Appendix:Shanghainese Swadesh list

This is a Swadesh list of words in Shanghainese, compared with that of English.

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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.

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Romanisation scheme used is Wugniu. This scheme has a module prepared and implementation into Wiktionary has been discussed for Shanghainese, though talks have somewhat halted. Vocabulary and pronunciation based on Middle Generation (中派) Shanghainese.

EnglishWu
上海閒話 / 上海闲话
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1I (1sg) (ngu6)ŋu¹¹³
2you (2sg) / (non6)noŋ¹¹³
3he, she, it (3sg) (yi6)ɦi¹¹³
4we (1pl)阿拉 (aq7 laq8/la6), 我伲 (ngu6 gni6) (old-fashioned), (gni6) (old-fashioned)aʔ³³ laʔ⁴⁴/la⁴⁴, ŋu¹¹ ȵi⁴⁴, ȵi¹¹³
5you (2pl) (na6)na¹¹³
6they (3pl)伊拉 (yi6 la6/laq8)ɦi¹¹ la⁴⁴
7this (geq8) (younger speakers), (diq8) (older speakers)ɡəʔ¹², diɪʔ¹²
8that (e1), (i1)e⁵³, i⁵³
9here搿墶 / 搿垯 (geq8 taq7), 此地 (tshy1 di6)ɡəʔ¹¹ taʔ²⁴, tsʰɿ⁵⁵ di²²
10there埃面墶 / 埃面垯 (e1 mi6 taq7), 伊面墶 / 伊面垯 (i1 mi6 taq7)e⁵⁵ mi⁴⁴ taʔ²², i⁵⁵ mi⁴⁴ taʔ²²
11who啥人 (sa5 gnin6)sa³³ ȵin⁴⁴
12what (sa5), 啥物事 (sa5 meq8 zy6)sa³³⁴, sa³³ məʔ⁴⁴ zɿ²²
13where啥地方 (sa5 di6 faon1), 嚡裏 / 嚡里 (gha6 li6), 嚡裏墶 / 嚡里垯 (gha6 li6 taq7)sa³³ di⁴⁴ fɑ̃²², ɦa¹¹ li⁴⁴, ɦa¹¹ li⁴⁴ taʔ¹¹
14when啥辰光 (sa5 zen6 kuaon1), 幾時 / 几时 (ci5 zy6)sa³³ zən⁴⁴ kuɑ̃²², tɕi³³ zɿ⁴⁴
15how哪能 (na6 nen6)na¹¹ nən⁴⁴
16not (veq8)vəʔ¹²
17all全部 (zhi6 bu6),  / (ze6)ʑi¹¹ bu⁴⁴, ze¹¹³
18many交關 / 交关 (ciau1 kue1), (tu1)tɕiɔ⁵⁵ kue²², tu⁵³
19some一點 / 一点 (iq7 ti5)iɪʔ³³ ti⁴⁴
20few (sau5)sɔ³³⁴
21other其他 (ji6 tha1), 別個 / 别个 (biq8 gheq8)dʑi¹¹ tʰa⁴⁴, biɪʔ¹¹ ɦǝʔ²⁴
22one (iq7)iɪʔ⁴⁴
23two / (lian6), (gni6)liã¹¹³, ȵi¹¹³
24three (se1)se⁵³
25four (sy5)sɿ³³⁴
26five (ng6)ŋ¹¹³
