ra preposition. toward; noun ending: the one already referred to. Feifinae ehachaichira retet. She is running toward the lagoon. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.R - r
ra preposition. toward; noun ending: the one already referred to. Feifinae ehachaichira retet. She is running toward the lagoon. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.
raam voice; speech; language; to speak. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See: titira; titiro. For further information: see Nos. 191, 197 of Quackenbush Word List.
raap Variant spelling erap. big. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew. Ehochohoch fasura erap itonae. There is a big black stone over there. For further information: see No. 117 of Quackenbush Word List.
rabatut Variant spelling dääu. noun. wave. 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: nunda; yahu; roraparap. Category: Nature. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment
rabut noun. eel; snake. Rabut ma ewor wor fatirirae. There is a snake in the grass. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Rabut is the general name for all eels and also sea snakes.Category: Sea Creatures, Land Creatures. Anguilliformes. 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: F0010. See also: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. See No. 491 of Quackenbush Word List.
rabut.
rabut bech noun. white (predominantly) eel. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii.Category: Sea Creatures. anguilliformes. 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: F0012. 02/Jan/2015.
rabut bech.
rabut sangi noun. mixed colored eels. Note: Eels of mottled or mixed colors are called rabut sangi. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii.Category: Sea Creatures. anguilliformes. 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: F0013. 02/Jan/2015.
rabut sangi.
rabut touchor noun. black (predominantly) eels. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii.Anguilliformes. Category: Sea Creatures. 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: F0011. 02/Jan/2015.
rabut touchor.
rabutotsor noun. eel: moray eel. Source: David Sapio.Muraenidae. Category: Sea Creatures.
Rabutotsor.
rachio noun. radio. Borrowed from: English (radio). Source: Justin H. Andrew 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.
rae person at some distance from the listener. Source: Isauro Andrew.
raes noun. rice. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food.
rag noun. sea gull. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910; Peter W. Black, 1968. Category: Birds.
rahung noun. mature chep; bluefin trevally. Audio and source: Justin Andrew; Sisma Andrew 2013; David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See: chep; nimi. Category: Sea Creatures. caranx melampygus. For further information: see No. 483 of Quackenbush Word List (crevalle). For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
rai pronoun. my: my own child. Note: You might or might not add hariweich. This usage is true of any of the living things you might own. It is heavily context dependent if referring to anything other than your child. See: yai. 02/Jan/2015.
rai hariweich kin term: my child. Note: Some nouns show possession by endings; others you use a pronoun: rai is a pronoun. You might use rai hariweich to mean my child for more emphasis or to be more definitive. Category: Kin Terms.
rai hariweich mar my kid.
raifeifir Variant spelling rai faivil. noun. kin term: daughter. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006; Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Raifeifir (rai, my and feifir, female) is used only with a living thing. If the son (or daughter) in question is a child in age or the child of a child, the word hariweich would be included as an adjective. 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.
raimar noun. kin term: son. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006; Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Raimar (rai, my and mar, male) is used only with a living thing. If the son (or daughter) in question is a child in age or the child of a child, the word hariweich would be included as an adjective. 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. 02/Jan/2015.
rair Other words: batsik, rauri koko. noun. chick. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
raita noun. lighter (for fire). Borrowed from: English (lighter). Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.
raitet noun. day fishing. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ramachah noun. rumor. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See: ruhuh. Category: Conflict.
ramaram noun. hole. 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: ngaat. For further information: see No. 188 of Quackenbush Word List.
ramari Variant spelling rama. noun. speech; language. ramari hatohobei language of Hatohobei. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.
ramari faruh noun. speech of the island (lit.) Source: Peter W. Black 2014.
ramari hatohobei noun. language of Hatohobei. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.
ramari hatohobei mena this is Tobian.
ramaribout noun. hook: top smaller than bottom with fong. See: yau yohar hauboch; hauru fasuwo. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
Tracing of ramaribout [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Nemesio's ramaribout: yau yohar hauboch [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Matias's ramaribout: hauru fasuwo [Peter W. Black 1968].
ramariforuh noun. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: If you are not in Tobi, ramariforuh (sudden a) means the island language. It also means my language and that is understood to be Ramari Hatohobei because I am from Tobi. For further information: see No. 189 of Quackenbush Word List.
ramasuh noun. hook: Matias's fahum. See: fahum. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ramatiho noun. hook: bottom smaller than top, point round.See: hau ri firong; haur fasuwih; suheriyong. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
Tracing of ramatiho [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Nemesio's ramatiho: hau ri firong [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Nemesio's ramatiho: haur fasuwih [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Esobio's ramatiho: suheriyong [Peter W. Black 1968].
ramibout noun. hook. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ramohparuhe See: romohparuh.
ramu Variant spelling raum; ram. noun. mosquito. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant raum: David Sapio 2001. Variant ram: 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. 507 of Quackenbush Word List.
