A VOCABULARY, &c.
A
To abide, or remain
Ete´ei.
An Abode, or place of residence
Noho´ra.
Above, not below
Neea, s. Tiéneea.
An Abcess
Fe´fe.
Action, opposed to rest,
Ta´eree.
Adhesive, of an adhesive or sticking quality
Oo´peere.
Adjoining, or contiguous to
E´peeiho.
Admiration, an interjection of
A´wai, s. A´wai to Peeree-ai.
An Adulterer, or one that vexes a married woman
Teeho teeho, s. Teeho teeho, ta´rar.
To agitate, or shake a thing, as water, &c.
Eooa´wai.
Aliment, or food of any kind
Maa.
Alive, that is not dead
Waura.
All, the whole, not a part
A´maoo.
Alone, by one’s self
Ota´hoi.
Anger, or to be angry
Warradee, s. Reedee.
To angle, or fish
E´hootee.
The Ankle
Momöa.
The inner Ankle
A´tooa, ewy.
Answer, an answer to a question
Oo´maia.
Approbation, or consent,
Madooho´why.
Punctuated Arches on the hips
E´var´re.
The Arm
Reema.
The Armpit
E´e.
An Arrow
E´oome.
Arrow, the body of an arrow or reed
O´wha.
The point of an Arrow
To´ai, s. O´möa.
Ashamed, to be ashamed or confused
Ama, s. He´ama.
Ashore, or on shore
Te Euta.
To ask for a thing
Ho´my, s. Ha´py my.
Asperity, roughness
Tarra, Tarra.
An Assassin, murderer, or rather man-killer, soldier or warrior
Taata, töa.
An Assembly, or meeting
Eteou´rooa.
Atherina
A´naiheu.
Avaricious, parsimonious, ungenerous
Pee´peere.
Averse, unwilling to do a thing
Fata, hoito´ hoito.
Authentic, true
Parou, mou.
Awake, not asleep
Arra, arra´, s. E´ra.
Awry, or to one side; as a wry neck
Na´na.
An Axe, hatchet or adze
Töe.
Ay, yes; an affirmation
Ai.
B.
A Babe, or child
Mydidde.
A Batchelor, or unmarried person
E´evee (taata.
The Back
Tooa.
To wipe the Backside
Fy´roo, too´ty.
Bad, it is not good
´Eè´no.
A Bag of straw
Ete´öe, s. Eäte.
Bait, for fish
Era´eunoo.
Baked in the oven
Etoonoo.
Bald-headed
Oopo´boota.
Bamboo
Eenee´ou.
A Bank, or shoal
E´paa.
Bare, naked, applied to a person that is undressed
Ta´turra.
The Bark of a tree
Ho´hore.
Barren land
Fe´nooa Maoure.
A large round Basket of twig
He´na.
A small Basket of cocoa leaves
Vai´hee.
A long Basket of cocoa leaves
Apo´aira.
A Basket of plantain stock
Papa´ Maieea.
A fisher’s Basket
Er´re´vy.
A round Basket of cocoa leaves
Mo´ene.
A Bastard
Fanna too´neea.
Bastinado, to bastinade or flog a person
Tapra´hai.
To bathe
Ob´oo.
A Battle, or fight
E´motto.
A Battle-axe
O´morre.
To bawl, or cry aloud
Teimo´toro.
A Bead
Pöe.
The Beard
Oome oome.
To beat upon, or strike a thing
Too´py or Too´baee.
To beat a drum
Eroo´koo.
To beckon a person with the hand
Ta´rappe.
A Bed, or bed-place
E´roee, s. Möi´a.
To bedawb, or bespatter
Par´ry.
A Bee
E´räo.
A Beetle
Peere´teee.
Before, not behind
Te´möa.
A Beggar, a person that is troublesome, continually asking for somewhat
Tapa´roo.
Behind, not before,
Te´mooree.
To belch
Eroo´y.
Below, as below stairs
Teì´dirro, s. Teediraro.
Below, underneath, far below
O´raro.
To Bend any thing, as a stick, &c.
Fa´fe´fe.
Benevolence, generosity e.g. You are a generous man
Ho´röa. Taata ho´roa öe.
Between, in the middle, betwixt two
Fero´poo.
To bewail, or lament by crying
E´tatee.
Bigness, largeness, great
Ara´hay.
A Bird
Manoo.
A Bitch
Oore, e´ooha.
To bite, as a dog
A´ahoo.
Black, colour
Ere, ere.
Bladder
Töa´me eme.
A Blasphemer, or person who speaks disrespectfully of their deities
Toona, (taata.
Blind
Matta-po.
A Blister, raised by a burn or other means
Mei´ee.
Blood,
Toto, s. Ehoo´ei.
To blow the nose
Fatte.
The blowing, or breathing of a whale
Ta´hora.
Blunt, as a blunt tool of any sort
Ma´neea.
The carved Boards of a Maray
E´ra.
A little Boat, or canoe
E´väa.
A Boil
Fe´fe.
Boldness
Eäwou.
A Bone
E´evee.
A Bonetto, a fish so called
Peera´ra.
To bore a hole
Ehoo´ee, s. Ehoo´o.
A Bow
E´fanna.
A Bow-string
Aroö hooa.
To bow with the head
Etoo´o.
A young Boy,
My´didde.
Boy, a familiar way of speaking
He´amanee.
The Brain of any animal
A´booba.
A Branch of a tree or plant,
E´ama.
Bread-fruit, or fruit of the bread-tree
Ooroo.
Bread-fruit, a particular sort of it
E´patëa.
An insipid paste of Bread-fruit
Eh´öe.
The gum of the Bread-tree
Tappo´ooroo.
The leaf of the Bread-tree
E´da´ooroo.
The pith of the Bread-tree
Po´ooroo.
To break a thing
O´whatte, s. Owhanne, s. Fatte.
The Breast,
O´ma.
A Breast-plate made of twigs, ornamented with feathers, dog’s hair, and pearl shell
Ta´oome.
To breathe
Watte weete wee të´aho.
Bring, to ask one to bring a thing,
Ho´my.
Briskness, being brisk or quick
Tee´teere.
Broiled, or roasted as broiled meat
Ooaweera.
Broken, or cut
Motoo.
The Brow, or forehead
E´ry.
