Trạyn/Lexicon

Swadesh List
The following is a list of Australian words and their Germanic cognates/equivalents.

Australian Lexicon (Trạyn Lếc Từ)
Words are grouped by letter. Words within these groupings are not in alphabetical order.

Aa
áu bè &emsp;[aw˧˥.be˧˩]&emsp;n: back yard, the wild, the outback at &emsp;[at˧]&emsp;pron: us (acc, pl) ar &emsp;[aː˧]&emsp;v: are (nonpast pl, see ù)

Ăă
ă puốy &emsp;[ə˧.pwoj˧˥]&emsp; 1. n: exploit, loophole;&emsp; 2. v: exploit ă puõe &emsp;[ə˧.pwaːɨ˩˥]&emsp; 1. n: explosion;&emsp; 2. v: explode ă-trạy-liâ &emsp;[ə˧.tʃʷaːj˥˩.ljə˧]&emsp;n (formal): Australia

Bb
bôy &emsp;[boj˧]&emsp;n (informal): person bè &emsp;[be˧˩]&emsp; 1. n: back, spine, behind&emsp; 2. adj: behind, previous, rear&emsp; 3. adv: backward bạ &emsp;[baː˥˩]&emsp;n: bark (of a tree) bẹ &emsp;[beː˥˩]&emsp;n: handbag bè phè &emsp;[be˧˩.pe˧˩]&emsp;n: backpack bi lòy &emsp;[bi˧.lɒj˧˩]&emsp;v: act, behave bi &emsp;[bi˧]&emsp;n: beer bên &emsp;[bɪŋ˧]&emsp;ptcl: past continuous aspect marker bì &emsp;[bi˧˩]&emsp;ptcl: intransitive marker bì yên &emsp;[bi˧˩.jen˧]&emsp;n: existence, being bì &emsp;[bi˧˩]&emsp;ptcl: passive verb marker

Cc
cán &emsp;[kʰan˧˥]&emsp; 1. n (formal): person, persons;&emsp; 2. ptcl: interrogative marker car &emsp;[kʰaː˧]&emsp;n: car ca &emsp;[kʰa˧]&emsp;n: cup cuo &emsp;[kʰuːw˧]&emsp;adj: adequate càn &emsp;[kʰan˧˩]&emsp;v: come chển &emsp;[tʃɪːn˧˩˥]&emsp;n: chicken, poultry

Dd
dả lếc &emsp;[daː˧˩˥.lɪk˧˥]&emsp;n: dialect drịn &emsp;[dʒʷiːn˥˩]&emsp; 1. n: dream;&emsp; 2. v: dream, imagine

Êê
êt &emsp;[ɪt˧]&emsp;ptcl: continuous aspect marker ế &emsp;[ɪ˧˥]&emsp;pron: it (inan, sg)

Ff
fhản &emsp;[fʰaːn˧˩˥]&emsp;adv: very, extremely fhà &emsp;[fʰa˧˩]&emsp; 1. v: have sex;&emsp; 2. n: sexual intercourse fhè &emsp;[fʰe˧˩]&emsp;v: leave, depart fhêiư &emsp;[fʰiːɥ˧]&emsp;n: feelings, emotion fhêiư lòy &emsp;[fʰiːɥ˧.lɒj˧˩]&emsp;v: think, guess, suppose fền &emsp;[fɪŋ˧˩]&emsp;v: imagine fă &emsp;[fɪŋ˧˩]&emsp;conj: from, out of, for, to, in order to, in, in a manner of, regarding, in relation to

Gg
góe &emsp;[gaɨ˧˥]&emsp;n: goat gân &emsp;[gən˧]&emsp;ptcl: future tense marker goe &emsp;[gən˧]&emsp; 1. ptcl: imperative marker&emsp; 2. n: direction, way ghếp &emsp;[gɪp˧˥]&emsp;n: reward, obligatory gift grãy &emsp;[gɹaːj˩˥]&emsp;n: (school) class, (school) subject, year level

Hh
hẹn &emsp;[heːn˥˩]&emsp;v: happen, occur hền &emsp;[hɪŋ˧˩]&emsp;ptcl: infinitive marker hi &emsp;[hi˧]&emsp;pron: him (acc, m, sg) hơ &emsp;[hɘː˧]&emsp;pron: her (acc, f, sg)

Ii
ít &emsp;[it˧˥]&emsp;adj: east, eastern

Jj
jă &emsp;[dʒə˧]&emsp;ptcl: polar question marker jòe &emsp;[dʒaɨ˧˩]&emsp;n: joke

