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

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