Tobian Language: Word Categories: Nouns

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	Some Nouns

English	Audio	Tobian	Comments/Examples/Sources
animal	Isauro	mar	Marukarae hahachaichichingar suhurae. The animals are running toward the hill.
arrow	Isauro	hasihihabohoboh	Hasihihabohobohorae esou reni horouchehin paur. The arrow pierced his left arm.
ash	Isauro	moariso	Echuheribech moarisoye. The ashes are still hot.
aunt, paternal or maternal uncle	Isauro	mayangang (+ parent)	Ihekene mayangar sirei. I saw my mother's brother. Isauro Andrew 2006.
bark (tree)	Isauro	hinchirihet	Erimi chen hin chirihetrae. He is sucking the bark of that tree.
bird (flying animal)	Isauro	maryeyer	Maryerer hemangau bihir. Birds eat seeds.
blood; warm or hot	Justin Isauro	cha	Echa yam hasih. There is blood on your spear.
bone	Isauro	chi	Mar eyaunap chir. The animal has large bones.
cat	Isauro	moyo	Moyorae eriri hachechih. The cat killed the rat.
child	Isauro	hariweich	Raum hariweich erap sewa yar teteng. Your children cry a lot.
clothes	Isauro	uf	Epipie ufach. We have a lot of clothes.
cloud	Isauro	hochou	Tarapari hochou eharuh yaro. The sun is behind a big cloud [the sun is blocked by the big cloud].
day (24 hours)	Isauro	bong	Emasoh wor huhobong. He slept for two days.
daylight	Isauro	nihari	Nihar meihara. It is daylight.
dew	Isauro	worohau	Eworohau wor fetir. There is dew on the grass.
dog	Isauro	piris	Sorumor raur metamai piris hemes. My father's three dogs are dead.
dry season (hot season)	Isauro	riwerengiribech	Ebe bito ifir riwerengira ebech. He will come in the dry season.
egg	Isauro	chehei	Ehocha pahur chehei. He ate some eggs.
excrement	Isauro	peyah	Iwah pahari piris. I found some dog's excrement.
fat	Isauro	kiris	Erap kiriseri marurae. This animal has a lot of fat.
father	Isauro	tamatam	Metamam erie rabut. Your father killed a snake.
feather	Isauro	ur	Eyarai ureye. This feather is long.
fire	Isauro	yaf	Rabut hemetah yaf. Snakes are afraid of fire.
firewood	Isauro	tamuch	Fefirakarae hepuroh tamuch. The women are tying up the firewood.
fish (generic)	Isauro Isauro	ih	Epipie sewa ih. There are a lot of fish.
fishing trap	Isauro	bieu	Ewoh ih ren yami bieu. You (plural) have some fish in your fishing trap.
garbage	Isauro	pesipesi	Pesipesi ehahapa im. There is garbage near the house.
giant clamshell	Isauro	toh	Topoie efauhuyehi ma ifir pour toh. This adze is made from giant clamshell.
grass	Isauro	fetiri	Efetiri reni yenae. There is grass on the path.
ground	Isauro	bour	Ehitehit bour ifiri bechir yauhar. The ground is dry during the dry season.
ground or land	Isauro	mochoh	(excludes taro patches)
ground: on the ground	Isauro	wori mochoh
hill	Isauro	poapau	Char emir imuihiri suuh. The lake is behind the hill.
hill	Isauro	suuh
hole	Isauro	rib	Peitarong pesipesira rani rib. Throw the garbage in the hole.
horn	Isauro	hosor	Harseyahu hosori marurae. That animal has only one horn.
husband	Isauro	hi	Itohura moana hir. I don't know her husband.
hut	Isauro	haperim	Rimou haperim ren yam wotot. There are five huts in your village.
intestines	Isauro	tar	Echuh ba sibe hekene tari marurae. We could see all the animal's intestines.
iron	Isauro	pahang	Yakisirae efauhuyehi ma ifir pahang. That ax is made from iron.
knife	Isauro	uwasei	Hariei uwaseira. Give me the knife.
lagoon	Isauro	roau	Epet roauye. The lagoon is not deep.
leaf	Isauro	unchirihet	Ifisifis batabatari unchirihet. I am burning the dry leaves.
left (direction)	Isauro	horouchehiri	Emot horouchehin ma mayangar. He is sitting to the left of his sister.
liver	Isauro	es	Ehochoch eserih? Did he eat the fish's liver?
louse	Isauro	hus	Ewoh hus wochimeh hariweichikarae. The children have lice in their hair.
man	Isauro	moar	Samar moar ebahuh nga samar e chinger. One man danced and the other sang.
marriage	Isauro	hihi	Hochuheri hihi? Is your marriage over?
meat	Isauro	fitiho	Emoh fitihoe. It's good meat.
moon	Isauro	maham	Maebe hochouchou yauhar nga etachuh ba sibe hekene maham. When there are clouds, we cannot see the moon.
