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ha   up. Source: Isauro Andrew 2014. See:  hasu. 13/Nov/2014.

haangingi   verb. to quarrel. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. Category: Conflict.  For further information: see No. 179 of Quackenbush Word List.

haap   noun. buttocks. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  tahuh. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 179 of Quackenbush Word List.

haasosu   Variant spelling haaso; gas. noun. whale. Audio, source and variant: Isauro Andrew 2014. Variant gas: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: sutamo: word to say to a whale See:  sutamo.  For further information: see No. 497 of Quackenbush Word List. See also: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment   Category: Sea Creatures. 30/Nov/2014.

haat   noun. finger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  hatu ri pau; legelipög; atir; atrioitsik. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 7 of Quackenbush Word List.   20/Nov/2014.

haau   noun. hook. For more images of fish hooks, see the Tobi Island Collection, Tübingen University on FOTI website. Tobi Island Collection, Tübingen University, Sammlung des Instituts für Ethnologie der Universität Tübingen. See:  hau; ruuh. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  Category: Fishing. 03/Jan/2017.

         

All images and information reproduced here with kind permission of the ethnographic collection, Tübingen University. Photographs by Barbara W. Black, May 2007.         

habang   noun. bird: red-footed booby. Source: Justin Andrew 2014. Sula sula. Category: Fishing, Birds.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

 
Habang [Photo: Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology]

habar   old (worn); old. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. Wasa habarufakae. Wash these old clothes. For further information: see No. 121 of Quackenbush Word List.

habariyar   name: old Tobian proper name.

habau   noun. fish. Category: Fishing, Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

habauhach   gossip. Source: Justin Andrew 2015. See:  yawasahiye; tirosehe.

habebi   Variant spelling habek; gabuek. noun. butterfly. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006, 2013. Variants: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   For further information: see No. 500 of Quackenbush Word List.

habech charubech   verb. to boil. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  kawawa; kuawa; moru waa us.   For further information: see No. 415 of Quackenbush Word List.

habubu   noun. brain. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts.   For further information: see No. 53 of Quackenbush Word List.

habubutawi   noun. conch shell trumpet. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Sea Creatures.   For further information: see No. 435 of Quackenbush Word List.

habungabang   agreement; consensus. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

habura   Variant spelling touh point. verb. to light a fire. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  touh point.

haburoh   Variant spelling haburok. noun. Night Fishing Method 3. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haburtaher   noun. preamble [as in Constitution of Hatohobei State].

habwobwu   Variant spelling haboubou. barking; to argue loudly; angry yelling. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014; source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Note: boubou is an onomatopoeic representation of a dog's bark Note: Quackenbush had no Tobian word for to argue. Peter W. Black suggested habwobwu. See:  hafainiyaua; titiro. Category: Conflict.   For further information: see No. 180 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachab   chief: certain pieces reserved for him (offering?) Audio: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Chiefly Business.

hachaf   Variant spelling hachap. noun. turtle: hawksbill. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004. See:  fariyorung; hehewar; wor. eretmochelys imbricata. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.

hachaichich   verb. to run. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.  For further information: see No. 154 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachaiho   noun. Day Fishing Method 23. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hachangicha   name: old Tobian proper name.

hachanguchoh   name: old Tobian proper name.

hachanguchohu   name: old Tobian proper name.

hachap   verb. to cultivate. Feifinae ehachap wot. She is cultivating taro. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  esum; tumucho. Category: Plants & Trees.

hachechih   Variant spelling hatsetsih; gatsetsik; kes. noun. rat. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001. Variants (gatsetsik, kes): Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Ematah hachechih. He is afraid of rats. See:  teziz iri ga touci. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   For further information: see No. 508 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachefas   noun. stone wall. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hachereng   noun. Indian pennywort. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). For a description of this herb and its uses, visit Memorial Sloan Kettering, Cancer Center on the Web.Centella asiatic (L.) Urb. (apiaceae), hydrocotyle asiatica L.. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

 hachereng [Photo: flipper.dif.org].

hachetiho    See:  hasetiho.

hachi   verb. to watch out for. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

hachii   noun. toddy (sweet). Source & audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: Hachii is made from tapping the coconut flowers and using while liquid is fresh. Category: Food.  For further information: see No. 427 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachiimen   noun. toddy (fermented). Source & audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: Hachiimen is like beer. Category: Food.  For further information: see No. 426 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachiyo   noun. giant ixora. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).ixora casei (rubiaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

  Ixora casei [Photo: National Tropical Botanical Garden].

hachohong   a noise. Source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See:  soah.  For further information: see No. 193 of Quackenbush Word List.

hachou   noun. sinker. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hachouess   noun. asthma; shortness of breath. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: People with asthma used to be called "weather bureau," according to Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

hachuh   hungry. Source & audio: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  suung; maaho.  For further information: see No. 97 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafafen fiteh   noun. Thursday. Source & audio: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 516 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafahafi   noun. dinner. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food.

hafahof   poor, without. Note: This is not used in a general sense but only with respect to specific things. Hafahof ifiri tabaka. Poor with respect to tobacco; without tobacco. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

hafainiyaua   Variant spelling hafainiyawo; fainiyau. verb. to argue; to talk against; to slander. Source, variant and audio: Isauro Andrew 2009, 2010; variant (second): David Sapio 2001; Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Note: literally, mouth-fighting See:  habwobwu; titiro.  For further information: see No. 180 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Conflict. 23/Nov/2014.

hafanih areweich   to babysit. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

hafar   sleepy. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 104 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafaramau   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hafaryaurhiyo   Variant spelling hafayaurhiyo. noun. canoe part: long thwart. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Variant: Justin Andrew 2005.Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

  hafaryaurhiyo [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hafasa    See:  hafasafas.

hafasafas   Variant spelling hafasa. verb. to give birth. Sirei ehafasayai. My mother gave birth to me. Source, variant and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; variant: Paulina Theodore 2015. See:  meteh. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 149 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafasafas ih   verb. to grow fish. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hafat   noun. nest. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 410 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafatitin makaewoh iren mere   site map of foti. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew.

hafauwari maham   noun. April. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar. 25/Jul/2016.

hafehei   verb. to clean, tidy up. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 255 of Quackenbush Word List.

hafir   noun. black snapper. Source: David Sapio.Macolor niger (Forsskål, 1775). Category: Sea Creatures.

  hafir [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase].

hafiro   noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hafisuwari maham   Variant spelling hafisuwe ri maham. noun. July. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Variant: Rosa Andrew 2014. Category: Calendar.

hah   sweet. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 108 of Quackenbush Word List.

haha   noun. prostrate beach burr. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).triumfetta procumbens Forst. f. (tiliaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  

 haha.

haha   noun. baby. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 244 of Quackenbush Word List.

