A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 / Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time

A VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE FRIENDLY ISLES,

May, etc. 1777.

Friendly Isles.                English.
   Ve faine,                   A woman.
   Maiee,                      Bread-fruit.
   Fukkaton,                   Barter.
   Woa,                        Admiration.
   My, fogge,                  Good.
   Attahoa,                    A bead; a necklace.
   Koehau, or Kohaeea?         What is that? or what is the
                                      name of it?
   Magoo,                      Give me.
   Le laiee,                   Good.
   Hou,                        Come here.
   Moree,                      A shaddock.
   Omee,                       Give me.
   Hobba,                      A sort of plantain.
   Koajee, or Kaoojee,  Done; finished.
   Koeea,                      Yes; it is so.
   Amou,                       Got; to holdfast.
   Horo, horo,                 A handkerchief, or wiper.
   Ongofooroo,                 Ten.
   Gehai, or geefai,         There; and that.

   Friendly Isles.          English.
   Kato,                      A basket.
   Egeeai,                    A mat they wear round them.
   Fooroo, or fooloo,       Hair.
   Fooee vy,                  The leg.
   Tooa, vy,                  Upperpart of the foot.
   Fooloo, fooloo, matta,     The eyebrow.
   Emamae,                    Painted plantains.
   Evatta vatta,              The breast.
   Eboore,                    Ditto.
   Etooa,                     The back.
   Erongootoo,                The lips.
   Elelo,                     The tongue.
   Edainga,                   The thigh.
   Eraimoo,                   The hips.
   Evae, veene,               The arm pit.
   Too,                       The finger.
   Vakka, vakka,              The side.
   Hekaite,                   The belly.
   Tareenga,                  The ear.
   Horo,                      To wipe.
   Kouta,                     Beating with two sticks.
   Fangoo, fangoo,            A flute.
   Motoo,                     To break.
   Koooma,                    Burnt circular marks.
   Taffa,                     Raised marks burnt.
   Kowy,                      The cheeks.
   Koomoo, koomoo,            The beard.
   Peeto,                     The navel,
   Eoo,                       The nipple.
   Etarre,                    To cough,
   Hengatoo,                  Cloth.
   Efangoo,                   To sneeze.
   Eanoo,                     To spit.
   Etoogee,                   To beat, or strike.
   Etooee,                    The elbow.
   Efeelo,                    A small rope, or thread.
   Haro, or halo,           Go; begone.
   Egeea,                     The throat.
   Eky,                       To eat, or chew.
   Evagoo,                    To scratch.
   Ma matta,                  Let me look, or see.
   Egeea,                     The neck.

   Friendly Isles.            English.
   Enofoa, haioo,               A seat.
   Etoo,                        To rise up.
   Mamao,                       To yawn.
   Ehapee,                      A box, or chest.
   Moe, or mohe,              Sleep.
   Tangooroo,                   To snore.
   Ekatta,                      To laugh.
   Akka,                        To kick, or stamp.
   Feedjee,                     A fillup.
   Ekakava,                     Sweat.
   Eeoho,                       To bellow, or cry.
   Epooo,                       A post, or staunchion.
   Etolle,                      A hatchet.
   Maalava,                     To breathe.
   Haila,                       To pant.
   Oooo,                        To bite.
   Taffa,                       To cut.
   Moevae,                      The heel.
   Eeegoo,                      The tail of a dog.
   Mapoo,                       To whistle,
   Aipa,                        A fishing-hook.
   Ainga,                       A sort of paint.
   Evaika,                      A rail.
   Kooroo kooroo,               A green dove.
   Ekoopamea, cheele,           A net.
   Efooo,                       A gimlet, or shark's tooth used
                                 for that purpose.
   Aiee,                        A fan.
   Emaimeea, or meemeea,      A reed, or small organ.
   Eneeoo,                      A cocoa-nut.
   Eoono,                       Tortoise shell.
   Enoo,                        A belt.
   Afooneema,                   The palm of the hand.
   Moemoeea,                    A ceremony of putting the foot
                                 of one on the head, and turning
                                 the hand several times, etc.
   Pooa, tareenga,               A sort of plantains.
   Kahaoo hoonga,               An arrow, or reed.
   Atoe farre,                  The roof of a house.
   Etovee,                      A club.
   Emamma,                      A ring.
   Eao,                         A hat.

