Y is used to express different sounds, as in My, By, &c. &c. and in Daily, Fairly, &c. Wherever it is met with in the middle or end (i. e. any where but at the beginning) of a word, it is to be used as in the first example; but is never to be found as in the second, for that sound or power is always represented by the Italic letter e. It has also a third power, as in the words Yes, Yell, &c. which is retained every where in the Vocabulary, at least at the beginning of words, or when it goes before another vowel, unless directed to be sounded separately by a mark over it, as thus, ÿa.

Unless in a few instances, these powers of the vowels are used throughout the Vocabulary; but, to make the pronunciation still less liable to change or variation, a few marks are added to the words as follows:

This mark: as öa, means that these letters are to be expressed singly.

The letters in Italic, as ee or oo, make but one simple sound.

When a particular stress is laid on any part of a word in the pronunciation, an accent is placed over that letter where it begins, or rather between that and the preceding one.

It often happens that a word is compounded as it were of two, or in some cases the same word or syllable is repeated. In these circumstances, a comma is placed under them at this division, where a rest or small space of time is left before you proceed to pronounce the other part, but it must not be imagined that this is a full stop.

Examples in all these Cases.

Röa,Great, long, distant.
E’reema,Five.
Ry’poeea,Fog or mist.
E’hoora,To invert, or turn upside down.
Paroo, roo,A partition, division, or screen.

A
VOCABULARY, &c.