hahaf   bait in Day Fishing Method 24. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hahang   noun. place name: Echang, Koror. Seruman temamata ri hahang, nga seiheitu nuhuh ma hohonghong ma iyohoih. If you have three Echang people, you'll have ten new rumors. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Location.

hahapa   close to. ihahapa I am close to. ehahapa he is close to. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Location.

hahariborot   noun. maunaloa. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).triumfetta procumbens Forst. f. (tiliaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

 maunaloa [Photo: http://www.gbif.org/species/2962193].

hahat   Variant spelling hahatahe. verb. to climb. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: David Sapio 2001.  For further information: see No. 230 of Quackenbush Word List.

hahatiho   verb. to climb down. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hahau   noun. bird: lesser frigate. Source: Dominic Emilio, Francis Victor 2000.Fregata ariel. Category: Birds.

 hahau.

haheh   Night Fishing Method 2; fishing: jiggle the line. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hahep   near. Ehehepa yaf. He is near the fire. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Location.  For further information: see No. 301 of Quackenbush Word List.

hahifou   cold. Ehahifou charuye. The water is cold. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  faau.  For further information: see No. 145 of Quackenbush Word List.

hahofohof   noun. funeral. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: This word means funeral (encompassing several activities), sorrow because someone is lost, pity for family and bringing food, etc; it also expresses the lack of something.

hahou   verb. to control (drive) car, canoe, ship, et cetera. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

hahowau   verb. to crawl; to come out. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  itewou.

hahoyoho   Variant spelling hahoyohoi. counting (general). Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variant: Justin Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

hahoyohoyo   verb. to count. Ihahoya chahaikarai. I counted the eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

hahuchurtab   rock pile.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hahuh   verb. to burn. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  fisifis.  For further information: see No. 289 of Quackenbush Word List.   25/Feb/2015.

hahuhahen fiteh   noun. Tuesday. Audio & source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 514 of Quackenbush Word List.

hahuhauryopacha   noun. canoe part: outrigger strut or brace—the second yopacha. Source: Isauro Andrew 2004, Justin Andrew 2005. Audio: Isauro Andrew 2004.See:  yopacha. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

  hahuhauryopacha [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hahuowari maham   noun. February. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar. 25/Jul/2016.

hahurangari   verb. to advise. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  farauh.

hahutu   verb. to bathe another; to wash another. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  was; tutu.  For further information: see No. 259 of Quackenbush Word List.

hai   noun. penis. Eyamuir hair. He is washing his penis. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 87 of Quackenbush Word List.

haichi   Variant spelling äti; äsi. noun. coconut sap; sugar water. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; variants: Augustin Krämer, Franz Hellwig, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  hatsi tuba. Category: Food, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haichoho   noun. position: in Tur stands with net. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haichomwich   noun. position: in Tur sits and paddles. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haihasutur   noun. position: in Tur stands with torch. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haimaturi fatur   noun. position: in Tur sits and paddles and bails. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haimihimihi   noun. position: in Tur sits and steers. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haireng   noun. clan (generic). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.

hairibehi   noun. stretcher. Source: Sabino Sakarias, 2013.

hairir   noun. Day Fishing Method 33. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hairoua   name: old Tobian proper name.

haisas   noun. tropical almond; Indian almond; sea almond. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).terminalia catappa L. (combretaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

  tropical almond.

haitihang   name: old Tobian proper name.

hakum   noun. crab: pocket crab. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

ham   lights.

hamaari   difficult. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 130 of Quackenbush Word List.

hamah   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamah   noun. sweetheart. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Note: Nemecio Andrew says this is more of a general word and Peter W. Black also questions this word. For further information: see No. 249 of Quackenbush Word List.

hamahi   noun. half flower; scaevola. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. ss. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

 hamahi [Photo: UBC Botanical Garden].

hamahiyach   noun. Night Fishing Method 11. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamahoch   name: old Tobian proper name.

hamahuh   noun. fern. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). nephrolepis saligna (nephrolepidaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

hamaihang   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamaihaut   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamaneningat   noun. Day Fishing Method 37.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamar   noun. Day Fishing Method 24. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamarar   verb. to demolish. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black). Category: Conflict.

hamari   noun. wood: the hardest part. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

hamarie   noun. breakfast. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food.

hamasuhur   noun. humphead parrotfish. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See:  matirai. bolbometopon muricatum. Category: Sea Creatures.

hamatah   verb. to hurt. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  tawasi.

hamatara   to shake off stone tied with fifoas—used in Night Fishing Method 1. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hamatariwa   noun. canoe part: bailer. Audio & source Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Canoes.

hamatsi   verb. to hold. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 261 of Quackenbush Word List.

hamau   verb. to sell.  For further information: see No. 204 of Quackenbush Word List.

hamaunor   verb. to apologize; to make peace; to bring gifts. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  boruboru. Category: Conflict.

hameteh   sick. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See:  chameteri; matahi. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 185 of Quackenbush Word List.

hameteheri    See:  chameteri.

hametehi   Variant spelling gametak. noun. pain. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See:  chameteri; etewas; hameteri chirfaria. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 176 of Quackenbush Word List.

hameteri chimei   Variant spelling hametehiri; gameteka tsimar. noun. headache. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Variant and audio: Justin Andrew. 2nd variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

hameteri chirfaria   Variant spelling hametehiri. noun. breast pain. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Variant & audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Justin Andrew suggests this means rib pain since chirfariyau means rib. See:  etewas; hametehi. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).24/Nov/2014.

hameteri ngi   Variant spelling hametehiri. noun. toothache. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Variant & audio: Justin Andrew.   For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).  Category: Health & Body Parts. 24/Nov/2014.

hameteri retip   Variant spelling hametehiri. noun. general malaise (not feeling well inside). Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Variant & audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Justin Andrew suggests the meaning is someone is feeling hurt inside; one's feelings are hurt. See:  etemau tipei.   For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).  Category: Health & Body Parts. 24/Nov/2014.

hameteri siei   Variant spelling hametehiri. noun. urinary tract infection. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Variant & audio: Justin Andrew. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).   Category: Health & Body Parts. 24/Nov/2014.

hameterisi   noun. stomach ache (internal disorder); diarrhea without blood. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Audio: Justin Andrew. Category: Health & Body Parts. See:  buchita; ekeri. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).   24/Nov/2014.

hamirenamar   name: old Tobian proper name.

hamireri tintin hatohobei   document archive of Tobi. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew.

hamitii   verb. to suck. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 82 of Quackenbush Word List.

hamohoihang   name: old Tobian proper name.

hamohoroyarohang   name: old Tobian proper name.

hamwehem weh   lei put on the person. Audio & source: Rosa Andrew 2014. See:  meh.

hanabawa   oh darn it. Source and audio: Sisma Andrew 2013.

hanabuwat   noun. food of mabuwat, an ancient Tobian spirit, or food of Buwat. Source: Isauro Andrew, 2010; Domiciano Andrew, 2014. Category: Chiefly Business.