27big (du6)du¹¹³
28long / (zan6)zã¹¹³
29wide / (khuoe1),  / (khueq7)kʰuø⁵³, kʰuəʔ⁵⁵
30thick (gheu6)ɦɤ¹¹³
31heavy (zon6)zoŋ¹¹³
32small (shiau5)ɕiɔ³³⁴
33short (toe5) (of person of thing), (a5) (of person)tø³³⁴, a³³⁴
34narrow / (ghaq8)ɦaʔ¹²
35thin (boq8)boʔ¹²
36woman女人 (gniu6 gnin6)ȵy¹¹ ȵin⁴⁴
37man (adult male)男人 (noe6 gnin6)nø¹¹ ȵin⁴⁴
38man (human being) (gnin6)ȵin¹¹³
39child小人 (shiau5 gnin6), 小囡 (shiau5 noe6)ɕiɔ³³ ȵin⁴⁴, ɕiɔ³³ nø⁴⁴
40wife老婆 (lau6 bu6), 家主婆 (ka1 tsy5 bu6), 妻子 (chi1 tsy5) (formal)lɔ¹¹ bu⁴⁴, ka⁵⁵ tsɿ⁴⁴ bu²², tɕʰi⁵⁵ tsɿ²²
41husband老公 (lau6 kon1), 丈夫 (zan6 fu1) (formal)lɔ¹¹ koŋ⁴⁴, zã¹¹ fu⁴⁴
42mother媽媽 / 妈妈 (ma1 ma1), 姆媽 / 姆妈 (m1 ma1), (gnian6) (direct/indirect), 母親 / 母亲 (mu1 chin1) (formal)ma⁵⁵ ma²², m⁵⁵ ma²², ȵiã¹¹³, mu⁵⁵ tɕʰin²²
43father爸爸 (pa1 pa1), (tia1),  / (ya6) (indirect), 父親 / 父亲 (vu6 chin1) (formal)pa⁵⁵ pa²², tia⁵³, ɦia¹¹³, vu¹¹ tɕʰin⁴⁴
44animal動物 / 动物 (don6 veq8)doŋ¹¹ vəʔ⁴⁴
45fish / (ng6)ŋ¹¹³
46bird / (gniau5/tiau5 (obsolete))ȵiɔ³³⁴/tiɔ³³⁴
47dog (keu5)kɤ³³⁴
48louse老白蝨 / 老白虱 (lau6 baq8 seq7)lɔ¹¹ baʔ⁴⁴ səʔ¹¹
49snake (zo6)zo¹¹³
50worm / (zon6)zoŋ¹¹³
51tree / (zy6)zɿ¹¹³
52forest森林 (sen1 lin6)sən⁵⁵ lin²²
53stick棒頭 / 棒头 (baon6 deu6)bɑ̃¹¹ dɤ⁴⁴
54fruit水果 (sy5 ku5)sɿ³³ ku⁴⁴
55seed (tsy5), 種子 / 种子 (tson5 tsy5)tsɿ³³⁴, tsoŋ³³ tsɿ⁴⁴
56leaf葉子 / 叶子 (yiq8 tsy5)ɦiɪʔ¹¹ tsɿ²⁴
57root (ken1)kən⁵³
58bark (of a tree)樹皮 / 树皮 (zy6 bi6)zɿ¹¹ bi⁴⁴
59flower (ho1)ho⁵³
60grass (tshau5)tsʰɔ³³⁴
61rope繩子 / 绳子 (zen6 tsy5)zən¹¹ tsɿ⁴⁴
62skin皮膚 / 皮肤 (bi6 fu1)bi¹¹ fu⁴⁴
63meat (gnioq8)ȵioʔ¹²
64blood (shiuq7/shioq7)ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/ɕioʔ⁵⁵
65bone骨頭 / 骨头 (kueq7 deu6)kuəʔ³³ dɤ⁴⁴
66fat (noun)脂肪 (tsy1 faon1)tsɿ⁵⁵ fɑ̃²²
67egg (de6)de¹¹³
68horn (koq7)koʔ⁵⁵
69tail尾巴 (gni6/mi6 po5)ȵi¹¹/mi¹¹ po⁴⁴
70feather羽毛 (yu6 mau6)ɦy¹¹ mɔ⁴⁴
