B - b

ba   noun. small taro with stem. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

ba   rotten, bad smell. Eba fitihoe. The meat is rotten. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: Isauro Andrew 2014 says that ba means only rotten. See:  etamau bour; bauh; bouba.

ba   conjunction. as, that, for. Source: J. Ellis 2013.

baahuhu   noun. dance. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004. Itiperi ma ibemwemwe bahuh. I want to watch the dance. [More Tobian according to Sebas.] Imasarii ma ibemwemwe bahuh. I want to watch the dance. [More Sonsorolese according to Sebas.] Baahuhu (almost silent u) is a modern word. The old word for dance is poong.  For further information: see No. 159 of Quackenbush Word List.   See:  poong. 30/Oct/2014.

baau   Variant spelling bau. noun. fishing pole. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Variant: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).    See also No. 442 of Quackenbush Word List.   Category: Fishing.

babai   noun. papaya. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).  See also No. 462 of Quackenbush Word List.    carica papaya (acanthaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Food, Health & Body Parts.

  babai [Photo: Peter W. Black 2016].

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

  Sisma Andrew demonstrating bach. [Photo: Barbara W. Black, 2013].

bag   noun. seedling. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

bagag   verb. to cut off a seedling. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

bagasarien   Variant spelling fas. noun. storm. Source: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, 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, pp. 40-47.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment  See:  marumor. Category: Nature.

bagora uod   noun. taro seedling. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

bah   noun. box. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  tefitef; bots.  For further information: see No. 228 of Quackenbush Word List.

bah   noun. tattoo design: woman's tattoo on the genitals. Source: Sabino Sakarias 2014.

bahuh   Variant spelling baahuhu. verb. to dance. Maorakawe hebahuh bong. The men danced all night. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

bahuheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

bai   noun. meeting house. Borrowed from: Palauan (abai). Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

baibei   name: old Tobian proper name.

baihaih   itchy. Justin Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. See:  ebuehei.

bakoru pura   noun. pura leaves. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

bakoru uod   noun. taro leaves. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

bakudang   Variant spelling bakusang. noun. bomb. Borrowed from: Japanese: bakudan. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

bamogu   noun. taro type. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

banachah   Variant spelling bwana tsah. because. Ichuh banachah ba hopungutuh. I laughed because you fell. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001.  For further information: see No. 555 of Quackenbush Word List.

banirau   name: old Tobian proper name.

banuot   noun. taro field. 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. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   See: boaru.  Category: Plants & Trees.

  Taro field with hills to east and west. Photograph by A. Kramer. Eilers, 1936: plate 6.

baochuch   muscle aches and pain. Audio: Justin Andrew 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).   See:  chameteri. Category: Health & Body Parts. 05/Nov/2014.

bara pahur   other (different). Ebah iheie, harie bara pahur. These fish are spoiled, give me some others. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

barangahi   noun. broken egg. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note silent hi. Use this for easily broken egg, something soft. See barangahi (verb: to hatch).  For further information: see No. 411 of Quackenbush Word List.

barangahi   verb. to hatch. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note silent hi. See barangahi (noun: broken egg). For further information: see No. 411 of Quackenbush Word List.

barbariyan   impolite person. Borrowed from: English: barbarian. Source: Peter W. Black, 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.

bari fetur   noun. bait hook. 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. 181.Category: Fishing.

 Bari fetur.

barikang   noun. hair clipper. Borrowed from: Japanese: barikan: hair clipper. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

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

basung   Variant spelling basuk. noun. giant clam. Source: David Sapio; 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:  pasung; hie; hiyuh. Tridacna gigas. Category: Sea Creatures.

batai   fat person. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. See:  kiris; wii.

batbaat   noun. scar. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 65 of Quackenbush Word List.  See:  etafaiei. Category: Health & Body Parts.

batsi   small. Source: David Sapio 2001.

batsitsik i teberika   Variant spelling tirigät. noun. small plant (general term). Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910; variant: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition. Category: Plants & Trees. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

bau   noun. closed for conservation. Note: Similar to piheimoaru and almost like etab, closed, like a fishing season with opening and closing by the chief. Note: For hateh the timing was up to the chief. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  piheimoaru; etab; hateh.

baubau   noun. bamboo water container. 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.169.See:  pau uet.

  Bamboo water container, baubau, 25 cm. long.

baubou   noun. bamboo. Source: John Pickering's Memoir on Tobian via Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  sheeb; tsil. Category: Plants & Trees.