A brown colour
A´uraura.
Buds of a tree or plant
Te, arre´haoo.
A Bunch of any fruit
E´ta.
To burn a thing
Döodooe.
A Butterfly
Pepe.
C.
To call a person at a distance
Tooo´too´ooo.
A Calm
Ma´neeno.
A Calm, or rather to be so placed that the wind has no access to you
Eou, she´a.
Sugar Cane
´Töo, s. Etöo.
A Cap, or covering for the head
Tau´matta.
To carry any thing
E´a´mo.
To carry a person on the back
Eva´ha.
To catch a thing hastily with the hand, as a fly, &c.
Po´poee, s. Peero.
To catch a ball
Ama´wheea.
To catch fish with a line
E´hoote.
A Caterpillar
E´tooa.
Celerity, swiftness
Tee´teere, s. E´tirre.
The Centre, or middle of a thing
Tera´poo.
Chalk
Mamma´tëa.
A Chatterer, or noisy impertinent fellow
Taata E´moo, s. E´moo.
Cheerfulness
Wara.
The Cheek
Pappa´reea.
A Chest
´Peeha.
The Chest, or body
O´poo.
To chew, or eat
E´y.
Chequered, or painted in squares
Poore, poore.
A Chicken
Möa pee´riaia.
A Chief, or principal person; one of the first rank amongst the people
Eäree.
An inferior Chief, or one who is only in an independent state, a gentleman
Too´ou.
Child-bearing
Fanou, e´vaho.
Children’s language Father
O´pucenoo, and Papa.
Children’s language Mother
E´wheiarre, and O´pa´tëa.
Children’s language Brother
E´tama.
Children’s language Sister
Te´tooa.
The Chin, and lower jaw
E´taa.
Choked, to be choked as with victuals, &c.
Epoo´neina, s. Eroo´y.
To choose, or pick out
Eheee,te,me,my,ty.
Circumcision, or rather an incision of the foreskin
Eoore te´hai.
A sort of Clappers used at funerals
Par´haoo.
Clapping the bend of the arm smartly with the hand, so as make a noise, an Indian custom
E´too.
The Claw, of a bird
A´ee oo.
Clay, or clammy earth
Ewhou, arra.
Clean, not nasty
Ooa´ma, s. Eoo´ ee.
Clear, pure; as clear water, &c.
Tëa´te.
White clayey Cliffs
E´mammatëa.
Close, shut
Eva´hee.
Cloth of any kind, or rather the covering or raiments made of it
Ahoo.
A piece of oblong Cloth, slit in the middle, through which the head is put, and it then hangs down behind and before
Teeboota.
Brown thin Cloth
Oo´erai.
Dark brown Cloth
Poo´heere.
Nankeen coloured Cloth
A´heere, s. Ooa.
Gummed Cloth
Oo´air ara.
Yellow Cloth
Heappa, heappa, s. A´ade, poo´ee ei, s. Oora poo´ee ei.
Cloth, a piece of thin white cloth wrapt round the waist, or thrown over the shoulders
Paroo´y, by which name they also call a white shirt.
A Cloth-beater, or an oblong square piece of wood grooved and used in making cloth
To´aa.
The Cloth-plant, a sort of Mulberry tree
Eaoute.
A Cloud
E´äo, s. E´aoo.
A Cock
Möa, e´töa.
Cock, the cock claps his wings
Te Moa Paee, paee.
A Cock-roach
Potte potte.
A Cocoa nut
A´ree.
The fibrous husk of a Cocoa-nut
Pooroo´ waha, s. Pooroo.
Cocoa-nut oil
E´rede, äe.
Cocoa leaves
E,ne´haoo.
Coition
E´y.
The sense of Cold
Ma´reede.
A Comb
P´ahoro, s. Pa´herre.
Company, acquaintance, gossips
Tee´ÿa.
Compliance with a request, consent
Madoo, ho´why.
Computation, or counting of numbers
Ta´tou.
A Concubine
Wa´heine, Möebo, s. Etoo´neea.
Confusedness, without order
E´vaheea.
Consent, or approbation
Madoo, ho´why.
Contempt, a name of contempt given to a maid, or unmarried woman
Waheine, poo´ha.
Conversation
Paraou, maro, s. Para´paraou.
A sort of Convolvulus, or bind weed, common in the Islands
O´hooe.
Cooked, dressed; not raw
Ee´oo, s. Eee´wera.
To cool one with a fan
Taha´ree.
Cordage of any kind
Taura.
The Core of an apple
Böe.
A Cork, or stopper of a bottle or gourd shell
Ora´hooe.
A Corner
E´pecho.
Covering, the covering of a fish’s gills
Peee´eya.
Covetousness, or rather one not inclined to give
Pee,peere.
A Cough
Ma´re.
To court, woo a woman
Ta´raro.
Coyness in a woman
No´nöa.
A Crab
Pappa.
Crab, a large land crab that climbs the cocoa-nut trees for fruit
E´oowa.
A Crack, cleft, or fissure
Motoo.
Crammed, lumbered, crowded
Ooa peea´pe, s. Ehotto.
The Cramp
Emo´too too.
A Cray fish,
O´oora.
To creep on the hands and feet
Ene´ai.
Crimson colour
Oora oora.
Cripple, lame
Tei´tei.
Crooked, not straight
Ooo´peeo.
To crow as a cock
A´a ooa.
The Crown of the head
Too´pooe.
To cry, or shed tears
Taee.
A brown Cuckoo, with black bars and a long tail, frequent in the isles
Ara´werewa.
To cuff, or slap the chops
E´paroo.
Curlew, a small curlew or whimbrel found about the rivulets
Torëa.
Cut, or divided
Motoo.
To cut the hair with scissars
O´tee.
D
A Dance
Heeva.
Darkness
Poee´ree, s. Pooo´ree.
To darn
O´ono.
A Daughter
Ma´heine.
Day, or day-light
Mara´marama. s. A´ou, s. A´a ou.
Day-break
Oota´taheita.
Day, to-day
Aoo´nai.
Dead
Matte röa.
A natural Death
Matte nöa.
Deafness
Ta´reea, tooree.
Decrepit
Epoo´tooa.
Deep-water
Mona´.
A Denial, or refusal
Ehoo´ nöa.
