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nah'kit   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 mother 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., 1936. 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.

nakil   noun. place: named plot of land on Tobi Island. Source: Tobi Island: Fourteen house owners of 1908-1910 recorded by members of the Thilenius Expedition. Category: Location.

namako   noun. sea cucumber. Borrowed from: Japanese: namako. Source: Peter W. Black, 2013; scientific names from David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See:  periperi. holothuria fuscogilva, holothuria scabra. Category: Sea Creatures, Borrowed Words.

nang nifari   I control the car (keep the key). Note: both hawei and nifari can be used for being in charge of people; usuweri is used for control of one's children. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict. See:  hawei; usuweri.

nar   noun. taste. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.  For further information: see No. 105 of Quackenbush Word List.

natu   Variant spelling manirin. full moon. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, variant: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Nature, Calendar.

nauer   Variant spelling nawer. no. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004; variant and audio Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  naweri.   For further information: see No. 105 of Quackenbush Word List. 19/Oct/2014.

naweri   no. Justin Andrew 2017. See:  nauer.

neira   Variant spelling sirei. noun. kin term: mother. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew; 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:  sirei; iautehi feifir; sir. Category: Kin Terms. 08/Dec/2016.

neti   grass used as fertilizer. 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.

ng   I.

nga   conjunction. and. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  ma; mei; ngara; mo.

ngaat   a hole (with a bottom). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. Note: ramaram is a hole in the table but not all the way through; ngaat is a hole with a bottom. See:  ramaram. For further information: see No. 188 of Quackenbush Word List.   29/Dec/2014.

ngabe   why. Source: David Sapio 2001.

ngach   noun. ironwood, casuarina, Australian pine tree. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). See:  döu.casuarina equisetifolia (casuarinaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

 ironwood.

ngae   Variant spelling ngayawewo. or. Source: David Sapio 2001.

ngaesa   if. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Ngaesa bito isachuh. If he comes, I will leave.  For further information: see No. 556 of Quackenbush Word List.  

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

ngamami   pronoun. we, us. Note: independent pronoun, 1st person plural exclusive  Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  iheh; si; hich; ngangmen.  For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.  

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

ngang   pronoun. I, me. Note: independent pronoun, singular 1st person Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. Ibito nga ichuherimir itere. I came (and I am still here).   For further information: see Quackenbush Word List.  

ngang emeta   I am afraid. Source: Sisma Andrew.

nganga    See:  ngongo.

ngangmen   pronoun. we. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  iheh; ngamami; si; hich.

ngar   preposition. with. Woutungar pirisira ma yam teberiha. Hit the dog with your stick. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. 25/Jul/2016.

ngara   conjunction. and. Source: Peter W. Black 2015. See:  ma; mei; nga; mo.

ngas   noun. breath. 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.

ngas   verb. to breathe. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.   For further information: see No. 61 of Quackenbush Word List.  

ngei   verb. to suffer. Ingei sewa ba ehameteh pei. I have a pain on the arm. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

ngeingei   nibble.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

ngeng   verb. to scratch. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010.   For further information: see No. 184 of Quackenbush Word List.  

ngi metare bugotar   noun. incisor tooth. 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.

ngif   noun. stingray. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. urolophus aurantiacus. Category: Sea Creatures.   For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

ngii   Variant spelling ngi. noun. tooth. Ngiir piris makae. These are dog's teeth. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004, 2006; 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: see No. 33 of Quackenbush Word List.  

ngiri veten   noun. pontoon fork. 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.

ngita   Variant spelling ngito. noun. squid. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

ngitsa   noun. molar tooth. 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.

ngitsei   noun. canine tooth. 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.

ngongo   Variant spelling nganga. to swell. Hubar ma paur engongoroh. His arms and legs are swelling up. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2010.  For further information: see No. 186 of Quackenbush Word List.  

ngoos   noun. sedge; mullumbimby couch; globe kyllinga. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).cyperus brevifolius (cyperaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

 ngoos [Photo: www.phytoimages.siu.edu].

ngoro   Variant spelling ngoru. noun. soul. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 400 of Quackenbush Word List.  