hanafiriyano   name: old Tobian proper name.

hanah   verb. to show. Hanahangariei ma imomu ra ehapar. Show me your hut. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2010.  For further information: see No. 208 of Quackenbush Word List.

hanaha   verb. to exhibit. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2010.  For further information: see No. 208 of Quackenbush Word List.

hanawau   great. Source: Isauro Andrew 2010.

hane   verb. to give. Source: J. Ellis, 2013.

haneue maisehen rarou   day before yesterday. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Category: Calendar. For further information: see No. 270 of Quackenbush Word List.

hanewaroho   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangahang   red. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Ehangahang char rabut. Snake blood is red. Category: Colors.

hangap   noun. skipjack tuna. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Source: Peter W. Black; David Sapio. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  yomma. katsuwonus pelamis.  For further information: see No. 481 of Quackenbush Word List.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hangapareicha   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangarabuetor   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangarasamoh   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangari   decorated with turmeric. Source: Sisma Andrew 2014. Category: Plants & Trees. See:  choriyong; heng.

hangeor   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangerih   verb. to tell. Source: J. Ellis 2013.

hangeyaro   name: old Tobian proper name.

hangingifengen   verb. to argue. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  habwobwu; hafainiyawo.   For further information: see No. 180 of Quackenbush Word List.

haniyarus   noun. food for the spirit/ghost. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Chiefly Business.

hanoh   noun. latherleaf; Asian nakedwood. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005)colubrina asiatica (L.) brongn. (rhamnaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

 hanoh.

hanonor   enemy; trouble between people. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

hansabor   noun. Saturday. Audio & source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 518 of Quackenbush Word List.

hansen   noun. Sunday. Audio & source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar. For further information: see No. 512 of Quackenbush Word List.

haoh   noun. blue parrotfish. Source: Justin Andrew 2015. Category: Sea Creatures.

haos   noun. horse. Borrowed from: English (horse). Source: Justin H. Andrew, 2013. Category: Land Creatures.

hapaarihotiro   noun. argument. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Conflict.

hapar   respect. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  hatowahi. Category: Conflict.

hapar ma hatawahi sewa   thank you and much respect to you.

hapara tot   make it smaller; have less. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hapare   verb. to wipe; to dry. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hapari sewa ma hatawahi   Variant spelling hoparumahatawar; hapari sewa ma hatouahi; haparu ma hatawahi sewa; haperimahatowa sewa. thank you very much. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014. Variant source: Isauro Andrew 2006; audio: Sisma Andrew; variant: Peter W. Black 2015. 12/Nov/2014.

haparifas   noun. small rock. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  hotsa; hoch; yär. Category: Nature.

haparu   respect. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2014.

haparu feifire   respected woman: customary term of respect. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014.

haparu ma hatawahi   Variant spelling haparah ma hatoahi. thank you. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014; variant and audio: Sebastian Marino 2004.

haparu moar   respected man: customary term of respect. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014.

hapeats   language of things. Source: Robert Patris, 2014. Note: Hapeats, the language of things, is contrasted with ramari faruh, the language of the island.

hapeh hapeh   noun. Night Fishing Method 1. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hapeimohor   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haper   noun. top-knot. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 27 of Quackenbush Word List.

haperim   noun. hut. Rimou haperim ren yam wotot. There are five huts in your village. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hapi   noun. hip. Eheihehi hepir. He is scratching his hip. Note: hapi is impolite; the polite word is tahuh. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  tahuh. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hapi butt   back of. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hapi nu yahum   a joke because it sounds like Happy New Year while literally meaning hang yourself by your neck.

hapi ri pin hub   noun. heel; foot: heel. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hapi sehe   noun. hook: made with three straight lines.See:  hauru bwere. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

     Tracing of hapi sehe [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Esobio's hapi sehe: tuna hook [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Esobio's hapi sehe: hauru bwere [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Esobio's hapi sehe: hauru bwere [Peter W. Black 1968].

hapi tsim   head: back of the head. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  chim. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hapichochoi   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hapiriuot   name: old Tobian proper name.

hapirpin   Variant spelling hapiripinpou;hapi ri pin pau; gapiripinnipewy. noun. elbow. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; variant: Sisma Andrew 2013; Felicia Andrew 2013; David Sapio 2001. hapirpin Note: While Isauro did not update Quackenbush's spelling for this word, Sisma spelled it as hapirpin. Felicia spelled it as hapiripinpou and David Sapio as hapi ri pin pau. See:  gapiripinnipewy.   For further information: see No. 6 of Quackenbush Word List.Category: Health & Body Parts. 25/Nov/2014.

hapiterimau   name: old Tobian proper name.

hapitsetse   noun. in Tobi's wake current system, an area of exceptionally rough water where the arms of the current converge. Source: R.E. Johannes 1981. See Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia (R.E. Johannes 1981): p. 103. See also Hasetiho: Tobi Island's Wake Current System. Category: Nature.

hapsang   noun. place name: Echang, Koror. hapsang is short for Ngerkebeseng. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. Category: Location.

hapung   verb. to suck. Hotowai hapungu chirara Don't suck on that bone. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  hapungu.

hapungu   noun. a small swallow (clearing throat). See:  wohowoh; hapung.  For further information: see No. 83 of Quackenbush Word List.

har   noun. branch. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

harahita   Variant spelling harehita. noun. octopus. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: see No. 493 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

haramah   Variant spelling harimah. noun. paddling canoe. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  uatur; wa; wa souh; wa tapi; waribir; worobei; waruhuh. Category: Canoes.

haramauou   looked or faced out.

harapa tot   make it bigger; have more. Source: David Sapio 2001.

harapatip   name: old Tobian proper name.

harapetipei   name: old Tobian proper name.

harau   noun. kou; corida; kerosene wood. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).Cordia subcordata lam. (boraginaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

 kou.

harawarawari   chasing.

harhuh   fast. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  rrah.

hari   noun. grouper. Audio: Justin H. Andrew. Note: Johannes notes that hari means, loosely, takes any bait and refers to a group of multi-colored serranids (including bwere (bwurra)). Serranidae:. See:  bwere; harieh; harie.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See Tobian Fish List: F0056.   Category:  Sea Creatures. 26/Jul/2016.

hari chauruyong   noun. grouper. Audio: Justin H. Andrew. Note: Johannes notes that hari means, loosely, takes any bait and refers to a group of multi-colored serranids (including bwere (bwurra)). Serranidae:. See:  bwere. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).    Category: Sea Creatures. 26/Jul/2016.

hari pahoti   noun. grouper. Audio: Justin H. Andrew. Note: Johannes notes that hari means, loosely, takes any bait and refers to a group of multi-colored serranids (including bwere (bwurra)). Serranidae:. See:  bwere. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).    Category: Sea Creatures. 26/Jul/2016.

