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Language: Ura

Source/Author:  Crowley, Terry. 1999. Ura: A disappearing language 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:uur  Glottocode: urav1235 
Notes:  Erromango Island, Southern Vanuatu 
Problems:  Orthographic c = voiced velar fricative (gamma), not visible on the character set through my browser. 
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:
11 dust      
50 to dream      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
93 to pound, beat word info      
126 lake      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
2 left umesvi      
3 right arube *t > r, but not sure about the /m/ loss or V's    
10 dirty dahlei      
23 blood uŋga      
29 to sniff, smell iŋok      
30 mouth nobun ŋgivi- = head + tooth    
33 to laugh doŋgorwa      
70 to shoot word info arvasi      
71 to stab, pierce ehli      
80 to split word info arek      
82 dull, blunt aruye      
89 to hold word info ovohlowi      
92 to open, uncover daibelek      
94 to throw word info davaŋi      
107 worm (earthworm) umŋgeya      
114 leaf delŋe- = ear    
132 fog nelinbup      
140 dry word info artacau      
142 heavy abas      
166 correct, true ahneseŋ      
169 year namŋgainil      
174 in, inside unbahnaŋ      
175 above unayai      
176 below diŋen      
177 this imo      
181 where? word info duwa      
191 all bacan      
203 Seven word info sinelu      
204 Eight word info sinehli      
205 Nine word info sinivat      
18 breast na-   1  
34 to cry ereŋ   1  
37 to eat eni   1  
43 ear delŋe-   1  
46 to see ocsi   1  
60 father rimi-   1  
75 to die, be dead imis   1  
79 stick/wood ni   1  
86 to grow word info erpo   1  
90 to dig ocli   1  
97 bird uhnomu   1  
99 feather novliŋe-   1  
100 wing nevloco-   1  
108 louse word info wit   1  
109 mosquito uyoumu   1  
110 spider yarilwa   1  
119 earth/soil dena   1  
120 stone nivat   1  
124 sea de   1  
144 to burn word info ehni   1  
151 green delemda   1  
160 painful, sick amarat   1  
163 new arvau   1  
165 bad, evil arwat   1  
180 far isut   1  
185 we word info ŋgis   1  
194 how? word info nocwa   1  
198 Two word info ŋgelu   1  
199 Three word info ŋgehli   1  
117 fruit nava-   1, 26  
105 tail novlimce-   1, 31  
152 small urkis   1, 42?  
138 warm word info avŋaveŋ   1, 50  
41 to bite ahli   1, 60  
187 they leil   1, 75  
76 to live, be alive omorop   1, 76  
16 intestines nesousi-   1, 77  
44 to hear elŋi   1, 84  
44 to hear erŋi   1, 84  
186 you ŋgimi   1, 13  
201 Five word info suworem   1, 13  
54 man/male yarmon   1, 14  
183 thou ŋga   1, 17  
113 branch word info deŋeŋe-ni   1, 21  
182 I yau   1, 21  
7 to come venim   1, 25  
55 woman/female yarvin   1, 35  
170 when? word info niŋei   1, 43  
184 he/she iyi   1, 43  
38 to chew word info amai   1, 49  
59 mother ehne-   1, 61  
98 egg nahli-   1, 61  
40 to drink omni   1, 72  
146 ash bedop   1, 73  
5 to walk ovocor   105  
13 back word info da-   12  
85 to choose amsi   12  
155 long word info laupe   12  
67 to sew word info ehli   13  
130 star umse   13  
101 to fly erkep   14  
148 white arusva   14  
178 that mori   14  
78 to cut, hack word info arvi   143  
8 to turn word info oprei   15  
104 fat/grease nup   15  
149 red ehlip   15  
131 cloud word info nomwau   16  
137 to blow word info eli   16  
137 to blow word info elumsi   16  
193 if naŋgo   16  
42 to suck aŋmu   17  
20 to know, be knowledgeable ocori   18  
25 neck na-   18, 83  
25 neck borina-   18, 83  
45 eye nihmi   19  
47 to yawn amwap   19  
62 thatch/roof nobun suŋai = head + house 19  
143 fire nabaveŋ   19  
36 to spit arvani *luaq 'vomit' + *ŋapus 'spit' 19, 38  
61 house suŋai Possible S Efate loan? 1?  
118 grass novlelmut   1?  
57 husband awi-   2  
122 water word info ne   2  
172 to climb word info eci   2  
185 we word info ŋgim   2  
192 and im   2  
52 to stand wade   2, 57  
134 thunder yawil   2, 64, 18  
156 thin word info ivivirau   20  
173 at ra   20  
161 shy, ashamed aromrom   21  
73 to steal omrokŋi   22  
158 narrow worcirci   22  
133 rain nerevnip   23  
135 lightning dorpis   25  
157 thick word info ivivat   25  
22 to fear ivani   26  
49 to lie down word info ahlei   26  
128 sky bocup   26  
162 old word info ocalam   26  
171 to hide word info amon   26  
196 to count isbi   26  
12 skin da-   27  
12 skin noclesda-   27  
145 smoke word info nuŋo-nobaveŋ   27  
48 to sleep ahleiba = ahlei "lie down" + ba 28  
64 to say oco   28  
83 to work word info oburak   28  
96 dog nalinowe   28  
147 black acumsu   28  
139 cold word info urpon   29  
102 rat ulakis   3  
74 to kill dahlini   30  
129 moon irais   30  
26 hair word info novliŋen-nobu-   31  
125 salt netukus   31  
1 hand deŋe-   32  
1 hand leŋe-   32  
103 meat/flesh nalat   33  
195 no, not davawi   33  
28 to breathe esomsak   34  
21 to think daro   35  
14 belly dovo-   36  
106 snake neskil   38  
159 wide aflei   38  
206 Ten word info durem   4  
95 to fall word info ohmol   40  
164 good armai   41  
17 liver neŋgilmei   42  
141 wet omne   42  
189 who? word info wi   42  
167 night belmela   43  
31 tooth ŋgivi-   44  
115 root nolŋe-   45, 47, 49  
136 wind wavlau   46  
56 child nehni   5  
9 to swim alcai   5, 24  
58 wife riva-   5, 58  
121 sand nalvin   50  
111 fish uhnomu   51  
15 bone nowira-   52  
112 rotten word info ibu   52  
6 road/path nelelam   53  
179 near burbut   53  
53 person/human being yerema   55  
63 name niva-   55  
123 to flow arare   57  
127 woods/forest doburwai   57  
168 day nelin   6  
65 rope nowe   62  
19 shoulder nobun-leŋe- = head + arm 63  
27 nose neli-   67  
81 sharp aca   67  
87 to swell word info alam   67  
32 tongue nalwame-   7, 48  
190 other erema   72  
91 to buy vasi   73  
77 to scratch word info elei   74  
4 leg/foot nowi-   75  
66 to tie up, fasten iri   75  
116 flower navani =fruit 75  
188 what? word info da   78  
35 to vomit elwa   8  
197 One word info sai   8  
200 Four word info lemelu two-and-two 8  
51 to sit arap   80  
72 to hit word info dai   81  
39 to cook word info ehni   9  
84 to plant owi   9  
150 yellow arumyaŋ   9  
154 short word info burbut   9  
202 Six word info misai   9  
24 head nobu-   9, 17  
88 to squeeze word info avis   90  
153 big oroŋ   x  

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