How to say “come” around the world
5,304 languages · 199 in their own spelling
Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.
| Language | Word | Romanization | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 来 | lái | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | come | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | venir | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | आना | ānā | Indo-European |
| Arabic | جَاءَ | jāʔa | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | আসা | aśa | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | datang | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | vir | Indo-European | |
| French | venir | Indo-European | |
| Russian | приходи́ть | prixodítʹ | Indo-European |
| Japanese | 来る | kuru | Japonic |
| Swahili | kuja | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | gelmek | Turkic | |
| Telugu | వచ్చు | vaccu | Dravidian |
| Wu Chinese | 来 | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Korean | 오다 | oda | Koreanic |
| German | kommen | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | đến | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | வா | vā | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 嚟 | lei⁴ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | آنا | ānā | Indo-European |
| Italian | venire | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | جا | gā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Western Farsi | آمَدَن | āmadan | Indo-European |
| Levantine Arabic | إجا | ʔijā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hausa | zo | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Kannada | ಬರು | baru | Dravidian |
| Polish | przychodzić | Indo-European | |
| Yoruba | wá | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Odia | ଆସିବା | āsibā | Indo-European |
| Burmese | လာ | la | Sino-Tibetan |
| Moroccan Arabic | جا | jā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Ukrainian | прихо́дити | pryxódyty | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | kelmoq | Turkic | |
| Romanian | veni | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | komen | Indo-European | |
| Thai | มา | maa | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | ya | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | до̑ћи | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | មក | mɔɔk | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | imasho | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | gelmek | Turkic | |
| Nepali | आउनु | āunu | Indo-European |
| Assamese | আহ | ah | Indo-European |
| Sinhala | එනවා | enawā | Indo-European |
| Greek | έρχομαι | érchomai | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | hatin | Indo-European | |
| Hijazi Arabic | جا | jā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Tajik | омадан | omadan | Indo-European |
| Sylheti | ꠀꠃꠣ | aua | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | келу | kelüw | Turkic |
| Hungarian | jön | Uralic | |
| Zulu | -za | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Tunisian Arabic | جاء | jāʔ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Akan | bra | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | راتلل | rātlᶕl | Indo-European |
| Czech | přicházet | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | كەلمەك | kelmek | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | kom | Indo-European | |
| Min Dong Chinese | 來 | lì | Sino-Tibetan |
| Haitian | vini | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | komma | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | gəlmək | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | и́двам | ídvam | Indo-European |
| Belarusian | прыбыва́ць | prybyvácʹ | Indo-European |
| Neapolitan | venì | Indo-European | |
| Central Kurdish | ھاتن | hatin | Indo-European |
| Kashmiri | یُن | yun | Indo-European |
| Kikuyu | ũka | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Northern Thai | ᨾᩣ | ma | Tai-Kadai |
| Danish | komme | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | prichádzať | Indo-European | |
| Minangkabau | datang | Austronesian | |
| Finnish | tulla | Uralic | |
| Lao | ມາ | mā | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | komme | Indo-European | |
| Tatar | килергә | kilergä | Turkic |
| Catalan | venir | Indo-European | |
| Guarani | ju | Tupian | |
| Sicilian | vèniri | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | келүү | kelüü | Turkic |
| Swiss German | choo | Indo-European | |
| Armenian | գալ | gal | Indo-European |
| Balinese | teka | Austronesian | |
| Lithuanian | ateiti | Indo-European | |
| Lombard | vegnì | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | მისვლა | misvla | Kartvelian |
| Jamaican Creole English | come | Indo-European | |
| Albanian | vij | Indo-European | |
| Mongolian | ирэх | irex | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Galician | vir | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | priti | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | veni | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | доаѓа | doaǵa | Indo-European |
