S - s

sa   one. Source: J. Ellis, 2013. See:  sewo.

sa bitu warifarihum   noun. go to your own place. Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014. Note: Domiciano said this phrase is part of a man's song.See:  ho bwetsu maitona.

  Domiciano Andrew 2014. [Photo: Barbara W. Black 2014}.

sabacho   noun. nurse sharks; carpet sharks. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: Sabacho comes from words meaning sleep and awkward, referring to the ungainly swimming motion of this shark and to its habit of resting motionless on the bottom. Sabacho is probably Stegostoma tigrinum Bonnaterre, Leopard shark.Orectolobidae:. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Tobian Fish List: F0007.

 sabacho.

sabara   also. Source: David Sapio 2001.

safang   noun. kamani; apple tree (used for canoe); India oil nut tree; Alexandrian laurel tree. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2004; Preliminary list of plants commonly mentioned by Tobians as being medicinal (Aunchalee Loscalzo 2005).Calophyllum inophyllum (clusiaceae). See:  buni safan; fariyub. Category: Plants & Trees, Canoes, Health & Body Parts.

 safang.

safas   one: counting round things. Safas ruh. One coconut. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

safataheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

saha (mor)   noun. spiny squirrelfish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Note: David Sapio identifies this fish as a long-jawed squirrelfish, sargocetron spiniferum and possibly also as a humpback snapper, lutjanus gibbusHolocentridae: spinifer (Forskal). Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Tobian Fish List: F0040.

 saha [Image used with permission of John E. Randall, FishBase Collaborator].

sahamir   noun. bottle. Borrowed from: Portuguese: garrafa (bottle) ? Source: Sabino Sakarias, 2013.

sahangas   thousand: base counting. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 539 of Quackenbush Word List.

sahau    See:  bauh suhowu.

sahewo   verb. to flow. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 303 of Quackenbush Word List.

sakur   Variant spelling sukur; sukurur. noun. school. Borrowed from: English (school). Source: Peter W. Black 2013; variant: T. Yangilmau Patris, Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

samar   Variant spelling samaru. one: counting people and creatures. Samar ih ma huhamar mar. One fish and two birds. Samar hariweich feifir. One daughter. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. For further information: see No. 540 of Quackenbush Word List.

samir   verb. to stay. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  hosamir.

sangamarecha   name: old Tobian proper name.

sapa   one: counting groups. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

saramabits   Variant spelling sommabiche. curse word. Borrowed from: English (son of a bitch). Source: Marcus Hangaripaii, 2013. Variant: Peter W. Black, 2013.

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

sasimi   noun. sashimi. Borrowed from: Japanese (sashimi). Source: Tanya Y. Patris, 2014. Category: Food.

sasoh   they said. Justin Andrew 2017. See:  soh.

sasohu   shout. Source: Paulina Theodore 2001.

sauehau   noun. bird: land bird. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: This bird also comes on to the beach. Category: Birds.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sauop   noun. hammerhead shark. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii.   Shyraendidae: Sphyma sp.. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Tobian Fish List: F0006.

sauop.

sechau   one: counting flat things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sefiye   one: counting uncountable. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

segangir   noun. knuckle. 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.

seheroh   verb. to pour. Feifinae eheseheseherong char ran kop. The woman is pouring water into the cup. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

sehichou   sound made when Tobians see a ship; Tobian sounds. Source and sounds: Isauro Andrew 2006. sound Sehichou is the name of the sound Tobians make when they see a ship. See:  huheih; fisih; subuhuh; yauheri; .

sei   noun. pole. Category: Fishing.  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

seih   ten: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 529 of Quackenbush Word List.

