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Language: Sye (Erromangan)

Source/Author:  Crowley, Terry. 2000. An Erromangan (Sye) dictiona 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:erg  Glottocode: siee1239 
Notes:  Erromango Island, Southern Vanuatu.

Verbs are entered in the dictionary in citation forms (usually n-initial; the nominalisation), but in this list they are listed in their root form. 
Problems:  Erromangan orthographic c = voiced velar fricative (gamma), but I can't locate the symbol in the character set. 
Data Entry:  Typed By: John Lynch  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:South Vanuatu:Erromanga 
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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
68 needle      
126 lake      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
1 hand noru-   32  
2 left mor   1, 59  
3 right meveh   61  
4 leg/foot no-   75  
5 to walk avan   2  
6 road/path nocuŋo   48  
7 to come velam   1, 25  
7 to come velom   1, 25  
8 to turn word info ovlaŋkau   15  
9 to swim oruc   5, 24  
10 dirty emri      
12 skin nta-   27  
12 skin noclehnta-   27  
13 back word info nta-   12  
13 back word info nelponta-      
14 belly netni-   19, 34  
14 belly nocletni-   19, 34  
15 bone noura-   52  
16 intestines nousensi-   1, 77  
17 liver mou   4, 7  
18 breast ni-   1  
20 to know, be knowledgeable okili   18  
21 to think taru   35  
22 to fear emtitoŋi   1  
23 blood nde   1  
24 head nompu-   9, 17  
25 neck nowa-   18, 83  
26 hair word info novlinompu-   31  
27 nose oroclaŋ   54  
27 nose oroŋlaŋ   54  
28 to breathe esomsac   34  
29 to sniff, smell sumsum      
30 mouth navra-   42  
31 tooth noŋu-      
32 tongue nelwame-   7, 48  
33 to laugh tovop   76  
34 to cry aŋri   69  
35 to vomit elwo   8  
35 to vomit elilwo   8  
37 to eat eni   1  
38 to chew word info emai   1, 49  
39 to cook word info etni   9  
40 to drink omonki   1, 72  
41 to bite elintvi      
42 to suck aŋkmi   17  
43 ear ntelŋo-   1  
44 to hear orŋi   1, 84  
46 to see ochi   1  
47 to yawn amwap   19  
49 to lie down word info alei   26  
50 to dream emevyac   13  
51 to sit etehep   80  
52 to stand etur   2, 57  
53 person/human being neteme   55  
54 man/male natman   1, 14  
55 woman/female nahiven   1, 35  
56 child nete-   5  
57 husband ahwo-   2  
58 wife retpo-   26  
59 mother ndinme-   1, 61  
60 father etme-   1  
60 father itme-   1  
61 house nimo   1  
62 thatch/roof navu   78  
63 name ni-   1, 18  
64 to say ocu   28  
65 rope neleh   11  
66 to tie up, fasten elki   1, 39  
66 to tie up, fasten eiti   75  
67 to sew word info etri   13  
69 to hunt word info elehi   29  
70 to shoot word info etvi      
71 to stab, pierce satri      
72 to hit word info tai   81  
74 to kill taloŋi   30  
75 to die, be dead mah   1  
76 to live, be alive omurep   1, 76  
77 to scratch word info orei   74  
78 to cut, hack word info etai   1  
79 stick/wood nei   1  
80 to split word info tavloŋi   99  
81 sharp aco   67  
82 dull, blunt ai      
83 to work word info ompurac   28  
84 to plant owi   9  
85 to choose semsi   12  
86 to grow word info etpu   1  
87 to swell word info alam   67  
88 to squeeze word info avsi   90  
89 to hold word info elcavi      
90 to dig ocli   1  
91 to buy vasi   73  
92 to open, uncover oravran   38  
93 to pound, beat word info talsi      
94 to throw word info tauri      
95 to fall word info omol   40  
96 dog nalinoh   28  