To desire, or wish for a thing
Eooee.
A Devil, or evil spirit
E´tee.
Dew
Ahe´aoo.
A Diarrhœa, or looseness
Hawa, hawa.
To dip meat in salt water instead of salt (an Indian custom)
Fawee´wo.
Dirt, or nastiness of any kind
E´repo.
Disapprobation
Ehoonöa.
A Disease, where the head cannot be held up, perhaps the palsy
E´pee.
To disengage, untie or loosen
Eaoo´wai.
Dishonesty
Eee´a.
Displeased, to be displeased, vexed, or in the dumps
Taee´va.
Dissatisfaction, to grumble, or be dissatisfied
Faoo´one.
Distant, far off
Röa.
To distort, or wreath the limbs, body, lips, &c.
Faee´ta.
To distribute, divide or share out
Atoo´ha.
A District
Matei´na.
A Ditch
Eö´hoo.
To dive under water
Eho´poo.
A Dog
Ooree.
A Doll made of cocoa-plats
Adoo´a.
A Dolphin
A´ouna.
Done, have done; or that is enough, or there is no more
A´teera.
A Door
Oo´boota.
Double, or when two things are in one; as a double canoe
Tau´rooa.
Down, or soft hair
E´waou.
To draw a bow
Etëa.
To draw, or drag a thing by force
Era´ko.
Dread, or fear
Mattou.
Dress’d, or cook’d, not raw
Ee´oo.
A head Dress, used at funerals
Pa´raee.
To dress, or put on the clothes
Eu, hau´hooo t´Ahoo.
To drink
Aee´noo.
Drop, a single drop of any liquid
Oo, ata´hai.
To drop, or leak
Eto´tooroo, s. E´tooroo.
Drops, as drops of rain
To´potta.
Drowned
Parre´mo.
A Drum
Pa´hoo.
Dry, not wet
Oo´maro.
A Duck
Mora.
A Dug, teat, or nipple
Eoo.
Dumbness
E´faö.
E
The Ear
Ta´reea.
The inside of the Ear
Ta´tooree.
An Ear-ring
Poe note tareea.
To eat, or chew
E´y, s. Mäa.
An Echinus, or sea egg
Heawy.
Echo
Tooo.
An egg of a bird
Ehooero te Manoo.
A white Egg bird
Pee´ry.
Eight
A´waroo.
The Elbow
Too´ree.
Empty
Ooata´aö, s. Tata´ooa.
An Enemy
Taata´e.
Entire, whole, not broke
Eta, Eta.
Equal
Oohy´tei.
Erect, upright
Etoo.
A Euphorbium tree, with white flowers
Te´tooee.
The Evening
Oohoi´hoi.
Excrement
Too´ty.
To expand, or spread out cloth, &c.
Ho´hora.
The Eye
Matta.
The Eye-brow, and eye-lid
Tooa, matta.
F
The Face
E´moteea.
To hide or hold the Face away, as when ashamed
Faree´wai.
Facetious, merry
Faatta atta.
Fainting, to faint
Möe, mo´my.
To fall down
Topa.
False, not true
Ha´warre.
A Fan, or to fan the face, or cool it
Taha´ree.
To fart, or a fart
Ehoo.
Fat, full of flesh, lusty
Peea.
The Fat of meat
Maee.
A Father
Medooa tanne.
A step-father
Tanne, te höa.
Fatigued, tired
E´heieu, s. Faea.
Fear
Mattou.
A Feather, or quill
Hooroo, hooroo manoo.
Red Feathers
Ora, hooroo te manoo.
Feebleness, weakness
Fara´ra, s. Tooro´ree.
The sense of Feeling
Fa´fa.
To feel
Tear´ro.
A young, clever, dexterous Fellow, or boy
Te´my de pa´aree.
The Female kind of any animal
E´ooha.
The Fern-tree
Ma´mooo.
Fertile land
Fenooa, maa.
Fetch, go fetch it
Atee.
Few in number
Eote.
To fight
E´neotto.
A Fillip, with the fingers
Epatta.
The Fin of a fish
Tirra.
To finish or make an end
Eiote.
A Finger
E´reema.
Fire
Ea´hai.
A flying Fish
Mara´ra.
A green flat Fish
Eeume.
A yellow flat Fish
Oo´morehe.
A flat green and red Fish
Pai´ou.
The cuckold Fish
Etata.
A Fish
Eya.
Fishing wall for hauling the seine at the first point
Epa.
A Fish pot
E´wha.
A long Fishing rod of Bamboo, used to catch bonettoes, &c.
Ma´keera.
A Fissure, or crack
Motoo.
Fist, to open the fist
Ma´hora.
Fist, striking with the fist in dancing
A´moto.
A flie Flapper, or to flap flies
Dahee´ere e´reupa.
Flatness, applied to a nose, or a vessel broad and flat; also a spreading flat-topt tree
Papa.
A red Flesh mark
Eee´da.
To float on the face of the water
Pa´noo.
The Flower, of a plant
Pooa.
Open Flowers
Teearre´oo wa.
Flowers, white odoriferous flowers used as ornaments in the ears
Teearre tarreea.
Flown, it is flown, or gone away
Ma houta.
A Flute
Weewo.
A black Fly-catcher, a bird so called
O´mamäo.
A Fly
Poore´hooa.
To fly, as a bird
E´raire.
Fog, or mist
Ry´poeea.
To fold up a thing, as cloth, &c.
He´fetoo.
A fool, scoundrel, or other epithet of contempt
Ta´ouna.
The Foot, or sole of the foot
Tapooy.
The Forehead
E´ry.
Forgot, or lost in memory
Oo´aro.
Foul, dirty, nasty
Erepo.
A Fowl
Möa.
Four
E´ha.
The Frapping of a flute
Ahëa.
Freckles
Taina.
Fresh, not salt
Eanna, anna.
Friction, rubbing
E´oo ee.
Friend, a method of addressing a stranger
Ehöa.
A particular Friend, or the salutation to him
E´apatte.
To frisk, to wanton, to play
Ehanne.
From there
No, reira, s. No, reida.
From without
No, waho´oo.
From before
No, mooa.
Fruit
´Hoo´ero.
Perfume Fruit, from Tethuroa, a small island
Hooero te manoo.