seih ma fauwo   fourteen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma fisuo   seventeen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma huhafas   twelve: counting round things. Seih ma huhafas chehei. Twelve eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma huhapa   twelve: counting groups. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma huhefiye   twelve: counting uncountable. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma huwou   twelve: base counting. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: Twelve is seih plus two—hence, seih ma huwou. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma rimouo   fifteen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma sapa   eleven: counting groups. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma sechau   eleven: counting flat things. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma sefiye   eleven: counting uncountable. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma sewo   eleven: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: Eleven is seih plus one—hence, seih ma sewo Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seih ma seyau   eleven: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma sopou   eleven: counting pieces. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma tiwouo   nineteen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma waruo   eighteen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seih ma worouo   sixteen: base counting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seiheitihapa   ten: counting groups. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seiheitihobong   ten: counting time. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seihetiho   ten: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seihetiho fasur   ten: counting round things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seihetiho fiyar   ten: counting uncountable. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seihetiho yahamat   ten: counting people and creatures. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Seihetiho feifir. Ten women. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 549 of Quackenbush Word List.

seihetihohochau   ten: counting flat things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seihetihopou   ten: counting pieces. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 18/Jan/2015.

seihmahuwowari maham   noun. December. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.

seihmasawari maham   noun. November. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar. 18/Jan/2015.

seinesaw    See:  mouhech.

seiroh   Variant spelling sairoh. verb. to fish. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Note: Nixon Andrew says that fita is slightly more Tobian than seiroh. See:  fita. Category: Fishing.  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

seiyou   noun. soy sauce; soyu. Borrowed from: Japanese (shoyu). Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Food, Borrowed Words.

senap   noun. master canoe builder. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Canoes.  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

sensei   noun. teacher. Borrowed from: Japanese. Source: Tanya Yangilmau Patris 2015. Towai titiri. Don't talk. Mutohuh. Sit down. Iyawe yamu homwurk? Where is your homework? See:  heikau.

seperiyau   noun. tattoo design: man's tattoo on the sides of the back. Source: Sabino Sakarias 2014. See:  mek; wahang; varibori.

sepi   verb. to cut off. Esepi chimeri rabut. He cut off the snake's head. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

sepisep   verb. to cut. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2010.  For further information: see No. 221 of Quackenbush Word List.

sepou mak   single piece of currency. Borrowed from: German (mark). Source: Justin H. Andrew, 2013.

sereioy   noun. rope. 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:  hamar; susurugot; sueitey.

 Drawing of susurugot, sereioy, sueitey.

seriho   Variant spelling serih. thirty: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 531 of Quackenbush Word List.

seriyout   noun. area of rough water where two currents come together. Category: Nature.  See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

seru   Variant spelling soruo. three: base counting. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 531 of Quackenbush Word List.

setab   half. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Counting & Numbers.

seu masirap   noun. year. 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. See:  masirap; kuou masirap; jaato. Category: Calendar.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sewa   very. Note: Sebastian Marino says that sewa is not a separate word; it is an emphasizer. Source: David Sapio 2001.

sewa faat   six pack. Borrowed from: English: six pack. Source: Justin H. Andrew, 2013. Note: Justin adds: this is more a Tobian translation of six pack than a direct borrowing,

sewo   Variant spelling seo. one: base counting. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001. Category: Counting & Numbers. See:  sa.  For further information: see No. 520 of Quackenbush Word List.

seyau   one: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers. 06/Mar/2015.

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

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

siarbau   Variant spelling siarubau. noun. place name on Tobi Island. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2004. 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.

sibe   let's go. Source: David Sapio 2001.

sibemangau   noun. meal. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 418 of Quackenbush Word List.

sibwafa mangiman   planning (for example, for use of Helen Reef, for a trip, to buy a car). Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.

sidosia   noun. automobile. Borrowed from: Japanese (jidousha; jidoosha; uastoshia). Source: Tanya Y. Patris, 2014.

sieboro   noun. sprout. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  tumur. Category: Plants & Trees.   For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

siefaga tsatren   noun. small black or striped fish. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: According to Krämer, these fish are found in the reef lagoon and are very poisonous. Category: Sea Creatures.   For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sieruneai   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.