   Friendly Isles              English.
   Tehou,                       A hundred.
   Keeroo,                      A thousand.
   Laoo varee,                  Ten thousand.
   Laoo noa,                    A hundred thousand, or the
                                 greatest number they can reckon.
   Poooree,                     Night; darkness.
   Maheena,                     A month.
   Fukkataane,                  To sit cross-legged.
   Kaffa,                       A rope, or cord of cocoa-nut
                                 core.
   Heegee,                      To lift up.
   Togoo,                       To set down,
   Fetooa tagee,                To tie.
   Vevaite,                     To untie,
   Tollo, tolla,                Cocoa-nut skin.
   Eooma,                       The shoulder.
   Fooo,                        A nail (of iron).
   Atoo,                        To give.
   Epallo,                      A rat.
   Elafo,                       To throw away.
   Haaile,                      To go.
   Haaile atoo,                 To go away.
   Haaile my,                   To come.
   Elooa,                       To puke.
   Matangee,                    Wind.
   Mamma, or mamma, reeva,    Light.
   Tahee,                       The sea.
   Paho paho,                   To paddle.
   Hakaoo, or toree,          Wood; a tree.
   Ehoreeoo,                    To scoop water out of a boat.
   Booloo booloo,               A sail.
   Fanna, or fanna tooeeoroongo  A  Mast
   Toula,                       A hook.
   Tamadje,                     A child.
   Tangee,                      To weep.
   Elango,                      A fly.
   Haingoo, toolaiee,           A tropic-bird.
   Epalla                       A bird's tail.
   Kapukou,                     A wing.
   Hepoona,                     To fly.

   Friendly Isles.             English.
   Togotto                       To lie down,
   Feenakka,                     A bird cage.
   Eallo,                        The rolling of a ship.
   Etooee,                       A needle.
   Epeepeege,                    A girl that is a maid.
   Efonno,                       A turtle.
   Maia,                         A thing.
   Mahee maia,                   Give me something.
   Koeea,                        Yes, it is.
   Geelee,                       A file.
   Owo,                          Wait a little.
   Temadoo,                      Shall I come?
   Kaee, or Eekaee,            No.
   Kafae,                        A blue coat.
   Oloonga,                      A stool.
   Takkabou,                     A coarse mat to sleep upon.
   Kakulla,                      A sweet smell, sweet smelled.
   Namooa,                       To smell; smell it.
   Koe,                          It is; as Koe maa, it is food;
                                  Koe maiee, it is fruitful.
   Koatoooo,                     A king-fisher.
   Mogo,                         A lizard.
   Toutou,                       A card.
   Matte laiva,                  Dead.
   Moeha,                        More.
   Veenaga,                      Fine, charming, wonderful.
   Tougge my,                    Bring it here.
   Ai, (long,) angrily,        No.
   Tamma,                        Boy, man, friend, calling to one.
   Eeekoou,                      Here am I; answering one who
                                  calls.
   Haloo,                        Go; to go.
   Hengalo,                      At a distance, a great way off.
   Eafee, or Eafoi,            Hire.
   Yehaeea, (inquisitively,)   What is that?
   Kohaee koa, or kowykoa,     What is your name?
   Kovee, or Koveeeea,         Bad.
   Bongee, bongee,               To-morrow.
   Peepee,                       A pair of scissors.
   Chenna,                       Friend, I say; hark ye.
   Geelee, or geeree,          The skin.
   Etchee,                       To peel a cocoa-nut.

   Friendly Isles.              English.
   Taha pai,                     One thing, as a day, etc.
   Totto,                        Blood.
   Roatoo,                       Shall I go.
   Whakae,                       Look, see.
   Whakae my,                    Let me see it.
   Arooweevo,                    Below; to let down a rope, or
                                   to go down over the ship's side
                                   to trade.
   Aingy,                        Large clams, or cockles.
   Beegee,                       A chief.
   Eatooa,                       God.
   A bo,                         To-night, at night.
   Any,                          Presently, by and by.
   Elangee,                      The sky.
   Elaa,                         The sun.
   Ao,                           Clouds.
   Jeela,                        A canoe's yard.
   Laa,                          A sail.
   Falle wakaeea,                The hut in a large canoe.
   Faee,                         To play.
   Tallafoo,                     The fire-place in a large boat.
   Goolee,                       A sort of windlass, or belaying
                                  place for the rope of their
                                  sail.
   Tataa,                        A scoop for bailing out a boat.
   Taia,                         White.
   Oolee,                        Black.
   Goola,                        Red.
   Ohooafee,                     Smoke.
   Geeai,                        A close kind of mat.
   Fofooa,                       Pimples.
   Maaloonga,                    High, mountainous.
   Mai,                          Motions with the hands in dancing.
   Touvaa,                       A cap, or bonnet, they wear to
                                  shade them from the sun.
   Majeela,                      A large bamboo fishing-rod.
   Pai,                          A thing.
   Mamahee,                      Pain.
   Echee, or eeke,             Small, little.
   Cheeatta,                     A looking-glass.
   Tangameeme,                   A bladder.

