yaati noun. gall bladder. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 57 of Quackenbush Word List.Y - y
yaati noun. gall bladder. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 57 of Quackenbush Word List.
yaaw Variant spelling yawo; aouar. noun. mouth. yaaw Feifinae e pachih yawar. She has a small mouth. Audio, source, and variant: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009; second variant: 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, pp. 40-47. Category: Health & Body Parts.
yaf Variant spelling iaf. fire. Rabut hemetah yaf. Snakes are afraid of fire. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; audio and variant: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See: iaf. For further information: see No. 291 of Quackenbush Word List.
yafaaf verb. to swim. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009. For further information: see No. 155 of Quackenbush Word List.
yafah Variant spelling yafahei; iafagar. noun. shoulder. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2009; variant: David Sapio 2001; 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. For further information: see No. 46 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Health & Body Parts.
yafiwe noun. the fire we know. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: we is one of three noun endings. For more information see Vocabulary: Noun Endings
yah pronoun. their. Source: David Sapio 2001.
yah Variant spelling yahuh. noun. current. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
yahachuhatabur verb. to remove taboo. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004.
yahamat Variant spelling iahamat. noun. person, human being, people, people: my people. Note: yahamatai, yahamatam, yahamatar, yahamatats, yahamatamem, yahamatami, yahamateh Yahamat hamasuh nibong. People sleep at night. Audio and variant: Isauro Andrew 2006; Audio: Nemecio Andrew 2012; source: David Sapio 2001. See: iahamat. For further information: see No. 240 of Quackenbush Word List.
yahamatara noun. person. Source: Tracy Marcello 2014. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2014.
yahamatawe noun. the person we know. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Note: we is one of three noun endings. For more information see Vocabulary: Noun Endings
yahangapar name: old Tobian proper name.
yahangapar name: old Tobian proper name.
yaharmasouar name: old Tobian proper name.
yahemaus noun. second lunar month. Audio and source: Justin Andrew 2004. Category: Calendar.
yaho noun. aloalo (weed). Premma obtusifolia R. Br.. For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968) Category: Plants & Trees, Health & Body Parts.
yaho.
yahong noun. fish. Category: Sea Creatures. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
yahu noun. wave. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: roraparap; nunda; rabatut. For further information: see No. 367 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Nature.
yai pronoun. my: for non-living things. Source: David Sapio 2001; Peter W. Black 2015. See: rai.
yaitouah name: old Tobian proper name.
yakis noun. axe. Borrowed from: English: axe. Source: Justin H. Andrew 2016. Category: Borrowed Words.
yakiu noun. baseball. Borrowed from: Japanese: yakyū. Source: Tekla Emilio, 2013. Category: Borrowed Words.
yam Variant spelling yami. pronoun. your. Source: David Sapio 2001. See: raum.
yamar noun. hammer. Borrowed from: English: hammer. Source: Justin Andrew 2016. See: susurugot. Category: Borrowed Words.
yamem pronoun. our. Note: exclusive Source: David Sapio 2001.
yamir noun. tissue. David Sapio 2001.
yang noun. measurement: thumb to middle finger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See yang: wind See: yangang.
yang Variant spelling iangi; yaing. noun. wind. Efirefir yang. The wind is blowing. Audio and variant: Isauro Andrew 2006; audio: Nemecio Andrew 2012. See yang: measurement. See: iangi. For further information: see No. 297 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Nature.
yangahucho Variant spelling hangahucho. noun. coconut milk. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 422 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Plants & Trees, Food.
yangang noun. measurement: thumb to middle finger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2010. See: yang.
yangiri noun. surroundings (something that surrounds). Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict.
yango noun. ramohparuhe's first child. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
yangochihiheng name: old Tobian proper name.
yanichim Variant spelling enchimei. noun. hair (of the head). yanichim Eyarai yani chimeri faifinae. She has long hair. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006, 2009. See: enchimei. Category: Health & Body Parts. For further information: see No. 20 of Quackenbush Word List.
yaoch sewa appetite loss; extreme weight loss. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yapatapar name: old Tobian proper name.
yapiti noun. canoe part: a brace of rope that locks the two protruding parts of the outrigger down to the outrigger. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004; Justin H. Andrew 2005. For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004). Category: Canoes.
yapiti [Photo: Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].
yar noun. blue marlin (?) Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. See: tahuhah. Category: Sea Creatures.
yar land ownership: used to express land ownership. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict (Peter W. Black).
yar noun. fish: yahoo. According to David Sapio's Tobi Fish Names, yar may be wahoo. acanthocybium solandri. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Sea Creatures.
yar noun. reef. 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: hoch. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment Category: Nature.
yar pronoun. his; her; its. Source: David Sapio 2001.
yar birong noun. stepchild. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. Category: Kin Terms.
yare Variant spelling iar; otatar. noun. path; road. yare yare Si fefeter reniyer. We are walking on the road. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004, 2006; Sisma Andrew 2013; variants: Augustin Krämer, Paul Hambruch, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. See No. 357 of Quackenbush Word List.