97 bird menuc   1  
99 feather novli-   1  
99 feather novlira-   1  
100 wing nevloco-   1  
101 to fly ocep   14  
102 rat ulakih   3  
102 rat nakih   3  
103 meat/flesh nelat   33  
104 fat/grease nup   15  
105 tail novlai|mpco-   1, 31  
106 snake nehkil   38  
108 louse word info nocut   1  
109 mosquito uyomuc   1  
110 spider yatrilwo   1  
111 fish nomu   51  
112 rotten word info empu   52  
113 branch word info ndoŋo-   1, 21  
114 leaf noŋkli-nei   50  
115 root nowatni-      
116 flower tasisi   73  
117 fruit novŋu-   40  
118 grass ntopavo   1  
119 earth/soil nmap   34  
120 stone nvat   1  
121 sand narvin   50  
122 water word info nu   2  
123 to flow orari   57  
124 sea ntoc   1  
127 woods/forest ntompoi   57  
128 sky pocup   26  
129 moon itais   30  
130 star mosi   13  
131 cloud word info nompwau   16  
132 fog mowap   3, 32  
133 rain nevip   23  
134 thunder uyowar   2, 64, 18  
135 lightning ntorpis   25  
136 wind uvulyoru   46  
137 to blow word info naryovoyu      
138 warm word info au   100  
138 warm word info awau   100  
139 cold word info etpond   29  
140 dry word info lau   116  
141 wet omnuc   42  
142 heavy ompuc   30  
143 fire nom   19  
144 to burn word info tovni      
145 smoke word info nuŋo|nom   27  
147 black acumsu   28  
148 white ehvo   103  
149 red avlar   52  
150 yellow melyaŋ   9  
151 green emte   1  
151 green telemte   1  
152 small viroc   1, 42  
153 big oroŋ   x  
154 short word info potcon   9  
155 long word info tantop      
156 thin word info avlis   20  
157 thick word info evivat   25  
158 narrow workirki   22  
159 wide avlovlac   38  
160 painful, sick amarat   1  
161 shy, ashamed aromprom   21  
162 old word info etalam   26  
163 new itvau   1  
164 good armai   41  
165 bad, evil ur   1?  
166 correct, true noŋko      
167 night pumroc   43  
168 day ndan   6  
170 when? word info niŋoi   1, 43  
171 to hide word info amon   26  
172 to climb word info soki   2  
173 at ra   20  
174 in, inside unisoŋ   52  
175 above umelwo      
176 below unmap      
177 this iyi   1  
177 this iyih   1  
178 that mori   14  
179 near potcon   53  
179 near potpot   53  
180 far isut   1  
181 where? word info iya   91  
182 I yau   1, 21  
183 thou kik   1, 17  
184 he/she iyi   1, 43  
185 we word info koh   1  
185 we word info kam   2  
186 you kimi   1, 13  
187 they iror   1, 68  
188 what? word info se   1  
189 who? word info mei   65  
190 other noŋkon      
191 all camwisu      
192 and im   2  
193 if naŋku   16  
194 how? word info hoŋku se   64  
195 no, not tawi   33  
196 to count ehpi   26  
197 One word info haiten   8  
198 Two word info nduru   1  
199 Three word info ndehel   1  
200 Four word info ndvat   1  
201 Five word info sukrim   1, 13  
202 Six word info mehikai   9  
203 Seven word info sukrimnduru      
204 Eight word info sukrimndehel      
205 Nine word info sukrimendvat      
206 Ten word info narwolem   4  
36 to spit etvani *luaq 'vomit' + *ŋapus 'spit' 19, 38  
45 eye nimtuŋ 1sg 1  
45 eye nipmi 3sg 19  
48 to sleep aleipo = alei "lie down" + po 28  
11 dust pentop = ash x  
146 ash pentop = dust 1, 73  
19 shoulder nompunoru- = head + arm 63  
169 year nevi = yam 41  
73 to steal omproc intrans. 22  
107 worm (earthworm) namet kind of earthworm    
98 egg nalumam now obsolete, replaced by heik < Bislama 1, 61  
125 salt netukus rock salt 31  
73 to steal omprokŋi trans 22  

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