| Venetian | vegner | Indo-European | |
| Zhuang | daeuj | Tai-Kadai | |
| Brahui | barr | Dravidian | |
| Rohingya | ai | Indo-European | |
| Kabardian | къэкӏуэн | qɛkʷʼɛn | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Latvian | nākt | Indo-European | |
| Quechua | hamuy | Quechuan | |
| Scots | cum | Indo-European | |
| Chechen | лела | lela | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Estonian | tulema | Uralic | |
| Tibetan | ཡོང | yong | Sino-Tibetan |
| Bakhtiari | اودن | aweðen | Indo-European |
| Western Frisian | komme | Indo-European | |
| Talysh | ome | Indo-European | |
| Basque | etorri | Isolates | |
| Welsh | dod | Indo-European | |
| Yucatec Maya | taal | Mayan | |
| Lü | ᦙᦱ | maa | Tai-Kadai |
| Morisyen | vini | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | vni | Indo-European | |
| Adyghe | къэкӏон | qɛkʷʼon | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Maltese | ġie | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Crimean Tatar | kelmek | Turkic | |
| Occitan | venir | Indo-European | |
| Tetum | mai | Austronesian | |
| Asturian | venir | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | кэл | kel | Turkic |
| Kumyk | гелмек | gelmek | Turkic |
| Papiamento | bini | Indo-European | |
| Icelandic | koma | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | vignî | Indo-European | |
| Tuvinian | келир | kelir | Turkic |
| Tyap | bai | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Zeelandic | komme | Indo-European | |
| Abkhaz | аара | aara | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Pennsylvania German | kumme | Indo-European | |
| Irish | tar | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Faroese | koma | Indo-European | |
| Scottish Gaelic | thig | Indo-European | |
| Mansaka | datung | Austronesian | |
| Southern Altai | келер | keler | Turkic |
| Sanskrit | गमति | gamati | Indo-European |
| Khakas | килерге | kilerge | Turkic |
| Dungan | лэ | le | Sino-Tibetan |
| Romansh | vegnir | Indo-European | |
| Kajtak | цяна́ | cəná | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Comorian | uja | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Upper Sorbian | přińć | Indo-European | |
| Northern Frisian | kaame | Indo-European | |
| Lower Sorbian | pśiś | Indo-European | |
| Jejueo | 오다 | oda | Koreanic |
| Dolgan | кэл | kel | Turkic |
| Mòcheno | kemmen | Indo-European | |
| Manx | tar | Indo-European | |
| Interlingua | venir | Artificial Language | |
| Bororo | aregodu | Bororoan | |
| Nanai | ди- | ʒi- | Tungusic |
| Pipil | witz | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Istriot | vignì | Indo-European | |
| Prussian | perēitwei | Indo-European | |
| Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin | ratang | Pidgin | |
| Manchu | ᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ | jimbi | Tungusic |
| Akkadian | alākum | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Avestan | 𐬘𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 | jamaⁱti | Indo-European |
| Bobangi | ya | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Boloki | ya | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Chagatai | کلادو | kelādū | Turkic |
| Dalmatian | vener | Indo-European | |
| Fataluku | ma'u | Timor-Alor-Pantar | |
| Gothic | 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 | qiman | Indo-European |
| Ancient Greek | ἀφικνέομαι | aphiknéomai | Indo-European |
| Hebrew | בָּא | ba | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hmong Daw | los | Hmong-Mien | |
| Hunsrik | komme | Indo-European | |
| Old Irish | do·icc | Indo-European | |
| Javanese | teka | Austronesian | |
| Kawi | tĕka | Austronesian | |
| Central-Eastern Kamta | aṣ | Indo-European | |
| Latin | venio | Indo-European | |
| Northern Lushootseed | ʔəƛ̕ | Salishan | |
| Lautu | vaw | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Moselle Franconian | kommen | Indo-European | |
| Makasae-Makalero | ma'u | Timor-Alor-Pantar | |
| Malay | datang | Austronesian | |
| Middle English | comen | Indo-European | |
| Classical Nahuatl | huītz | Uto-Aztecan | |
| San Francisco Bay Ohlone | ká̄nak 'íwqisin | Miwok-Costanoan | |
| Old English | cuman | Indo-European | |
| Old Saxon | kuman | Indo-European | |
| Iron Ossetian | ӕрцӕуын | ærcæwyn | Indo-European |
| Phoenician | 𐤁𐤀 | bʾ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Punic | 𐤁𐤀 | bʾ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Eastern Panjabi | ਆਉਣਾ | āuṇā | Indo-European |
| Sardinian | bènnere | Indo-European | |
| Savosavo | ba | Isolates | |
| Sundanese | sumping | Austronesian | |
| Tagalog | pumunta | Austronesian | |
| Tokharian A | kum- | Indo-European | |
| Tokharian B | käm- | Indo-European | |
| Tooro | -ija | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Yámana | akata | Isolates | |
| Yiddish | קומען | kumen | Indo-European |
| Yurok | nes | Algic | |
| Dimli | amaene | Indo-European |