ran noun. heaven; sky. 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: weireng; rangi; yauhari. Category: Nature. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
rangerifot noun. fog over forest or thicket. 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.
rangi noun. sky. Source: David Sapio 2001. See: yauhari; ran.
rangit noun. coral (a genus of stony corals). Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013; Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. madrepore. Category: Nature, Sea Creatures. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. For further information: see No. 372 of Quackenbush Word List.
ranieretirotsovet noun. place name: Tobi Island. An abandoned settlement on the west and north of 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.
ranipases noun. channel; harbor. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 362 of Quackenbush Word List.
ranirogi noun. place name: Tobi Island. An abandoned settlement on the south east of 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.
rao Variant spelling pungunau. noun. wave: breaker. 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.
rapa big. Source: David Sapio 2001.
rapa ri tip patient. Source: David Sapio 2001.
rapar noun. size.
rar pronoun. his. Rar hariweich His child.
rari faruh communal creatures. Source: Domiciano Andrew, 2014. Note: Here, Domiciano was talking about the first pigs on the island that were treated communally.
rariworong noun. lionfish; tree: tree from which medicine is made to treat lionfish stings. Audio: Justin Andrew. Category: Sea Creatures, Plants & Trees. scorpaenidae pterois. For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0050.
rarowo Variant spelling rarou; raroo. yesterday. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009; Audio and variant: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: David Sapio 2001. Note: rarowo has a very light final o. Category: Calendar. For further information: see No. 269 of Quackenbush Word List.
rasir noun. bow: hunting. 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.
rasuhomoho name: old Tobian proper name.
rau noun. beach. 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, pp. 40-47. See: pie; pieri; votsimarinam; pi. Category: Nature. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
raughamar noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
raum pronoun. your. raum hariweich your children. See: yam.
raum hariweich kin term: children: your children, your child. Category: Kin Terms.
raur bisi noun. kin term: child of same sex sibling. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2014. Category: Kin Terms.
raur meyengi noun. kin term: child of opposite sex sibling. Source: Isauro Andrew 2014. See: mayangang. Category: Kin Terms.
raurfeifir noun. kin term: niece: daughter of brother. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006. Category: Kin Terms.
raurmar Variant spelling faurmar; rauinei. noun. kin term: nephew, son of brother. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006; 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: Kin Terms.
rauroupepa verb. to read. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: There is no word for read; rawyrew is a newer word made up to be clear about, for example, reading paper—rawyrew papa. For further information: see No. 173 of Quackenbush Word List.
rebotel noun. Micronesian apple. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See: fariyub. eugenia. Category: Plants & Trees. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
rebotel.
reemangengae noun. snake eel. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Reemangengae comes from words meaning black, crooked, and stripes. Reemangengae. Ophichthidae. Category: Sea Creatures. 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). Tobian Fish List: F0014.
reguri Variant spelling rehiri. old (aged). Source: Isauro Andrew, Peter Black 2009; variant: David Sapio. Reguri feifir. Old lady. Ireh feifir. Old lady. See: rehiri; bes; ireh; .
reitepir name: old Tobian proper name.
remeh weribisi ma hatohobei friends of Tobi Island. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.
rengit noun. coral. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: see No. 372 of Quackenbush Word List.
rengita emaciated. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 93 of Quackenbush Word List.
reniere noun. place. Source: David Sapio 2001.
renieri mot noun. chair (place to sit).
repei 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.
repei noun. children's cemetery for those who lacked teeth at death. 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.102. Sketch by E. Kramer. Category: Location.
repeiteitei 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.
ret Variant spelling red; reti. noun. squirrelfish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii; source: Peter W. Black 1968; variant: R.E. Johannes, David Sapio. Note: Johannes has this fish as red; Black as ret. It seems likely it is the same fish. Holocentridae: Myripristis sp.. Category: Sea Creatures. 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). Tobian Fish List: F0046.
retet in the sea. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.
reyu noun. reef stonefish. Audio: Justin Andrew; source: R.E. Johannes. Note: Stonefish and a variety of other fish are called reyu, referring to the sedentary habits of these species. Scorpaenidae: Synanceia verrucosa. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0051.
ri of.
riaka noun. cart. Note: Justin says this word is what was always used on Tobi to refer to the two-wheeled carts that were used for copra collection and other uses. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016.
rib noun. hole. Peitarong pesipesira rani rib. Throw the garbage in the hole. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.
ribar noun. grave (for children). 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: ribe. 09/Dec/2016.
ribauh noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ribe noun. twin birth. 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. For further information: see No. 405 of Quackenbush Word List.
ribe noun. grave. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: riberib. 25/Jul/2016.
riberib verb. to bury. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Moanae eriberib war. He is burying the fertilizer. See: ribe.
ribong 16/Jan/2015. See: nibong.
