U - u

uaer   noun. airplane. Source: Peter Black 2015. See:  uaskoki.

uaert   noun. motorboat. Source: Peter Black 2015.

uafaruh   noun. ship. Source: Peter W. Black 2015. See:  wafaru.

uahob   noun. bluebanded surgeonfish. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. acanthurus lineatus. Category: Sea Creatures.

uaiheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

ual   noun. breadfruit. Source: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Written by Hambruch as uäl. See:  mai; bukeriäu. Category: Food, Plants & Trees.

uan   noun. coconut palm. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See:  ubut. Category: Plants & Trees.

uangieng   name: old Tobian proper name.

uangito   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.

uanimerat   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.

uanopeney   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.

uaran   Variant spelling faral. noun. ashes. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910; variant: 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:  farang; moariso.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Nature.

uarapecha   name: old Tobian proper name.

uarasu   tomorow. Audio & source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  warasu.  For further information: see No. 267 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Calendar.

uari   noun. pumice. 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. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   Category: Nature.

uariengalap   noun. holder for luff stay on outrigger. 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.

uarik   noun. seal. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: Written by Krämer as uärik. Note: Augustin Krämer also listed these words for seal: rebolel, mesu, miey gotäl, haälifat, beke rau. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   Category: Sea Creatures.

uaroro   noun. coconut oil press. 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. 199. [Sketch: P. Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.] Category: Plants & Trees.
 uaroro.

uasatosia   noun. automobile. Borrowed from: Japanese. Source: Peter Black 2015.

uasera   noun. foreigner (native). Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. 09/Dec/2016.

uasi u torion   Variant spelling vaserüboar. noun. field: stone edging or boundary stones between fields, field: stone edging; boundary stones between fields. Source: Paul Hambruch and 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,

uasiseregotuk   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.

uaskoki   noun. airplane. Borrowed from: Japanese. Source: Peter Black 2015. See:  uaer.

uaterugeia   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.

uatsobor   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.

uatumay   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.

uatur   noun. canoe. Note: This is a larger canoe for two to three people; it can also refer to all canoes. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See:  harimah; wa; wa souh; wa tapi; waribir; worobei; waruhuh.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  For further information: see No. 429 of Quackenbush Word List.

ubot   Variant spelling ubut. noun. navel; coconut palm. Ihekene ubuteri feifinae. I see the woman's navel. ubot Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; variant: David Sapio 2001. For further information: see No. 51 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Health & Body Parts, Plants & Trees.

ubut   noun. coconut leaf (young, unopened, white spear); navel. Audio & source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.   For further information: see No. 51, 479 of Quackenbush Word List. 

ubutemakemak   noun. ornaments for head and neck. 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.

ueherimaham   name: old Tobian proper name.

uehetipei   name: old Tobian proper name.

uehitafar   Variant spelling wehitafari. verb. to return. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012; variant: David Sapio 2001.  For further information: see No. 275 of Quackenbush Word List

uetiehiheng   name: old Tobian proper name.

uetir   name: old Tobian proper name.

uf   noun. clothes. Epipie ufach. We have a lot of clothes. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

ufe   noun. clothing. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 326 of Quackenbush Word List

ugach   noun. halyard. 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.

ugh   noun. casting net. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Category: Fishing.

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

uh   Variant spelling uhgh; auho; uch. noun. net; sail; canoe part: sail; rock lobster; moon: phase two days before a full moon. Note: Sebas and Isauro agree that uh means net, sail, and lobster; Isauro adds a fourth—the phase of the moon two days before it is full. Ewoh ih ren uhakara yami. You [plural] have some fish in your nets. Audio: Isauro Andrew 2004; source: Sebastian Marino, Isauro Andrew 2004; variant and identification David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names; third variant, sail: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.  panulirus penicillatus, panulirus longpipes femoristriga.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  For further information: see Nos. 436, 492 of Quackenbush Word List  Category: Fishing, Canoes, Sea Creatures.