   Friendly Isles,               English.
   Goobainga,                    A fishing-net.
   Elillo,                       Below, underneath.
   Faee,                         To shave.
   Motooa,                       A parent.
   Moumy,                        To paddle, or row.
   Avy, ava, or govy,          A harbour, or
                                 anchoring-place.
   Po, taha, pai,                In one day.
   Ebaika,                       A large bat.
   Kakaa,                        A parrot.
   Tooge,                        Marks on the cheek,
                                  made by beating.
   Nono,                         To hide a thing.
   Fonooa, or Kaeenga,         Land.
   Beeoo,                        A palm which bean clusters of
                                  very small nuts.
   Haoomoo,                      A large blunt sort of plantains.
   Goolo,                        A globular earthen pot,
                                  or vessel.
   Manga, mangatei,              A large blue star-fish.
   Hainga,                       A parroquet.
   Maagonna,                     Full, satisfied with eating.
   Maheena,                      The moon.
   Teeleeamoo,                   A secret.
   Fonooa bou,                   A land of plenty.
   Oobai,                        A song.
   Foolehaioo,                   The green wattle bird.
   Pailoo,                       A spoon.
   Kulle, velaive,               A large white spider, with
                                  brown and white legs.
   Fageeta,                      A ceremony of kissing, etc. on a
                                  new acquaintance.
   Goomaa,                       A rat.
   Agoota, oomoo,                To put a thing in an oven.
   Oomoo,                        An oven.
   Eadda,                        A path.
   Mattabaa,                     A door.
   Togga,                        A large stick used as a bar behind
                                  the door.
   Koheeabo,                     The paper mulberry-plant.
   Faa,                          Palm, called Pandanas.
   Tangata, or tangatta,       A man.
   Taheina,                      A child.

   Friendly Isles.             English.
   Onne, onne,                  White sand.
   Pai,                         Ripe, old.
   Ea,                          A fence made of bamboo, etc.
   Toee,                        The wood which they make their
                                  canoes of.
   Mafaee,                      Wasp's nests built in the pod of
                                  a plant.
   Kappe,                       A large cylindrical edible root.
   Ongo, ongo,                   A small palm growing to the
                                 height of eight feet.
   Gooholla,                    It is gone, or flown.
   Mai, kawaia,                  To take away a thing.
   Mai, Evaheeoo,                To let a thing remain.
   Kaeenga,                      Land, or property the shore.
   Fyatooka,                     A burying-place.
   Woee,                         Admiration.
   Koeee,                        A fan.
   Waggee hou,                   Let it alone.
   Bai,                          Great.
   Laika, laika,                 Good.
   Ooo,                          A crayfish.
   Feengafee,                    A black and white mat.
   Aingatooeea,                  Stained red rushes, which they
                                  wear round the waist.
   An, any,                      A little while ago.
   Hengatoo,                     Glazed cloth which they wear.
   Falla,                        A thick strong mat.
   Mahagee,                      A sort of ulcer, that leaves large
                                  laced scars.
   Akkaree,                      A stool to lay the head on when
                                  asleep.
   Naffa,                        A large cylindrical piece of wood,
                                  hollowed with a slit, which
                                  serves as a drum.
   Toa,                         A spear.
   Etanno,                       To bury under ground.
   Afai,                         When.
   Otoogoo,                      Finished.
   Maree, or mareeai,          Well done; an acclamation.
   Fafa,                         To carry one on the back.
   Mamao,                        A great way; distant.
   Meedje, meedje,               To drink out of a cocoa-nut.