A
To abide, or remainEte´ei.
An Abode, or place of residenceNoho´ra.
Above, not belowNeea, s. Tiéneea.
An AbcessFe´fe.
Action, opposed to rest,Ta´eree.
Adhesive, of an adhesive or sticking qualityOo´peere.
Adjoining, or contiguous toE´peeiho.
Admiration, an interjection ofA´wai, s. A´wai to Peeree-ai.
An Adulterer, or one that vexes a married womanTeeho teeho, s. Teeho teeho, ta´rar.
To agitate, or shake a thing, as water, &c.Eooa´wai.
Aliment, or food of any kindMaa.
Alive, that is not deadWaura.
All, the whole, not a partA´maoo.
Alone, by one’s selfOta´hoi.
Anger, or to be angryWarradee, s. Reedee.
To angle, or fishE´hootee.
The AnkleMomöa.
The inner AnkleA´tooa, ewy.
Answer, an answer to a questionOo´maia.
Approbation, or consent,Madooho´why.
Punctuated Arches on the hipsE´var´re.
The ArmReema.
The ArmpitE´e.
An Arrowoome.
Arrow, the body of an arrow or reedO´wha.
The point of an ArrowTo´ai, s. O´möa.
Ashamed, to be ashamed or confusedAma, s. He´ama.
Ashore, or on shoreTe Euta.
To ask for a thingHo´my, s. Ha´py my.
Asperity, roughnessTarra, Tarra.
An Assassin, murderer, or rather man-killer, soldier or warriorTaata, töa.
An Assembly, or meetingEteou´rooa.
AtherinaA´naiheu.
Avaricious, parsimonious, ungenerousPee´peere.
Averse, unwilling to do a thingFata, hoito´ hoito.
Authentic, trueParou, mou.
Awake, not asleepArra, arra´, s. E´ra.
Awry, or to one side; as a wry neckNa´na.
An Axe, hatchet or adzeTöe.
Ay, yes; an affirmationAi.
B.
A Babe, or childMydidde.
A Batchelor, or unmarried personE´evee (taata.
The BackTooa.
To wipe the BacksideFy´roo, too´ty.
Bad, it is not good´Eè´no.
A Bag of strawEte´öe, s. Eäte.
Bait, for fishEra´eunoo.
Baked in the ovenEtoonoo.
Bald-headedOopo´boota.
BambooEenee´ou.
A Bank, or shoalE´paa.
Bare, naked, applied to a person that is undressedTa´turra.
The Bark of a treeHo´hore.
Barren landFe´nooa Maoure.
A large round Basket of twigHe´na.
A small Basket of cocoa leavesVai´hee.
A long Basket of cocoa leavesApo´aira.
A Basket of plantain stockPapa´ Maieea.
A fisher’s BasketEr´re´vy.
A round Basket of cocoa leavesMo´ene.
A BastardFanna too´neea.
Bastinado, to bastinade or flog a personTapra´hai.
To batheOb´oo.
A Battle, or fightE´motto.
A Battle-axeO´morre.
To bawl, or cry aloudTeimo´toro.
A BeadPöe.
The BeardOome oome.
To beat upon, or strike a thingToo´py or Too´baee.
To beat a drumEroo´koo.
To beckon a person with the handTa´rappe.
A Bed, or bed-placeE´roee, s. Möi´a.
To bedawb, or bespatterPar´ry.
A BeeE´räo.
A BeetlePeere´teee.
Before, not behindTe´möa.
A Beggar, a person that is troublesome, continually asking for somewhatTapa´roo.
Behind, not before,Te´mooree.
To belchEroo´y.
Below, as below stairsTeì´dirro, s. Teediraro.
Below, underneath, far belowO´raro.
To Bend any thing, as a stick, &c.Fa´fe´fe.
Benevolence, generosity e.g. You are a generous manHo´röa. Taata ho´roa öe.
Between, in the middle, betwixt twoFero´poo.
To bewail, or lament by cryingE´tatee.
Bigness, largeness, greatAra´hay.
A BirdManoo.
A BitchOore, e´ooha.
To bite, as a dogA´ahoo.
Black, colourEre, ere.
BladderTöa´me eme.
A Blasphemer, or person who speaks disrespectfully of their deitiesToona, (taata.
BlindMatta-po.
A Blister, raised by a burn or other meansMei´ee.
Blood,Toto, s. Ehoo´ei.
To blow the noseFatte.
The blowing, or breathing of a whaleTa´hora.
Blunt, as a blunt tool of any sortMa´neea.
The carved Boards of a MarayE´ra.
A little Boat, or canoeE´väa.
A BoilFe´fe.
BoldnessEäwou.
A BoneE´evee.
A Bonetto, a fish so calledPeera´ra.
To bore a holeEhoo´ee, s. Ehoo´o.
A BowE´fanna.
A Bow-stringAroö hooa.
To bow with the headEtoo´o.
A young Boy,My´didde.
Boy, a familiar way of speakingHe´amanee.
The Brain of any animalA´booba.
A Branch of a tree or plant,E´ama.