ngou   noun. blume. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004. Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). Note: also called surichuhcheruh, plant with three leaves. Common in Micronesia, in Yap it is called engel and in Palauan, it is ebeludes. ngou.Allopylus timorensis. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

    ngou.

ngunguu   verb. to moan. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew. For further information: see No. 192 of Quackenbush Word List.

ngunpupa (piepen)   noun. cricket. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

ngur peyah   verb. to fart (break wind). Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 91 of Quackenbush Word List.

ngusngus (mor)   noun. squirrelfish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Johannes notes the name is onomatopoetic and describes the sound the fish makes when disturbed. Holocentridae:. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See Tobian Fish List: F0037.

nguuch   boredom. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 132 of Quackenbush Word List.

niahara   today. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 266 of Quackenbush Word List.

niboaru   Variant spelling nibor. taro patch: in the taro patch. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; 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: Plants & Trees, Location.

nibong   Variant spelling ribong; ngibon; mörubon; iaböini. night. nibong Simatah nibong. We are afraid of the night. Emoh nibong. It's a nice night. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004; Isauro Andrew 2006; Nemecio Andrew 2012; David Sapio 2001. Variants: Elisabeth Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  ribong. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 264 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

nibu   noun. regular high tide. Category: Nature.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

nibuhu   high tide. See:  ebuh. Category: Nature.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

nichingiching   low tide. See:  echingichi; chingi chingi. Category: Nature.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

niefiefi   verb. to wish. Source: David Sapio 2001.

nifahafi   Variant spelling nifahaf; nivahaf; tapar. noun. evening. Note: emoh nifahafi: good evening Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004; Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: Sisma Andrew 2014, Elisabeth Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  emoh nifahafi; emohoni nifahaf; emahoni touhat; emoh nimariei; merir; . Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 263 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

nifar sewa i eyor   important: very important (to someone). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

nigek   noun. body cord for grown girls. 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. See:  enidzim.

nihar   Variant spelling nikari; lenei. noun. daytime. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variants: Elisabeth Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  nihari. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see Nos. 265, 271 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

nihari   daylight. Nihar meihara. It is daylight. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  nihar. Category: Calendar.

nihatam   outside (as in go outside house). Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 368 of Quackenbush Word List. 

nim   Variant spelling rim. noun. canoe part: boom. 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.

nimarei   Variant spelling nimarier; e nemariet. noun. morning. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004; Nemecio Andrew 2012; variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Calendar.  For further information: see No. 262 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

nimatau   noun. window.

nimeretak   noun. grass: grassy area under palm. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Plants & Trees.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

nimi   noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Black notes that nimi is a mature chep. See:  chep; rahung. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

ninieripag   noun. house type: privy; outhouse. Recorded by 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. See:  im hapar.

nipa gar   noun. nipa palm. Source: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. nypa fruticans. Category: Plants & Trees. 30/Jul/2015.

nitouhat   noun. afternoon. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004. See:  emoh nifahafi; emohoni nifahaf; emahoni touhat; emoh nimariei; merir; nifahafi. Category: Calendar. 05/Jan/2017.

niyefang   season from May to December; from the north. Note: This term refers to a strong current that sets in from the north at the beginning of the season, which is a time of rough seas, bad weather, and generally miserable conditions for the run to the Southwest Islands. Category: Nature, Calendar.

noar   Variant spelling nuhr. noun. Indian mulberry tree; noni. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004. Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). noar.Morinda citrifolia, http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/lomnes sydn/index.htm. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.  

   noar [Photo: Lyon Arboretum].

noba   a means of marking things to indicate ownership. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014.

not   noun. scaevola. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. scaevola. Category: Plants & Trees.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

 not.

nou   wet. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 109 of Quackenbush Word List.

nunda   noun. wave. See:  roraparap; yahu; rabatut. Category: Nature.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

nunusuruhan   noun. tongue. Ehusu nunusur han. He bit his tongue. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. Note: the nu sound is like nur Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see No. 34 of Quackenbush Word List.

nunut   verb. to jump. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Note: context determines whether to use rut or nunut See:  rut.  For further information: see No. 229 of Quackenbush Word List.