   Friendly Isles.            English.
   Matta,                       The face.
   Ty, or Etae,                 Excrement.
   Faitanoo,                    A sort of pepper-tree, the juice
                                 of which is very acrid.
   Nafee, nafee,                A fine white sort of mat.
   Abee,                        A house to sleep in.
   Touaa,                       A square bonnet.
   Fukke, fety,                 To give a thing gratis, or for
                                 friendship's sake.
   Tooa, or Tooaeea,            A servant, or person of inferior
                                 rank.
   Fukkatooa,                   A challenging motion, made by
                                 striking the hand on the bend
                                 of the opposite arm.
   Kaeehya, or kaeehaa,         A thief.
   Fooloo,                      A quill.
   Moojeekakka,                 A basket made of cocoa-nut core,
                                 and white beads.
   Mahanga,                     A brother.
   Macele,                      An odoriferous shrub, planted
                                     near the Fyatooka.
   Fofolla,                     To unfold a piece of cloth.
   Kotjee,                      None.
   Taboone,                     To close, or shut; a partition
                                 or skreen.
   Too,                         To draw back a curtain, or
                                 skreen.
   Ava,                         A window; hole.
   Fonooa, foohoo,              A land of warriors.
   Taboo,                       Not to touch a thing.
   Goomoo; goomoo,              A species of lichen, that grows
                                 plentifully on some trees.
   Laiva,                       For good and all; certainly.
   Bagooee,                     A prickly star-fish.
   Bedjeeloa,                   A crab, with black claws.
   Fae,                         A sister.
   Makka fatoo,                 Coral rock.
   Gailee, gailee,              Dirt.
   Maa,                         Clean.
   Ma, tagge tagge,             Let me look at it.
   Konna,                       Poison.
   Fekaee, or smalte, fekaee.   Hunger.

     Friendly Isles,              English.
   Matte, fee aeenoo,            Thirst.
   Aieenoo,                      To drink.
   Awhainne,                     Near at hand.
   Monoo,                        An expression of thanks.
   Mattahoa,                     Very good.
   Toooa,                        Both, we; both of us.
   Fooa, repeated,             A great number.
   Boola,                        Small white shells.
   Anoo, anoo,                   To swim.
   Anga,                         A man.
   Haile,                        A knife.
   Haile, fofoo,                 A knife that shuts.
   Adoo,                         Give it; to give.
   Geehea,                       Which, or what.
   Tohagge,                      Let me look at, or see it.
   Namoogoo,                     A stink, or bad smell.
   Narooo, kakulla,              A sweet smell.
   Boobooa, tahee,               Salt.
   Meeme,                        Urine.
   Owo, owo, owo,                No, no, no.
   Fohee,                        To peel a plantain.
   Ajeeneu,                      A vessel to put drink in.
   Tangee, fe toogee,            Striking the cheeks on the death
                                  of their relations.
   Mamaha,                       Coral rock under water.
   Oohee,                        A species of diosma.
   Mawhaha,                      An excellent root like a potatoe.
   Baa,                          A crackling noise; to crack, or
                                  snap.
   Boogo,                        The largest sort of tree in the
                                  islands.
   Taifo,                        A mullet.
   Amou,                         Whole; sound; true; valid.
   Faigeeaika,                   Iambos.
   Kakou,                        A shoal, or reef, on which the
                                      sea breaks.

   Shainga (in the language   No; there is none.
      of Feejee),

   Fangoo,                       A small calibash shell.
   Oore, oore,                   Black.
   Looloo,                       An owl.
   Murroo,                       Soft.

      Friendly Isles.        English.
   Faifaika,                    Hard.
   Feengotta,                   A sort of shell.
   Wouainee,                    I am here; i.e. when called
                                 upon.
   Mahaggee, fatoo,             A dropsy.
   Goee enee,                   Near at hand.
   Fukka, ma fooa,              An arbour in which they catch
                                 pigeons, etc.
   Fatooree,                    Thunder.
   A faa,                       A Storm; lightning.
   Toufarre,                    A besom.
   Tongo,                       A wood, of which bows are made.
   Ooha,                        Rain.
   Tooboo,                      To grow.
   Tawagge, totto,              The red-tailed tropic bird.
   Kadjee,                      There is no more; or none.
   Fanna, fanna,                To wash the hands before meals.
   Mooonga,                     Mountains; a mountain.
   Keeneeo,                     Low land.
   Laoo allee,                  A great many; an endless number.
   Ogookaee,                    No; there is none.
   Laia, or koelaia,          Speech; words.
   Kaho,                        An arrow.
   Aieeboo,                     A vessel, or dish.
   Tooee,                       A club.
   Feila,                       To pull a rope.
   Eevee, aai,                  A cheer, in pulling a rope.
   Feilaa too,                  A word given by one, on pulling
                                 a rope, and the rest repeat
                                 Woa, as a response.
   Engago,                      Fat, or lard of a hog.
   Kanno, matte,                The lean part of meat.
   Kofooa,                      A kidney.
   Kollofeea,                   The name of the volcano on Tofooa.
   Moggocheea,                  Cold.
   Hooa,                        The going about, or tacking of
                                 a ship.
   Ongonna,                     To understand.
   Kaee ongonna,                I do not understand you.
   Mafanna,                     Warm.

