Sunday, 5 February 2017

Fiji Hindi common words

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.

The list below also shows the etymology of these words. It shows that 44% are from Hindi, 40% from the Eastern Hindi dialects, 10% from Urdu, 2% from English and 3% cannot be determined.

No.English Fiji HindiEtymology
1IhamBhojpuri, Magahi
2you (singular)tum (casual), aap (formal)Hindi
3heuu, iiAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
4weham logMagahi
5you pluraltum log (casual), aap log (formal)Magahi
6theyuu loganBhojpuri
7thisiiAwadhi, Magahi
8thatuuAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
9herehianAwadhi, Magahi
10therehuanAwadhi, Magahi
11whokonAwadhi, Bhojpuri
12whatkonchiBhojpuri
13wherekahaanHindi
14whenkabHindi
15howkaiseBhojpuri
16notnai
17allsabHindi
18manydherAwadhi
19somethorraHindi
20fewthorraBhojpuri
21otherduusarAwadhi, Bohjpuri, Magahi
22oneekHindi
23twoduiAwadhi, Bhojpuri
24threetiinHindi
25fourchaarHindi
26fivepaanchHindi
27bigbarraaHindi
28longlambaaHindi
29widechaklaaMagahi
30thickmotaaHindi
31heavygarrhuAwadhi, Bhojpuri
32smallchhotaaHindi
33shortponiiEnglish
34narrowpatraaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
35thinpatraaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
36womanauratUrdu
37man (adult male)admiiUrdu
38man (human being)insaanUrdu
39childlarrkaHindi
40wifeauratUrdu
41husbandadmiiUrdu
42motherammaHindi
43fatherpitaajiHindi
44animaljaanwarUrdu
45fishmachhriAwadhi, Bhojpuri
46birdchirriyaaHindi
47dogkuttaaHindi
48lousejuuanBhojpuri
49snakesaampHindi
50wormkechuaaHindi
51treeperrHindi
52forestjangleHindi
53stickdandaaHindi
54fruitfalHindi
55seedbiyaaAwadhi, Magahi
56leafpattiHindi
57rootjarrHindi
58bark (of a tree)chhilkaaHindi
59flowerfuulHindi
60grassgiraasEnglish
61roperassiHindi
62skinchamrraaHindi
63meatgosUrdu
64bloodkhuunUrdu
65bonehaddiHindi
66fat (noun)charbiiHindi
67eggandaaHindi
68hornsingHindi
69tailpuuchHindi
70featherpakhnaaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
71hairbaarAwadhi, Bhojpuri
72headmuurrAwadhi, Bhojpuri
73earkaanHindi
74eyeaankhiAwadhi
75nosenaakHindi
76mouthmuhHindi
77toothdaantHindi
78tonguejiibHindi
79fingernailnakkhunAwadhi, Bhojpuri
80footgorrAwadhi, Bhojpuri
81legtaangHindi
82kneeghutnaaHindi
83handhaanthHindi
84wingpankhaa
85bellypeetHindi
86gutsatrriHindi
87neckgataiBhojpuri
88backpiithiBhojpuri
89breastchuuchi
90heartdilUrdu
91liverkarejaBhojpuri
92to drinkpioHindi
93to eatkhaaoBhojpuri, Magahi
94to bitekaatoHindi
95to suckchuusoHindi
96to spitthuukoHindi
97to vomitchhaant karoAwadhi, Bhojpuri
98to blowfuukoMagahi
99to breathesaans loHindi
100to laughhansoHindi
101to seedekhoHindi
102to hearsunoHindi
103to knowjaanoHindi
104to thinksochoAwadhi
105to smellsungho
106to feardaroHindi
107to sleepsutoMagahi
108to livejiioHindi
109to diemaroHindi
110to killmaaroAwadhi, Magahi
111to fightlarroHindi
112to huntsikaar karo
113to hitmaaroHindi
114to cutkaatoHindi
115to splitchiiroHindi
116to stabbhokoMagahi
117to scratchkhajuaoBhojpuri
118to digkhodoAwadhi, Magahi
119to swimpahurroAwadhi, Bhojpuri
120to flyurroHindi
121to walkchaloHindi
122to comeaaoHindi
123to lie (as in a bed)letoHindi
124to sit baithoBhojpuri, Magahi
125to stand kharraa hoHindi
126to turnghuumoHindi
127to fallgiroHindi
128to givedeoHindi
129to holdpakrroHindi
130to squeezedabaoHindi
131to rubragroMagahi
132to washdhoAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
133to wipepochhoMagahi
134to pullkhiichoHindi
135to pushdhakeloAwadhi, Bhojpuri
136to throwbigoAwadhi, Bhojpuri
137to tiebaandhoHindi
138to sewsiioHindi
139to countgiinoHindi
140to sayboloAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
141to singgaaoMagahi
142to playkheloHindi
143to floatutraoHindi
144to flowbahoHindi
145to freezejamaoHindi
146to swellfuulomagahi
147sunsurajHindi
148moonchandarmaaHindi
149startaaraHindi
150waterpaaniHindi
151rainpaani
152rivernaddiAwadhi, Bhojpuri
153laketalaiyaaUrdu
154seasamundarAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
155saltnimakUrdu
156stonepattharHindi
157sandbaaluHindi
158dustgardaaHindi
159earthduniyaaUrdu
160cloudbaadalHindi
161fogfogEnglish
162skyasmaanUrdu
163windhawaaUrdu
164snowsnowEnglish
165iceiceEnglish
166duuna
167fireaagiAwadhi, Bhojpuri
168ashraakhiAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
169to burnjaraoAwadhi, Bhojpuri
170roadrastaaAwadhi
171mountainpahaarrHindi
172redlaalUrdu
173greengreenEnglish
174yellowpiyarAwadhi, Bhojpuri
175blackkariyaaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
176whiteujjarBhojpuri
177nightraatHindi
178daydinHindi
179yearsaalUrdu
180warmgaramUrdu
181coldthandaaAwadhi
182fullbharaaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
183newnawaaAwadhi, Bhojpuri
184oldpuraanaHindi
185goodachchhaaHindi
186badkharaabUrdu
187rottensarraa
188dirtymailaaAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
189straightsidhaaHindi
190roundgolaa
191sharp (as a knife)chookBhojpuri
192dull (as a knife)bhotarAwadhi, Bhojpuri
193smoothchikkanMagahi
194wetbhiijaBhojpuri
195dryjhuuraAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
196correctraaitEnglish
197nearnagiichAwadhi, Bhojpuri
198farduurHindi
199rightraaitEnglish
200leftleftEnglish
201atpeAwadhi, BHojpuri
202inmeHindi
203withsaatheAwadhi, Bhojpuri
204andaurAwadhi, Bhojpuri
205ifagarUrdu
206becausekaahekiAwadhi, Bhojpuri, Magahi
207namenaamUrdu
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