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

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