Vocabulary: Counting |
Counting the uncountable by Isauro Andrew Koror, Palau, July-August 2006. |
| Use for counting things like sugar or sand; for example, one scoop, or one handful, one heap. Keep going with what you start with—so one handful of sand, then six would be six handfuls of sand. |
| Tobian | Audio | English | Contributed | Comments/Examples/Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sefiye | Isauro | one | Isauro Andrew | |
| huhefiye | Isauro | two | Isauro Andrew | |
| sorufiye | Isauro | three | Isauro Andrew | |
| fafiye | Isauro | four | Isauro Andrew | |
| rimefiye | Isauro | five | Isauro Andrew | |
| worofiye | Isauro | six | Isauro Andrew | |
| fisifiye | Isauro | seven | Isauro Andrew | |
| warifiye | Isauro | eight | Isauro Andrew | |
| tiwefiye | Isauro | nine | Isauro Andrew | |
| seihetiho fiyar | Isauro | ten | Isauro Andrew | |
| seih ma sefiye | eleven | Isauro Andrew | Eleven is seih plus one—hence, seih ma sefiye | |
| seih ma huhefiye | twelve | Isauro Andrew | seih plus two—hence, seih ma huhefiye |
Updated:
October 7, 2006