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100 Words Most Resistant to Borrowing

The Leipzig–Jakarta list of 100 words is used by linguists to test the degree of chronological separation of languages by comparing words that are resistant to borrowing. How many of these words can you name?
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Rank
Word meaning
1
fire
2
nose
3
to go
4
water
5
mouth
6
tongue
7
blood
7
bone
9
2nd-person singular pronoun (you)
9
root
11
to come
12
breast
13
rain
14
1st-person singular pronoun (I/me)
15
name
15
louse
17
wing
18
flesh/meat
19
arm/hand
20
fly
20
night
22
ear
23
neck
23
far
25
to do/make
26
house
27
stone/rock
28
bitter
28
to say
28
tooth
31
hair
32
big
32
one
34
who?
Rank
Word meaning
34
3rd-person singular pronoun (he/she/it/him/her)
36
to hit/beat
37
leg/foot
38
horn
38
this
38
fish
41
yesterday
42
to drink
42
black
42
navel
45
to stand
46
to bite
46
back
48
wind
49
smoke
50
what?
51
child (kin term)
52
egg
53
to give
53
new
53
to burn (intransitive)
56
not
56
good
58
to know
59
knee
59
sand
61
to laugh
61
to hear
63
soil
64
leaf
64
red
66
liver
67
to hide
Rank
Word meaning
67
skin/hide
67
to suck
70
to carry
71
ant
71
heavy
71
to take
74
old
75
to eat
76
thigh
76
thick
78
long
79
to blow
80
wood
81
to run
81
to fall
83
eye
84
ash
84
tail
84
dog
87
to cry/weep
88
to tie
89
to see
89
sweet
91
rope
91
shade/shadow
91
bird
91
salt
91
small
96
wide
97
star
97
in
99
hard
100
to crush/grind
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