   Friendly Isles.            English.
   Anapo,                       Last night.
   Fakkahooa,                   The southerly wind; or a foul
                                     wind.
   Looloo,                      To roll, as a ship.
   Matangee,                    The wind.
   Matangee anga, or}         The east and north wind, or a
     matangee leeoo,  }         fair wind.
   Amooee, or tamooree,       From behind.
   Amooa, or tamooa,          From before.
   Ahaa, or koehaa,           For what reason?
   Mohe fai,                    Where shall I sleep?
   Koo mafoore,                 To be along, or yield, as a
                                 ship close hauled.
   Palla,                       Rotten.
   Elooa,                       A hole.
   Molle, or molle molle,     Smooth.
   Keeai,                       A plant they make mats of; the
                                 cultivated Pandanus.
   Tongo laiee,                 Mangrove.
   Reemoo,                      Sea-weed.
   Fety,                        A term of friendship.
   Jeejee,                      Esculent dracaena.
   Taboo laia,                  Don't speak; hold your tongue.
   Toonoa,                      Dressed, cooked.
   Tohke,                       A measure.
   Toohagge,                    Let me see it.
   Taheine,                     A young girl; a daughter.
   Haine,                       Here.
   Baiahou,                     Swell of the sea.
   Maea,                        A rope.
   Otta,                        Raw; as raw meat.
   Moho,                        Meat well dressed.
   Maoo lillo,                  Low land.
   Moanua,                      Deep water; sea.
   Kae haia,                    Which is it you want?
   Vava tahee,                  Red coral.
   Feefy,                       A species of mimosa.
   Fatoo,                       The belly.
   Mee mee,                     To suck bones.
   Meedje meedje,               To suck as a child.
   Ooree,                       A rudder.
   Tainga,                      A seed of a plant.

    Friendly Isles,          English.
   Oolel teffe,                Incisions in the foreskin, which
                                contracting present its covering
                                the glans.
   Vefoo,                      To Hide a thing.
   Laifa,                      A silver-fish.
   Heenaheena,                 White; yellow.
   Feeoo,                      Acrid; bitter.
   Goomo,                      To look for a thing that is lost.
   Eeta,                       Angry.
   Aneafee,                    Yesterday.
   Gefai,                      Unknown; strange; as a strange
                                man.
   Fono,                       To eat.
   Kailee tokee,               A Panama-shell.
   Toffe,                      A sort of hammer oyster.
   Toogoo,                     Let it lie, or remain.
   Koehaa, hono, hengoa,       What is the name of it?
   Loee,                       To understand.
   Booga,                      To hold fast.
   Loloa,                      Long.
   Kotjee,                     To cut.
   Fatjee,                     To break.
   Fohenna,                    A son; a brother.
   Matee,                      A fig-tree.
   Lohee,                      A lie.
   Mato,                       Steep; high.
   Patoo,                     A stroke; to strike.
   Hooho,                      The breasts.
   Momoggo,                    Cold.
   Saiouhai,                   Admiration.
   Noo,                        Mine; of me.
   Valla,                      A piece of cloth worn round the
                                waist.
   Doooyoo, a matoo, eeoee,    A song in favour of a victor.
   Mulloo,                     Serene; settled; smooth.
   Vaitte,                     To untie a thing.
   Moheefo,                    Come down below.
   Fetagee; malowhee,          To fight.
   Tao,                        A spear.
   Eenee,                      Now; immediately.
   Mamanna; au manna manna,    Engaged; contracted to.
   Fukka, booakka,             An epithet of abuse; contempt.