harichirihet   noun. tree branch. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  chirihet. Category: Plants & Trees.  For further information: see No. 339 of Quackenbush Word List.  

harie   noun. fish: blacksaddle grouper. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See:  harieh. epinephelus howlandi.

harie chimerifas   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

harie chor   Variant spelling harietsor. noun. peacock grouper; Day Fishing Method 30. Audio: Justin Andrew; variant: David Sapio. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. See:  hariehotsofas. cephalphis argus.   For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

harie muha   noun. blue-spotted hind. Source: David Sapio.Cephalopholis cyanostigma (Valenciennes, 1828). Category: Sea Creatures.

 harie muha. [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase].

harie ri fasufas   noun. coral hind. Source: David Sapio.cephalopholis miniata. Category: Sea Creatures.

 harie ri fasufas [Photo: J. E. Randall, Fishbase].

harie yuhuno   noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

harieh   noun. marbled grouper. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See:  hari; harie. epinephelus polyphekadion. Category: Sea Creatures.

hariehotsofas    See:  harie chor. Category: Sea Creatures.

hariemor   noun. square tail coral grouper. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names.plectropomus areolatus. Category: Sea Creatures.

 Hariemor. [Photo: Fishbase, R. Field].

harih   careful. Source: David Sapio 2001.

harihi   to guard. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

harimahen fiteh   noun. Friday. Audio & source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 517 of Quackenbush Word List.  

harimouwari maham   noun. May. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

haringafeng   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haritsimorifus   noun. brown-marbled grouper. Source: David Sapio.Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forsskål, 1775). Category: Sea Creatures.

 haritsimorifus [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase].

hariueich faifir   Variant spelling gabali faivil. noun. girl. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.  For further information: see No. 246 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hariueich mar   Variant spelling gabari mar. noun. boy. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.  For further information: see No. 245 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hariueits   Variant spelling garieits. noun. child. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. Category: Kin Terms. See:  hariweich.  For further information: see No. 243 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hariweich   noun. child. Raum hariweich erap sewa yar teteng. Your children cry a lot. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Kin Terms. See:  hariueits.

hariyenuhuno   noun. name used by Matias and Esobio for Day Fishing Method 15. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

harourou   Variant spelling harorou. noun. urine. harorou Eharourout ufar. There is urine on his clothes. Audio, variant, and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 89 of Quackenbush Word List.  

haru uenigey   noun. device of wood and cordage for catching large fish. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936, p.187.
 Haru uenigey.

harub   verb. to hurl. Eharubuhara fas nitawo sewa. He hurled the rock a long way. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

haruhuruh   name: old Tobian proper name.

haruhuruhu   name: old Tobian proper name.

haruru   noun. ball. Source: Sabino Sakarias, 2013.

hasabar   noun. duck. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Land Creatures, Food.

hasahas   yelling: angry yelling. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

hasaucha   noun. Night Fishing Method 12. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haseihetihori maham   noun. October. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

haseruwari maham   noun. March. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

hasetiho   Variant spelling hachetiho. noun. Tobi's wake current system. Source: R.E. Johannes 1981. See Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia (R.E. Johannes 1981): p. 103. See also Hasetiho: Tobi Island's Wake Current System at http://www.friendsoftobi.org/nature/tobicurrents.html. Category: Nature.

hasi   verb. to take, to carry. Hasi cheheie seih ma huhafas. Take these twelve eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: hasito: you tell me to bring it. hasi: I tell you to take it. Audio: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Source: J. Ellis, 2013. See:  hasito.

hasie   verb. to ask. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010.  For further information: see No. 196 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hasih   Variant spelling gasik. noun. spear. Hasihirae esou reni horoumahari paur. The spear pierced his right arm. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.

hasihau   name: old Tobian proper name.

hasihihabohboh   noun. bow. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. For further information: see No. 219 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hasihihabohoboh   noun. arrow. Hasihihabohobohorae esou reni horouchehin paur. The arrow pierced his left arm. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.  For further information: see Nos. 219, 220 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hasir   noun. songs: men's songs, not mohuhar. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014. Note: Domiciano says these are men's songs more like fishing songs or drunken songs. See:  mohuhar.

hasito   verb. to bring. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Note: hasito: you tell me to bring it. hasi: I tell you to take it. See:  hasi.

hasiyah   noun. question. Source: Justin Andrew 2017.

hasu   noun. fish; Day Fishing Method 27 (fatun mungah) if only drifting. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2013.   For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).    Category: Fishing, Sea Creatures. 13/Nov/2014.

hasu   verb. to stand up a thing. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2014; Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: su: standing; ha: up. Another suggested meaning was dorsal fin. See:  ha.  For further information: see No. 497 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hasuar   exchange as part of a settlement, generally on the basis of compassion for the party with the greatest need. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

hasubur   to make it happen. Source: Tracy Marcello 2014; meaning and examples: Justin Andrew 2017. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. hasubur fiteh to make the work happen. hei hasubur fiteh a person that makes the work happen.

hasuretun   name: old Tobian proper name.

hasuriforuh   name: old Tobian proper name.

hasuruhen fiteh   noun. Wednesday. Audio and source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 515 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hasutering   Variant spelling hasuutering. verb. to listen. Hasuteringaei! Listen to me! Audio, source, and variant: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. For further information: see No. 68 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hataf   noun. great frigate bird. Source: Justin Andrew 2009. See:  wahangareap.fregata minor. Category: Birds.

 hataf [Photo: Animal Corner].

hataichi   verb. to use little by little. Note: hataichi is the opposite of hatorap Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  hatorap. Category: Conflict.

hatamau   noun. dispute. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Conflict.

hatamawe   noun. door: the door we know. Note: we is one of three noun endings. For more information see Vocabulary: Noun Endings on FOTI. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hatatam   noun. doorway. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 390 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hatawahatsah   verb. to stay away. Source: Paulina Theodore 2015.

hatawahi   thankfulness. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2014.

hatawasi   verb. to break something down; to use everything up. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black). Category: Conflict.

hatawasir   noun. destruction. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black). Category: Conflict.

hateh   noun. land: a plot of land in the north end of Tobi Island which is used by the chief as a resource for the community. Source: Peter W. Black 2015. See:  bau; piheimoaru; etab.

hatih   noun. pink-ear emperor. Audio: Justin Andrew; source: Peter W. Black 1968; David Sapio. Category: Sea Creatures. Lethrinus lentjan.. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

 hatih [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase]. 

hatiwowari maham   noun. September. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

hatoho   rising up out of ocean. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013, Stella M. Patris 2015. See:  bei; hatohobei.

hatohobei   an island brought forth by magic. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013, Stella M. Patris 2015. See:  hatoho; bei.
 Hatohobei [Photo: Peter Tsao PCV; postcard Rengiil Brothers, Koror].