A yellow Fruit, like a large plumb, with a rough core
A´vee.
Full, satisfied with eating
Pÿa, s. Oo´pÿa, s. Paÿa.
A Furunculus, or a small hard boil
Apoo.
G
A Garland of flowers
A´voutoo, s. Aroutoo Efha, apai.
Generosity, benevolence
Ho´röa.
A Gimblet
Eho´oo.
A Girdle
Ta´tooa.
A Girl, or young woman
Too´neea.
A Girthing manufacture
Tatoo´y.
To give a thing
Höa´too.
A looking-Glass
Heeo´eeota.
A Glutton, or great eater
Taata A´ee, s. Era´pöa nooe.
To go, or move from where you stand; to walk
Harre.
To go, or leave a place
Era´wa.
Go, begone, make haste and do it
Haro.
Go and fetch it
Atee.
Good, it is good, it is very well
My´ty, s. Myty, tye, s. Maytay.
Good-natured
Mama´hou, s. Ma´roo.
A Grandfather
Too´boona.
A Great-grandfather
Tooboona tahe´too.
A Great-great-grandfather
Ouroo.
A Grandson
Mo´boona.
To grasp with the hand
Hara´wai.
Grasping the antagonist’s thigh when dancing
Tomo.
Grass, used on the foots of their houses
Ano´noho.
To grate cocoa-nut kernel
E´annatehea´ree.
Great, large, big
Ara´hai.
Green colour
Poore, poore.
To groan
Eroo, whe.
The groin
Ta´pa.
To grow as a plant, &c.
We´rooa.
To grunt, or strain
Etee, toowhe.
The blind Gut
Ora´booboo.
The Guts of any animal
A´aoo.
H
The Hair of the head
E´roroo, s. E´rohooroo.
Grey Hair
Hinna´heina.
Red Hair, or a red-headed man
E´hoo.
Curled Hair
Peepee.
Woolly or frizzled Hair
Oë´töeto.
To pull the Hair
E´woua.
Hair, tied on the crown of the head
E´poote.
Half of any thing
Fa´eete.
A Hammer
Etee´te.
Hammer it out
Atoo´bianoo.
The Hand
E´reema.
A deformed Hand
Peele´oi.
A motion with the Hand in dancing
O´ne o´ne.
A Harangue, or speech
Oraro.
A Harbour or anchoring-place
Too´tou.
Hardness
E´ta, e´ta.
A Hatchet, axe, or adze
Töe.
He
Nana.
The Head
Oopo.
A shorn Head
E´voua.
The Head-ache, in consequence of Drunkenness
Eana´neea.
The sense of Hearing
Faro.
The Heart of an animal
A´houtoo.
Heat, warmth
Mahanna, hanna.
Heavy, not light
Teima´ha.
The sea Hedge-hog
Totera.
A blue Heron
Otoo.
A white Heron
Tra´pappa.
To hew with an axe
Teraee.
Hibiscus, the smallest species of Hibiscus, with rough seed cases, that adhere to the clothes in walking
Peere, peere.
Hibiscus, a species of Hibiscus, with large yellow flowers
Pooo´rou.
The Hiccup
Etoo´ee, s. Eoo´wha.
Hide, to hide a thing
Eh´oona.
High, or steep
Mato.
A Hill, or mountain
Maoo, s. Maoo´a, s. Moua.
One tree Hill, a hill so called in Matavai Bay
Tal´ha.
To hinder, or prevent
Tapëa.
The Hips
E´tohe.
Hips, the black punctuated part of the hips
Tamo´rou.
To hit a mark
Ele´baou, s. Wa´poota.
Hiss, to hiss, or hold out the finger at one
Tee´he.
Hoarseness
Efäo.
A Hog
Böa.
To hold fast
Mou.
Hold your tongue, be quiet, or silent
Ma´moo.
A Hole, as a gimblet-hole in wood, &c.
E´rooa, s. Poota.
To hollo, or cry aloud to one
Too´o.
To keep at home
Ate´ei te Efarre.
Honesty
Eea´oure.
A fish Hook
Ma´tau.
A fish hook of a particular sort
Weete, weete.
The Horizon
E´paee no t´ Eraee.
Hot, or sultry air, it is very hot
Pohee´a.
A House
E´farre, s. E´wharre.
A House of office
Eha´moote.
A large House
Efarre´pota.
A House on props
A´whatta.
An industrious House-wife
Ma´heine Amau hattoi.
How do you, or how is it with you
Te´hanoöe.
Humorous, droll, merry
Fa, atta, ´atta.
Hunger
Poro´ree, s. Poee´a.
A Hut, or house
E´farre.
I
I, myself, 1st person singular
1Wou 2Mee.
The lower Jaw
E´ta.
Idle, or lazy
Tee´py.
Jealousy in a woman
Ta boone, s. Fateeno, s. Hoo´hy.
Ignorance, stupidity
Weea´ta.
Ill-natured, cross
Oore, e´eeore.
An Image of a human figure
E´tee.
Imps, the young imps
Tëo´he.
Immature, unripe, as unripe fruit
Poo.
Immediately, instantly
To´hyto.
Immense, very large
Röa.
Incest, or incestuous
Ta´wytte.
Indigent, poor, necessitous
Tee, tee.
Indolence, laziness
Tee´py.
Industry, opposed to idleness
Taee´a.
Inhospitable, ungenerous
Pee´peere.
To inform
E´whäe.
A sort of Ink, used to punctuate
E´rahoo.
An inquisitive tattling woman
Maheine Opataieehu.
To interrogate, or ask questions
Faeete.
To invert, or turn upside down
E´hoora, tela´why.
An Islet
Mo´too.
The Itch, an itching of any sort
Myro.
To jump, or leap
Mahouta, s. Araire.
K
Keep it to yourself
Vaihee´o.
The Kernel of a cocoa-nut
Emo´teea.
To kick with the foot
Ta´hee.
The Kidneys
Fooa´hooa.
Killed, dead
Matte.
To kindle, or light up
Emäa.
A King
Eäree,da´hai.
A King-fisher, the bird so called
E´rooro.
To kiss
E´hoee.
Kite, a boy’s play-kite
O´omo.
The Knee
E´tooree.
To kneel
Too´tooree.
A Knot
Ta´pona.
