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

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