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

bauh   Variant spelling baugh; baoh; baugh. noun. barracuda. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii 2006. Note: Bauh (baoh) refers to barracudas in general as well as being applied specifically to the largest species; the word means bad smell according to Johannes. See:  ba.   Shyraenidae: barracude (Walbaum). Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes).  See Tobian Fish List: F0024.  See also No. 481 of Quackenbush Word List.

  

bauh merifuts   Variant spelling baugh marufach. noun. barracuda: smaller unidentified species. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii 2006. Variant: Peter W. Black 1968. Note: Suhowu and merifuts both mean dangerous, according to Johannes. See:  suhowu; merifuts. Shyraenidae:. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes).  See Tobian Fish List: F0026. 

bauh suhowu   Variant spelling baugh sahau. noun. barracuda: smaller unidentified species. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii 2006. Variant: Peter W. Black 1968. Note: Suhowu and merifuts both mean dangerous, according to Johannes. See:  sahau; suhowu; merifuts. Sphyraenidae. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes).  See Tobian Fish List: F0025.    07/Nov/2014.

baur hari   Fishing Method for teaching young boys. See:  baur ni cheh. Category: Fishing.   For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

baur ni cheh   Fishing Method for teaching young boys. See:  baur hari. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  19/Oct/2014.

bauru bong   Night Fishing Method 5. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

baustihang   name: old Tobian proper name.

baut   Variant spelling bout; bauti. noun. nose. Tsani ri bout Runny hose. Eheihehi bautur. He is scratching his nose. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; 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.  See also No. 31 of Quackenbush Word List.

baut ri hub   noun. shin. Source: David Sapio 2001. Note: nose of your leg? Category: Health & Body Parts.  

bautam   Variant spelling bauutam. noun. canoe part: pole, a brace for the outrigger; outrigger brace. Audio: Justin Andrew 2009. Variant: Rosa Andrew 2014. Isauro Andrew & Category: Canoes.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).

  bautam [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].

bautamau   noun. milkfish. Source: David Sapio. chanos chanos. Category: Sea Creatures.

bay   Variant spelling bag. noun. coffin; box; chest. 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. 164.  09/Dec/2016.


Bay Supply chest and mobile chest with wooden wheels. Length 144 cm; width 87 cm; height 66 cm. Cover, uor; cover pegs, susur; long wall, pau angi; diagonal wall, piga; edge, iga tomo; wheel, tungo. [Sketch by P. Hambruch].

            Coffins, boxes, chests.

bay   Variant spelling bah. noun. thunderstorm. Source: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, 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, pp. 40-47. See:  paah. Category: Nature.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment

bayong   noun. umbrella. Borrowed from: Indonesian or Malay. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

bech   Variant spelling bechi; bets. adjective. hot. Ebech charuye. The water is hot. It is hot. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009, 2010; variant: David Sapio 2001. See:  betsingar; cha; i ebuedz.  See No. 144 of Quackenbush Word List.

bechebech   adjective. white. bechebech Emasuh pirisira ebechebech. The white dog is sleeping. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Colors.  See No. 144 of Quackenbush Word List.

bechriruh   Variant spelling bechiriuh. noun. fever; febrile illness. Audio and variant spelling: Justin Andrew 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

beech   noun. (coral) lime. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Isauro said that beech is the old word.  See No. 138 of Quackenbush Word List.

beeru   noun. beer. Borrowed from: English: beer. Source: Justin H. Andrew, 2013. Category: Food.

befitihang   name: old Tobian proper name.

bei   making magic. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013, Stella M. Patris 2015. See:  hatoho; hatohobei.

beia i otem   I rip off the husk of the coconut. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

beiheih   adjective. itchy. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts.  See No. 183 of Quackenbush Word List.

beioog   noun. place name: Tobi Island. A place name on Tobi Island recorded by 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: Location.

bekeribaut   noun. nose flange. 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. Category: Health & Body Parts. 09/Dec/2016.

belebel   noun. blisters: large blisters. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo, 2006. Note: Large blisters on trunk resembling a rope; red, itchy, bad odor, accompanied by fever; if blisters completely encircle the trunk, patient will die. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

bemoch   name: old Tobian proper name.

beng   verb. to finish. Simour hebengi fitehie. We have finished this work. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

beni ri wor   turtle hunt method. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

benitafei   noun. place name: Tobi Island. A place name in the area of taro plantations on Tobi Island that refers to constructed dams, recorded by 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: Location.

benjo   noun. toilet. Borrowed from: Japanese. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Borrowed Words.

bere   noun. black-tipped grouper. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. epinephelus fasciatus. Category: Sea Creatures.

berei   name: old Tobian proper name.

beri geri mag   noun. feast. Source: 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.

beritari   Variant spelling pirepireregatam. noun. door (tied). 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.