riborot noun. liana. Canavalia cathartica Thou.. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts. For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
richo Variant spelling richoh; rits; riich. noun. coconut syrup. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: Isauro Andrew 2006, David Sapio 2001. Category: Food, Plants & Trees. For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). For further information: see No. 425 of Quackenbush Word List.
richoh noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ricocoraing noun. bird: small black bird. Source: Nixon Andrew 2015. Note: in Palauan, this bird is chesiswalik Category: Birds.
riengah noun. bird: whimbrel. Source: Dominic Emilio, Francis Victor 2000.Numenius phaeopus. Category: Birds.
riengah.
riengak noun. bird: Swinhoe's snipe. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Source: mangoverde.com. gallinaga megala. Category: Birds. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
riengak.
riepeh noun. adze blade with straight cutting edge. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.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.197. See: woor. Category: Canoes.
Old adze blades made from giant clams: 10 cm long; 12 cm long, 7 cm wide; 14 cm long, 8 cm wide; 16 cm long, 9 cm wide; 12.5 cm long.
rif nightcrawling. Source: David Sapio 2001.
rihiti verb. to discard; to leave it behind. Source: David Sapio 2001. See: peitaroh; peipeiroh.
rihosobu noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
riie verb. to kill it. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Note: According to Isauro, feiin is similar to riie but more like murder and not commonly used except for people. See: feiin; riri.
rikerivongar 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. 09/Dec/2016.
rikirakaman noun. place name: Tobi Island. An abandoned settlement on the south east of 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.
rimachau five: counting flat things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimafas five: counting round things. Rimafas chehei ma fafas fas. Five eggs and four stones. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimapa five: counting groups. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimaru five: counting people and creatures. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. For further information: see No. 544 of Quackenbush Word List.
rimau five: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimefiye five: counting uncountable. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.
rimehiyong Variant spelling rimehiyengo. noun. yellowtail blue snapper. Audio: Justin Andrew. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; David Sapio. Paracaesio xanthura (Bleeker, 1869). Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
rimeih fifty: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. For further information: see No. 533 of Quackenbush Word List.
rimobong five: counting time. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimopou five: counting pieces. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.
rimoton See: tat. Category: Sea Creatures.
rimotong noun. Portuguese man of war: a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.Physalia physalis. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: see No. 495 of Quackenbush Word List.
rimotong [Photo: O.S.F./Animals Animals].
rimouo Variant spelling rimou. five: base counting. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant David Sapio 2001. Category: Counting & Numbers. For further information: see No. 524 of Quackenbush Word List.
ringetohor Variant spelling euougmelam. new moon. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910, variant: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Nature.
ripapa noun. cornetfish; mimic. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Ripapa means mimic and reportedly refers to the similarity of ripapa and needlefish. Fistularidae: Fistularia sp.. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0048.
ripau noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
riperiecho noun. Day Fishing Method 28; fish. Category: Sea Creatures, Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ripohou knowledgeable. Source: Paulina Theodore 2014.
riri verb. to kill. Yahamat eriri mar ba mangau. Man kills animals for food. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: riie; feiin.
ritaiyur verb. to retire. Source: Peter W. Black, Justin Andrew, Huan Hosei 2005. Retirement? In 2005, Peter asked about the Tobian word for retirement. Justin Andrew: Pete, there is no such word. People work all their lives and retire when they are frail and too weak to move around. Sounds like a very hard and labor intense life but it is not. Can we invent one?? Or how about a phrase that tells the idea about "retire." For me it would be "ba isa mouri tuhufai, ebe iramo ye yai fiteh ba irou yasemei yamo," meaning literally, "I'm old and I should stop working so I could rest." Huan Hosei: Retire—to me there is no concise meaning of the word. The word "retire" and its meaning is foreign to Pacific Islanders. Here are some definitions: "Emoripou bongur ma masirapar yai kauh har wetsir sukur," meaning I am a retired teacher. "Emiripou bongur ma masirapar yai fiteh," meaning service retirement, have met required number of years of work, therefore I am no longer working. "Emoripou bongur ma masirapar yai fitehingeri koferment," meaning I am retired/service retirement with the government.
ritetifach Variant spelling ritetifats. noun. mangrove red snapper. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; variant: David Sapio. Note: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names identifies this fish as a one-spot grouper, lutjanus monostigmus Category: Sea Creatures. Lutjanus argentimaculatus. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ritetifach. [Photo: Fishbase, G.R. Allen].
ritobuhaha noun. bait; spider web. See: pa; parih. Category: Fishing. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
riuon name: old Tobian proper name.
riweits young, small; skull; students. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Health & Body Parts.
riwerengiribech dry (hot) season. Ebe bito ifir riwerengira ebech. He will come in the dry season. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: riwerengirut. Category: Calendar, Nature.