Bread-fruit, or fruit of the bread-treeOoroo.
Bread-fruit, a particular sort of itE´patëa.
An insipid paste of Bread-fruitEh´öe.
The gum of the Bread-treeTappo´ooroo.
The leaf of the Bread-treeE´da´ooroo.
The pith of the Bread-treePo´ooroo.
To break a thingO´whatte, s. Owhanne, s. Fatte.
The Breast,O´ma.
A Breast-plate made of twigs, ornamented with feathers, dog’s hair, and pearl shellTa´oome.
To breatheWatte weete wee të´aho.
Bring, to ask one to bring a thing,Ho´my.
Briskness, being brisk or quickTee´teere.
Broiled, or roasted as broiled meatOoaweera.
Broken, or cutMotoo.
The Brow, or foreheadE´ry.
A brown colourA´uraura.
Buds of a tree or plantTe, arre´haoo.
A Bunch of any fruitE´ta.
To burn a thingDöodooe.
A ButterflyPepe.
C.
To call a person at a distanceTooo´too´ooo.
A CalmMa´neeno.
A Calm, or rather to be so placed that the wind has no access to youEou, she´a.
Sugar Cane´Töo, s. Etöo.
A Cap, or covering for the headTau´matta.
To carry any thingE´a´mo.
To carry a person on the backEva´ha.
To catch a thing hastily with the hand, as a fly, &c.Po´poee, s. Peero.
To catch a ballAma´wheea.
To catch fish with a lineE´hoote.
A CaterpillarE´tooa.
Celerity, swiftnessTee´teere, s. E´tirre.
The Centre, or middle of a thingTera´poo.
ChalkMamma´tëa.
A Chatterer, or noisy impertinent fellowTaata E´moo, s. E´moo.
CheerfulnessWara.
The CheekPappa´reea.
A Chest´Peeha.
The Chest, or bodyO´poo.
To chew, or eatE´y.
Chequered, or painted in squaresPoore, poore.
A ChickenMöa pee´riaia.
A Chief, or principal person; one of the first rank amongst the peopleEäree.
An inferior Chief, or one who is only in an independent state, a gentlemanToo´ou.
Child-bearingFanou, e´vaho.
Children’s language FatherO´pucenoo, and Papa.
Children’s language MotherE´wheiarre, and O´pa´tëa.
Children’s language BrotherE´tama.
Children’s language SisterTe´tooa.
The Chin, and lower jawE´taa.
Choked, to be choked as with victuals, &c.Epoo´neina, s. Eroo´y.
To choose, or pick outEheee,te,me,my,ty.
Circumcision, or rather an incision of the foreskinEoore te´hai.
A sort of Clappers used at funeralsPar´haoo.
Clapping the bend of the arm smartly with the hand, so as make a noise, an Indian customE´too.
The Claw, of a birdee oo.
Clay, or clammy earthEwhou, arra.
Clean, not nastyOoa´ma, s. Eoo´ ee.
Clear, pure; as clear water, &c.Tëa´te.
White clayey CliffsE´mammatëa.
Close, shutEva´hee.
Cloth of any kind, or rather the covering or raiments made of itAhoo.
A piece of oblong Cloth, slit in the middle, through which the head is put, and it then hangs down behind and beforeTeeboota.
Brown thin ClothOo´erai.
Dark brown ClothPoo´heere.
Nankeen coloured ClothA´heere, s. Ooa.
Gummed ClothOo´air ara.
Yellow ClothHeappa, 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 shouldersParoo´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 clothTo´aa.
The Cloth-plant, a sort of Mulberry treeEaoute.
A CloudE´äo, s. E´aoo.
A CockMöa, e´töa.
Cock, the cock claps his wingsTe Moa Paee, paee.
A Cock-roachPotte potte.
A Cocoa nutA´ree.
The fibrous husk of a Cocoa-nutPooroo´ waha, s. Pooroo.
Cocoa-nut oilE´rede, äe.
Cocoa leavesE,ne´haoo.
CoitionE´y.
The sense of ColdMa´reede.
A CombP´ahoro, s. Pa´herre.
Company, acquaintance, gossipsTee´ÿa.
Compliance with a request, consentMadoo, ho´why.
Computation, or counting of numbersTa´tou.
A ConcubineWa´heine, Möebo, s. Etoo´neea.
Confusedness, without orderE´vaheea.
Consent, or approbationMadoo, ho´why.
Contempt, a name of contempt given to a maid, or unmarried womanWaheine, poo´ha.
ConversationParaou, maro, s. Para´paraou.
A sort of Convolvulus, or bind weed, common in the IslandsO´hooe.
Cooked, dressed; not rawEe´oo, s. Eee´wera.
To cool one with a fanTaha´ree.
Cordage of any kindTaura.
