APPENDIX. VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
APPENDIX No. I.
A VOCABULARY
OF THE
LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
In pronouncing the words as spelt in the vocabulary, all letters must be sounded, with the exceptions after mentioned.
In sounding the vowels, A has always the sound of the initial and final letter in the word Arabia.
E, as in the word eloquence, or the final Y in plenty.
The double E, as in keep.
I, as in the word indolence.
O, as in the word form.
The double O, as in boot, good.
U, as in the word but.
The diphthongs Ai, as the vowel sounds in tye, fly, or the I in diameter.
Ei, as in the word height.
Oi, as in the word oil.
Ow, as in the word cow.
All other combinations of vowels are to be sounded separately; thus, oe, you, and roa, distant, are dissyllables.
In sounding the consonants, H is always aspirated; the letters K and T, L and R, B and P, are frequently substituted for each other.
Thus, kanaka, tanata, people; ooroo, ooloo, bread-fruit; boa, poa, a hog.
Where the words are separated by a comma, they are synonymous, and either may be used; but where there is no comma, both must be used.
Example. Taate, Keike tanne, a boy.
It frequently happens that the same word is repeated twice, in which case it is connected with a hyphen; thus leepe-leepe, an axe.
A
Above
Aroona
Adze
Toe
Afraid
Macaoo
After me, come
Mamooraao, peemaio
Afterwards
Mamoore
Agreable
Nawee-nawee
American, an
Tanata, Merikana
Angry
Hoohoo
Arm, the
Poheva
Arrow
Eeoome
Ashore
Ayooka
At
Eia
Avaricious
Peepere
Aunt
Titooa waheine
Axe
Leepe-leepe
Apple
Oheea
B
Back, the
Tooata
Back, to carry on
Eoaha
Bad
Eeno, heva, nooe-nooe heva
Bad man
Kanaka poopoota
Bald
Oopoboota
Bamboo
Ohe
Bark
Hohore
Battle
Emutta
Bed
Moena
Beard
Oome-oome
Beat a drum, to
Erokoo
Bee
Narro
Bees wax
Tootai narro
Begone
Hiere piero oe
Behind
Temoore
Belly
Manaoo, opoe
Belch
Erooee
Below
Deerro
Between
Feropoo
Bird
Mannoo
Biscuit
Bikete
Bitter
Ava-ava
Black
Ere-ere
Bladder
Toa-meeme
Blind
Muka pa
Block, pully
Pockaka
Blood
Toto
Board, or plank to swim on
Papa
Board, on
Aroona
Bone
Oohe
Bonetta, a fish so called
Pehe rera
Bottom
Okoree
Bowl, wooden
Apoina
Boy
Taate, keike tannee
Boy, a familiar way of speaking
Heimanne
Bracelet of shells
Teepoo
Bread-fruit
Ooroo-ooloo
Break, to
Anaha
Breast
Ooma
Blue
Ooree-ooree
Bring me
Peemai
Broken
Motoo
Brother
Keike tanee
Brown
Aoora oora
Bucket
Tabahoo
Button
Opeehee, booboo
Buttons, string of
Poreema
Buy, to
Tooai
C
Cabbage
Tabete
Calabash
Areepo
Calm
Maneeno
Cannon
Poo nooee
Canoe, single
Evaha
Canoe, double
Makarooa
Captain of a ship
Eree te motoo
Care, to take
Malamma
Carry, to
Famo
Cat
Bobokee
Cheerful
Warra-warra
Cheeks
Papareena
Chief
Eree
Chest
Pahe
Chicken
Moa tina
Child
Keike, kumaree
Child-bearing
Hemo te keike
Cider
Wyoheea
Clean
Ooama
Cloak, or upper garment
Teaboota, tapa
Cloth, also clothes
Tapa
Cloth-plant
Eaootee
Circumcision
Poohe
Cock
Moa tannee
Cockroach
Patte-patte
Cocoa nut
Caneeo
Cold
Anoo
Come
Here