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

sii   noun. stomach. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Health & Body Parts.

sii ri hub   noun. calf; leg: calf. Source: David Sapio 2001. Note: belly of your leg? Category: Health & Body Parts.

siie   noun. belly, abdomen. siie Engongo siyom. Your belly is swollen. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2010. Category: Health & Body Parts.  For further information: see Nos. 49, 56 of Quackenbush Word List.

sikip   noun. bird of prey (eats chicks). Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sine sirei   noun. kin term: maternal grandmother. 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: Kin Terms.

sinerisebagaga   noun. spider. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  yore. Category: Land Creatures.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sinetemei   noun. kin term: paternal grandmother. 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: Kin Terms.

sinsirei   noun. kin term: maternal grandmother; my mother's mother. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006. Category: Kin Terms.

sioka   Variant spelling siouka. noun. tapioca. Borrowed from: English. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: David Sapio 2001. Category: Food, Plants & Trees.

sipesip   noun. prayer; apology. sipesip Audio and source: Paulina Theodore 2004; Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Conflict.

sipitarari   noun. hospital. Borrowed from: English (hospital). Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

sipitarari   noun. dispensary. Source: Justin Andrew 2017.

sir   noun. mother. Source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. Note: Nemecio said that taam and sir are very old words, old language and no longer used. See:  iautehi feifir; siresir; neira. Category: Kin Terms.

sirei   noun. kin term: mother: my mother. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2006. Note: Mother can be neira or sirei. See:  neira. Category: Kin Terms.

sireli buruy   noun. drill borer. 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. 198.

   sireli buruy.

siresir   noun. mother. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Mesireh emes fauo masirap weeroh. Their mother died four years ago. Category: Kin Terms.

sister   noun. nun. Borrowed from: English. Audio & source: Paulina Theodore 2004.

sito siya   Variant spelling sitosiya; sitosia. noun. car. Borrowed from: Japanese. Source: David Sapio 2001; Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

siviriyurus   noun. fern. pteris tripartita (polypodiaceae). Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.

siyavapaho   noun. flathead fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Johannes notes that siyavapaho means "big long mouth like a shark."Platycephalidae: Platycephalus sp.. Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft).  Tobian Fish List: F0052.

siyavapaho.

siyefahchairen   noun. lizard fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Synodontidae. Synodus spp..Category: Sea Creatures.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). See Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Tobian Fish List: F0017.   06/Mar/2015.

 siyefahchairen.

siyeri matau   ocean. See:  matau; matawa; tati. Category: Nature. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

siyeripitse   noun. tattoo design: woman's tattoo on the lower legs. Source: Sabino Sakarias 2014.

soah   verb. to scream. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  hachohong.   For further information: see No. 193 of Quackenbush Word List.

sobong   one: counting time. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sobuhuh fasur   one hundred: counting round things. Sobuhuh chehei. Hundred eggs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

soh   verb. to say. Tamam esoh ba hotowei bahuh. Your father said, "don't dance!" Itohongohong ma hosoh. I cannot hear what you say. Isoh ba etwasi chapachapari hubei. I said my feet hurt. Source and audio: Isauro Andrew 2006; David Sapio 2001. See:  tapa; sasoh.

soh   noun. yellowstripe goatfish. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. Note: Sapio also identifies soh as a dash and dot goatfish; parupeneus barberinus mulloidicthys flavolineatus. Category: Sea Creatures.

sohu rep   very high tide. Category: Nature. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

sok   noun. red-billed tropic bird. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Krämer wrote this word as sök.Phaeton aethereus. Category: Birds.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

 sok [Photo: ARKIVE, KevinSchaefer.com.]

songotsor   noun. sonsorol. Sonsorol with Tobi canoe?

 [Photo: Peter Tsao PCV; postcard: Rengiil Brothers, Koror.]

