Swadesh list

olorăre

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[oˈloɾəɾe]

1. transitive verb To smell (a flower, a perfume, etc.).

2. intransitive verb To smell, to give off a kind of smell.

Etymology: From olor plus derivative suffix -re.

~ a

[oˈloɾəɾe a]

1. prepositional verb To smell of (something).

 

pensăre

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[ˈpensəɾe]

1. transitive verb To think, to think about, to think over.

2. intransitive verb To think.

Etymology: From Latin pensare.

~ de

[ˈpensəɾe de]

1. prepositional verb To think of (somebody/something), to have an opinion about (somebody/something).

~ ne

[ˈpensəɾe ne]

1. prepositional verb To think about (somebody/something), to have (somebody/something) in one’s thoughts.

scospujăre

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[ʃkoʃˈpujəɾe]

1. transitive verb To spit (saliva, blood, food, etc.).

Etymology: From Latin exconspuere.

~ ad a feza

[ʃkoʃˈpujəɾe ad a ˈfeza]

1. intransitive verb To spit in somebody’s face.

Etymology: From scospujăre ad a feza.