   Friendly Isles.            English.
   Aleolo,                     To fan, or cool.
   Tammaha,                    Certain great chiefs.
   Tamolao,                    Chief.
   Mahae,                      A torn hole.
   Goefai,                     What is.
   Laoo,                       To count, or reckon.
   Manakko,                    To give.
   Fooo,                       New; lately made.
   Modooa,                     Old; worn.
   Maa,                        A sour plantain, by being put
                                under ground.
   Kaifoo,                     A brownish yellow.
   Eafee,                      To play on the flute.
   Mou afai,                   When do you go?
   Afaia,                      How many?
   Cheefa,                     A pearl oyster.
   Gooe, goee,                 A saw shell.
   Fotoohoa,                   A rock oyster.
   Ogoo,                       Of me; belonging to me.
   Lelange,                    To make.
   Behange,                    Let me see it.
   Foo,                        To box.
   Heeva,                      A song, with many women singing
                                different keys.
   Ooloo pokko,                The head.
   Koukou,                     To bathe.
   Mabba,                      A three-kernelled nut.
   Eelo,                       To know.
   Fotte, fotta,               To squeeze gently with the hands.
   Fangootooa,                 Wrestling.
   Momoho,                     Ripe.
   Koffe,                      Bamboo which they beat with on
                                the ground.
   Alla,                       I say.
   Waila,                      Hot.
   Pango,                      Bad.
   Orlongaa,                   Thread of which they make their
                                nets, or the plant.
   Monee,                      Truth.
   Anga,                       A shark.
   Laffa,                      Ringworm.
   Fooa,                       Fruit; flower.

   Friendly Isles.           English.
   Kokka,                      A tree they stain their cloth
                                brown with, i. e. the bark.
   Moooee,                     Alive; life; soul; God, or divine
                                spirit.
   Tooo,                       A tree, with the berries of which
                                they stain their cloth.
   Ogoohaika,                  Who shall I give this to? Who
                                shall I help?
   Maha,                       Finished; empty.
   Pagge,                      A little paddle they exercise
                                with.
   Faio,                       Small-branched coral.
   Cheeagge,                   To throw a thing away.
   Faiee tamma,                Pregnancy.
   Lalanga,                    To make.
   Vao,                        A wild uncultivated country.
   Neeoo goola,                Cabbage-tree.
   Routte,                     Hibiscus; rosa sinensis.
   Foa,                        A custom of beating the head
                                with a tooth till it bleeds.
   Cheelee neefo,              A custom of beating the teeth on
                                the same occasion.
   Hogga tainga,               A custom of thrusting a spear
                                into their thighs; also a
                                mourning ceremony.
   Toofatao,                   Thrusting a spear into the sides
                                under the arm-pits on these
                                occasions.
   Tooengootoo,                Doing the same through the
                                cheeks into the mouth.
   Kafoo,                      The garment they commonly
                                wear.
   Offa,                       A term of friendship; as,
   Taio offa,                  My friend, I am glad to see
                                you.
   Toofa,                      To divide, or share out food.
   Maeneene,                   To tickle.
   Hailulla,                   Sarcosma.
   Hooo,                       A wooden instrument with which
                                they clear away grass from
                                their fences.
   Aho,                        The dawn, or day-break.

   Friendly Isles.            English.
   Gooaa,                      Who is it?
   Avo,                        To go; or take away.
   Valle,                      Mad.
   Lelaiee a bee kovee,        Is it good, or bad?
   Taboonee,                   To shut, or close.
   Taae,                       To beat, or strike.
   Ahae,                       Who, or where.
   Mamaa,                      Light.
   Mamaffa,                    Heavy.
   Faike,                      A cuttle-fish.
   Vai veegoo,                 Wet; moist.

   Atooi.                 English.
   Tehaia,                  Where.
   Mahaia,                  Ditto.
   Aorre, or Aoe,         No.
   He oho,                  The hair.
   E poo,                   The head.
   Papaiee aoo,             The ear.
   Heraee,                  The forehead.
   Matta,                   The eye.
   Pappareenga,             The cheek.
   Haieea,                  Fish.
   Eeeheu,                  The nose.
   Oome oome,               The beard.
   Haire,                   To go.
   Erawha,                  Tears of joy.
   Aee,                     The neck.
   Poheeve,                 The arm.
   Ooma ooma,               The breast.
   Heoo,                    The nipple.
   Peeto,                   The navel.

   Atooi.                 English,
   Hoohaa,                 The thigh.
   He,wawy,                The leg.
   Eroui,                  Wait a little.
   Areea,                  Wait a little.
   Myao,                   Finger and toe nails.
   Eeno,                   Bad.
   Hootee, hootee,         To pluck up, or out.
   Tooanna,                A brother.
   Teina,                  A younger brother.
   Otooma heeva,           A man's name.
   Nanna,                  Let me see it.
   Noho,                   To sit.
   Hoe,                    To go.
   Hooarra,                Sweet potatoes.
   E Taeeai,               Calling to one.
   Waheine,                A woman.
   Teeorre,                To throw away a thing.
   He, aieeree,            The skin.
   Ma, ty ty,              To look at, or survey a thing.
   Tommomy,                Come here.
   Erooi,                  To retch, to puke.
   Too,                    Sugar-cane.
   Maa mona,               Sweet or savoury food.
   Tooharre,               To spit.
   Matou,                  I, first person singular.
   My, ty,                 Good.
   Otaeaio,  }             Names of two chiefs.
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   Oome,                   A great number.
   Poe,                    Taro pudding.
   Oohe,                   Yams.
   Booa,                   A hog.
   Eeneeoo,                Cocoa-nuts.
   Ono,                    To understand.
   Eetee,                  To understand, or know.
   Otae,                   A man's name.
   Maonna,                 Full, satisfied with eating.
   Owytooehainoa,          What is your name?
   Tanata,                 A man.
   Tangata,                Ditto.
   Pahoo,                  A drum.
   Ehoora,                 A kind of dance.