A double Knot
Va´hodoo.
The female Knot formed on the upper part of the garment, and on one side
Teebona.
To know, or understand
Eete.
The Knuckle, or joint of the fingers
Tee,poo.
L
To labour, or work
Ehëa.
A Ladder
Era´a, s. E´ara.
A Lagoon
Ewha´ouna, s. Eä´ouna.
Lame, cripple
Tei´tei.
A Lance, or spear
Täo.
Land, in general a country
Fe´nooa, s. Whe´nooa.
Language, speech, words
Pa´raou.
Language, used when dancing
Timora´dee, te´Timoro´dee.
Large, great, not small
Ara´hai.
Largeness, when applied to a country, &c.
Nooe.
To laugh
Atta.
Laziness
Tee´py.
Lean, the lean of meat
Aëo.
Lean, slender, not fleshy
Too´hai.
To leap
Ma´houta, s. A´rere.
Leave it behind, let it remain
´Vainëo.
To leave
E´wheeoo.
The Leg
A´wy.
Legs, my legs ache, or are tired
A´hooa.
A Liar
Taata,ha´warre.
To lie down, or along, to rest one’s self
Ete´raha, s. Te´poo.
To lift a thing up
Era´wai.
Day Light
Mara´marama.
Light, or fire of the great people
Toutoi,papa.
Light, or fire of the common people
Neeäo,papa.
Light, to light or kindle the fire
A´toonoo t´ Eee´wera.
Light, not heavy
Ma´ma.
Lightning
Oo´waira.
The Lips
Oo´too.
Little, small
Eete.
A Lizard
Mö´o.
Loathsome, nauseous
´E,a´wawa.
A sort of Lobster, frequent in the isles
Tee´onai.
To loll about, or be lazy
Tee´py.
To loll out the tongue
Ewha´toroo t´ Arere.
To look for a thing that is lost
Tapoonee.
A Looking-glass
Heeo´ee´otta.
Loose, not secure
Aoo´weewa.
A Looseness, or purging
Hawa,´hawa.
To love
Ehe´naroo.
A Lover, courtier, wooer
Ehoo´nöa.
A Louse
Oo´too.
Low, not high, as low land, &c.
Hëa,hëa, s. Papoo, s. Eee´öa.
The Lungs
Teetoo,arapoa.
Lusty, fat, full of flesh
Oo´peea.
M
Maggots
E´hoohoo.
A Maid, or young woman
Too´nea.
To make the bed
Ho´hora, te Möe´ya.
The Male of any animal, male kind
E´töa.
A Man
Täata, s. Taane.
An ill-disposed, or insincere Man
Täata,ham´aneeno.
A Man of war bird
Otta´ha.
Many, a great number
Wo´rou, wo´rou, s. manoo, manoo.
A black Mark on the skin
E´eeree.
Married, as a married man
Fanou´nou.
A Mat
E´vanne.
A silky kind of Mat
Möe´a.
A rough sort of Mat, cut in the middle to admit the head
Poo´rou.
A Mast of a ship or boat
Teera.
Mature, ripe; as ripe fruit
Para, s. Pe.
Me, I
Wou, s. Mee.
A Measure
E´a.
To measure a thing
Fa´eete.
To meet one
Ewharidde.
To melt, or dissolve a thing, as grease, &c.
Too´tooe.
The Middle, or midst of a thing
Teropoo.
Midnight
O´toora,hei´po.
To mince, or cut small
E´poota.
Mine, it is mine, or belongs to me
No´oo.
To miss, not to hit a thing
Oo´happa.
Mist, or fog
Ry´poeea.
To mix things together
A´pooe,pooe.
To mock, or scoff at one
Etoo´hee.
Modesty
Mamma´,haoo.
Moist, wet
Wara´ree.
A Mole upon the skin
Atoo´nöa.
A lunar Month,
Mara´ma.
A Monument, to the dead
Whatta´rau.
The Moon
Mara´ma.
The Morning
Oo´poee´poee.
To-morrow
Bo´bo, s. A, Bo´bo.
The day after to-morrow
A´bo´bo doora.
The second day after to-morrow
Poee, poee, addoo.
A Moth
E,pepe.
A Mother
Ma´dooa, wa´, heine.
A motherly, or elderly woman
Pa´tëa.
Motion, opposed to rest
Oo´ata.
A Mountain, or hill
Maooa, s. Moua.
Mountains of the highest order
Moua tei´tei.
---- ---- ---- second order
Moua ´haha.
---- ---- ---- third or lowest order
Pere´raou.
Mourning
Eeva.
Mourning leaves, viz. Those of the cocoa-tree used for that purpose
Ta´paoo.
The Mouth
Eva´ha.
To open the Mouth
Ha´mamma.
A Multitude, or vast number
Wo´rou, wo´rou.
Murdered, killed
Matte, s. Matte röa.
A Murderer
Taata töa.
A Muscle-shell
Nou,ou.
Music of any kind
Heeva.
A Musket, pistol or fire-arm of any kind
Poo,poo, s. Poo.
Mute, silent
Fatebooa.
To mutter, or stammer
E´whaoa.
N
The Nail of the fingers
Aee´oo.
A Nail of iron
Eure.
Naked, i. e. with the clothes off, undressed
Ta´turra.
The Name of a thing
Eee´oa.
Narrow, strait, not wide
Peere,peere.
Nasty, dirty, not clean
E,repo.
A Native
Taata´tooboo.
The Neck
A´ee.
Needles
Nareeda.
A fishing Net
Oo´paia.
New, young, sound
Hou.
Nigh
Poto, s. Whatta´ta.
Night
Po, s. E´aoo.
To-Night, or to-day at night
A´oone te´ Po.
Black Night-shade
Oporo.
Nine
A´eeva.
The Nipple of the breast
E´oo.
A Nit
Eriha.
No, a negation
1Ay´ma, 2Yaiha, 3A´oure, 4Aee, 5Yehaeea.
To nod
A´touou.
Noisy, chattering, impertinent
E´moo.
Noon
Wawa´tea.
The Nostrils
Popo´hëo.
Numeration, or counting of numbers
Ta´tou.
A cocoa Nut
Aree.
A large compressed Nut, that tastes like chesnuts when roasted
Eeehee.
O
Obesity, corpulence
Oo´peea.