Village path, Tobi Island [Photo: Peter W. Black 1972].
yarifera (mor) noun. blood-spotted squirrelfish. Holodentridae: Holocentrus sammara (Forskal). For further information: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Category: Sea Creatures.
yaro Variant spelling eär; iaro. noun. sun. Siheken yaro. We can see the sun. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006; variants: Augustin Krämer, Elisabeth Krämer, Franz Hellwig, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For more information: Thilenius Expedition Word Lists for Fauna, Flora, and the Environment. See also: No. 380 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Nature.
yarorupa sewa obesity. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yarouahacha name: old Tobian proper name.
yarsars Variant spelling rsars. noun. sideburns. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew; variant: Augustin Krämer, Thilenius Expedition, 1908-1910. For further information: Anneliese Eilers, Westkarolinen: Tobi und Ngulu. Ergebnisse der Sudsee-expedition 1908-1910 (II B9, Part I.). G. Thilenius, ed. Hamburg: Friederichsen, De Gruyter & Co. m.b.H., 1936. See No. 24 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Health & Body Parts.
yarung noun. reef: the outside edge of the reef. See: yaurong. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Nature.
yarus Variant spelling iarus. noun. ghost. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. Note: In the Hamarete story, yarus is translated as monster. See: fauh yarus; fei yarus. See: No. 401 of Quackenbush Word List.
yarus yahamat noun. sorcerers (ghost people). Source: Domiciano Andrew 2014.
yarusar name: old Tobian proper name.
yaruyoru noun. tenth lunar month. Audio and source: Justin Andrew 2004. See: erir. Category: Calendar.
yaso Variant spelling yasu; iyasu. noun. thatch roof. yasu Audio, source and variant: Sisma Andrew 2014; David Sapio 2001.See: yaus. Category: Plants & Trees.
Building Santos's New House, Tobi Island 1972 [Photo: Peter W. Black 1972].
yasoyes noun. Night Fishing Method 13. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Fishing.
yasumba noun. sitting platform. Paulina Theodore 2015. See: pouposera.
yasur noun. fish. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Fishing, Sea Creatures.
yatah praise; acknowledgement. Audio and source: Sebastian Marino 2014.
yatam noun. fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Black notes that yatam is a mature chep. See: chep. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Sea Creatures.
yator noun. coconut water. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: tsani uwanu. For further information: Fourteen Medicinal Recipes from Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Plants & Trees, Food, Health & Body Parts.
yats pronoun. our. Note: inclusive Source: David Sapio 2001.
yau Variant spelling yao; iao. noun. line. Source: Peter W. Black 1968; source second 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. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Fishing.
yau yohar hauboch noun. hook: Nemesio's ramaribout. See: ramaribout. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Fishing.
yauchih narrow. Eyauchih yenae. The road is narrow. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. For further information: see No. 385 of Quackenbush Word List.
yauchuch noun. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. For further information: see No. 385 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Nature.
yaufer Variant spelling iauoir. noun. coconut husking stick. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; variant: 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. For further information: see No. 385 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Plants & Trees.
yauh noun. mullet. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. yauh is the general name for mullet. Muglidae. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0019. Category: Sea Creatures.
yauh
yauh her noun. mullet: fringelip. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii.Muglidae: Crenimugilis crenilabis (Forskal). For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0020. Category: Sea Creatures.
yauh her.
yauh siyabo Variant spelling yaugh er siabo. noun. fish: mullet: [unidentified mullet]. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Muglidae: ?. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0023. Category: Sea Creatures.
yauhari Variant spelling yauheri. noun. sky; Tobian sounds. yauheri Epipie fis ren yauhari. There are many stars in the sky. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. u U or uu is another distinct sound that Isauro felt is difficult to decide how to represent in English--as in yauhari. See: fisih; subuhuh; sehichou; huheih; rangi; ran. For further information: see No. 379 of Quackenbush Word List.
yauheri noun. sky. Source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: fisih; subuhuh; sehichou. Category: Nature.
yaungar Variant spelling iaingar. noun. shadow. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013; 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. For further information: see No. 402 of Quackenbush Word List.
yaungeri hatohobei mere images of Tobi. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew.
yaurong noun. reef: just in from the edge. Note: The place for using cast net at low tide. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2004. See: yarung. Category: Nature.
yaus thatch: piece of thatch. Source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: yaso. Category: Plants & Trees.