A Tobian sail. Sketch: A. Kramer showing (1) mast, gosugos; (2) boom, rim; (3) sail, ug; (4) edge/selvage, danimat; (5) cloth, uras; (6) fastenings, faufaur; (7) fastenings, bobo; (8,9) sheets, moritsi.

uhorimatau   noun. Night Fishing Method 9.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  Category: Fishing.

uhu   Variant spelling uhuu. verb. to blow; to blow on it. uhu Euho yaf. He is blowing on the fire. Euhu han. He is blowing on the food. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009.  For further information: see No. 77 of Quackenbush Word List.

um   noun. oven; unicorn fish. Source for oven: 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:  uum; fangi. Category: Sea Creatures.

umen   noun. hermit crab. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910; Peter W. Black, 1968. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Category: Land Creatures.

umipani bagasai uarigat   noun. split coconut pinnae making up rear tail of women's clothing. Source: Augustin and Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: umipani means leaf, while bagasai uarigat means strip. 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:  tochuba iemoch.

un   Variant spelling ön; ün. noun. leaf. Audio ad source: Sisma Andrew 2013; Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See:  unchirihet.  For further information: see No. 346 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Plants & Trees.

un e pan   noun. palm: generic palm. Source: Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.    Category: Plants & Trees.

unchirihet   noun. leaf. Ifisifis batabatari unchirihet. I am burning the dry leaves. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See:  un. For further information: see No. 346 of Quackenbush Word List.   Category: Plants & Trees.

unebego   noun. mothering girdle worn after birth. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See:  tagari faivil. 09/Dec/2016.

unebego   noun. pandanus leaf strip. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See:  tagari faifil.

unga   yes. unga Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2004; Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 558 of Quackenbush Word List. 

ungorap   noun. roof: beam. 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.

unknown   noun. fish: flying gurnard. Note: Johannes notes that Tobians recognize images of a flying gurnard but could not recall its Tobian name. See:  mangah. Dactylopteridae.  For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0053.  Category: Sea Creatures.

unnpanu   Variant spelling uubpangu. noun. coconut leaf (open, green). Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

uoagag   Variant spelling uageg. noun. taro root. 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.

uodagengagan   noun. taro type. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. Category: Plants & Trees.

uodenen   noun. taro type. Source: Elisabeth Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. Category: Plants & Trees.

uor   noun. chest cover. 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.

uorar   Variant spelling urara. noun. fish scale; scale. Source and variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Fishing, Sea Creatures.

uorefeiuy   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.

uoreihang   name: old Tobian proper name.

uorimag   noun. derris elliptica. Source: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. Note: a climbing leguminous plant of Southeast Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, including New Guinea. Its roots contain rotenone, a strong insecticide and fish poison.derris elliptica. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   Category: Plants & Trees.

 uorimag.

uorimet   noun. reef: shallow water on the reef. 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. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.   Category: Nature.

uorimor   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.

uouhehuh   name: old Tobian proper name.

uouou   Variant spelling uouuou. verb. to hit; to beat. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See:  wowuwowu; wouwou; wowutu; uoutu.  For further information: see No. 235, 237 of Quackenbush Word List.

uoutu   verb. to hit. See:  uouou.

upeig   noun. field. 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.

ur   noun. ninth lunar month. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2004. See ur: feather. Category: Calendar.

ur   Variant spelling urar; ügür. noun. feather; coconut cloth. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; Sisma Andrew 2013. Variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. See ur: ninth lunar month. See:  urerimar.  For further information: see No. 476 of Quackenbush Word List. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Birds.

urahab   feathers used in making lures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  Category: Birds, Fishing.

uraririgaya   noun. cradle. Source and sketch: 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. p.99.
uraririgaya [Sketch: E. Kramer].

uras   noun. sail strip; dress. 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.

urehir   adjective. old (referring to people); old. See:  bes; ireh; rehiri; tarapar; habah.

uremarau   Variant spelling uremar. noun. fish: oriental sweetlips. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; variant and identification: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. plectorhincus orientalis.  For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).  Category: Sea Creatures.

urerimar   noun. feather. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  ur.  For further information: see No. 22 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Birds.

urour   noun. fur. Ureri mayorae ehochohoch. The cat's fur is black. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.

urr   noun. coconut fronds grow out of urr. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

urung   noun. pillow. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 387 of Quackenbush Word List.

urutar   Variant spelling iuruteri. all. Ihura urutar. I know them all. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; variant: Justin Andrew 2017.  For further information: see No. 554 of Quackenbush Word List.

uruteh   everyone. Source: Justin Andrew 2017.

urutemi   pronoun. you [plural]. David Sapio 2001. See:  her; ho; ngami.

user   noun. lizard. Source: Paulina Theodore, Rosania Victor, Jackie Victor via Dave Sapio 2001. Category: Land Creatures.

useriap   noun. soft wood that can be used as a cork for a bottle. Literally: lizard from Yap. Source: Paulina Theodore, Rosania Victor, Jackie Victor via Dave Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