riwerengirut rainy season. Erap ut riwerengie ihara. It has rained a lot this rainy season. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: riwerengiribech. Category: Calendar, Nature.
riyouheng name: old Tobian proper name.
roau noun. lagoon. Epet roauye. The lagoon is not deep. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: Sisma Andrew says there is no Tobian word for lagoon. Category: Nature. For further information: see No. 359 of Quackenbush Word List.
rofiti noun. finest grated coconut. Source: Justin Andrew 2015 (from Isauro Andrew). Category: Food, Plants & Trees.
rogutsari noun. place name: Tobi Island. An abandoned settlement on the east of 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.
roh noun. hard stem of coconut frond. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.
roke name: old Tobian proper name.
rom noun. liquor; rum. Borrowed from: English (rum). Source: Domiciano Andrew, 2013. Marcus Hangaripaii gives meaning as rum borrowed from English.
romohoh noun. basket. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2014
romohparuh Variant spelling ramohparuhe. noun. name: the discoverer and first ruler of Tobi; title transmitted from mother to daughter. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Note: Isauro Andrew says that romohparuh is the approved spelling instead of variants of ramohparuhe. See: ramohparuhe. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
romorom sound: the sound made by something shaken inside a hard object, e.g., a coconut. Source: Justin Andrew 2015. Category: Plants & Trees.
rong Variant spelling ran. noun. fly. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006, 2013. Variant: 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. 504 of Quackenbush Word List.
rongoninieremot noun. short lengthwise outrigger brace. 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.
roni teringar noun. ear canal. 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.
ronibaut noun. nostril. 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.
roraparap noun. wave. See: yahu; nunda; rabatut. Category: Nature. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
roromeng verb. to remember. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 169 of Quackenbush Word List.
roroparap noun. wave: swell. 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.
roryang noun. arrow. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2010.
rosario noun. rosary. Borrowed from: Spanish. Audio and source: Paulina Theodore 2004. Category: Borrowed Words.
rot noun. canoe part: large lattice between the 1st and 2nd lengthwise outrigger brace. 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.
roubah Variant spelling rabeh. noun. name: clan mother of hawereye (from Wolei). For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
rrah fast. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See: harhuh. For further information: see No. 119 of Quackenbush Word List.
rueis noun. youth. 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.
ruh Variant spelling rög; düy. noun. coconut. Savas ruh One coconut. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.Category: Plants & Trees, Food.
ruh [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2014].
ruh masoh coconut: harder than young coconut. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.
ruh tot young coconut. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.
ruha calm sea. Category: Nature. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ruhabung name: old Tobian proper name.
ruheri feifir noun. old woman. Source: Peter W. Black 2015.
ruheri mar Variant spelling irekeri mar. noun. old man. Source: Peter W. Black 2015; 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.
ruheri panuh noun. place name: babeldaob. Source: Peter W. Black 2015. Borrowed from: Palauan (Babeldaob). Category: Location, Borrowed Words.
ruhh Variant spelling ruhu. noun. body. Source: David Sapio 2001. See: posuts; poos. Category: Health & Body Parts.
ruhorugh Variant spelling ruhoruho. noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
ruhuh noun. rumor. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: ramachah. Category: Conflict.
ruhungosor name: old Tobian proper name.
ruhur house area; the grounds of the house. Source: Paulina Theodore 2014.
ruhuru hoch noun. reef edge. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See: iakiag. Category: Nature.
ruing admitted to hospital. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006. Category: Health & Body Parts. See: taing.
ruiutseri 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.
rukereparibon noun. midnight. 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, pp. 40-47. Category: Calendar. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.
rukurarimar noun. place name: old Tobian place name. Source: One of eleven inhabited settlements on Tobi Island recorded by Paul Hambruch of the 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.
rukurarimar 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. 09/Dec/2016.
rumei noun. my drink. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food.
rupak honorific: respected elder male. Borrowed from: Palauan. Source: Peter W. Black, 2014.
rur verb. to drink. Sibe rur char. We will drink water. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: ruru.
ruru drink [classifier]. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: rur.
rut noun. 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 rut verb.
rut verb. to jump. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. ruteh jumped. See: nunut. For further information: see No. 229 of Quackenbush Word List.
ruu somer noun. oblique-banded snapper. Source: David Sapio.Pristipomoides zonatus (Valenciennes, 1830). Category: Sea Creatures.
ruu somer [Photo: J.E. Randall, Fishbase].
ruuh outer layer of anything. Source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See: hin yahamat. For further information: see No. 16 of Quackenbush Word List.
ruuh noun. canoe: the center. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.See: haau; hau. Category: Canoes. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004).
ruuh [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].
ruur verb. to drink. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 79 of Quackenbush Word List.
ruwe the coconut we know. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: Noun endings: we is one of 3 noun endings. For more information, see Vocabulary: Noun Endings