A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18) by Robert Kerr

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_January_, 1778.[194]

[Footnote 194: This Vocabulary properly belongs to a subsequent part of
the voyage, but is given here for the greater facility of comparison
with the preceding, and as a fit companion also to that of the Society
Isles, inserted in a former part of the volume.--E.]

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_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_.
Terurotoa,}
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, &c_.
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_.

_Numerals to Ten, as at Otaheite_.

END OF VOLUME FIFTEENTH.