The following table gives a version of the Swadesh list as it can be found on Wikipedia with the Ayeri translations of English words filled in.
Swadesh lists are usually used to display similarities (or dissimilarities) between related languages, but I’m only putting Ayeri vocabulary here. This way you can still at least get a taste of what some of its basic vocabulary looks like.
No. | English | Ayeri |
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1 | I | -ay |
2 | you (singular) | -va |
3 | he | -ya |
4 | we | -ayn |
5 | you (plural) | -va(n) |
6 | they | -yan |
7 | this | eda- |
8 | that | ada- |
9 | here | edaya |
10 | there | adaya |
11 | who | sinya |
12 | what | sinya |
13 | where | siyan |
14 | when | sitaday |
15 | how | sikay, simin |
16 | not | -oy, -u- |
17 | all | -hen |
18 | many | -ikan |
19 | some | -aril |
20 | few | -kay |
21 | other | palung |
22 | one | men |
23 | two | sam |
24 | three | kay |
25 | four | yo |
26 | five | iri |
27 | big | kāryo |
28 | long | tupas |
29 | wide | apan |
30 | thick | pakir |
31 | heavy | hagin |
32 | small | kivo |
33 | short | bata, kivo (time) |
34 | narrow | mihu |
35 | thin | pakray |
36 | woman | envan |
37 | man (adult male) | ayon |
38 | Man (human being) | keynam |
39 | child | gan |
40 | wife | envan |
41 | husband | ayon |
42 | mother | māva |
43 | father | badan |
44 | animal | burang |
45 | fish | inun |
46 | bird | vipin |
47 | dog | veney |
48 | louse | dasu |
49 | snake | segas |
50 | worm | lima |
51 | tree | mehir |
52 | forest | vinim |
53 | stick | batey |
54 | fruit | nihan |
55 | seed | tibin |
56 | leaf | baloy |
57 | root | berem |
58 | bark (of tree) | santa |
59 | flower | migoray |
60 | grass | tipuy |
61 | rope | kan |
62 | skin | yutan |
63 | meat | bari |
64 | blood | baytang |
65 | bone | daram |
66 | fat (n.) | lapung |
67 | egg | hema |
68 | horn | hapi |
69 | tail | sitram |
70 | feather | nunam |
71 | hair | mitrang |
72 | head | devo |
73 | ear | tang |
74 | eye | niva |
75 | nose | vina |
76 | mouth | banta |
77 | tooth | sapey |
78 | tongue (organ) | lā |
79 | fingernail | ralamapang |
80 | foot | yila |
81 | leg | nama |
82 | knee | sirayila |
83 | hand | sapay |
84 | wing | navur |
85 | belly | peynam |
86 | guts | kongey |
87 | neck | pasing |
88 | back | pang |
89 | breast | tiras |
90 | heart | patam |
91 | liver | nuho |
92 | to drink | gin- |
93 | to eat | kond- |
94 | to bite | roh- |
95 | to suck | mas- |
96 | to spit | sic- |
97 | to vomit | banteb- |
98 | to blow | giha- |
99 | breathe | ulang- |
100 | to laugh | apa- |
101 | to see | silv- |
102 | to hear | tang- |
103 | to know | koron- |
104 | to think | nil- |
105 | to smell | verya- |
106 | to fear | kar- |
107 | to sleep | tor- |
108 | to live | ten- |
109 | to die | tenya- |
110 | to kill | tomba- |
111 | to fight | pen- |
112 | to hunt | kimb- |
113 | to hit | har- |
114 | to cut | vis- |
115 | to split | mesam- |
116 | to stab | sik- |
117 | to scratch | tra- |
118 | to dig | tirak- |
119 | to swim | tigal- |
120 | to fly | nuna- |
121 | to walk | lamp- |
122 | to come | saha- |
123 | to lie (bed) | hema- |
124 | to sit | nedra- |
125 | to stand | beng- |
126 | to turn (itr.) | gur- |
127 | to fall | lesa- |
128 | to give | il- |
129 | to hold | hang- |
130 | to squeeze | pasta- |
131 | to rub | mut- |
132 | to wash | ket- |
133 | to wipe | gonda- |
134 | to pull | kac- |
135 | to push | pinka- |
136 | to throw | ka- |
137 | to tie | nasa- |
138 | to sew | tibin- |
139 | to count | kur- |
140 | to say | nara- |
141 | to sing | maly- |
142 | to play | aja-, dap- |
143 | to float | savit- |
144 | to flow | metida- |
145 | to freeze | kars- |
146 | to swell | nit- |
147 | sun | perin |
148 | moon | kolun |
149 | star | siru |
150 | water | karon |
151 | rain | seyaran |
152 | river | nongon |
154 | lake | kodan |
154 | sea | karon |
155 | salt | pruy |
156 | stone | yelang |
157 | sand | ahal |
158 | dust | metāhal |
159 | earth | avan |
160 | cloud | kutun |
161 | fog | runoy |
162 | sky | leno |
163 | wind | pin |
164 | snow | kanka |
165 | ice | karsang |
166 | smoke | runu- |
167 | fire | tupoy |
168 | ash | napisān |
169 | to burn | nap- |
170 | road | sasān |
171 | mountain | rivan |
172 | red | tuvo |
173 | green | dano |
174 | yellow | piha |
175 | white | maka |
176 | black | makārya |
177 | night | sirutay |
178 | day | bahis |
179 | year | perican |
180 | warm | mato |
181 | cold | satiko |
182 | full | deng |
183 | new | hiro |
184 | old | tado |
185 | good | ban |
186 | bad | nerau, niru |
187 | rotten | seb- |
188 | dirty | idas |
189 | straight | sirimang |
190 | round | hikamu |
191 | sharp (knife) | kang |
192 | dull (knife) | nahi |
193 | smooth | pray |
194 | wet | raro |
195 | dry | tiru |
196 | correct | kayto |
197 | near | nasay |
198 | far | kahu |
199 | right | patameng (direction); kayto (correct) |
200 | left | nuveng |
201 | at | -ya |
202 | in | -ya; kong (inside) |
203 | with | kayvo |
204 | and | nay |
205 | if | bata |
206 | because | yanoyam |
207 | name | garan |