
wiksa
86
guts
chunchul
87
neck
kunka
88
back
wasa
89
breast
ñuñu qhasqu
90
heart
sunqu
91
liver
kiwcha k'ipchan
92
to drink
upyay
93
to eat
mikhuy
94
to bite
kaniy
95
to suck
chunqay
96
to spit
tuqay
97
to vomit
aqtuy
98
to blow
phukuy wayray (wind)
99
to breathe
samay
100
to laugh
asiy
101
to see
rikuy
102
to hear
uyariy
103
to know
yachay
104
to think
yuyay
105
to smell
mutkiy
106
to fear
manchay
107
to sleep
puñuy
108
to live
kawsay
109
to die
wañuy
110
to kill
wañuchiy
111
to fight
awqay
112
to hunt
chakuy kasachiy
113
to hit
maqay
114
to cut
p'itiy kuchuy
115
to split
laray
116
to stab
t'uksiy chusyay
117
to scratch
aspiy
118
to dig
allay
119
to swim
wayt'ay
120
to fly
phaway
121
to walk
puriy
122
to come
hamuy
123
to lie (as in a bed)
sirikuy (action) , waqtapay (state)
124
to sit
tiyakuy (action)
125
to stand
sayariy (action)
126
to turn (intransitive)
muyuy
127
to fall
urmay
128
to give
quy
129
to hold
tiyaway
130
to squeeze
qapiy
131
to rub
kituy
132
to wash
maqchiy taqsay
133
to wipe
chakichiy
134
to pull
aysay
135
to push
tanqay
136
to throw
wichuy chamqay
137
to tie
watay
138
to sew
siray
139
to count
yupay
140
to say
niy
141
to sing
takiy
142
to play
pukllay
143
to float
tuytuy
144
to flow
tinkukuy
145
to freeze
qasay
146
to swell
punkiy
147
sun
inti
148
moon
killa
149
star
quyllur
150
water
unu yaku
151
rain
para
152
river
mayu
153
lake
qucha
154
sea
mama qucha
155
salt
kachi
156
stone
rumi
157
sand
t'iyu
158
dust
hallp'a
159
earth
allpa
160
cloud
puyu
161
fog
phuya
162
sky
hawa
163
wind
wayra
164
snow
rit'i
165
ice
qasa
166
smoke
qusñi
167
fire
nina
168
ash
uchpa
169
to burn
rawray
170
road
ñan
171
mountain
urqu
172
red
puka
173
green
qumir
174
yellow
qillu
175
white
yuraq
176
black
yana
177
night
tuta
178
day
p'unchaw
179
year
wata
180
warm
illi
181
cold
chiri
182
full
hunt'a
183
new
musuq
184
old
machu tanta
185
good
kusa (things) , sumaq (persons)
186
bad
millay mana allin
187
rotten
ismusqa
188
dirty
qanra
189
straight
chiqa
190
round
muyu
191
sharp (as a knife)
kachi
192
dull (as a knife)
ruqu
193
smooth
lluspi
194
wet
huq'u
195
dry
chaki
196
correct
chanin
197
near
sichpa
198
far
karu
199
right
paña
200
left
lluqi
201
at
-pi
202
in
-pi
203
with
-yuq
204
and
-wan
205
if
-pti- sichus manapiqa
206
because
-rayku
207
name
suti
Les langages de l'humanité (Michel Malherbe), Robert Laffont, Paris 1995 - →ISBN Language families, family branches, and geographic groupings
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