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tuburo (m), tuburu, n. the inside (Mir. teibur) ; the stomach (k). 



tudi (m), n. a fish-hook ; irisina tudi (k), n. a fish-hook. 



tue (k), n. the fore-arm. 



tugiri (m) = tuigiri, 



tugu (k), n. the sticks fastening the piu to the sarima. 



tuhai (m), n. veins. 



tuigiri (k), n. the hand. Cf. giri, igiri, tue. 



tuiopo (m), n. the finger. Cf. tue, 



tuipikako (m), n. the ulna. 



tukako (m), n. the shoulder. 



tumaho (k), n. the wrist. 



tumanababa (k), n. a stone club with star shaped disc. 



tumanua (k), n. a fresh-water turtle. 



tumodi, a. right, on the right side ; tumodi tuo, n. the right hand. 



tumodia (m), v. to go straight. Cf . tumodi. 



tumi (k), n. a mushroom. 



tumu, n. the bush, forest, uncultivated country. Mir. sumez. 



tuo, n. the forearm and hand ; tumodi tuo, n. the right hand ; pere 



tuo, n. the left hand, Cf. tue. 

 tuo (k), n. ashes, 

 tupata (m), n. the hand, 

 tupi (k), n. the upper arm. 

 tupoa (k), n. the elbow. 



tupobo (m), n. drinking water, fresh water. Cf. topo, obo. 

 tupopo (m), n. the elbow. 

 tupuo (k), n. the elbow. 



turi (?) oromo turi, n. a creek. Cf . gaua gou. 

 turi (m), n. the middle (finger?); oto-turi (m), forefinger; turi-hia 



(m), the middle finger (lit. real middle : cf. ia) ; ete-turi (m), 



the third or ring finger (lit. little middle : cf , ete). 

 turi-oa (ii), n. the foresail. 

 iux\?it,prep. in the middle, in the midst, 

 turihia (m), n. the middle finger, 

 turik, turika, turiko, n. iron ; a. foreign (k) ; turiko wedere, n. an iron 



oven ; turik-arubi (m), n. a white man. Cf. List of introduced 



words, 

 turio (k), n. a creeping plant ; turio sirigo, n. a fibre made from turio. 



The root of this plant is sometimes eaten. 