bes   adjective. old. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  ireh; tarapar; rehiri; urehir; habah.  See No. 121 of Quackenbush Word List.

besi   verb. to shoot; to point at. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Borrowed from: Indonesian. See:  besi. Category: Borrowed Words.  See No. 238 of Quackenbush Word List.

besi   noun. gun. Borrowed from: Indonesian. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. See:  besi. Category: Borrowed Words.

betsar   noun. tail fin of fish. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

betse   noun. calcium. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Nature.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

betsingar   hot: very hot. Source: Paulina Theodore 2015. See:  bech; cha.

bie bie ngans   noun. mast hole. 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. Category: Canoe.  For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).   09/Dec/2016.

bie bie tam   noun. pontoon fork holes. 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. Category: Canoes. 09/Dec/2016.

bieu   noun. fishing trap. Ewoh ih ren yami bieu. You (plural) have some fish in your fishing trap. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. 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: Fishing, Canoes.  See No. 444 of Quackenbush Word List.
    
(1) Large fish trap, 1908-1910. [Photo: A. Kramer [(Eilers, 1936: plate 6)]. (2) Southwest beach, Tobi Island with large canoe, canoe house, and fish traps, 1908-1910 [Photo: A. Kramer (Eilers, 1936: plate 6)]. (3) schematic drawing of construction of fish trap.

bihir   Variant spelling bekien. noun. seed. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Plants & Trees.  See No. 344 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

bin   Variant spelling suk; suy. noun. corner post. 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. 156.09/Dec/2016.

Sketch of family houses by P. Hambruch. (1) post, suy (bin). (2) board for bed mat, pin. (3) large box, bots. (4) bed, pasobos (bosobos). (5) door, xratom (gatam). (6) box cover or bowl (?). (7) supply cupboard, iani bots.

biobiarteringar   noun. hole in ear lobe. 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. Category: Health & Body Parts. 09/Dec/2016.

bir   verb. to fish for tuna from canoe using poles. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew. Note: A tuna catching technique using large voyaging canoes, waribir. See:  waribir. Category: Fishing, Canoes.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

biriteri yohong   noun. chiefly quota (in this case, fish). Audio: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Chiefly Business.

biroh   Variant spelling piroh. verb. to go. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  piroh.  See No. 274 of Quackenbush Word List.

birong   verb. to go inwards. birong makurong go in toward over there—in the house and your knife is in the taro field. Birongo irani im. Go in the house. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; source: David Sapio 2001. See:  birong makurong.

birong makurong   go in over there--in the taro field, your house is between you and the beach. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  birong; makurong; makuwou; buhou makuwou; buhou.

bis   noun. kin term: same sex sibling; same sex maternal parallel cousin; same sex and generation clan mate; same sex friend. Bisir sire menae. That is my mother's sister. Audio: Isauro Andrew 2006; source: Isauro Andrew and Peter W. Black 2006. Note: John's brother or Mary's sister. John's mother's sister's son or Mary's mother's sister's daughter. John's male clan mate who is of the same generation. Mary's female clan mate who is of the same generation. John's male friend. Mary's female friend. Isauro Andrew [Photo: Barbara W. Black]. Category: Kin Terms.

bisibis   noun. kin term: same sex sibling. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Category: Kin Terms.  See No. 252 of Quackenbush Word List.

bisi-sirei   Variant spelling bisirei; meiangei sirei. noun. kin term: my mother's sister. Source: Justin Andrew; audio and variant: Sisma 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. Note: the use of a shortened form of bisir Category: Kin Terms.

bisi-temai   Variant spelling bisitamai; pisi tamei. noun. kin term: my father's brother. Source: Justin Andrew; audio and variant: Sisma Andrew; 2nd variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: the use of a shortened form of bisir 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.

bito   Variant spelling bitoh. verb. to arrive; to come. bito Hobito nga emouchuh. He left when you arrived. Ebebito ifiri pari. He will come to the party. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: David Sapio 2001. See No. 273 of Quackenbush Word List.  03/Nov/2014.

biyeu   noun. Day Fishing Method 35. Category: Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

boaru   Variant spelling boru. noun. taro patch. boru Audio: Isauro Andrew 2004. Variant: Sisma Andrew 2013.See:  banuöt. Category: Plants & Trees.
      
Path through boaru with Peter W. Black, Tobi island, 2015 [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2015].  boaru, Tobi Island, 2015 [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2015]. boaru, Tobi Island, 2015 [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2015].

