| Language | Family | Form for THING | Gloss for THING | Form for WORK (LABOUR) | Gloss for WORK (LABOUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Croatian | Indo-European | pɔ̌saɔ | thing | pɔ̌saɔ | work |
| Hungarian | Uralic | doloɡ | thing | doloɡ | work |
| Moksha | Uralic | tʲev | thing | tʲev | work |
| Erzya | Uralic | tʲev | thing | tʲev | work |
| Romanian | Indo-European | lukru | thing | lukru | work |
| Turkish | Turkic | iʃ | thing | iʃ | work |
| Selice Romani | Indo-European | búti | the thing | búti | the work |