P - p

pa   Variant spelling paa. noun. bait. See:  parih; ritobuhaha. Category: Fishing.

paah   noun. thunder. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  bäy. Category: Nature.

paar   verb. to plug, to stop leaks. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

paboo   noun. bamboo. Borrowed from: English: bamboo. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. Category: Plants & Trees, Borrowed Words.

pach   Variant word: öger. noun. tail. Eyafis pachari rauch piris. He pulled our dog's tail. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures. 06/Mar/2015.

pachih   Variant spelling pachihi. small. Isibihata safas fasupachih. I pick up a small stone. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. See:  pachihichih.

pachihichih   very tiny; small. Source: Julita Lorenzo 2015. See:  pachih.

padang   noun. clam. Source: David Sapio 2001. Tridacna hippopus. Category: Sea Creatures.

pah   verb. to defecate [rude]. Source: David Sapio 2001.

pahang   noun. iron. Borrowed from: Indonesian or Malay. Yakisirae efauhuyehi ma ifir pahang. That ax is made from iron. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

pahanong   noun. maggot. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Land Creatures.

paharsariyeng   windy. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Nature.

pahas   noun. net: surround net or gill net. Note: there are two kinds of pahas: pahas and uwarai. There were no uwarai in 1968. Source of English name for pahas: Craig Severance 2015. Craig noted that these nets can encircle a school of fish or surround a coral head or a reef flat. See:  pahas. pahas [Drawing: Peter W. Black 1968]. Category: Fishing.

pahas   verb. to blow (wind). Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  iangi. Category: Nature.

pahayero   foolish person. Borrowed from: Japanese (pakero). Source: Marcus Hangaripaii, 2013.

pahecha   noun. dysentery (fever, diarrhea with blood). Category: Health & Body Parts.

pahisehe   noun. Day Fishing Method 32. Category: Fishing.

paho   Variant spelling pahou; pohowo. noun. shark (generic). Note: Marcus Hangariapaii says this word should be pahou. Sebastian Marino thinks it should be spelled pohowo. Justin Andrew agrees with Sebastian Marino on this—pohowo seems right to him. Paho is the general term for sharks and means "smelling of excrement" referring to the strong smell of many shark species. See:  pahou; pohowo. Squaliformes. Category: Sea Creatures. 30/Dec/2014.

paho raur horfat   noun. shark (unidentified species). Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Squaliformes. Category: Sea Creatures.

pahong   noun. metal. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2004.

pahos   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures.

pahou    See:  paho; pohowo. Category: Sea Creatures.

pahraboo'ah   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 father 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.

pahupu   noun. Day Fishing Method 39. Category: Fishing.

pahur   some. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

pahutuhor yefangi   noun. Day Fishing Method 38. Category: Fishing.

pai   my arm. Source: Justin Andrew 2008. Category: Health & Body Parts.

paih   Variant spelling pei; paum. noun. arm (including hands). Source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variants: 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:  pau; pau paururer. Category: Health & Body Parts.

paip   noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.

paket   noun. bucket. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001.

palachalach   noun. canoe shed. Source: 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. Category: Canoes. 09/Dec/2016.

pamukeng   Variant spelling pamuken. noun. pumpkin. Borrowed from: English. Has pamukengie. Take the pumpkin. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variant: Justin Andrew 2014. Category: Plants & Trees, Food, Borrowed Words.

panangi   noun. side of the house or canoe. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; source: Peter W. Black 1968; Justin H. Andrew 2005. Category: Canoes.

panuh   noun. Palau. Source: Peter W. Black 2015.

paperi was   noun. washing board. Source: David Sapio 2001.

para tot   a little more. Source: David Sapio 2001.

parahet   noun. blanket. Source: David Sapio 2001.

parahi   full. Source: David Sapio 2001.

parei   noun. coconut frond. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

pari   noun. party. Borrowed from: English.

parifatur   noun. hook: Nemesio's fotomahech. See:  fotomahech. Category: Fishing.

parifatur   noun. hook: Nemesio's fotomahech. Note: This hook of Nemesio's was a fotomahech hook made of brown and black chicken feathers used in Day Fishing Method 25 Drawing of parifatur [Peter W. Black 1968]. Category: Fishing.

parih   noun. fishing bait. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  pa; ritobuhaha. Category: Fishing.

parihaher   noun. bait rig. Category: Fishing.

paruh   Variant spelling paruhe. noun. navigator. See:  manimeiyough.

paruhen   noun. monetary value (literally, what you pay). Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter.

paruheni   noun. money. Source: Justin Andrew 2017.

paruher   verb. to buy. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2010.

paruheri   verb. to answer. Source: J. Ellis, 2013.

paserei   noun. priest. Borrowed from: Spanish (padre). Audio & source: Paulina Theodore 2004. Category: Borrowed Words.

pases   noun. harbor. Borrowed from: English. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

pasis   passage. Source: Nixon Andrew, 2013.

pasots   Variant spelling pasobos. noun. frame with rack of slats. Source: 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. 14/Dec/2016.