 Taro field with hills to south, Tobi Island 1909. [Photograph by A. Kramer. Eilers, 1936: plate 6; photograph of this plate by Barbara W. Black, with kind permission of the ethnographic collection, Tübingen University. Sammlung des Instituts für Ethnologie der Universität Tübingen].

boba   noun. hill; rise. 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, pp. 40-47. See:  poapau; suuh. Category: Nature.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

bobu   noun. lines on canoe: individual loops. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Loops run from the sail around the boom. 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).   09/Dec/2016.

bohor   show off; proud [pejorative]. Source: David Sapio 2001.

boiotir   noun. scoop for water. 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.169.
  Breadfruit water scoop, 19 cm long.

bomuri sagam   noun. to cook. Source: 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. See:  kook.

bong   noun. day (24 hours). Emasoh wor huhobong. He slept for two days. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Calendar.

bongbong   name: old Tobian proper name.

bonitog   noun. mussel. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.   Mytilidae.    Category: Sea Creatures. 

  Mussels [Photo: idscaro.net].

boos   Variant spelling bus. noun. cat. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: David Sapio 2001. Borrowed from: English: puss. Ibehanegan boos. I am going to feed the cat.See:  moyo.Category: Land Creatures, Borrowed Words.

 Boos. [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2016].

bor   noun. mud; ball. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew, 2013; Sabino Sakarias, 2013. Borrowed from: English: ball. Category: Borrowed Words. See No. 236 of Quackenbush Word List.

boriurch   noun. place name: Tobi Island. A place name in the area of taro plantations on Tobi Island that refers to constructed dams, recorded by 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: Location.

boriyourihir   name: old Tobian proper name.

boruboru   verb. to apologize; to make peace; to bring gifts. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Note: Some said this word is the same as hamaunor. See:  hamaunor. Category: Conflict.

bosar   noun. attic planks. 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.

bosobos   Variant spelling pasobos. noun. bed. 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. 156.See:  pet.

  Sketch of family houses by P. Hambruch. (1) post, suy. (2) board for bed mat, pin. (3) large box, bots. (4) bed, pasobos (bosobos). (5) door, xratom (gatam). (6) box cover or bowl (?). (7) supply cupboard, iani bots.

botorohoraheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

bots   crazy; stupid. Source: David Sapio 2001.

bots   noun. large box. 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. 156. See:  bah.

bouba   bad smell. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2014. See:  ba.

bour   noun. ground. Ehitehit bour ifiri bechir yauhar. The ground is dry during the dry season. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See bour: smell. See:  mochoh; faruh; igaut. Category: Nature.

bour   noun. smell; odor of any kind. Etamau bour fitihoe. The meat has a rotten smell. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  ba; bauh; etamau bour; bouba. See bour: ground. See No. 328 of Quackenbush Word List.

bout   noun. boat. Borrowed from: English: boat. Source: Sabino Sakarias, 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.

boutihitih   fragrant. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  See No. 330 of Quackenbush Word List.

bovotogü   noun. to plant a taro seedling. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees.

boyomen   noun. brimmed hats of fine pandanus leaf strands and a conical tortoise shell and pandanus hat. 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. 142. See:  puhung.

bresam   name: old Tobian proper name.

bros   noun. brush. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Borrowed Words.

buaie   noun. knife piece. Source: 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.

bub   noun. fish; also used as name of Day Fishing Method 16 by Matias and Esobio. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded bub as an unknown species. See:  petchamai. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

buchita   Variant spelling bechita. noun. indigestion; acid reflux; ulcers. Audio and variant spelling: Justin Andrew. Note: Justin suggests that the word means heat and describes the intensity of the pain rather than the location. See:  hameterisi. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

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

buemasoh   name: old Tobian proper name.

buemir   name: old Tobian proper name.

bugor   noun. feces. 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. Category: Health & Body Parts. 09/Dec/2016.

bugunupa   noun. shoulder blade. 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. Category: Health & Body Parts. 09/Dec/2016.

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

buhobuh   noun. knot. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 286 of Quackenbush Word List.

buhoh   Variant spelling buogorief; buohor. noun. smoke. Ihekene buhohorief. I can see the smoke of the fire. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; audio: Sisma Andrew 2012. Variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.  For further information: see No. 292 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. 

buhou   verb. to go outwards. buhou makuwou go out toward over there—in the taro field, your house is between you and the beach. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  buhou makuwou. Category: Location.

buhou makuwou   go out toward over there--in the taro field, your house is between you and the beach. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  makurong; makuwou; birong makurong; buhou. Category: Location.

buhouramar   name: old Tobian proper name.

buhuh   noun. anus. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 292 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  03/Nov/2014.

buiengi   verb. to make a hole for drinking the coconut. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.

buk   Variant spelling lük. noun. drinking coconut. Source: 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. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.

