A word in Ururogōri is defined as a unit of meaning with only one root. The unit can be as simple as an exclamation or as complex as an agglutinated doing word. A root carries the basic word meaning.
The following words for instance are root-based. There are no affixes added.
1. Vivāmbaririzi [Adverbs]
These words do stand alone, their roots are not extended by affixation. The examples are:
- - Garaha [Ugēnde garaha udūke eua uzyizā]
- - Rigari [Akori egāsi erahi rigari]
- - Kitarēta [Niahāmbiki amanya amoromerera kitarēta]
2. Vihugi [Interjections]
They also have only one unchanging root word, these expressions of surprise. The example words are:
- - Ma! [Umuana aakomera ma!]
- - Esu! [Reka zimbēmba, esu!]
- - Korikokooo! [Edāywa eragurānga korikokooo!]
3. Vikorwa viniga [Imperative Verbs]
When doing words are addressed directly in speech, the speaker tends to drop any affixes. Here the word ‘heard’ is largely a root, of intended message.
- - Rima [rima kutāge zinguza]
- - Kera [kera kunyōre mavēre]
- - Hurira [hurira zinzuki zivūyā]
4. Virānge via kase [Common nouns]
These nouns, by continual use, dropped their prefix morpheme and it might be assumed they never had. They include:
- - [mu]bāba [Vuuchyē bāba]
- - [mu]kōza [Kōza vadūki vurahi]
- - [mu]gūku [Aaivura bāba ni gūku]
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