The Core of an appleBöe.
A Cork, or stopper of a bottle or gourd shellOra´hooe.
A CornerE´pecho.
Covering, the covering of a fish’s gillsPeee´eya.
Covetousness, or rather one not inclined to givePee,peere.
A CoughMa´re.
To court, woo a womanTa´raro.
Coyness in a womanNo´nöa.
A CrabPappa.
Crab, a large land crab that climbs the cocoa-nut trees for fruitoowa.
A Crack, cleft, or fissureMotoo.
Crammed, lumbered, crowdedOoa peea´pe, s. Ehotto.
The CrampEmo´too too.
A Cray fish,oora.
To creep on the hands and feetEne´ai.
Crimson colourOora oora.
Cripple, lameTei´tei.
Crooked, not straightOoo´peeo.
To crow as a cockA´a ooa.
The Crown of the headToo´pooe.
To cry, or shed tearsTaee.
A brown Cuckoo, with black bars and a long tail, frequent in the islesAra´werewa.
To cuff, or slap the chopsE´paroo.
Curlew, a small curlew or whimbrel found about the rivuletsTorëa.
Cut, or dividedMotoo.
To cut the hair with scissarsO´tee.
D
A DanceHeeva.
DarknessPoee´ree, s. Pooo´ree.
To darnO´ono.
A DaughterMa´heine.
Day, or day-lightMara´marama. s. A´ou, s. A´a ou.
Day-breakOota´taheita.
Day, to-dayAoo´nai.
DeadMatte röa.
A natural DeathMatte nöa.
DeafnessTa´reea, tooree.
DecrepitEpoo´tooa.
Deep-waterMona´.
A Denial, or refusalEhoo´ nöa.
To desire, or wish for a thingEooee.
A Devil, or evil spiritE´tee.
DewAhe´aoo.
A Diarrhœa, or loosenessHawa, hawa.
To dip meat in salt water instead of salt (an Indian custom)Fawee´wo.
Dirt, or nastiness of any kindE´repo.
DisapprobationEhoonöa.
A Disease, where the head cannot be held up, perhaps the palsyE´pee.
To disengage, untie or loosenEaoo´wai.
DishonestyEee´a.
Displeased, to be displeased, vexed, or in the dumpsTaee´va.
Dissatisfaction, to grumble, or be dissatisfiedFaoo´one.
Distant, far offRöa.
To distort, or wreath the limbs, body, lips, &c.Faee´ta.
To distribute, divide or share outAtoo´ha.
A DistrictMatei´na.
A DitchEö´hoo.
To dive under waterEho´poo.
A DogOoree.
A Doll made of cocoa-platsAdoo´a.
A Dolphinouna.
Done, have done; or that is enough, or there is no moreA´teera.
A DoorOo´boota.
Double, or when two things are in one; as a double canoeTau´rooa.
Down, or soft hairE´waou.
To draw a bowEtëa.
To draw, or drag a thing by forceEra´ko.
Dread, or fearMattou.
Dress’d, or cook’d, not rawEe´oo.
A head Dress, used at funeralsPa´raee.
To dress, or put on the clothesEu, hau´hooo t´Ahoo.
To drinkAee´noo.
Drop, a single drop of any liquidOo, ata´hai.
To drop, or leakEto´tooroo, s. E´tooroo.
Drops, as drops of rainTo´potta.
DrownedParre´mo.
A DrumPa´hoo.
Dry, not wetOo´maro.
A DuckMora.
A Dug, teat, or nippleEoo.
DumbnessE´faö.
E
The EarTa´reea.
The inside of the EarTa´tooree.
An Ear-ringPoe note tareea.
To eat, or chewE´y, s. Mäa.
An Echinus, or sea eggHeawy.
EchoTooo.
An egg of a birdEhooero te Manoo.
A white Egg birdPee´ry.
EightA´waroo.
The ElbowToo´ree.
EmptyOoata´aö, s. Tata´ooa.
An EnemyTaata´e.
Entire, whole, not brokeEta, Eta.
EqualOohy´tei.
Erect, uprightEtoo.
A Euphorbium tree, with white flowersTe´tooee.
The EveningOohoi´hoi.
ExcrementToo´ty.
To expand, or spread out cloth, &c.Ho´hora.
The EyeMatta.
The Eye-brow, and eye-lidTooa, matta.
F
The FaceE´moteea.
To hide or hold the Face away, as when ashamedFaree´wai.
Facetious, merryFaatta atta.
Fainting, to faintMöe, mo´my.
To fall downTopa.
False, not trueHa´warre.
A Fan, or to fan the face, or cool itTaha´ree.
To fart, or a fartEhoo.
Fat, full of flesh, lustyPeea.
The Fat of meatMaee.
A FatherMedooa tanne.
A step-fatherTanne, te höa.
Fatigued, tiredE´heieu, s. Faea.
FearMattou.
A Feather, or quillHooroo, hooroo manoo.
Red FeathersOra, hooroo te manoo.
Feebleness, weaknessFara´ra, s. Tooro´ree.
The sense of FeelingFa´fa.
To feelTear´ro.
A young, clever, dexterous Fellow, or boyTe´my de pa´aree.