hatohobei ma hauhuhur tau ehapar meifiri faruhaka emir irotoweri tati Psific   Tobi is a remote coral island in the western Pacific. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

hatohobei meihara   this is now on Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

hatorap   verb. to ruin; to take or use more than you need. Note: hatorap is the opposite of hataichi Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  hataichi. Category: Conflict.

hatos   noun; adjective. truth. Borrowed from: Spanish: a dios [of god]. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010.   For further information: see No. 198 of Quackenbush Word List.  

hatosu   verb. to believe. Source: J. Ellis, 2013.

hatouhat   noun. lunch. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food.

hatowahi   respect; to stop or back away from trouble because of respect for someone like a brother, the chief, or Romoparuh. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  hapar. Category: Conflict.

hatsenger   noun. yellowfin surgeonfish. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. acanthurus xanthopterus. Category: Sea Creatures.

hatsi tuba   noun. sap. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  haichi. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.

hatsimen   noun. alcohol from tuba. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

hatsinetsin   noun. magic: against theft from fruit trees. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936, p.104.
   
hatsinetsin: magical charms against theft of fruit from fruit trees.

hatsop   verb. to tend garden. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

hatsuh   verb. to join. David Sapio 2001. See:  hatsungeri.

hatsuhatsu   noun. lullaby. Source: Domiciano Andrew, 2014.

hatsungeri   verb. to join together. David Sapio 2001. See:  hatsuh.

hatu ri hub   noun. toes. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hatu ri pau   noun. fingers. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  legelipög; atir; atrioitsik; haat. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hatuf charau   noun. Day Fishing Method 36. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hatuf rahung   noun. slightly different Day Fishing Method 36. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hau   noun. canoe: one-half of the ruuh; hook. hau Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  ruuh; haau. Category: Canoes, Fishing.   For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).  See also No. 440 of Quackenbush Word List.  

  hau [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hau ri firong   noun. hook: Nemesio's ramatiho. See:  ramatiho. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haubarrap   Variant spelling hauborap; houbarab. noun. cardinalfish. Audio and source: Justin Andrew. Note: Hauborap means "no [particular] hook," referring to the ease of catching these small fish on any type of hook. Apogonidae:. For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).   See also: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  Tobian Fish List: F0054.  Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. 30/Nov/2014.

haufong   noun. hook: top bigger than bottom, with fong.See:  hauru bub; fong. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
   
Tracing of haufong [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Esobio's haufong: hauru bub [Peter W. Black 1968].

haugus   noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: A big hari of any type or a big bwere. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hauheticho   name: old Tobian proper name.

hauhos   noun. eightbar grouper. Source: David Sapio.Hyporthodus octofasciatus (Griffin, 1926). Category: Sea Creatures.

 hauhos [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase].

hauhuh   noun. coral tree; tiger claw. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). erythrina variegata (.L.) (fabaceae).Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

 hauhuh.

haur   noun. canoe part. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See also: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

haur fasuwih   noun. hook: Nemesio's ramatiho. See:  ramatiho. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haur hairir   noun. hook: Matias's fahum. See:  fahum. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haur hamar   noun. hook: Nemesio's yawariyet. See:  yawariyet. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haur pehiseha   noun. hook: Matias's fahum. See:  fahum. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hauro tapi   noun. hook. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haurour   swinging motion; hammock. Source: Tekla Emilio 2013. See:  chachangahi.

hauru bub   noun. hook: Esobio's haufong. See:  haufong. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hauru bwere   noun. hook: Esobio's hapi sehe. See:  hapi sehe. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hauru fasuwo   noun. hook: Matias's ramaribout. See:  ramaribout. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haus   Variant spelling gosugos. noun. canoe part: mast. Source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Audio and source: Justin Andrew 2005. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. haus For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See also Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter Black 2004).  See No. 433 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Canoes.

 haus [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hausi   noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  hausih.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hausih   Variant spelling housih; haosih. noun. longnose emperor. Audio and source: Justin Andrew. Variant: David Sapio. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  hausi. Lethrinus olivaceus. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

  hausih. [Photo: Fishbase, J.E. Randall]. 

haut   noun. kin term: spouse's same sex sibling. Hautar menae. That is his wife's sister or her husband's brother. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  war. Category: Kin Terms.

haut   noun. sheet; sleeping cover. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hauwe   noun. hook: the hook we know. Note: we is one of three noun endings. For more information see Vocabulary: Noun Endings on FOTI. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hawa   noun. clay pot. Source: Sabino Sakarias, 2014; Justin Andrew, 2014.

hawahawah   verb. to love. Ehawahawaha sewa ma raur. He loves his child very much. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hawahawo   blue. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Isauro said there is a word for blue but not for green. Category: Colors. For further information: see No. 134 of Quackenbush Word List.

hawaruwari maham   noun. August. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

hawei   verb. to control. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict. See:  nang nifari; usuweri.

hawerewer   verb. to prepare food. Mehi ehawerewer mangau. My wife prepared the food. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hawerewer   noun. environment (literally, appearance). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Nature.

hawereye   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hawhow   noun. tree: tiger's claw (coral) tree. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004.Erythrina variegata L.. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

hawhow [Photo: Floridata.com].

haworobuh   noun. clan name: one of the traditional clans of Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

haworowari maham   noun. June. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

hawouehi   verb. to resolve (dispute). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Pronounced with a very light a or i. Category: Conflict.

hayang   Variant spelling haiyang. noun. chicken. Borrowed from: Indonesian (?) Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; variant: David Sapio 2001.See:  koko; coco. Category: Land Creatures, Food.  For further information: see No. 502 of Quackenbush Word List.

hayang [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2014].

he   pronoun. they. Hebito nga hechuherimir itere They came (and they are still here). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hecheichich   Variant spelling hachaichich; hataitsits. verb. to run. hecheichich Heriweich hehecheichich nga hebahuh nga hememeri. The children were running, dancing, and laughing. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; variant (second): David Sapio 2001.  For further information: see No. 154 of Quackenbush Word List.

hecheubu   noun. position: in Tir, holds net. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hecheuruou   noun. position: in Tir, holds net (man with net). Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hehatah   noun. canoe: side opposite outrigger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

hehe   verb. to saw, to cut something. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. For further information: see No. 224 of Quackenbush Word List.

heher   trunk. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 342 of Quackenbush Word List.

heheu   noun. weapon: shark tooth glove. Source: Justin Andrew 2015.

hehewar   noun. turtle: smooth-backed smallish turtles found with floating logs, wor (green) ?  See:  fariyorung; wor; hachaf. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hehiim   Variant spelling hahimw. noun. rainbow. Source: Albino Fernando 2015. Note: the word collected by the Thilenius Expedition in 1908-1910, akim, could well represent the same sounds as hahiim. See:  akim. Category: Nature.

hei   pronoun. we [exclusive]. Heibito nga heichuherimir itere We came (and we are still here). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

heieeroh   verb. to cut it off. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.

heifaruh   the people of the island. Source: Justin Andrew 2017.