   Atooi.                English.
   Maro,                   A narrow stripe of cloth they
                            wear.
   Hoemy; harremy,         To come.
   Eroemy,                 Fetch it here.
   Taooa,                  We, first person plural.
   Toura,                  A rope.
   Ooroo,                  Bread-fruit.
   Etee,                   Dracaena.
   Appe,                   Virginian Arum.
   Matte,                  Dead.
   Aoonai,                 In a short time; presently.
   Paha,                   Perhaps.
   Ai,                     Yes.
   Ateera,                 Done; at an end.
   Hevaite,                To unfold.
   Noona,                  Above.
   Tapaia,                 To abide; to keep, or restrain
                            from going.
   Poore,                  A prayer.
   Tahouna,                A priest.
   Atee,                   To fetch, or bring.
   Meeme,                  To make water.
   Ehaia,                  Where.
   Poota,                  A hole.
   Mao,                    That way.
   Mareira,                This place.
   Eeo,                    There.
   Evaa,                   A canoe.
   Touroonoa,              A man's name.
   My ty,                  Let me look.
   Aieeboo,                A vessel of gourd shell.
   Ahewaite,               Mullus cretaceus.
   Opoore,                 Sparus parvus punctatus.
   Taee,                   The sea.
   Evy,                    Fresh water.
   Aiva,                   A harbour.
   Eerotto,                Within, into.
   Owyte eree,             What is the chief's name?
   Toneoneo,               A chief's name.
   Motoo,                  To tear, or break.
   Toe,                    A stone adze.
   Vaheoo,                 Let it lie, or remain.

   Atooi.                English.
   Haieehe,                A barbed dart.
   Hooroo manoo,           Birds' feathers.
   Motoo,                  An island.
   Hamoea,                 A ceremony of clapping the
                            hands to the head, and prostrating
                            themselves to the chief.
   Worero,                 Lost; stole.
   Aeenoo,                 To drink.
   Tehaia, orooa,          Where are you?
   Ou,                     I, first person singular.
   Eunai,                  Here; at this place.
   Pororee,                Hunger; hungry.
   Hereema,                A species of Sida.
   Meere, meere,           To look at, or behold.
   Moa,                    A fowl.
   Manoo,                  A bird.
   Dirro,                  Below.
   Modooa, tanne,          Father.
   Modooa, waheme,         Mother.
   Naiwe, nawie,           Pleasant; agreeable.
   Hai raa,               The sun.
   Hairanee,              The sky.
   Abobo,                 To-morrow.
   Heaho,                 A small rope.
   Tereira,               There; that way.
   Pymy,                  Throw it here.
   Ewououtte,             Morus Papyrif.
   Moe,                   To sleep.
   Nooe,                  Large.
   Poowha,                To yawn.
   Ahaia,                 When; at what time.
   Wehai,                 To uncover and undo a thing.
   Tooto,                 A small straw rope.
   Eaha, nai,             What is this?
   Maeea,                 Plantains.
   Parra,                 Ripe; as, ripe fruit.
   Toe, toe,              Cold.
   Matanee,               The wind.
   Etoo,                  To rise up.
   Haireetoo,             To go there.
   Hoatoo,                To give.