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

pataroh   provisionless: at sea with no provisions. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.

pati   Variant spelling pate. noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew.

patu   noun. pot; pan. Borrowed from: English: pot, pan. Source: Justin Andrew 2013; David Sapio 2001. See:  tagak; pirin. Category: Borrowed Words.

patu ri habets   noun. kettle (pot for boiling). Source: David Sapio 2001.

pau   arm from shoulder to wrist; that part of the ocean current that extends out and away from the island after hitting it. Echa paur. He has blood on his arm. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; Justin Andrew 2008. See Words of the Lagoon: Fishing and Marine Lore in the Palau District of Micronesia (R.E. Johannes 1981), p. 103. See:  pau paururer; paih. Category: Health & Body Parts, Nature.

pau angi   noun. long wall. 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. See:  bay.

pau paururer   Variant spelling paururer. noun. arm; wing. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. See:  pau; paih.

pau uet   noun. water tube made of bird's long bone. 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.173. Pau uet, watr tube of bird's long bone, 15 cm x 7 cm. See:  baubau.

pauch   our arms. Source: Justin Andrew 2008. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pauchacha   noun. pug-nosed flying fish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded tor and gataf as words for flying fish. pauchacha. Prognichthys gibbifrons (Valenciennes). Category: Sea Creatures. See:  pouchor mangah; paumeheng; mangah; pouchor; hon.

pauh   noun. canoe part: end piece. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Justin H. Andrew 2005. pauh [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004]. Category: Canoes.

paum   your arm. Source: Justin Andrew 2008.

paumeheng   noun. spotted flying fish; greater spotted flying fish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Meheng means mixed together and refers to two species with spotted pectoral fins that are known as distinct but difficult to differentiate. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded tor and gataf as words for flying fish. paumeheng. paumeheng. Cypsellurus Poecilopterus (Valenciennes) and Cypsellurus atrisignis Jenkins. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  pouchor mangah; hon; mangah; pauchacha; pouchor.

paur   noun. fin: breast fin. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.

paurier   Variant spelling baur; eir. noun. wing (arm for flying). Ehangahang pauryaraer marurae. The bird's wings are red. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Birds.

pautsor   noun. yellowtail mullet. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. liza vaigiensis. Category: Sea Creatures.

peg   noun. pig. Borrowed from: English: pig. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  pehi. Category: Land Creatures.

pehi   Variant spelling peik; peih. noun. pig. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Variant (peik): Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Variant (peih): Justin Andrew, 2013. See:  peg; peih. Category: Land Creatures, Food.

pehpa   noun. paper. Borrowed from: English: paper. Source: Madline Imekedong Tarkong Wright 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.

peih   noun. pig. Borrowed from: English: pig. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. Category: Food, Land Creatures, Borrowed Words.

peipeiroh   verb. to throw (general). Hepeipeirong pesipes rani rib. They throw the garbage into the hole. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  peitaroh; peipeiroh; rihiti.

peisen   noun. basin. Borrowed from: English: basin. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Borrowed Words.

peitaroh   verb. to throw away; to quit (as smoking); to divorce. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Nemecio Andrew 2012; Paulina Theodore 2015. See:  rihiti; peitaroh; peipeiroh. 02/Jan/2015.

peiyon   Variant spelling peiän; psiiän. noun. coconut husk. Source: David Sapio 2001; Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Plants & Trees.

peiyonunu   noun. green coconut husk. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

peiyonutso   noun. brown coconut husk. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

pensong   noun. pencil. Borrowed from: English: pencil. Source: Marcus Hangaripaii 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.

per   dry. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

per   light (as opposed to heavy). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.

perait   noun. plate. Borrowed from: English: plate. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  tapie; pereit. Category: Borrowed Words.

pereit   Variant spelling pereiti. noun. plate. Borrowed from: English:plate. Source: Dex Haperitar Emilio 2013; Justin Andrew 2016. See:  perait; tapie. Category: Borrowed Words.

perem   noun. sago palm. Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. perem. cycas revoluta. Category: Plants & Trees.

pereu   noun. pepper. Borrowed from: English: pepper. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food, Plants & Trees, Borrowed Words.

peri   noun. meat of a young coconut. Source: Justin Andrew 2015. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.

