Appendix:Haitian Creole Swadesh list - Wiktionary
This is a Swadesh list of words in Haitian Creole, compared with that of English.
1 I mwen
2 you (singular) ou
5 you (plural) ou
6 they yo
8 that sila
9 here isit
11 who kilès, kimoun
12 what kisa
13 where ki kote
14 when kilè
15 how kòman, kijan
17 all tout
18 many anpil
19 some kèk, detwa
20 few enpe, tikras, tikal
21 other lòt
22 one en, youn, yon
24 three twa
26 five senk
27 big gran
29 wide laj
30 thick epè, pwès
31 heavy lou
33 short kout
34 narrow jennen
35 thin fen
36 woman fanm
37 man (adult male) nonm
38 man (human being) moun
39 child pitit, timoun
40 wife madanm
41 husband mari
42 mother manman
44 animal zannimo, bèt
47 dog chen
48 louse pou
49 snake koulèv
50 worm vè
51 tree pyebwa
52 forest forè
53 stick baton
54 fruit fwi
56 leaf fèy
57 root rasin
58 bark (of a tree) kòs, po
59 flower flè
60 grass zèb
61 rope kòd
62 skin po
63 meat vyann
64 blood san
65 bone zo
66 fat (noun) grès
67 egg ze
68 horn kòn
69 tail ke
71 hair cheve
72 head tèt
73 ear zòrèy
74 eye je
75 nose nen
76 mouth bouch
77 tooth dan
78 tongue (organ) lang
79 fingernail zong
80 foot pye
81 leg janm, pye
82 knee jenou
83 hand men
84 wing zèl
85 belly vant
86 guts zantray
87 neck kou
88 back do
89 breast tete, sen
90 heart kè
91 liver fwa
92 to drink bwè
93 to eat manje
94 to bite mòde
96 to spit krache
101 to see wè
102 to hear tande
103 to know konnen
105 to smell santi
106 to fear pè
107 to sleep dòmi
109 to die mouri
111 to fight goumen, batay
113 to hit frape
115 to split separe
116 to stab pike
119 to swim naje
121 to walk mache
123 to lie (as in a bed) kouche, blayi
124 to sit chita
125 to stand leve, kanpe
126 to turn (intransitive) vire
128 to give bay
129 to hold kenbe
131 to rub fwote
133 to wipe siye
134 to pull tire
136 to throw voye, jete
137 to tie mare
140 to say di
141 to sing chante
142 to play jwe
147 sun solèy
148 moon lalin
150 water dlo
152 river rivyè
154 sea lanmè
155 salt sèl
156 stone wòch
157 sand sab
158 dust pousyè
159 earth latè
160 cloud nyaj
161 fog bwouya
162 sky syèl
163 wind van
164 snow nèj, lanèj
166 smoke lafimen
169 to burn boule
170 road chemen, wout
171 mountain mòn, montay
172 red wouj
173 green vèt
174 yellow jòn
176 black nwa
177 night lannuit
178 day jou
179 year ane, lane
181 cold frèt
183 new nouvo, nèf
184 old vye, aje
189 straight dwat
190 round won
191 sharp (as a knife) file, koupe
192 dull (as a knife) defile, febli
195 dry sèk
196 correct kòrèk
197 near toupre
199 right dwat, adwat
200 left gòch, agòch
202 in nan, anndan
203 with ak, avèk
204 and ak, epi, e
206 because paske, akòz, poutèt
Wittmann, Henri (1973). "The lexicostatistical classification of the French-based Creole languages." Lexicostatistics in genetic linguistics: Proceedings of the Yale conference, April 3–4, 1971, dir. Isidore Dyen, 89–99. La Haye: Mouton.[1]
Kreyol | Haitian Creole Dictionary (source)
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