heihahor   noun. advisor. Source: David Sapio 2001.

heiharitir   to be in charge of. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

heiheh   verb. to scratch oneself. Imaseri ba ibe heihehie tahuhu. I want to scratch my back. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

heiheihei   enemy; hate. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

heihum   noun. entertainment engaged in on beach by men. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014.

heikau   noun. teacher. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  sensei.

heimatari   noun. magic. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  faiyoras.

heimemeyar   verb. to watch out for. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

heimong   noun. chief. Source: Justin Andrew 2017. See:  tamor; tamori ri faruh.

hekene   Variant spelling hakane. verb. to see. Tamar ehekene. He was seen by his father. Sibar hekene fanganihich sahar. We hope to see each other again some day. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; audio: Rosa Andrew 2004.

heneroho   verb. to awaken. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 165 of Quackenbush Word List.

heng   Variant spelling haeng. noun. turmeric. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; Justin Andrew 2016; variant source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). Note: Members of the Thilenius Expedition may have borrowed the Palauan word for turmeric, reng, and used it on Tobi Island for turmeric. Alternatively they may have written heng as reng or the Tobian word for turmeric may have changed since that time. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See:  choriyong; hangari. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts. curcuma domestica (zingiberaceae).  For further information: see No. 473 of Quackenbush Word List.

hengeuor   name: old Tobian proper name.

her   pronoun. you. Note: independent pronoun, 2nd person singular Hobito nga nochuherimir itere. You came (and you are still here). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  ho; ngami; urutemi.  For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.

her   Variant spelling heri. noun. highfin rudderfish. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. Category: Sea Creatures. kyphosus cerscens, kyphosus vaigiensis.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

her hometa   afraid: you are afraid. Source: Sisma Andrew.

her sonobie   noun. fish. Note: Her sonobie is rounder than her umurou. See:  her umurou. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

her umurou   noun. fish. Note: Her sonobie is rounder than her umurou. See:  her sonobie. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

herie   verb. to give. Heriei cheheira seih ma huhuafas. Give me those twelve eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

herisabou   noun. ringworm. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Audio: Justin Andrew. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

hesenkyoh   verb. to elect. Borrowed from: Japanese: senkyo: to elect. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

hesihi   spear (fighting); spear (fishing). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. Note: Isauro said when fighting with a spear, it is forbidden to use the point. It is forbidden to use any pointed object on a person and would result in banishment. You can use only the handle. Category: Conflict.   For further information: see Nos. 217, 218 of Quackenbush Word List.

hesiye   verb. to judge. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hetam   Variant spelling heitam. noun. canoe: outrigger side. Audio: Isauro Andrew 2004. Source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Justin Andrew 2005.Category: Canoes. See Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter Black 2004).

 hetam [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

heteharoh   Variant spelling hatehihe. verb. to send (literally: release). I heteharoh heriweich ba ebe kato char. I sent the child to fetch water. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: J. Ellis 2013.

hi   verb. to marry. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  hihi. Category: Kin Terms.

hi   noun. wife; husband; spouse. Itohura moana hir. I don't know her husband. Metemei esorumor hir. My father has three wives. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  hihi. Category: Kin Terms.

hiarung   noun. bird: grey-tailed tattler. Source: Dominic Emilio, Francis Victor 2000.Tringa brevipes. Category: Birds.

 hiarung.

hich   pronoun. he, she, it. Note: independent pronoun, 3d person singular Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  iheh; ngamami; si; ngangmen.    For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.

hich   pronoun. we [inclusive]. Sibito nga sichuherimir itere. We came (and we are still here). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew. See:  iheh; ngamami; si; hich; ngangmen.  For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.

hie   noun. giant clam. Note: largest living bivalve mollusk; T. gigas is one of the most endangered clam species. I hihi hie. I am collecting claims or I married a clam. Audio: Crispin Emilio 2004. Phrase created by Dave Sapio.See:  hiyuh; pasung; basung; tafataf. Tridacna gigas. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hiehi   Variant spelling giegi. noun. bird: fairy (white) tern. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.Gygis alba candida. See:  hiheyar. Category: Birds.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   See also: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).


 hiehi [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2009].

hieripou   name: old Tobian proper name.

hifeti   grimace: bared teeth. Source: Paulina Theodore 2014.

hifi if   noun. hope; desire; idea. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black).

high blood   hypertension. Borrowed from: English: high blood pressure. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts, Borrowed Words. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). 

hih   noun. canoe part: middle part. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Canoes. For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

 hih [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hiheyar   noun. bird: white tern. See:  hiehi. Category: Birds.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hihi   noun. marriage; spouse. Hochuheri hihi? Is your marriage over? Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  hi. Category: Kin Terms.  For further information: see No. 248 of Quackenbush Word List.

hin   Variant spelling hihn; hini ruhh. noun. skin. Eheihehie hin chapachapari hubar. He is scratching the skin on his feet. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variant and audio: Justin Andrew; variant: David Sapio 2001. See:  hin yahamat; ruuh; hinh.   For further information: see No. 16 of Quackenbush Word List.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).  Category: Health & Body Parts. 01/Dec/2014.

hin yahamat   noun. layer of tissue. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  hin; ruuh. For further information: see No. 16 of Quackenbush Word List.

hinbochariyas   noun. canoe part: gunwale; canoe. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

 hinbochariyas [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hinchirihet   Variant spelling hin chirihet. noun. tree: bark. Erimi chen hin chirihetrae. He is sucking the bark of that tree. Audio, source and variant: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. Category: Plants & Trees.  For further information: see No. 15 of Quackenbush Word List.

hinfariyet   noun. wattles. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 25 of Quackenbush Word List.

hinh   noun. skin. See:  hin. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hipoi   noun. fan; fire fan. Source: Peter W. Black 2016. See:  gipoi; hipou.
  
hipoi from 1968 [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2017]. gipoi from 1908-1910 [Eilers, 1936: plate 4].

hipou   verb. to fan. Hipouh yafira. Fan the fire. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  gipoi; hipoi.

hipou   noun. fan. Borrowed from: Japanese: sengbuki. Source: Madline Imekedong Tarkong Wright, 2013. Category: Borrowed Words. See:  gipoi.

hirie   noun. basket. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014.

 Sisma Andrew's baskets. [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2013].

hirifeten   noun. canoe part: strut holding up outrigger boom. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

 hirifeten [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hirifou   Variant spelling girifag. noun. plant: beach hibiscus. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005) . Audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Variant: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Sisma said this is found on Tobi but is not really hibiscus.hibiscus tiliaceus L. (malvaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.   For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also No. 456 of Quackenbush Word List.  See also: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

 hirifou [Image: National Tropical Botanical Garden].

hirihah   noun. bird: brown noddy. See:  kirigay. Category: Birds.

hiriya tautau   Variant spelling hiriya tautam. noun. thatched screen: two pieces woven together. Source: Thomas Patris 2004. Audio: Justin Andrew 2006. Variant and audio: Sisma Andrew 2014.