Sisma Andrew demonstrating yaus, 2013. [Photo: Barbara W. Black].
yautoni rani tuhutuh close friend who lives abroad; wrapped. Source: Justin Andrew 2015.
yauyo noun. custom of old days; to create a custom. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See: moumo.
yaw noun. fish line. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. For further information: see No. 441 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Fishing.
yawariyet noun. hook: bottom smaller than top, straight point.See: haur hamar. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Fishing.
Tracing of yawariyet [Peter W. Black 1968]. Tracing of Nemesio's yawariyet: haur hamar [Peter W. Black 1968].
yawasahiye gossip (impolite word). Source: Justin Andrew 2015. See: habauhach; tirosehe. Category: Conflict.
yawo See: yaaw.
yeb fish. Audio: Justin Andrew. Note: Black notes that yeb is a mature chep; a big tangitenginam. See: chep; tangitenginam. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Sea Creatures.
yebur yohong fish. Note: Fif, yohong, yebur yohong are different sizes of the same fish. See: fif; yohong. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Category: Sea Creatures.
yefeter chanbout bloody nose. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yefiyef verb. to pull. Iefief tari. I am pulling on the rope. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.
yehamete hapiriwohangehi sore throat. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yehamete taringei ear ache. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yehangahang mataiei conjunctivitis; pink eye. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yehochohoch mataiei (matari wor) eye injury, "turtle eye". Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yehuh skin burn (from fire or heat). Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yehuh fario sunburn. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yemimem coconut tree: where coconuts form. Source: David Sapio 2001. Category: Plants & Trees.
yengap Variant spelling hangap. noun. fish: anchovy. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. yengap. Engraulidae. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0016. Category: Sea Creatures.
yep noun. skirt for small girls made with pandanus. Audio: Sisma Andrew 2006; source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Plants & Trees.
yerei tall. Eyerei chirihetira itonae. There is a tall tree over there. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006.
yerei See: erei.
yeri flying. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: yeyeri.
yetang noun. pot rest. Source: Paulina Theodore 2015.
yetoh (mor) noun. black-finned squirrelfish. Audio: Marcus Hangaripaii. Holocentridae: Holocentrus operculare (Valenciennes). For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). See: Tobian Fish Dictionary (Fish with their Tobian, English, & Latin Names) (Robert E. Johannes) (Draft). Tobian Fish List: F0041. Category: Sea Creatures.
yeturong tafaief wound: serious. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.
yewo fauhur there is a problem. Source: Peter W. Black 1999: A vocabulary of resource use and conflict. See: mor emoh fauhur. Category: Conflict.
yeyeri Variant spelling yeyer. verb. to fly. yeyer Mar eyeyer nga ih etei yeyer. Birds fly but fish do not. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: yeri. For further information: see No. 156 of Quackenbush Word List.
yief noun. coconut crab. Source: David Sapio's Tobian Fish Names. birgus latro. Category: Sea Creatures.
yohong noun. fish: black jack. Note: Fif, yohong, yebur yohong are different sizes of the same fish. See: fif; yebur yohong. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). Caranx lugubris. Category: Sea Creatures.
Yohong. [Photo: Fishbase, J.E. Randall].
yomma noun. skipjack tuna. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2013. See: hangap. Category: Sea Creatures.
yonghorimaso name: old Tobian proper name.
yongoh Variant spelling iangah. noun. oil. Ingah ri frai fry oil. Ekuk fitihorimar ren yongoh. He cooks the meat in oil. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. Category: Food.
yongoihari noun. ramohparuhe's husband; old Tobian proper name. For further information: Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968).
yopacha noun. canoe part: outrigger strut or brace. Audio and source: Justin H. Andrew 2005. See: hahuhauryopacha. For further information: Canoe Parts (Isauro Andrew, Peter W. Black 2004). Category: Canoes.
yopacha [Photo: Peter W. Black 2004].
yore noun. spider. Audio and source: Sisma Andrew 2006. See: sinerisebagaga. For further information: see No. 510 of Quackenbush Word List. Category: Land Creatures.
yoroh noun. behavior. Source: David Sapio 2001.
yorohats pronoun. us.
yoroheih pronoun. them.
yorohom pronoun. you.
yorohomi pronoun. they.
yorosiku greeting. Borrowed from: Japanese: yoroshiku: a greeting hard to translate. Source: Tanya Y. Patris, 2014. Category: Borrowed Words.
youh full. Youh kopeye. The cup is full of water. Audio and source: Isauro Andrew 2006. See: uuh.
younghorihor name: old Tobian proper name.
yungut bout nasal congestion. Source: Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006. For further information: Tobian Illness Terms, Appendix A to Dissertation (Aunchalee E. Loscalzo 2006). Category: Health & Body Parts.