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

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