Come here
Here mai
Come with me
Peemai taroo
Contempt, a term of
Poopoota, poopooka
Conversation
Para paroo
Cooked, or baked
Oomoaroa
Coyness in a woman
Nonoa
Cough, to
Ehapoo
Country, the
Ayooca
Country, foreign, generally applied to Britain
Caheite
Cow
Peepe-nooe
Crab
Pappee
Crab, particular kinds of
Epootoo, pehoo
Cray fish
Pehe oora
Crimson
Oora-oora
Cry, to, or weep
Taee
Cured, it is
Oraroa
Cut, to
Hakee-hakee
D
Dance, to
Ehoora-hoora
Dark
Poa rere
Day
Poa
Day, to
Aeea poa
Dead
Makeroa
Delicious
Honnoo onnoo
Demon, or devil
Etooa heva
Dig, to
Maiai
Dirt
Totai, erepo
Distant
Roa, maroa
Dive, to
Eehopoo-poo
Dog
Edea cao
Dolphin
Oona
Door
Poola
Done, or finished
Poaroa
Drink, to
Aeeno
Drunk
Honnoo
Drum
Pahoo
Duck
Mora
Dusk, or twilight
Hoi-hoi te poa
Dwell, to
Enoho
E
Earth
Ehonooa
Ears
Pepeaoo, tareea
Eat, to
Eeai
Eels, or sea-snakes
Hoohe
Egg
Ehooeero
Egg, sea
Neeootai
England
Pritane, Kaheite
Englishman
Kanaka Pritane, Kanaka Kaheite
Enough
Maoona
Enter, to
Marokonai
Evening
Ahee-ahee
European
Ehoorei
Eyes
Maka
Eyebrow
Tooa maka
Excrement
Tootai
F
False
Waha he, heva
Fan, a
Taheina
Fan, to
Taharee
Father
Mokooa tanne
Fathom
Anana
Farewell
Aroho-oe
Fat
Peea
Fear
Matao
Feathers
Hooroo, hooroo manno
Feather necklace
Araia
Feeble
Faeera
Feet
Wawye
Female
Waheine
Fetch hither
Heire mai, peemai
Fin of a fish
Tirra pehe
Fine
Eahe
Fingers
Tereema
Fish
Pehe
Fish, a particular kind of Ava
Flying fish
Pehe orera
Fish, to
Ehootee
Fist
Amootoo
Flat
Papa
Flea
Ookoo rere
Flower, a
Pooa mono
Fly, to
Arere
Fly, a
Enarra
Forgot
Ooaro
Fowl
Moa
Fresh
Onoo
Friend
Heitanne, poonarooa
Fruit
Hooero
G
Garment worn by the women
Paoo
Generous
Horoa
Girdle
Tatooa
Girdle worn by the men
Maro
Girl
Keike waheina
Give, to
Mukunna
Go
Heire
Goat
Peepe Koa
God
Etooa
Good
Meitei
Good morning
Myty kakee aka
Good night
Myty ahee ahee
Grandfather
Poopooa tanne
Grandmother
Topooa waheine
Gray
Aheena heena
Grass
Moo
Grass, broad leaved, of which lines and nets are made
Oorana
Grasshopper
Pepe rera
Great
Nooe-nooe
Green
Omomoo
Gun
Poo
H
Hair
Lavo hoo
Handkerchief
Haneeka
Hands
Reema
Handsome
Meitei
Harbour
Aeeva, too-too
Hard
How
Haste, make
Weete-weete
Has, past time
Roa
Hat
Paparee
Have
Havee
Head
Po
He or she
Oera
Hearing
Faro
Heart
Ehottoo, teate
Heat, or hot
Mahanna
Heat of the sun
Mahanna ke Laoo
Helmet
Mayoree
Hen
Moa waheine
Herb, used by white people for tea
Nehe
Here
Mai
Hermaphrodite
Mahoo
Hide, to
Ehoona
High
Roehee
Hill
Parei
Hog
Poa, boa
Hold your tongue
Koore-koore oe
Hole
Pooka
Hook for fishing
Mattoo
Hook, made of ivory, worn as an ornament
Palava
Horse
Edea nooee
House
Harree, eharee
House (sleeping)
Harre, moe
House (eating)
Harre eai
How are you
Arohooe
Hungry
Porore
Husband
Tanne
I
I, my, or me
Waoo, tawa
Jacket
Teakete
Interjection of grief
Aroha eenoo
Interjection of admiration
Taa ha ha
Iron
How
Island
Motoo
Itch, to
Mairo
K
Keep
Vaihee
Kill
Papahee, matte-matte make-roa
King
Eree nooee
Knife
Okee-okee, kanee-kanee
Know
Nono, eete
L
Lame
O-opa
Land
Ayooka
Land cultivated