 Sisma Andrew holding piece of thatch. [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2013].

hiriyo   noun. banyan tree; strangler fig. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). ficus prolixa (moraceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

hitehit   dry. Ehitehit boar. The ground is dry. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hitiri tsar   noun. water scoop. Source: David Sapio 2001.

hiyo   Variant spelling hiho; kio. noun. canoe part: main supports of outrigger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; second variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.  Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

 hiyo [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

hiyobu   noun. tree bark. Note: A specific tree's bark but more precise identification unavailable. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hiyobu   unknown. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

hiyuh   noun. giant clam. Source: David Sapio. See:  hie; pasung; basung. tridacna derasa. Category: Sea Creatures.

ho   pronoun. you. Note: subject pronoun, 2nd person singular Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  her; ngami; urutemi.  For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.

ho bito ifiri wahongohong   come together to talk. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

ho butsa mena   hey you, that's crazy. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  irou buts.

ho bwetsu maitona   noun. get out of here. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014. Note: Domiciano said this phrase is part of a man's song. See:  sa bitu warifarihum.

ho fafauh   how are you? Source: David Sapio 2001.

ho sabuoh    See:  wabuhar; hosamir.

hoarimaur   name: old Tobian proper name.

hoas   Variant spelling hoos. noun. lice. Category: Land Creatures, Health & Body Parts. See:  hoos.  For further information: see No. 506 of Quackenbush Word List.

hobe   you will. Source: Isauro Andrew. See:  ebe.

hobis   noun. my (same sex) friend.

hoch   noun. coral; reef (flat part of reef). Mai ru hur hog. Beyond the reef. Mai rugur hoch. Beyond the reef. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Sisma Andrew 2013; Peter W. Black 1968. See:  hotsa; haparifas; yär. Category: Nature.  For further information: see No. 371 of Quackenbush Word List.  See also: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hochari   Variant spelling hocheri. noun. jack-in-a-box tree. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).Hernandia sonora L.. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). 

 hochari [Photo: Tropicos.org].

hochari hie   Variant spelling hocharihie. noun. helen reef. Note: Other variants exist. ;

           
Hochari hie [Photos: Tekla Emilio 2000]    Postcard [Peter Tsao PCV, Rengiil Brothers, Koror].

hochoch   Variant spelling hotsohots. verb. to eat meat and unprocessed fruit. Yahamatakae hetai hochoch wor. These people do not eat turtle. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001. See:  mangau; moungau. Category: Food.  For further information: Dialogue About Two Words for Eating: mangau and hochoch. Isauro Andrew and Peter Black, Koror, Palau, 2006.

hochou   noun. cloud. Tarapari hochou eharuh yaro. The sun is behind a big cloud [the sun is blocked by the big cloud]. hochowe The cloud we know. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  hotso; maniren; gutsou. Category: Nature.   For further information: see No. 382 of Quackenbush Word List.

hofireiha (mahi)   noun. needlefish; baby mahi. See:  mag; maharimataw (mahi); mahi; mahi toh; mahirobut (mahi). Category: Sea Creatures. belonidae:.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   See also Tobian Fish List: F0034a.

hoho   noun. a traditional Tobian custom based on exchange of food between men and women. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013, Peter W. Black 2015.

hoho   lifting. Source: Justin Andrew 2015.

hohohor   verb. to string. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014.  For further information: see No. 311 of Quackenbush Word List. 

hokom   Variant spelling hokoom. verb, noun. to play; recreation. Note: Hokom can also mean unserious behavior. Heriweichikarae hehokom. The children are playing. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009.  For further information: see No. 157 of Quackenbush Word List. 

hom   noun. canoe: one-half distance hau to end. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  hau; ruuh. Category: Canoes.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

homasari   you want. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew. Note: hou you masarie want See:  masarie.

homasari ma ebe ramari hatohobei, hobe touh ma itere   view this page in Tobian. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

homir   preposition. at. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 552 of Quackenbush Word List. 

homosowu   Variant spelling homosowo. hard (as in solid).  Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 128 of Quackenbush Word List. 

homotamur   noun. commoner (person without chiefly relatives). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Chiefly Business.

hon   noun. flying fish (a small unidentified species); fish food. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded tor and gataf as words for flying fish. Hon means fish food and refers to this species used as bait. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  mangah; pauchacha; paumeheng; pouchor; pouchor mangah. Exoetidae?.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See also: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   See also: Tobian Fish List: F0029.

hongohong   verb. to hear. Ihongohong ba feifir hechingeri. I hear the women singing. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.  For further information: see No. 68 of Quackenbush Word List. 

honi mau   man's gift to his wife's family. Source: Justin Andrew 2015.

hoob   Variant spelling huubu. noun. pimple; boil. Source: Julita Lorenzo 2015: variant: Rosa Andrew 2015, Justin Andrew 2015. Note: Rosa noted that huubu refers to something that breaks the skin. See:  huub. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hoob chihichih   noun. chicken pox. Source: Justin Andrew 2006. Note: Justin suggested this because hoob means open sore and hoob chihichih would be plenty of open sores. See:  hoob. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hoobechihichih   noun. heat rash. Source: Julita Lorenzo 2015. Note: heat rash is tiny and small in size See:  huub; hoob. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hoor   Variant spelling hur. noun. tree. Note: to kill an octopus, wait until the fruit of this tree is brown, open it, take out the meat and mix it with a little water. Then put the mixture in the octopus hole. See:  chirihet; teberika. Category: Plants & Trees.

hoos   Variant spelling hoas. noun. lice. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Audio and variant: Justin Andrew. See:  hoas; hus. Category: Health & Body Parts, Land Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).  For further information: see No. 506 of Quackenbush Word List. 

horach   Variant spelling horits. noun. convict tang. Source: Peter W. Black 1968. Variant: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. acanthurus triostegus. 07/Dec/2016.  See: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). 

horachi   noun. small fish. Category: Sea Creatures, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hori   verb. to use. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  hori mohoh.

hori mohoh   noun, verb. wise use. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: Vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  hori.

horiparuheri   verb. to sell. Source: David Sapio 2001.

horofati   noun. cross brace on a thatch roof.

horohor   verb. to tie. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 285 of Quackenbush Word List.

horohor   Variant spelling gorogor. noun. coconut twine; smaller rope; sennit; Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; Sisma Andrew 2013, 2014; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936.  For further information: see No. 324 of Quackenbush Word List.

 horohor Tobi Island Collection, Tübingen University [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2007]. horohor Tobi Island Collection, Tübingen University [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2007].

hororo   noun. place name: Koror. Source: Justin Andrew 2017. Category: Location.

horouchehir   left (side).  Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Location.  For further information: see No. 3 of Quackenbush Word List.