71hair頭髮 / 头发 (deu6 faq7) (on head), (mau6) (body hair of person/fur of animal)dɤ¹¹ faʔ⁴⁴, mɔ¹¹³
72head / (deu6)dɤ¹¹³
73ear耳朵 (gni6 tu5)ȵi¹¹ tu⁴⁴
74eye眼睛 (nge6 cin1)ŋe¹¹ tɕin⁴⁴
75nose鼻頭 / 鼻头 (biq8 deu6)biɪʔ¹¹ dɤ²⁴
76mouth嘴巴 (tsy5 po5)tsɿ³³ po⁴⁴
77tooth牙齒 / 牙齿 (nga6 tshy5)ŋa¹¹ tsʰɿ⁴⁴
78tongue (organ)舌頭 / 舌头 (zeq8 deu6)zəʔ¹¹ dɤ²⁴
79fingernail手指掐 (seu5 tsy5 khaq7)sɤ³³ tsɿ⁴⁴ kʰaʔ²²
80foot / (ciaq7)tɕiaʔ⁵⁵
81leg / (ciaq7), (the5)tɕiaʔ⁵⁵, tʰe³³⁴
82knee腳饅頭 / 脚馒头 (ciaq7 moe6 deu6)tɕiaʔ³³ mø⁴⁴ dɤ²²
83hand (seu5)sɤ³³⁴
84wing翅膀 (tshy1 paon5)tsʰɿ⁵⁵ pɑ̃²²
85belly肚皮 (du6 bi6)du¹¹ bi⁴⁴
86guts肚腸 / 肚肠 (du6 zan6)du¹¹ zã⁴⁴
87neck頭頸 / 头颈 (deu6 cin5)dɤ¹¹ tɕin⁴⁴
88back (pe5)pe³³⁴
89breast (shion1)ɕioŋ⁵³
90heart (shin1)ɕin⁵³
91liver (koe1)kø⁵³
92to drink (haq7), (chiq7)haʔ⁵⁵, tɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵
93to eat (chiq7)tɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵
94to bite (ngau6)ŋɔ¹¹³
95to suck (soq7), (shiq7)soʔ⁵⁵, ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵
96to spit (thu5)tʰu³³⁴
97to vomit / (eu5)ɤ³³⁴
98to blow (tshy1)tsʰɿ⁵³
99to breathe呼吸 (hu1 shiq7)hu⁵⁵ ɕiɪʔ²²
100to laugh (shiau5)ɕiɔ³³⁴
101to see (khoe5)kʰø³³⁴
102to hear / (thin1)tʰin⁵³
103to know曉得 / 晓得 (shiau5 teq7)ɕiɔ³³ təʔ⁴⁴
104to think (shian5)ɕiã³³⁴
105to smell / (men6)mən¹¹³
106to fear (pho5),  / (haq7)pʰo³³⁴, haʔ⁵⁵
107to sleep / (khuen5)kʰuən³³⁴
108to live (weq8)wəʔ¹²
109to die (shi5)ɕi³³⁴
110to kill / (saq7)saʔ⁵⁵
111to fight打相打 (tan5 shian1 tan5)tã³³ ɕiã⁴⁴ tã²²
112to hunt打獵 / 打猎 (tan5 laq8)tã⁴⁴ laʔ¹²
113to hit (tan5) (to hit a person), (khau1) (to hit an object)tã³³⁴, kʰɔ⁵³
114to cut / 𭄛 (tse1), (chiq7), (ci5) (with scissors)tse⁵³, tɕʰiɪʔ⁵⁵, tɕi³³⁴
115to split (fen1)fən⁵³
116to stab (tshoq7),  / (zoq8)tsʰoʔ⁵⁵, zoʔ¹²
117to scratch (tsau1)tsɔ⁵³
