| Language | Family | Form for WORK (LABOUR) | Gloss for WORK (LABOUR) | Form for THING | Gloss for THING |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selice Romani | Indo-European | búti | WORK (LABOUR) | búti | THING |
| Erzya | Uralic | тев | WORK (LABOUR) | тев | THING |
| Hungarian | Uralic | dolog | WORK (LABOUR) | dolog | THING |
| Romanian | Indo-European | lucru | WORK (LABOUR) | lucru | THING |
| Turkish | Turkic | iş | WORK (LABOUR) | iş | THING |
| Moksha | Uralic | тев | WORK (LABOUR) | тев | THING |
| Croatian | Indo-European | posao | WORK (LABOUR) | posao | THING |
| Tangkhul | Sino-Tibetan | ot | THING | ot | WORK (LABOUR) |