The Ocean
Ty, s. Meede.
Odoriferous, sweet smelled
No´nöa.
Perfumed Oil they put on the hair
Mo´nöe.
An Ointment plaister, or any thing that heals or relates to medicine
E´ra´paoo.
Old
Ora´wheva.
One
A´tahai.
Open, clear, spacious
Ea´tëa.
Open, not shut
Fe´rei.
To open
Te´had´doo.
Opposite to, or over against
Watoo´wheitte.
Order, in good order, regular, without confusion
Wara´wara.
Ornament, any ornament for the ear
Tooee ta´reea.
Burial Ornaments, viz. nine noits stuck in the ground
Ma´ray Wharre.
An Orphan
Oo´hoppe, poo´aia.
Out, not in, not within
Teiwe´ho.
The Outside of a thing
Ooa´pee.
An Oven in the ground
Eoomoo.
Over, besides more than the quantity
Te´harra.
To overcome, or conquer
E´ma´ooma.
To overturn, or overset
Eha´paoo.
An Owner
E´whattoo.
A large species of Oyster
I´teea.
The large rough Oyster, or Spondylus
Paho´öa.
P
The Paddle of a canoe, or to paddle
E´höe.
To paddle a canoe’s head to the right
Wha´tëa.
To paddle a canoe’s head to the left
Wemma.
Pain, or soreness, the sense of pain
Ma´my.
A Pair, or two of any thing together
Ano´ho.
The Palate
E´ta´nea.
The Palm of the hand
Apoo´reema.
To pant, or breathe quickly
Oo´pou´pou, tëa´ho.
Pap, or child’s food
Mamma.
A Parent
Me´dooa.
A small blue Parroquet
E´veenee.
A green Parroquet, with a red forehead
E´a´a.
The Part below the tongue
Eta´raro.
A Partition, division of screen
Paroo´roo.
A Pass, or strait
E,aree´ëa.
A fermented Paste of bread, fruit, &c.
Ma´hee.
A Path, or road
Eä´ra.
The Pavement before a house or hut
Pÿe,pye.
A Pearl
Pöe.
The Peduncle, and stalk of a plant
A´mäa, s. E´atta.
To peel, or take the skin off a cocoa-nut, &c.
A´tee, s. E´atee.
Peeled, it is peeled
Me´atee.
A Peg to hang a bag on
Te´aoo.
A Pepper-plant, from the root of which they prepare an inebriating liquor
Awa.
Perhaps, it may be so
E´pa´ha.
Persons of distinction
Patoo´nehe.
A Petticoat of plantane leaves
Arou´maieea.
Petty, small, trifling, opposed to Nooe
Ree.
A Physician, or a person who attends the sick
Taata no E´rapaoo.
Pick, to pick or choose
Ehee te mai my ty.
A large wood Pigeon
Eroope.
A small green and white Pigeon
Oo´oopa.
A small black and white Pigeon, with purple wings
Oooowy´deroo.
A Pimple
Hooa´houa.
To pinch with the fingers
Ooma.
A Plain, or flat
E´peeho.
Plane, smooth
Pa´eea.
A Plant of any kind
O´mo.
A small Plant
Era´bo.
The fruit of the Plantane-tree
Maiee´a, s. Maya.
Horse Plantanes
Fai´ee.
Pleased, good-humoured, not cross or surly
Maroo.
Pluck it up
Areete.
To pluck hairs from the beard
Hoohootee.
To plunge a thing in the water
E,oo´whee.
The Point of any thing
Oë,öo, or Oi,oi.
Poison, bitter
Awa,awa.
A Poll
Oora´hoo.
Poor, indigent, not rich
Tee´tee.
A bottle-nosed Porpoise
E´oua.
Sweet Potatoes
Oo´marra.
To pour out any liquid substance
Ma´nee.
Pregnant, with young
Waha´poo.
To press, or squeeze the legs gently with the hand, when tired or pained
Roro´mee.
Prick, to prick up the ears
Eoma te ta´reea.
A Priest
Ta´houa.
Prone, or face downwards
Tee´opa.
A sort of Pudding, made of fruits, oil, &c.
Po´po´ee.
Pumpkins
A´hooa.
To puke, or vomit
E´awa, s. e´roo´y.
Pure, clear
E´oo´ee.
A Purging, or looseness
Hawa,hawa.
To pursue, and catch a person who has done some mischief
Eroo,Eroo, s. Eha´roo.
To push a thing with the hand
Too´raee.
Put it up, or away
Orno.
Q
Quickness, briskness
E´tirre.
To walk quickly
Harre´neina.
Quietness, silence, a silent or seemingly thoughtful person
Falle´booa.
A Quiver for holding arrows
´Peeha.
R
A small black Rail, with red eyes
Mai´ho.
A small black Rail, spotted and burred with white
Pooa´nee.
Rain
E´ooa.
A Rainbow
E´nooa.
Raft, a raft of bamboo
Maito´e.
Rank, strong, urinous
Ewäo wao.
A Rasp, or file
Ooee.
A Rat
´Yoree, s. Eyore.
Raw meat, flesh that is not dressed or cooked
E´otta.
Raw fruit, as plantanes, &c. that are not baked
Paroure.
To recline, or lean upon a thing
E´py.
Red colour
Oora,oora, s. Matde.
To reef a sail
E´po´uie te rya.
A Refusal
Ehoo´noöa.
The Remainder of any thing
T,´Ewahei.
To rend, burst, or split
Moo´moomoo.
Rent, cracked, or torn
E´wha.
To reside, live, or dwell
E´noho.
Respiration, breathing
Tooe, tooe.
A Rib
A´wäo.
Rich, not poor, having plenty of goods, &c.
Epo´too.
A Ring
´Maino.
The Ringworm, a disease so called
E´nooa.
Ripe, as ripe fruit, &c.
Para, s. Pai, s. Ooo pai.
Rise, to rise up
A´too.
To rive, or split
Ewhaoo´whaoo.
A Road, or path
Eä´ra.
Roasted, or broiled
Ooa´waira.
A Robber, or thief
Eee´a (taata.
A Rock
Paoo.
A reef of Rocks
E´aou.
Rolling, the rolling of ship
Too´roore.
A Root
Apoe, s. E´a.