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

soong   anger. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Conflict.  For further information: see No. 178 of Quackenbush Word List.

soor   noun. testicles. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 88 of Quackenbush Word List.

soos   noun. shoes. Borrowed from: English. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.

sop   noun. soap. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001.

sopou   one: counting pieces. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sor   Variant spelling maragagau. noun. salt. Borrowed from: English (salt). sor Herihemem tot sor. Give us some salt. Note: There was no salt on Tobi Island in ifiri mosuwe. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Category: Food, Borrowed Words.  For further information: see No. 296 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.

sora   noun. dollar. Borrowed from: English (dollar). Sapo sora One dollar. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2006.

sorchau   three: counting flat things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sorubong   three: counting time. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sorufas   three: counting round things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sorufiye   three: counting uncountable. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sorumor   Variant spelling sorumaru. three: counting people and creatures. sorumaru Sorumar heriweich ma huhamar piris. Three children and two dogs. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.  For further information: see No. 542 of Quackenbush Word List.

soruo   Variant spelling seru; soru. three: base counting. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variant: David Sapio 2001.: Category: Counting & Numbers..

sorupa   three: counting groups. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sorupou   three: counting pieces. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

soruyou   three: counting long things. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Counting & Numbers.

sos   noun. soy sauce. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  sowa. Category: Food.

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

souhopit   noun. name: romohparuh's brother. See:  romohparuh. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).

sowa   noun. soy sauce. Borrowed from: Japanese (shoyu). Source: Justin H. Andrew, 2013. See:  sos. Category: Food.

sruirit   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.

start   start. Borrowed from: English. Source: Nixon Andrew, 2013.

stof   noun. stove. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001.

su   Variant spelling suu. verb. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. suu Suta iyat. Stand up. Pahur hesu nga pahur hemot. Some are standing, others are sitting. For further information: see No. 162 of Quackenbush Word List.

su   standing; stand. Pahur hesu nga pahur hemot. Some are standing, others are sitting. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2014. See:  hasu.

subuhuh   one hundred: base counting; Tobian sounds. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. su Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English—not su, not sa, not se. As in subuhuh (one hundred). See:  huheih; fisih; subuhuh; sehichou.   For further information: see No. 162 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Counting & Numbers. 11/Jan/2017.

sueitey   noun. rope. 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:  hamar; susurugot; sereioy.

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

suhi   verb. to open it. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 318 of Quackenbush Word List.

suhowu   dangerous. Note: Suhowo and merifuts both mean dangerous, according to Johannes. See:  bauh suhowu; merifuts; ehamatahutoh ra tamau.  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).  30/Oct/2014.

suhub   coconut: small coconuts. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

suhun   verb. to turn around; to turn (change direction); to turn it over. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see Nos. 276, 278, 279 of Quackenbush Word List.

suhunuroh   verb. to turn around. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. For further information: see No. 277 of Quackenbush Word List.

suka   noun. sugar; Type II diabetes (non-insulin dependent). Borrowed from: English: sugar. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006; Marcus Hangaripaii 2013. See:  ienag. Category: Food, Health & Body Parts, Borrowed Words.  For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006).

sum   noun. mound. Fisir sum. That is an old mound. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

sumoniar   noun. middle post. 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. 09/Dec/2016.

sumu tumucho   noun. potato mound. Hamatangari habang sumur tumuchora. Hurry up and finish that potato mound. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Plants & Trees.

sumum   noun. trochus. Source: David Sapio.trochus niloticus. Category: Sea Creatures. 

 sumum.

sung   Variant spelling suung. hungry. sung Esung hariweichie. The child is hungry. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009.  For further information: see No. 97 of Quackenbush Word List.

supun   noun. spoon. Borrowed from: English. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  itit.

surichuhcheruh    See:  ngou.

sus   verb. to pound food. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Food.  For further information: see No. 309 of Quackenbush Word List.

sus wot   verb. to pound taro.  Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Food.

susor   noun. peg; cover peg. 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; azenimeray.

susurugot   noun. hammer made of coconut wood. 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:  hamar.

  Drawing of susurugot, sereioy, sueitey.

sutamo   whale: word to say to a whale. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew 2014. See:  haasosu. Category: Sea Creatures.

suu   verb. to stand. Audio & source: Isauro Andrew. For further information: see No. 162 of Quackenbush Word List.

suuh   noun. hill. suuh Char emir imuihiri suuh. The lake is behind the hill. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  poapau; boba. Category: Nature.  For further information: see No. 356 of Quackenbush Word List.

suuh   noun. house pillar. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 391 of Quackenbush Word List.

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