Isauro's Usage | Sound | Contributed | Comments |
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Isauro | hu | Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 | As in huheih (twenty). It is hard to know whether to represent this sound as hu or ho. Isauro chose to spell huheih with a u, but thought it would be better if there was a symbol to represent that sound. |
Isauro | ih |
Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 | Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English. As used in fisih (seventy), warih (eighty), tiweih (ninety). |
Isauro | su |
Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 | Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English—not su, not sa, not se. As in subuhuh (one hundred). |
Isauro | u or uu
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Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2006 | Another distinct sound in Tobian difficult to decide how to represent in English. As in yauheri (sky). |
Isauro |
sehichou | Isauro Andrew, Koror, 2009 | Sehichou is the name of the sound Tobians make when they see a ship. Isauro also pronounced sehichou. |