A Rope of any kind
Taura.
Rotten, as rotten fruit, &c.
Roope.
Rough, not smooth
Ta´rra, tarra.
To row with oars
E´oome, s. E´höe.
To rub a thing, as in washing the hands and face
Ho´roee.
The Rudder of a boat, or steering paddle of a canoe
Höe, fa´herre.
Running backwards and forwards, endeavouring to escape
Oo´atapone.
S
The Sail of a ship or boat
Eee´aia.
To sail, or to be under sail
E´whano.
Salt, or salt-water
Ty´ty, s. Meede.
Sand, dust
E´one.
Saturn
Whati´hëa.
Saunders´s island
Tabooa, Manoo.
A Saw
Eee´oo.
A Scab
E´tona.
A fish’s Scale, or scales
Pöa.
A pair of Scissars
O´toobo, s. O´toboo.
A Scoop to empty water from a canoe
E´tata.
To scrape a thing
Oo´aoo.
To scratch with the fingers
Era´raoo.
Scratched, a scratched, metal, &c.
Pahoore´hoore.
The Sea-cat, a fish so called
Poohe.
The Sea
Taee, s. Meede.
A Sea-egg
He´awy.
A Seam between two planks
Fatoo´whaira.
To search for a thing that is lost
Oö, s. Päe´mee.
A Seat
Papa.
Secret, a secret whispering or slandering another
Ohe´moo.
The Seed of a plant
Hooa´tootoo, s. Ehooero.
The sense of Seeing
E´hee´o.
To send
Eho´pöe.
A Sepulchre, or burying-place
Ma´ray.
A Servant
Towtow.
Seven
A´Heetoo.
To sew, or string
E´tooe.
Seyne, to haul a seyne
Etoroo te paia.
Shady
Maroo,maroo.
To shake, or agitate a thing
Eooa´wai.
A Shark
Mäo.
Sharp, not blunt
Oö´ëe.
To shave, or take off the beard
Eva´roo, s. Whanne, whanne.
A small Shell
Ote´o.
A tyger Shell
Pore´hoo.
Shew it me
Enara.
A Ship
Pahee.
Ship-wreck
Ara´wha.
A white Shirt
Paroo´y.
To shiver with cold
A´tete.
Mud Shoes, or fishing shoes
Tama.
The Shore
Euta.
Short
Po´potoo.
Shut, not open
Opa´nee, s. Poo´peepe.
Sickness
Matte my Mamy.
The left Side
A´roode.
The Side
E´reea´wo.
The right Side
Atou,a´taou.
Sighing
Fa´ëa.
Silence
Fatte´booa.
Similar, or alike
Oowhyä´da.
To sink
A´tomo.
A Sister
Too´heine.
To sit down
A´noho.
To sit cross-legged
Tee´py.
Six
A´Honoo.
A Skate-fish
E´whaee.
The Skin
Ee´ree.
The Sky
E´raee.
To sleep
Möe.
The long Sleep, or death
Möe röa.
To sleep, when sitting
Too´roore,möe.
A Sling
E´ma.
Slow
Marra,marröa, s. Fata.
Small, little
Eete.
The sense of Smelling
Fata´too, s. Ootoo,too.
Smell it
Hoina.
To smell
Ahe´oi.
Smoke
E´oora.
Smooth
Pa´ya.
Smutting the face with charcoal for funeral ceremonies
Bap´para.
A sea Snake, that has alternate rings of a white and black colour
Poohee´aroo.
To snatch a thing hastily
E´hairoo.
Sneezing
Machee´ai.
Snipe, a bird resembling a snipe, of a black and brown colour
Tee´tee.
Snot
´Hoope.
Soberness, sobriety, sober, not given to drunkenness
Teireida.
To soften
Eparoo´paroo.
Softness, that is not hard
Maroo.
The Sole of the foot
Tapoo´y.
A Son
My´de.
A Son-in-law
Hoo´nöa.
A Song
Heeva.
A Sore, or ulcer
O´pai.
Soreness, or pain
Ma´may.
Sound, any sound that strikes the ear
Pa´eena.
A Span
Ewhäe´ono.
To speak
Paraou.
Speak; he speaks not from the heart, his words are only on his lips
Neeate ootoo te parou no nona.
A Spear, or lance
Täo.
To spill
Emare.
To spit
Too´tooa.
To spread, or to expand a thing, as cloth &c.
Hoho´ra.
To squeeze or press hard
Ne-neee.
To squeeze or press gently with the hand
Roro´mee.
Squint-eyed.
Matta´areva.
A fighting Stage in a boat
E´tootee.
To stamp with the feet, to trample on a thing
Tata´hy.
Stand up
Atëarenona.
A Star
E´faitoo, s. Hwettoo.
A Star-fish
Eve´ree.
To startle, as when one dreams
Wa´hee,te´dirre.
Stay, or wait a little
A´reea, s. Aree´ana.
To steal
´Woreedo.
Steep, as steep rocks or cliffs
Mato.
A walking Stick
Tame.
Stinking, ill smelled, as stinking water, &c.
Na´mooa, s. Nee´ neeo.
Stink, to stink or smell ill
Fou, fou.
To stink, as excrement
Peero, peero.
The Stomach
´Paraee´ä.
A Stone
Owhay.
A polished Stone, used to beat victuals into a paste
Painoo.
Stones, upright stones, which stand on the paved area before huts
Too´toore.
A small Stool to lay the head on when asleep
Papa, s. Papa,rooä.
Stool, to go to stool
Teetee´o.
To stop
A´too.
The Stopper of a quiver
Ponau.
A Storm of wind, rain, thunder, &c.
Tarooa.
Strait, narrow, not wide
Peere,peere.
Striking, hollow striking in dancing
Apee.
The String of a quiver
E´aha.
Strong, as a strong man
O´omara.
Stuck
A´boola.
Stupidity, ignorance
Weea´la.
To suck as a child
Ote,ote.
Sugar cane
E´To, s. Töo.
Suicide
Euha´aou.
Sultry, or hot air
Pohee´a.
The Sun
Mahanna, s. Era.
The meridian Sun
Tei´neea te Mahanna.
Supine, lying
Fateeraha.
Surf of the sea
Horo´wai.
An interjection of Surprise, or admiration
Allaheuee´ai.