bukabuk   noun. drill. 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. 09/Dec/2016.

bukaroik   noun. spring. 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, pp. 40-47. Category: Calendar.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. 

bukeriau   noun. breadfruit: seedless. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). See:  mai; uäl. artocarpus mariannensis (moraceae). Category: Food, Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. 

bukobuk   noun. head knot. 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.

bukuron   noun. flood tide. 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, pp. 40-47. Category: Nature.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. 

bukwur'timar   noun. name: old Tobian proper name. Note: This name was recorded by Horace Holden in 1834 and is found in Eilers where she recounts his story as part of the history of Tobi. This name was the eldest son of the family with which Holden lived. 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., 1. For further information, see Horace Holden, 1836 A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benjamin H. Nute. Boston: Russell, Shattuck. Reprinted 1975. Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon Press. http://www.friendsoftobi.org/tobithenandnow/ifiriingris.htm#horaceholden.

bun   noun. tree resin. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Plants & Trees.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. 

bung   noun. handle; flower. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See:  bung tere. Category: Plants & Trees.

bung Sapan   noun. Japanese tree; plumeria; frangipani; temple tree. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).Plumeria rubra L. (apocynaceae)..Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

       For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
bung sapan ma moyo [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2016].  Plumeria rubra [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2013].

bung tere   noun. adze handle. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. See:  bung. Three ancient clamshell adze heads hafted by Patricio in 1968 and a close-up of the swivel lashing on the adze on the left. The adze heads swivel so that a precise angle can be maintained in the cutting. For further information: see Quackenbush Word List 215.

bungariyarotahe   name: old Tobian proper name.

bungtohonunup   name: old Tobian proper name.

bunguriyarotahe   name: old Tobian proper name.

bunguruyarotahe   name: old Tobian proper name.

buni safan   noun. calophyllum safang tree resin. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: According to Krämer, the resin of the breadfruit tree is useless and unimportant, while the resin of the safang (calophyllum) tree is treasured for use in boat construction. See:  safang. Category: Plants & Trees.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

bupari (bub)   Variant spelling bupare. noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

bur   adjective. dirty. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See bur: bald (noun). For further information: see No. 350 of Quackenbush Word List.

bur   noun. bald. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See bur: dirty (adjective). See:  chimiebur.  For further information: see No. 52 of Quackenbush Word List.

bur a magemag   noun. neck ring of bur shell to tie the lower jaw. 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.

bur mai   noun. breadfruit sap. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  mai. Category: Plants & Trees.  For further information: see No. 474 of Quackenbush Word List.

burah   noun. dry giant taro. Category: Plants & Trees.

burhariye   noun. orangespine unicornfish. David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See:  ihfarufur. naso lituratus. Category: Sea Creatures.

buriyor   name: old Tobian proper name.

busuru   noun. subcutaneous boil or cyst. Audio: 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).

butei   fat. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 92 of Quackenbush Word List.

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

buu   noun. betel nut. Borrowed from: Palauan: buuch (betel nut). Source: Peter W. Black 2016. See:  buuh. Category: Plants & Trees, Borrowed Words.

buuch   craziness. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010.  For further information: see No. 177 of Quackenbush Word List.

buuh   Variant spelling buh. verb. to fight. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; variant: David Sapio 2001. See:  buuh (betelnut). Category: Conflict.  For further information: see No. 450 of Quackenbush Word List.

buuh   noun. betelnut. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Sisma Andrew said there is no betelnut on Tobi. See buuh: to fight. See:  buu. Category: Plants & Trees. For further information: see No. 450 of Quackenbush Word List.

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

bwere   Variant spelling bwurra. noun. grouper; Day Fishing Method 19. Source: R.E. Johannes; variant: Peter W. Black. Note: Bwere refers to a group of predominantly red serranids among the fish often caught using Day Fishing Method 19: Bwere. Serranidae:. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  See also: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See Tobian Fish List: F0055.

bwere ri fasufas   noun. leopard coral grouper. Source: David Sapio. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. plectropomus leopardus. Category: Sea Creatures.

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

bwiij   noun. hole. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.  For further information: see No. 90 of Quackenbush Word List.

bwisiri ih   noun. school of fish. Note: literally, a same-sex siblingship of fish Source: Peter W. Black 1999. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.

bwo   earth (a hill). Source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See:  nganga; ngongo. Note: nganga (to swell) is specific to a person. Bwo is more commonly used for earth (a hill). For further information: see No. 186 of Quackenbush Word List.

bwor   earth (not heaven). Source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  faruh er yahamat.  For further information: see No. 373 of Quackenbush Word List.