periperi   Variant spelling periper. noun. sea cucumber; beche-de-mer. Source: Marcus Hangaripaii 2015. Variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Identification: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. Note: Marcus notes that he remembers using periperi to fertilize the vegetable garden at Jerry O. Bush Memorial School when he was in elementary school. See:  namako. holothuria fuscogilva, holothuria scabra. Category: Sea Creatures.

perrih   noun. coconut grater (stand type). Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

pes   noun. afterbirth. 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.

pesas   noun. place name: Echang, Koror. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. Category: Location.

pesihet   noun. biscuit. Borrowed from: English: biscuit. Source: Marcus Hangaripaii 2013. Category: Food, Borrowed Words.

pesipesi   noun. garbage. Pesipesi ehahapa im. There is garbage near the house. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

pesiteberiha   noun. plank. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

pet   noun. bed. Borrowed from: English: bed. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  bosobos. Category: Borrowed Words.

petchamai   noun. Day Fishing Method 16; fish. Note: Matias and Esobio called this fishing method bub See:  bub. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing.

peti   noun. big eye scad. Source: David Sapio. peti [Photo: T.F. Luchavez, Fishbase]. Selar crumenophthalmus. Category: Sea Creatures.

peyah   noun. excrement. Iwah pahari piris. I found some dog's excrement. peyah Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

peye woh   noun. place name on Tobi Island. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. Category: Location.

peyung   noun. outside of the coconut. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Plants & Trees.

pi   noun. beach. Source: Franz Hellwig, 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:  pie; pieri; votsimarinam; rau; . Category: Nature.

pichei   noun. leg. Domiciano Andrew 2014. 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:  huub; hoob. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pie   Variant spelling bi; pih. noun. sand; beach. Eworo woripie. He is lying on the sand bank. Ehihita pie ma retet. He is getting sand out of the ocean water. Epie reniyer. There is sand on the road. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004, 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013; variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  pieri; pie; votsimarinam; pi; rau. Category: Nature.

pieri   noun. sand; beach. See:  pie; votsimarinam; pi; rau. Category: Nature.

pieri wor   noun. turtle beach on Tobi Island. Category: Location.

piga   noun. diagonal wall. 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. See:  bay.

pihaf   verb. to steal. Emour piha me rauch koko. He stole our chickens. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2010.

piheimoaru   noun. taboo for conservation (no touching, no harvesting, no activity). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  etab; bau; hateh.

pihipih   slap arm. Source and audio: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: Sisma noted this is when men can be too noisy.

pin   noun. ledge for sleeping mats. Source: 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, p.156. 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.

pinus   Variant spelling pinas. noun. boat. Borrowed from: Palauan: boat. Source: Marcus Hangaripaii 2013; Variant: David Sapio 2001; Justin Andrew 2013. Note: Peter W. Black suggests it may be borrowed from English--perhaps a kind of ship's boat. Category: Borrowed Words.

pipi matartar hourfaruh   resources: many kinds of resources. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. Category: Conflict.

pipieri for   verb. to fertilize. 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.

pipihaf   verb. to like; to steal. Source: David Sapio 2001.

pipiye   verb. many; to be many. Source: J. Ellis 2013. See:  epipie.

pireisam   name: old Tobian proper name.

piresi   verb. to close. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.

pirin   Variant spelling piring. noun. dishes. Source: David Sapio 2001; variant: Justin Andrew 2016. See:  patu; tagak.

piris   Variant spelling biris; piliz. noun. dog. Sorumor raur metamai piris hemes. My father's three dogs are dead. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Variants: Augustin Krämer and Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. pirisiwe the dog we know. Category: Land Creatures. piris [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2016].

piroh   Variant spelling biroh. verb. to go. Iya piroh nga iye pito. To repeatedly go and come back several times. Source: Sabino Sakarias 2014. See:  biroh.

piscor   noun. Peace Corps volunteer. Borrowed from: English: Peace Corps. Source: Marcus Hangaripaii 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.

piteh   noun. resource (thing). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

piter niyafiyaf   noun. value: best loved (same as piter wahahah but stronger). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  piter wahahah.

piter wahahah   noun. value: best loved thing. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See:  piter niyafiyaf.

pito   thick. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

pitratumoch   noun. attic: entry hole. Source: 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.

pneumonia   noun. pneumonia. Borrowed from: English:pneumonia. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. Category: Health & Body Parts, Borrowed Words.

poapau   noun. hill. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See:  suuh; boba. Category: Nature.

poeg eri moar   noun. bow attachment. 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.

poeg eri mugir   noun. stern attachment. 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.

pog   noun. 1/2 or 3/4 coconut shells used to prepare taro. 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.

pohijarifos   noun. pipefish; seahorse. Audio: Justin Andrew. See:  pohoya cherifos. Note: Pohijarifos is the general name for both pipefish and seahorses. Isauro Andrew thinks pohoya cherifos could be another word for seahorse. Category: Sea Creatures.