To surround
A´boone.
To swallow,
Horo´mee.
The Sweat of the body, or to sweat,
E´hou, s. Ehou hou.
A sweet taste
Mona.
Swell of the sea
E´roo.
T
A Tail
Ero.
A Tail of a bird
E´hoppe.
To take a friend by the hand
Etoo´yaoo.
To take off, or unloose
Eve´vette.
To take care of the victuals
Ewhaapoo te maa.
To talk, or converse
Paraou.
The sense of Tasting
Tama´ta.
A Tetotum, or whirligig
E´piöra.
To tear a thing
Ha´hy, s. Whatte.
A Teat, or dug
E´oo.
The Teeth
E´neeheeo.
Ten
A´hooroo.
To tend, or feed hogs
Ewhaee te Böa.
Tenants
Afeu´hau.
A black Tern, with a whitish head
Oee´o.
There
Te´raee.
They, them, or theirs
To´taooa.
Thickness, applied to solid bodies
M-oo´meoo.
Thick, as thick cloth, &c.
Tooe,too´e.
Thick, muddy
Eworer´oo, s. E´worepo.
Thine, it is yours, or belongs to you
No öe.
Thirst
W´ahee´y.
Thoughts
Paraou, no te o´poo.
An appearance of thoughtfulness
Fate´booa.
Three
Toroo.
The Throat
Ara´poa.
To throw, or heave a thing
Taora.
To throw a thing away
Harre´wai.
To throw a ball
Ama´hooa.
To throw a lance
Evara´towha.
Throw, shall I throw it
Taure´a´a.
Throwing in dancing
Hoe´aire.
The Thumb
E´reema,erahai.
Thunder
Pa´teere.
Tickle, to tickle a person
My´neena.
A Tide, or current
A´ow.
To tie a knot
Ty.
Time, a space of time, from 6 to 10 at night
O´tooe,tee´po.
Time, a little time, a small space
Popo´eunoo.
Time, a long time, a great while
Ta´moo.
A Title belonging to a woman of rank
E´tapay´roo.
A Toe of the foot
Ma´neeo.
A Tom
Too,pap´pou.
The Tongue
E´rero.
A Tortoise
E´honoo.
Touching
Fa´fa.
Tough, as tough meat, &c.
Ahoo´oue.
A Town
E´farre pootoo pootoo.
To trample with the foot
Tata´he, s. Ta´ta´hy.
A Tree
E´räo.
A Tree, from which they make clubs, spears, &c.
Töa (Eräo.
To tremble, or shudder with cold
Oo´atitte, s. Eta.
Trembling, shaking
Aou´dou.
To trip up one in wrestling
Me´häe.
A Tropic-bird
Manoo´röa.
Truth
Evaee´röa, s. Paraou, mou.
To tumble
Pouta´heite.
A Turban
E´täe.
To turn, or turned
Ooä´höe.
To turn about, as in walking backwards and forwards
Hoodeepeepe.
Twins, twin children
Ma´hëa.
To twist a rope
Tawee´ree.
Two
E´Rooä.
U
An Ulcer, or sore
O´pai.
Under, below, low down
Oraro.
Under sail
Pou´pouee.
To understand
Ee´te.
To undress, or take off the clothes
Ta´turra.
An unmarried person
Aree´oi.
Unripe, as unripe fruit, &c.
Poo.
V
Luminous Vapour
Epao.
Vassal, or subject
Manna´houna.
Vast
Ara,hai, s. Mai,ara´hai.
The Veins that run under the skin
E´woua.
Venus
Tou´rooa.
Vessel, any hollow vessel, as cups of nuts, &c.
Ai´boo.
Vessel, a hollow vessel in which they prepare an inebriating liquor
Oo´mutte.
To vomit
Eroo´y.
W
Wad, tow, fibres like hemp
Tamou.
Wait, stay a little
Areeana.
Wake, awake
Arra arra, s. Era.
To walk out
Avou´oia.
To walk backwards and forwards
Hooa´peepe.
A Warrior, soldier, or rather a man-killer
Taatatöa.
Warmth, heat
Mahanna,hanna.
A Wart
Toria.
To wash, as to wash cloth in water
Mare.
To watch
E´teäe.
Water
A´vy.
Water-cresses
Patöa.
We, both of us
Taooa, s. Aroo´rooa.
A Wedge
Era´hei.
To weep, or cry
Ha nöa,a,taee.
Well recovered, or well escaped
Woura, s. woo,ara
Well, it is well, charming, fine
Pooro´too.
What, what’s that
E´hara, E´ha´rya, s. Ye´haeea, expressed inquisitively.
What do you call that, what is the name of it
Owy te aee´oa.
When, at what time
W´hëëa.
Where is it
Te´hëa.
Whet, to whet or sharp a thing
E´voee.
To whistle
Ma´poo.
Whistling, a method of whistling to call the people to meals
Epou,maa.
To whisper secretly, as in backbiting, &c.
Ohe´moo.
Who is that, what is he called
Owy,tanna, s. Owy,nana.
Whole, the whole, not a part of a thing
E´ta,e´tea, s. A´maoo.
Wide, not strait or narrow
Whatta,whatta.
A Widow
Watooneea.
Wife, my wife
Ma´heine.
The Wind
Mattay.
The south-east Wind
Mattaee.
A Window
Ma´laee ou´panee.
The Wing of a bird
Ere´ou.
To wink
E´amou,amoo.
To wipe a thing clean
Ho´roee.
Whish, a whish to one who sneezes
Eva´roua t Eatooa.
Within side
Tee´ro to.
A Woman
Wa´heine.
A married Woman
Wa´heine mou.
Woman, she is a married woman, she has got another husband
Terra,tanne.
Won’t, I won’t do it
´Aeeoo, expressed angrily.
Wood of any kind
E´raö.
A Wound
Oö´tee.
A Wrestler
Mouna.
Wrinkled in the face
Meeo,meeo.
The Wrist
Mo´möa.
A Wry-neck
Na´na.
Y
To yawn
Ha´mamma.
Yellow colour
He´appa.
Yes
Ay, s. ai.
Yesterday
Ninna´hay.
Yesternight
Ere´po.
York island
Ei´mëo.
You
Oë.
Young, as a young animal of any kind
Pee´naia.
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