118to dig (uaq7)uaʔ⁵⁵
119to swim游泳 (yeu6 ion5)ɦiɤ¹¹ ioŋ⁴⁴
120to fly / (fi1)fi⁵³
121to walk (tseu5)tsɤ³³⁴
122to come / (le6)le¹¹³
123to lie (as in a bed) / (khuen5), (thaon5)kʰuən³³⁴, tʰɑ̃³³⁴
124to sit (zu6)zu¹¹³
125to stand (liq8)liɪʔ¹²
126to turn (intransitive) / (tsoe5)tsø³³⁴
127to fall (loq8)loʔ¹²
128to give / , (peq7)pəʔ⁵⁵
129to hold (ne1/nau1/no1/no6)nə⁵³/nɔ⁵³/no⁵³/no¹¹³
130to squeeze (tsen5),  / (ci3)tsən³³⁴, tɕi³³⁴
131to rub / (lu1)lu⁵³
132to wash (da6)da¹¹³
133to wipe (kha1)kʰa⁵³
134to pull (la1)la⁵³
135to push (the1)tʰe⁵³
136to throw / (gue6)ɡue¹¹³
137to tie / (boq8)boʔ¹²
138to sew / (von6)voŋ¹¹³
139to count / (su5)su³³⁴
140to say / (kaon5)kɑ̃³³⁴
141to sing (tshaon5)tsʰɑ̃³³⁴
142to play孛相, 白相 (beq8 shian5)bəʔ¹¹ ɕiã²⁴
143to float (veu6/vu6)vɤ¹¹³/vu¹¹³
144to flow (phiau1)pʰiɔ⁵³
145to freeze / (ton5)toŋ³³⁴
146to swell / (tsan5)tsã³³⁴
147sun太陽 / 太阳 (tha5 yan6) tʰa³³ ɦiã⁴⁴
148moon月亮 (yuiq8 lian6)ɦyɪʔ¹¹ liã²⁴
149star星星 (shin1 shin1), (shin1)ɕin⁵⁵ ɕin²², ɕin⁵³
150water (sy5), (zo6) (drinking water)sɿ³³⁴, zo¹¹³
151rain (yu6)ɦy¹¹³
152river河浜 (wu6 pan1)ɦu¹¹ pã⁴⁴
153lake (wu6)ɦu¹¹³
154sea (he5)he³³⁴
155salt / (yi6)ɦi¹¹³
156stone石頭 / 石头 (zaq8 deu6)zaʔ¹¹ dɤ²⁴
157sand沙子 (so1 tsy5)so⁵⁵ tsɿ²²
158dust (hue1), 灰塵 / 灰尘 (hue1 zen6)hue⁵³, hue⁵⁵ zən²²
159earth爛泥 / 烂泥 (na6 gni6)na¹¹ ȵi⁴⁴
160cloud / (yun6)ɦyn¹¹³
161fog / (wu6)ɦu¹¹³
162sky (thi1)tʰi⁵³
163wind / (fon1)foŋ⁵³
164snow (shiq7)ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵
165ice (pin1)pin⁵³
166smoke / (i1)i⁵³
167fire (hu5)hu³³⁴
168ash (hue1)hue⁵³
169to burn / (sau1)sɔ⁵³
170road (lu6)lu¹¹³
171mountain (se1)se⁵³
172red / (ghon6), 紅顏色 / 红颜色 (ghon6 nge6 seq7)ɦoŋ¹¹³, ɦoŋ¹¹ ŋe⁴⁴ səʔ¹¹
173green / 绿 (loq8), 綠顏色 / 绿颜色 (loq8 nge6 seq7)loʔ¹², loʔ¹¹ ŋe¹¹ səʔ²⁴