pohomoi   noun. knee. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  pohomou ri hub. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pohomou ri hub   noun. knee. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  pohomoi. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pohou   noun. rocky outcrop. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004. Note: This audio clip contains three words that sound alike: pohou, pohowo, pohuu Category: Nature.

pohowo   Variant spelling paho; pahou; bahou; bohou; poho. noun. shark. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004. Variants bahou, bohou: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Variant poho: Franz Hellwig, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: This audio clip contains three words that sound alike: pohou, pohowo, pohuu Note: Marcus Hangariapaii says this word should be pahou. Sebastian Marino thinks it should be spelled pohowo. Justin Andrew agrees with Sebastian Marino on this—pohowo seems right to him. Squaliformes. See:  paho; pahou. Category: Sea Creatures.

pohoya cherifos   noun. seahorse; fish. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  pohijarifos. Category: Sea Creatures.

pohu   noun. Australian mulberry. Source: Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005). pohu [Photo: Robert White, http://www.saveourwaterwaysnow.com.au/]. pipturus argenteus (urticaeae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

pohung ri mat   noun. eyelids. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  pohungerimet. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pohungerimet   Variant spelling baurimetar; eanbekengerimat. noun. eyelashes. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; variants: 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:  pohung ri mat. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pohuu   Variant spelling bogu. noun. pandanus: broadleaf variety (not suitable for thatching). Audio & source: Sebastian Marino 2004; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: This audio clip contains three words that sound alike: pohou, pohowo, pohuu Category: Plants & Trees, Food. See:  vats; mang. Pandanus tectorius. pohuu.

poig   noun. coconut bowls for taro. 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.

poigeriuetoch   noun. filled bowl. 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.

pongomau   good (nice, kind). Epongomau moanae. The man is good. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

poong   Variant spelling pong. noun. dance. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Isauro Andrew says that poong is the old word for dance. See:  baahuhu.

poos   noun. body. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  posu; posuts. Category: Health & Body Parts.

poou   strong. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.

popariuarimesori   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.

popos   noun. floor. Source: David Sapio 2001.

pororimezarach   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.

poruhhaweun   dumb; foolish. Source: Justin Andrew 2014; Sabino Sakarias 2014.

posu   my body. Source: Tracy Marcello 2014. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. See:  poos; posuts.

posubur   verb. to develop. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014.

posuts   our bodies. Source: Tracy Marcello 2014. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014. See:  poos; posu; ruhh. Category: Health & Body Parts. 13/Nov/2014.

pou   strong; hard; power. Source: David Sapio 2001.

pou ri fiteh   strong worker.

pouchor   noun. flying fish; dark hand. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: According to Johannes, pouchor means dark hand and refers to the dark pectoral fins of this fish. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded tor and gataf as words for flying fish. See:  mangah; pouchor mangah; hon; pauchacha; paumeheng. Category: Sea Creatures.

pouchor mangah   noun. flying fish: cosmopolitan flying fish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Augustin Krämer of the Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, recorded tor and gataf as words for flying fish. Pouchor means dark hand and refers to the dark pectoral fins of this fish. Pouchor the flying fish is distinguished from pouchor yauh, the mullet, by adding the general term for flying fish, mangah, when context doesn't make it clear. pouchor mangah. Category: Sea Creatures. See:  hon; mangah; pauchacha; paumeheng; pouchor. Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus. 02/Jan/2015.

pouchor yauh   Variant spelling yaugh er poucham. noun. mullet: [unidentified mullet]. Muglidae: ?. Category: Sea Creatures.

pouposera   noun. sitting platform. Paulina Theodore 2015. See:  yasumba.

pouto   name: old Tobian proper name.

puhuhoto   verb. to come (with a person). Hobe puhuhoto. You will come with him. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

puhung   Variant spelling pagun. noun. hat. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant source: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  boyomen. 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.

puhuroh   death; he or she is dead. Romeo mori puhuroh. Romeo has died. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  etamin; mase.

puhurohot   verb. to lose something. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. Note: Isauro Andrew says that this word also means to die, to lose life. These days, mes would be used for losing something. See:  mes.

puhutuh   verb. to fall. Epuhutuh moarawe maichur chirihet. The man fell out of the tree. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  mohotou; mohotuh; pung.

pung   noun. pubic area; pubic hair area. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  googor. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pung   verb. to fall. Source: J. Ellis 2013. See:  mohotou; mohotuh; puhutuh.

pungutering   deaf. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: Isauro Andrew says this word requires the addition of tering: ear. See:  taring. Category: Health & Body Parts.

pungutuh   verb. to drop. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.

purumuh   verb. to sweep. Source: Paulina Theodore 2014.