Aiena
Laugh
Attaha
Lazy
Moolawa
Lean, not fat
Amapoo
Legs
Wawye
Let me see
Meene-meene, nanna
Lie, to tell a
Poone-poone
Light, not heavy
Eamma
Lightning
Heaweetoh
Lines
Towra
Lips
Lehe-lehe
Little
Pekene, oo ookoo
Lizard
Moo
Look
Meere-meere
Looking-glass
Anee-anee
Loss
Moomooka
Lost
Ooreiro
Louse
Ookoo
M
Male
Tanee
Man
Tanata, tanee
Man that eats with women
Tanata inoa
Many
Maoona
Married, to be
Noho te Waheina
Marshmallow
Etooa rere
Mat
Ahoo, moena
Melon
Ipoopeena
Mine, my own
Maooa, mao
Month
Malama
Moon
Maheina
Moon, new
Maheina erimai
Moon, full
Maheina nooee
Morrow, to
Apopo
Morning
Aheea pa
Mother
Makooa waheine
Mountain
Parei, parei nooee
Mouth
Waha
Music
Heeva
Musket
Poo
Mustard
Totai Kumaree
N
Nail
How
Naked
Tatarra
Name
Einoa
Native of the islands
Kanaka mowree
Nasty
Ereporepo
Navel
Petto
Net
Oopaka
Night, this
Aheeapo, arere
No, not
Aoaree
Noon
Akeia
Nose
Eehoo
Nut, used to give light
Tootooee
O
Oar, or paddle
Hoe
Ocean
Tai
Of
Te
Old
Emotoo, baheeoo
Otaheitan
Kanaka boolla-boolla
Oven, or pit for cooking
Eomoo
P
Painting, printing, drawing, or writing
Purra-purra
Palm of the hand
Apooreema
Parent
Makooa
Pearl
Mummee
Pearl-river
Wai mummee
People
Kanaka, tanata
Perhaps (affirmatively)
Ai pa
---- (negatively)
Ooree pa
Pig
Poa
Pigeon
Eroope
Pinch, to
Ooma
Place of worship
Morai
Plank
Papa
Plantain
Maio
Plantation
Aina
Play, to
Ehanne
Pleasant
Nawee-nawee
Plenty
Aroo-aroo, Maoona
Pluck, to
Hootee-hootee
Potatoes, sweet
Oowarra
Prayer
Poore, anana
Priest
Kahoona
Present, or gift
Makunna
Presently
Areea, mamoore
Pressing with the hand when tired
Rorome
Prohibition
Taboo
Puncturation
Tattoo
Putrid
Peea-peea
Q
Quickly
Weete-weete
R
Rain
Eooa
Rat
Eoree
Red
Oora-oora
Remember, to
No-no
Ringworm, a disease
Enooa
Ripe
Purra
Ropes
Toura
Rotten
Purra roa
Row, to
Ehoe
Rum
Lumma
Rushes
Anonoho
Russian
Tonata Lokeene
S
Sailor
Kanaka hanna-hanna te motoo
Salt
Pakai
Salute, by joining noses
Hone-hone
Satisfied
Maoona
Saw, a
Pahe oroo
Scissors
Oopa
Sea
Tai, wai tai
Sea-snake
Poohe
Sea-egg
Neeootai
See, to
Meene-meene
Shark
Manno
Sheep
Peepe
Show me
Meere-meere
Ship
Motoo
Shine
Peenoo-peenoo
Shoot, to
Mackeroa
Shore
Ayookee
Shortly
Mamooree
Shut
Oopa
Sickness, or sore
Mai, Poonine
Sit, to, or squat
Noho
Sky
Heiranei
Sleep
Moe-moe
Small
Ete
Soldier
Kanaka etooa
Song
Heeva
Spade, wooden
Maiai
Speak, to
Nummee-nummee
Speech, or harangue
Oraro
Spear
Pahoo, pahe
Spit, to
Too harre
Spread, to
Hohora
Star
Ehetoo
Stay, wait a little
Areea
Steal, to
Ei hooee
Stink
Peero-peero
Stockings
Tokeine
Stone
Pohakoo keeva
Stool, to lay the head on when asleep
Papa rooa
Storm
Teeooe-teoo
Stranger
Tanata howree
Stop
Marrea
Sugar-cane
To, ko
Sun
Laoo
Surf of the sea
Horoo tai
Surgeon
Nai
Sweet
Lea-lea, onno
Swim
Eaoo
T
Tallow
Oila
Take, to
Laiva, ooleva
Take off, to
Hemo
Take care
Malamma
Tall
Hoa
Taro pudding
Poe
Teeth
Neehoo
Tell
Eetee, nummee-nummee
That
Mao
The
Te, he, ke
Thief
Tanata ihooee
Think, to
No-no
This
Aeia, Aheea
Tongue
Alaloo
Twins
Teetee
Twisting, in dancing,