mother	Isauro	siresir	Mesireh emes fauo masirap weeroh. Their mother died four years ago.
name	Isauro	it	Etahura iter sirei. He does not know my mother's name.
net	Isauro	uh	Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968). 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.
night	Isauro	nibong	Simatah nibong. We are afraid of the night.
oil	Isauro	yongoh	Ekuk fitihorimar ren yongoh. He cooks the meat in oil.
penis	Isauro	hai	Eyamuir hair. He is washing his penis.
person, human being, people	Isauro	yahamat	Yahamat hamasuh nibong. People sleep at night.
pumpkin	Isauro	pamukeng	Has pamukengie. Take the pumpkin.
rain	Isauro	ut	Ut ehafeheya un chirihet. The rain washes the leaves.
rainy season	Isauro	riwerengirut	Erap ut riwerengie ihara. It has rained a lot this rainy season.
rat	Isauro	hachechih	Ematah hachechih. He is afraid of rats.
right (direction)	Isauro	horoumaha	Emir horomaha. It is on the right.
river	Isauro	wau	Epeitarong yar bieu reniwou. He throws (away) a fishing trap into the river.
road	Isauro	yare	Si fefeter reniyer. We are walking on the road.
root	Isauro	wahah	Eyenei wahahari chirihetikarae. Those trees have long roots.
rope	Isauro	tari	Emoch yach tari. Our rope is short.
salt	Isauro	sor	Herihemem tot sor. Give us some salt.
sand or beach	Isauro Isauro	pie	Eworo woripie. He is lying on the sand bank. Ehihita pie ma retet. He is getting sand out of the ocean water. Epie reniyer. There is sand on the road.
sibling of opposite sex (brother or sister)	Isauro	mayangang	Siheken mayangar feifinae. We saw that woman's brother.
sibling of same sex (brother or sister)	Isauro	bis	Bisir sire menae. That is my mother's sister.
skin	Isauro	hin	Eheihehie hin chapachapari hubar. He is scratching the skin on his feet.
sky	Isauro	yauhari	Epipie fis ren yauhari. There are many stars in the sky.
smoke	Isauro	buhoh	Ihekene buhohorief. I can see the smoke of the fire.
snake	Isauro	rabut	Rabut ma ewor wor fatirirae. There is a snake in the grass.
spear	Isauro	hasih	Hasihirae esou reni horoumahari paur. The spear pierced his right arm.
stick	Isauro	teberiha	Ipeitara me yai teberiha nitao sewa. I threw my stick a long way.
stone	Isauro	fas	Efasufos reniyer. There are stones in the path.
stone head		chimerifas	Fishing Lore of Tobi (Peter W. Black 1968)
stone wall		hachefas
story	Isauro	fiong
spouse's same sex sibling	Isauro	haut	Hautar menae. That is his wife's sister or her husband's brother.
spouse's opposite sex sibling.	Isauro	war	Sebas war Isauro. Sebas is Isauro's wife's brother. Sima war Rosa. Sisma is Rosa's husband's sister.
star	Isauro	fis	Ebe pipie fis bongei. Tonight there are a lot of stars.
stream	Isauro	charhehis	Epeitarong yar bieu renicharhehis. He throws (away) a fishing trap into the stream.
sun	Isauro	yaro	Siheken yaro. We can see the sun.
tail	Isauro	pach	Eyafis pachari rauch piris. He pulled our dog's tail.
tree	Isauro	chirihet	Chirihetira erap ra esu nihehepari charurae. There is a big tree near the stream.
turtle	Isauro	woar	Woarae emasuh. The turtle is sleeping. Note various spellings, including war.
uncle, maternal or paternal aunt	Isauro	mayangang (+ parent)	Ihekene mayangar sirei. I saw my mother's brother. Isauro Andrew 2006.
urine	Isauro	harourou	Eharourout ufar. There is urine on his clothes.
vagina	Isauro	tuh	Faifinae ehamuir tuhar. She is washing her vagina.
war	Isauro	maur	Moarakarae habarabira maur. The men are going off to war.
water: fresh	Isauro	char	Harie taot char. Give him some water.
wife	Isauro	hi	Metemei esorumor hir. My father has three wives.
wind	Isauro	yang	Efirefir yang. The wind is blowing.
wing:arm for flying	Isauro	paurier	Ehangahang pauryaraer marurae. The bird's wings are red.
woman	Isauro	feifir	Sirei feifinae. That woman is my mother.
wound	Isauro	tawasi	Etawas paur. He has a wound on his arm.
year	Isauro	masirap	Mesin emes fauo masirap we eroh. Their mother died four years ago.

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