Dave Sapio: I have been (slowly) helping collect bottles to take to Tobi for people to use to transport coconut syrup back to Koror to sell, give away, whatever. I asked Paun and Rosania and Jackie if they would want bottles without tops. Yes, sure, they just use useriap for a cork. What’s useriap, I ask. Yap lizard, they tell me. You put lizards in the syrup, I ask, tongue in cheek. Sure, no really, useriap is a soft wood you can use as a cork. When the tree first floated to Tobi, they could hear chirping sounds, and the log was covered with lizards. They knew that it was from Yap, so that was the name they gave to the tree. Yap lizard. That’s what you call the soft wood that you use as a cork. Remarkable story, wondrous bit of folklore and knowledge and whatever anthropologists love. So the next day at the office we end up talking about the same thing again, and they confess that they made up the story. User is Tobian for lizard, and ri yap means from Yap, but useriap is just the name for the wood. So to go with this pun they made up this story to tell me, right there on the spot as far as I know, and could have let me spend the rest of my days wondering how long lizards can float on a log from Yap and wondering how well you could market coconut syrup with a lizard as a cork. Anthropologists of the world, curious foreigners, and peace corps volunteers of the world, Tobi has your number.

usu   verb. to pluck. Audio and source: Nemecio Andrew 2012.  For further information: see No. 282 of Quackenbush Word List.

usu   Variant spelling usous. verb. to pull out plants. 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.

usuka   Variant spelling usuke. breadfruit variety. Variant: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.

usurifarfma   Variant spelling usurifari ma. noun. frog fish. Note: Usurifarfma comes from words meaning slow and drifting log and refers to a species of frogfish found associated with drifting logs in the open ocean. Variant and audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. usurifarfma. Antennariidae. 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: F0018.  Category: Sea Creatures.

usus   verb. to remove hair, feathers (not used for people). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 19 of Quackenbush Word List.

usuweri   to be in control of, in charge of (but not necessarily to own) (one of several ways to control or own). Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black). Note: to own, to be in control of (different than mayehi; someone who is in charge or who gives permission (not necessarily the owner); if the usuweri is also the owner, they must say so to indicate that you can take charge but not take away. There are many ways to own, e.g., by chief, individuals, all the people. Category: Conflict. See:  nang nifari; hawei.

ut   noun. rain. Ut ehafeheya un chirihet. The rain washes the leaves. Erau uut. It's going to rain. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; Sebastian Marino 2004; Augustin Krämer, Hans Hellwig, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Nature.

uuar   Variant spelling üär. noun. fruit. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910.  For further information: see No. 348 of Quackenbush Word List.  For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment.  Category: Food, Plants & Trees.

uuh   Variant spelling uh. noun. neck. uuh Engungura uuhar His neck is swollen. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; variant: David Sapio 2001. See:  youh. For further information: see No. 30 of Quackenbush Word List.   Category: Health & Body Parts.

uuh   full (box). Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. See:  youh.  For further information: see No. 100 of Quackenbush Word List.

uum   noun. oven: earth oven. See:  fangi; um.

uung   noun. ridge pole. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.  For further information: see No. 392 of Quackenbush Word List.

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

uuwer   straight. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 117 of Quackenbush Word List.

uwaham   noun. spongy core of young tree branch. Source: Justin Andrew 2015. Note: uwaham cannot be used for coconut tree. Category: Plants & Trees.

uwano   noun. coconut. Source: David Sapio 2001. See:  ruh. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.

uwarai   noun. net: surround net or gill net. Note: a type of pahas. 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. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).   Category: Fishing.

uwaruhur   Variant spelling warhoor. noun. heart. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009.  For further information: see No. 60 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Health & Body Parts.

uwasei   Variant spelling wasei. noun. butcher knife. uwasei Hariei uwaseira. Give me the knife. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2010; variant: David Sapio 2001.  For further information: see No. 211 of Quackenbush Word List.

uwaseitap   noun. sword. Source: Isauro Andrew 2010.  For further information: see No. 216 of Quackenbush Word List.

uwatapatap   Variant spelling uwatabatap; tapah. noun. dolphinfish, mahimahi. Source: Peter W. Black 1968. Variant and identification: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. coryphaena hippus. Category: Sea Creatures.

uwech   noun. ant. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006, 2013. For further information: see No. 498 of Quackenbush Word List.  Category: Land Creatures.

uwohongohong   yes yes yes [at a meeting]. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013.