Amee-amee
V
Very
Nooee-nooee
U
Uncle
Titooa tannee
Understand
Eetee
Understanding
Nono
Undress, to
Hemo tapa
W
Warm
Mahanna
Water
Wai
Water (fresh)
Wai onnoo
Water (salt)
Wai tai
Water, to make
Meeme
Weak
Faeera
We
Taooa
Wet
Purra
What
Ehara
What is your name
Owhyt oe einoa
Where
Awaya
Where have you been
Yahea oee
White
Keeo-keeoo
White people
Tanata howree
Why
Tehala
Wind
Matanee
Wish
Mukee-mukee
Within
Maro koo
With me
Ta wa
Woman
Waheine
Woman (married)
Waheine mow
Wont, I
Aoohee
Wood
Tooheihe
Work, to
Hanna-hanna
Wounded
Tooitahe
Wrong, you are
Waha hai
Y
Yam
Oohee
Yawn
Poowha
Year
Makaheite
Yellow
O peeta-peeta
Yes
Ai
You
Oe
Your
Kow
NUMERALS.
One
Atahee
Two
Arooa
Three
Akoroo
Four
Ahaa
Five
Areema
Six
Ahonoo
Seven
Aheitoo
Eight
Awarroo
Nine
Ivee
Ten
Oome
Eleven
Oome toome atahee
Twelve
Oome toome arooa
Thirteen
Oome toome akoroo
Fourteen
Oome toome ahaa
Fifteen
Oome toome areema
Sixteen
Oome toome ahonoo
Seventeen
Oome toome aheitoo
Eighteen
Oome toome awarroo
Nineteen
Oome toome ivee
Twenty
Kanna roa
Thirty
Kanna koroo
Forty
Atahee kannaha
Eighty
Arooa kannaha
&c. &c.
1600 or 40 x 40
Ataha manno
3200
Arooa manno, &c.
DIALOGUES.
Where are you going
Awaya heire oe
I am going on board the ship
Heire waoo aroona te metoo
I am going ashore
Heir waoo ayooka
I wish you to go
Mukee-mukee heire waoo
Very well, can you go with me
Meitei, heire oe tawa
No, the captain will not let me go
Oaree pa, eree te motoo oaree mukee-mukee waoo heire
There will be no work on board to-morrow
Apopo taboo, oaree hanna-hanna aroona te motoo
Very well, will you go to-morrow
Meitei, heire oe apopo
I cannot tell
Oaree pa eetee waoo
Where is the king
Awaya te eree nooee
He is gone on board the ship
Heire roa aroona te motoo
Has he taken any hogs on board
Oolava poa aroona te motoo
No; but he will take plenty when he goes ashore
Oaree, mamooree peemai ayooka lavee nooee-nooee te poa
The captain wishes to purchase a great many hogs
Eree te motoo mukee-mukee tooai nooee te poa
The ship sails to-morrow
Apopo heire te motoo
Where is she bound to
Heire awaya
She is bound for England
Heire Kaheite, or Heire Pritane
Will you go ashore, and sleep at my house
Heire oe ayooka moe-moe to hare waoo
I will see in a little
Mamooree meene-meene waoo
Come hither. Go on shore, and tell the king that the captain wishes to purchase a great many pearls
Peemai oe, heire ayooka numme-numme te eree nooee, eree te motoo mukee tooai maoona te mummee
I will go soon
Mamooree heire waoo
Mind that you remember
Malamma kow no-no
Do you know where the king is
Eetee oe awaya te eree nooee
He is gone to the Morai
Ooheire marokoo te Morai
William Stevenson, literally Lean William
Willama Amapoo
John Young
Alhanna
Isaac Davis
Itseeke
John Hairbottle literally Lame John
Keone o-opa
William Wordsworth, literally Hardbottom
Willama Okoree how
James Stow, literally James Large Brow
Keeme Laoo Nooee
James Beatty, literally the Block maker
Keeme Hanna Pockaka
The Author’s name, literally Loss of the Feet
Moomooka te Wawyee