Kk
koy &emsp;[kɒj˧]&emsp;n: sky khi &emsp;[kʰi˧]&emsp;v: steal

Ll
lao &emsp;[laːʋ˧]&emsp; 1. n: love, affection;&emsp; 2. v: love lưiy &emsp;[lʉːj˧]&emsp;v: lose, fail, forget lết &emsp;[lɪt˧˥]&emsp; 1. n: list, cumulation;&emsp; 2. v: list, transcribe, accumulate lòy &emsp;[lɒj˧˩]&emsp;v: like, enjoy loy &emsp;[lɒj˧]&emsp; 1. adv: a little, slightly;&emsp; 2. interj: um, uh lẽn &emsp;[leːn˩˥]&emsp;n: land, country lêc &emsp;[lɪk˧]&emsp;n: slang lè-xâ &emsp;[le˧˩.ʒə˧]&emsp;n: leisure, free time

Mm
máy &emsp;[maj˧˥]&emsp;n: friend móy &emsp;[mɒj˧˥]&emsp;ptcl: potential marker mi &emsp;[mi˧]&emsp;pron: me (acc, sg)

Oo
oư &emsp;[ɒɥ˧]&emsp;n: island

Pp
phú &emsp;[pʰɤ˧˥]&emsp;v: put, place down, set phou &emsp;[pʰuːw˧]&emsp;n: lake, swimming pool pế &emsp;[pɪ˧˥]&emsp;n: saliva, spit

Qq
quin &emsp;[kʰwin˧]&emsp; 1. n: queen, empress;&emsp; 2. n: cross-dresser quề &emsp;[kʰwɪ˧˩]&emsp; 1. adv: quickly;&emsp; 2. interj: hurry up

Rr
ruển &emsp;[ɹʷɪːŋ˧˩˥]&emsp;v: think, believe ruền¹ &emsp;[ɹʷɪŋ˧˩]&emsp; 1. v: call out, call (on a phone), talk about, tell (a secret);&emsp; 2. v react, let out a noise in reaction to a stimulus ruền² &emsp;[ɹʷɪŋ˧˩]&emsp;n: arena, (boxing) ring rêt &emsp;[rɪt˧]&emsp;ptcl: past tense marker

Ss
shãy &emsp;[ʃaːj˩˥]&emsp;n: disapproval, (nagtive) criticism;&emsp; 2. v: disapprove, object to, blame sam &emsp;[sam˧]&emsp;ptcl:  plural marker shúo &emsp;[ʃuːw˧˥]&emsp;ptcl: should shõ &emsp;[ʃɒː˩˥]&emsp;adj: short sông &emsp;[soŋ˧]&emsp;n: song, piece of music sàyn &emsp;[sajn˧˩]&emsp;adj: same srễ &emsp;[ʃʷɪː˩˥]&emsp;n: shred, shavings, piece

Tt
trạyn &emsp;[tʃʷaːjn˥˩]&emsp; 1. n: Australia;&emsp; 2. adj: Australian táy &emsp;[taj˧˥]&emsp;n: state, province, territory thô &emsp;[tʰo˧]&emsp;adj: top, primary, highest, first, best, most thô cán &emsp;[tʰo˧.kʰan˧˥]&emsp;n: prime minister

Uu
uay thư &emsp;[waj˧.tʰʉ˧]&emsp;adv: excessively, much uay &emsp;[waj˧]&emsp;n: way, direction method uêo &emsp;[wɪːʋ˧]&emsp;adp: with, together, at the same time uổn &emsp;[won˧˩˥]&emsp;ptcl: optative marker uến &emsp;[wɪŋ˧˥]&emsp;v: go to, head towards, visit ù &emsp;[u˧˩]&emsp;v: be uôy &emsp;[wɒj˧]&emsp;v: was (past sg, see ù) uơ &emsp;[wɘː˧]&emsp;v: were (past pl, see ù) uêr &emsp;[wɪː˧]&emsp;pron: where uóy &emsp;[wɒj˧˥]&emsp;adj: white

Vv
vaiy &emsp;[vaːj˧]&emsp;n: vase vền &emsp;[vɪn˧˩]&emsp;pron: them (inan, pl) (acc, n, sg) vay &emsp;[vaj˧]&emsp;pron: they (acc, n, pl) vóe &emsp;[vaɨ˧˥]&emsp; 1. n: vote; 2. v: vote

Yy
yưe &emsp;[jʉː˧]&emsp;pron: you (acc, sg) yâ &emsp;[jə˧]&emsp;pron (informal): you (acc, sg) yửt &emsp;[jʉːt˧˩˥]&emsp;pron: you, you all (nom, pl) yôur &emsp;[joːw˧]&emsp;pron: you, you all (acc, pl)

Zz
zư &emsp;[zʉ˧]&emsp;n: zoo

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