   Atooi.                 English.
   Eeapo,                 Night.
   Eahoiahoi,              Evening.
   Oora,                   Red feathers.
   Teehe,                  A present of cloth.
   Herairemy,              A place on which fruit is laid as
                            an offering to God.
   Henananoo,              A square pile of wicker-work,
                            or religious obelisk.
   Hereeere,              A burying-ground.
   Eteepappa,             The inside of a burying-ground.
   Harre,                 A house.
   Harre pahoo,           A drum-house in a burying-ground.
   Heneene,               A wall, the wall of a burying-ground.
   Heho,                  A stone set up in a burying-ground,
                           consecrated to the
                           Deity.
   Eatooa,                A god.
   Tangaroa,              The name of the god of the place
                           we were at.
   None,                  Morinda citrifolia.
   Hereanee,              Small twig things in a burying-ground.
   Hemanaa,               A house, or hut, where they
                           bury their dead.
   Herooanoo,             Wooden images in a burying-house.
   Tooraipe,              A kind of head-dress, or helmet
                           on an image.
   Eahoi,                 Hire.
   Pohootoo noa,          A cream-coloured whet-stone.
   Poota paire,           A district, at the western part of
                           the isle.
   Eonnotaine,            A short cloak of black and white
                           feathers.
   Ottahoinoo,            One article, or thing.
   Epappa,                A board used to swim upon.
   Oneete,                A kind of cloth.
   Heorro taire,          A small scarlet bird, or merops
                           scarlatina.
   Taa,                   An interjection of admiration.

   Atooi.                  English.
   Epoo,                  A bracelet of a single shell.
   Eou,                   To swim.
   Tearre,                Gardenia, or Cape Jasmine.
   Heoudoo,               A refusal; I will not do it, or
                             take that for this.

   Eeorre,               A rat.
   Ehooo,                 A gimblet, or any instrument to
                              bore with.
   Epaoo, or ooapa,      There is no more; it is done, or
                              finished.
   Matou,                A particular sort of fish-hook.
   Erahoi, dehoi,        Thin; as, thin cloth, board, etc.
   Pattahaee, or he roui,A sort of musical instrument or
                         rattle, ornamented with red
                          feathers.
   Eappanai,             A plume of feathers they wear.
   Etooo,                The Cordia sebestina.
   Whatte,               To break.
   Oeea,                 Yes; it is so.
   Heoreeoree,           A song.
   Paraoo,               A wooden bowl.
   Apooava,              A shallow wooden dish they
                             drink Ava out of.
   Etoohe, toohee,       A particular sort of cloth.
   Ootee, or otee, otee, To cut.
   Pappaneeheomano,      A wooden instrument beset with
                            shark's teeth, used to cut up
                            those they kill.
   Maheine,              A wife.
   Homy,                 Give me.
   Moena, or moenga,     A mat to sleep on.
   Eeno,                 An adjunct, when they express
                             any thing good, though by
                             itself, it signifies bad. Thus
                             they say, Erawha eeno, good
                             greeting, as the Otaheitans
                             say, Ehoa eeno, or my good
                             friend.
   Taboo, or tafoo,       Any thing not to be touched, as
                             being forbid. This is an example
                             that shews the transmutation
                             of the H, F, and B,

   Atooi.                      English.
                           into each other. Thus at Otaheite
                             yams are oohe, at Tonga
                             oofe, at New Caledonia
                             oobe; and here taboo is tafoo.
   Maooa,                  I, first person singular.
   Heno,                   Little rods, about five feet long,
                              with a tuft of hair on the small end.
   Patae,                  Salt.
   Aheia,                  A round pearl-shell.
   Teanoo,                 The cold arising from being in
                              the water.
   Tammata,                The sense of taste.
   Ootoo,                  A louse.
   Ehone,                  To salute by applying one nose
                              to the other. Ehogge at New
                              Zealand, and Ehoe at Otaheite.
   My,                     A sore of any kind.
   Oura, or ouraa,       Cured; recovered; alive; well.
   Mango,                  A shark.
   Te and he,            The.
   Heneeoohe,              An instrument made of a shark's
                            tooth fixed on a wooden handle,
                            to cut with.
   Eea,                    An adjunct, as at Otaheite, to
                            give strength to an expression.
   Paoo roa,               Quite done; finished.
   Ee,                     At.
   Taira,                  That; the other.
   Ahoo aura,              Red cloth.
   Henaro,                 A fly.
   Ehateinoa,              What is the name of that?
   Heweereweere,           An outrigger of a canoe.
   Mawaihe,                The sail of a canoe.
   Eheou,                  The mast of a canoe.
   Hetoa,                  The yard of a sail.
   Ooamou,                 Fast; secure; sound; whole.
   Hono,                   To go; to move.
   Matou,                  Fear.
   Pooa,                   An arrow.

   Atooi.                English.
   Teeto,                 A bow.
   Epaee,                 Wooden bowls made from the Etoo.
   Ohe,                   Bamboo.
   Henaroo,               The swell of the sea.
   Motoo,                 land.
   Ehetoo,                A star.
   Marama,                The moon.
   Ouameeta,              A man's name.