horouchehiri   left (direction). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Emot horouchehin ma mayangar. He is sitting to the left of his sister. Category: Location. 02/Dec/2014.

horoumaha   right (direction); right (side). Emir horomaha. It is on the right. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; David Sapio 2001. Note: David Sapio added: horoumahai: my right and horoutsehiri: my left. They take the possessive ending. See:  horoumahai; horoutsehir. Category: Location.

horoumahai   my right. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  horoumaha. Category: Location.

horoutsehir   left: to the left of. Faifir ra emere ifiri houroumahats? Who is that woman on our left? Source: David Sapio 2001. horoutsehirei my left. See:  horoumaha. Category: Location.

hosamir   Variant spelling ho samir. goodbye said by one who is leaving. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014; variant: David Sapio 2001. Note: Literally, you stay there See:  wabuhar; ho sabuoh.

hosor   noun. horn. Harseyahu hosori marurae. That animal has only one horn. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hosuwa   my friend. Source: Steven Patris 2004. Note: Steven Patris and Peter Black were sitting on a bench in Eang in 2004, when Steven said, "Here's an old word we don't hear any more. Hosuwa. You put it on the end of a sentence to mean my friend. You used to hear it when an old man sat by another on a bench and they talked. You put it at the end of a sentence."

hot   noun. basket. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014.

  
Sisma Andrew demonstrating hot. [Photos: Barbara W. Black 2013].

hotiheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

hotohoch   Variant spelling hochohoch. black (the absence of light). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; variant: Justin Andrew 2014. Note: Isauro said hotohoch is used when the sky is dark for example. See:  meiseiso; moaiseiso. Category: Colors.  For further information: see No. 135 of Quackenbush Word List.

hotsa   noun. reef, rocks. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  hoch; haparifas; yär. Category: Nature.

hotsarihi   noun. Helen Reef: the reef of giant clams.Note: There are many variants of this name. Category: Location.

 Hotsarihi. [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2015].

hotso   noun. cloud. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  hochou; maniren; gutsou. Category: Nature.

hou   pronoun. you. Source: Isauro Andrew.

houen   noun. black-spot grouper. Source: David Sapio.lutjanus fulviflamma. Category: Sea Creatures.

 houen [Photo: reeflifesurvey.com].

hour   noun. things; resources. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

hourfaruh   noun. environment (literally, things of a land). Note: hour: things, resources and faruh: island, land Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Nature, Conflict.

houwar   noun. husk of coconut bud. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

hubari koko   noun. chicken legs; chicken feet. Source: Jeffery Lorenzo, 2014. Category: Land Creatures.

hubechihichih   noun. boil. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).   See also No. 64 of Quackenbush Word List.

hubuehihichi   Variant spelling hubuchihichi. noun. scabies. Audio: Justin Andrew. Source and variant: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hufehiri farauri faruheri Hatohobei   noun. Hatohobei State Constitution. July 10, 1984. Literal translation, Justin Andrew 2014: The ultimate law or document of governance for the island(s) of Hatohobei.

huferiri   ultimate. Source: Justin Andrew 2014.

huferiri tamau   used when someone committed a great sin. Source: Justin Andrew 2014.

hufu-hatahe   noun. fish. See:  huhuvahata (mor). Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

hugh   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

huh   noun. eighth lunar month. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

huha   two. Source: J. Ellis, 2013. See:  huhafas.

huhafas   two: counting round things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. See:  huha.

huhamar   Variant spelling huhamaru. two: counting people and creatures. Huhamar moar ma samar feifir. Two men and one woman. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 541 of Quackenbush Word List.

huhapa   two: counting groups. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhau   two: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhechau   two: counting flat things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhefiye   two: counting uncountable. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhei fasur   twenty: counting round things. Huhei chehei. Twenty eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huheih   twenty: base counting; Tobian sounds. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. hu According to Isauro, it is hard to know whether to represent this sound as hu or ho. Isauro chose to spell huheih with a u, but thought it would be better if there was a symbol to represent that sound. See:  fisih; subuhuh; sehichou; yauheri. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 530 of Quackenbush Word List.

huheih ma sechau   twenty-one: counting flat things. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huheih ma sewo   twenty-one: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huheihma   twenty: counting long things. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhoah   verb. to belch. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Isauro said the "oa" sound is distinct from the "hu" or "ha" sounds. For further information: see No. 75 of Quackenbush Word List.

huhobong   two: counting time. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhopou   two: counting pieces. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhumar   two people. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. Category: Counting & Numbers.

huhuvahata (mor)   noun. squirrelfish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Johannes noted this fish is called hu when small. Holocentridae: Holocentrus sp.. See:  hufu-hatahe. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See also Tobian Fish List: F0038.

humuhung   Variant spelling hungohung. noun. cough: persistent and dry. Audio and variant: Justin Andrew. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

humuts   noun. wrist [rarely used]. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Health & Body Parts.

hur   hur. Source: Sebastian Marino 2015.Category: Plants & Trees.

 hur [Photo: Sebastian Marino 2015].

hura   verb. to know. Houhura yahamatae. You [plural] know this person. Ihura urutar I know them all. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.  For further information: see No. 167 of Quackenbush Word List.

hurar   noun. pelt. Source: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

huruhur   Variant spelling huruhu. noun. lemon; citrus. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts. citrus (rutaceae).  For further information: see No. 457 of Quackenbush Word List.

hus   Variant spelling kos; kus. noun. louse. Ewoh hus wochimeh hariweichikarae. The children have lice in their hair. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variants: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  hoos; hoas. Category: Health & Body Parts, Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

husuu   verb. to bite it. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  kuk.   For further information: see No. 81 of Quackenbush Word List.

hutuf   verb. to spit. Hehutufotuh wor boar. They all spat on the ground. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

hutuf   noun. spittle. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.   For further information: see No. 73 of Quackenbush Word List.

huub   Variant spelling hub; hoob; hooba. noun. leg. Hubar Rosemary fisir haitena. The legs of Rosemary move slowly (go like this). Ebechebech hin huubom. The skin on your leg is white. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; variant: David Sapio 2001; 2nd variant: Julita Lorenzo 2015; 3d bariant: Julita Lorenzo 2015. Note: hoob: our leg; hoobei: my leg; hoobom: your leg; hoobach: our legs. Source: Julita Lorenzo 2015 Note: Peter W. Black notes that Domiciano Andrew always tells him that hub is really a Sonsorolese word and that the correct word is pichei. See:  hoob; pichei. Category: Health & Body Parts.   For further information: see No. 9 of Quackenbush Word List.  24/Dec/2016.

huus   noun. Pacific pufferfish. Source: Sisma Andrew 2010. Category: Sea Creatures.   For further information: see No. 486 of Quackenbush Word List.

huwou   Variant spelling huou. two: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001. Category: Counting & Numbers.   For further information: see No. 521 of Quackenbush Word List.