174yellow / (waon6), 黃顏色 / 黄颜色 (waon6 nge6 seq7)wɑ̃¹¹³, wɑ̃¹¹ ŋe⁴⁴ səʔ¹¹⁴
175white (baq8), 白顏色 / 白颜色 (baq8 nge6 seq7)baʔ¹², baʔ¹¹ ŋe¹¹ səʔ²⁴
176black (heq7), 黑顏色 / 黑颜色 (heq7 nge6 seq7)həʔ⁵⁵, həʔ³³ ŋe⁴⁴ səʔ²²
177night夜裏 / 夜里 (ya6 li6), 夜裏向 / 夜里向 (ya6 li6 shian5), 夜到 (ya6 tau5), 夜頭 / 夜头 (ya6 deu6)ɦia¹¹ li⁴⁴, ɦia¹¹ li⁴⁴ ɕiã¹¹, ɦia¹¹ tɔ⁴⁴, ɦia¹¹ dɤ⁴⁴
178day日裏向 / 日里向 (gniq8 li6 shian5), 日裏 / 日里 (gniq8 li6)ȵiɪʔ¹¹ li¹¹ ɕiã²⁴, ȵiɪʔ¹¹ li²⁴
179year (gni6)ȵi¹¹³
180warm暖熱 / 暖热 (noe6 gniq8),  / (uen1)nø¹¹ ȵiɪʔ⁴⁴, uǝn⁵³
181cold (lan6)lã¹¹³
182full滿 / (moe6) (filled),  / (pau5) (having eaten)mø¹¹³, pɔ³³⁴
183new (shin1)ɕin⁵³
184old / (jieu6) (not new), (lau6) (of high age)dʑiɤ¹¹³, lɔ¹¹³
185good (hau5)hɔ³³⁴
186bad / (wa6)ɦua¹¹³
187rotten / (le6)le¹¹³
188dirty齷齪 / 龌龊 (oq7 tshoq7)oʔ³³ tsʰoʔ⁴⁴
189straight (zeq8)zəʔ²⁴
190round / (yoe6)ɦyø¹¹³
191sharp (as a knife) (khua5)kʰua³³⁴
192dull (as a knife) / (den6)dən¹¹³
193smooth (kuaon1)kuɑ̃⁵³
194wet (zau6),  / 湿 (saq7/seq7)zɔ¹¹³, saʔ⁵⁵/səʔ⁵⁵
195dry / (koe1)kø⁵³
196correct / (te5)te³³⁴
197near (jin6)dʑin¹¹³
198far / (yoe6)ɦyø¹¹³
199right (yeu6)ɦiɤ¹¹³
200left (tsu5)tsu³³⁴
201at (laq8), 垃垃 (laq8 laq8), 垃嗨 (laq8 he5), 垃該 / 垃该 (laq8 ke5)laʔ¹², laʔ¹¹ laʔ²⁴, laʔ¹¹ he²⁴, laʔ¹¹ ke²⁴
202in裏向 / 里向 (li6 shian5), 裏頭 / 里头 (li6 deu6),  / (li6)li¹¹ ɕiã⁴⁴, li¹¹ dɤ⁴⁴, li¹¹³
203with (taq7), (teq7), (theq7), (kau1/kau5), (ken1),  / (paon1), (lau6) (old-fashioned)taʔ⁵⁵, təʔ⁵⁵, tʰəʔ⁵⁵, kɔ⁵³/kɔ³³⁴, kən⁵³, pɑ̃⁵³, lɔ¹¹³
204and (taq7), (teq7), (theq7), 得仔 (teq7 tsy5), 脫仔 / 脱仔 (theq7 tsy5), (kau1/kau5),  / (paon1), (ken1)taʔ⁵⁵, təʔ⁵⁵, tʰəʔ⁵⁵, təʔ³³ tsɿ⁴⁴, tʰəʔ³³ tsɿ⁴⁴, kɔ⁵³/kɔ³³⁴, pɑ̃⁵³, kən⁵³
205if假使 (cia6 sy5), 如果 (zy6 ku5)tɕia³³ sɿ⁴⁴, zɿ¹¹ ku⁴⁴
206because因為 / 因为 (in1 we6)in⁵⁵ ɦue²²
207name名字 (min6 zy6)min¹¹ zɿ⁴⁴
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