The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. VII. Being the Third of the Third Voyage

by James King

VOCABULARY of the LANGUAGE of ATOOI, one of the SANDWICH ISLANDS, January, 1778.

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.
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, Terurotoa,	Names of two chiefs.
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.
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,	Dracæna.
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 puctatus.
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.
Vaheeo,	Let it lie, or remain.
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, waheine,	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.
Hairetoo,	To go there.
Hoatoo,	To give.
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.
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 heroui,	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 Otaheiteans say, Ehoa eeno, or my good friend.
Taboo, or tafoo,	Any thing not to be touched, as being forbid. This is an example that shows the transmutation of the H, F, and B 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.
Teeto,	A bow.
Epaee,	Wooden bowls made from the Etooo.
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.