The Female kind of any animalooha.
The Fern-treeMa´mooo.
Fertile landFenooa, maa.
Fetch, go fetch itAtee.
Few in numberEote.
To fightE´neotto.
A Fillip, with the fingersEpatta.
The Fin of a fishTirra.
To finish or make an endEiote.
A FingerE´reema.
FireEa´hai.
A flying FishMara´ra.
A green flat FishEeume.
A yellow flat FishOo´morehe.
A flat green and red FishPai´ou.
The cuckold FishEtata.
A FishEya.
Fishing wall for hauling the seine at the first pointEpa.
A Fish potE´wha.
A long Fishing rod of Bamboo, used to catch bonettoes, &c.Ma´keera.
A Fissure, or crackMotoo.
Fist, to open the fistMa´hora.
Fist, striking with the fist in dancingA´moto.
A flie Flapper, or to flap fliesDahee´ere e´reupa.
Flatness, applied to a nose, or a vessel broad and flat; also a spreading flat-topt treePapa.
A red Flesh markEee´da.
To float on the face of the waterPa´noo.
The Flower, of a plantPooa.
Open FlowersTeearre´oo wa.
Flowers, white odoriferous flowers used as ornaments in the earsTeearre tarreea.
Flown, it is flown, or gone awayMa houta.
A FluteWeewo.
A black Fly-catcher, a bird so calledO´mamäo.
A FlyPoore´hooa.
To fly, as a birdE´raire.
Fog, or mistRy´poeea.
To fold up a thing, as cloth, &c.He´fetoo.
A fool, scoundrel, or other epithet of contemptTa´ouna.
The Foot, or sole of the footTapooy.
The ForeheadE´ry.
Forgot, or lost in memoryOo´aro.
Foul, dirty, nastyErepo.
A FowlMöa.
FourE´ha.
The Frapping of a fluteAhëa.
FrecklesTaina.
Fresh, not saltEanna, anna.
Friction, rubbingoo ee.
Friend, a method of addressing a strangerEhöa.
A particular Friend, or the salutation to himE´apatte.
To frisk, to wanton, to playEhanne.
From thereNo, reira, s. No, reida.
From withoutNo, waho´oo.
From beforeNo, mooa.
Fruit´Hoo´ero.
Perfume Fruit, from Tethuroa, a small islandHooero te manoo.
A yellow Fruit, like a large plumb, with a rough coreA´vee.
Full, satisfied with eatingPÿa, s. Oo´pÿa, s. Paÿa.
A Furunculus, or a small hard boilApoo.
G
A Garland of flowersA´voutoo, s. Aroutoo Efha, apai.
Generosity, benevolenceHo´röa.
A GimbletEho´oo.
A GirdleTa´tooa.
A Girl, or young womanToo´neea.
A Girthing manufactureTatoo´y.
To give a thingHöa´too.
A looking-GlassHeeeeota.
A Glutton, or great eaterTaata A´ee, s. Era´pöa nooe.
To go, or move from where you stand; to walkHarre.
To go, or leave a placeEra´wa.
Go, begone, make haste and do itHaro.
Go and fetch itAtee.
Good, it is good, it is very wellMy´ty, s. Myty, tye, s. Maytay.
Good-naturedMama´hou, s. Ma´roo.
A GrandfatherToo´boona.
A Great-grandfatherTooboona tahe´too.
A Great-great-grandfatherOuroo.
A GrandsonMo´boona.
To grasp with the handHara´wai.
Grasping the antagonist’s thigh when dancingTomo.
Grass, used on the foots of their housesAno´noho.
To grate cocoa-nut kernelE´annatehea´ree.
Great, large, bigAra´hai.
Green colourPoore, poore.
To groanEroo, whe.
The groinTa´pa.
To grow as a plant, &c.We´rooa.
To grunt, or strainEtee, toowhe.
The blind GutOra´booboo.
The Guts of any animalA´aoo.
H
The Hair of the headE´roroo, s. E´rohooroo.
Grey HairHinna´heina.
Red Hair, or a red-headed manE´hoo.
Curled HairPeepee.
Woolly or frizzled HairOë´töeto.
To pull the HairE´woua.
Hair, tied on the crown of the headE´poote.
Half of any thingFa´eete.
A HammerEtee´te.
Hammer it outAtoo´bianoo.
The HandE´reema.
A deformed HandPeele´oi.
A motion with the Hand in dancingO´ne o´ne.
A Harangue, or speechOraro.
A Harbour or anchoring-placeToo´tou.
HardnessE´ta, e´ta.
A Hatchet, axe, or adzeTöe.
HeNana.
The HeadOopo.
A shorn HeadE´voua.
The Head-ache, in consequence of DrunkennessEana´neea.
The sense of HearingFaro.
The Heart of an animalA´houtoo.
Heat, warmthMahanna, hanna.
Heavy, not lightTeima´ha.
The sea Hedge-hogTotera.
A blue HeronOtoo.
A white HeronTra´pappa.
To hew with an axeTeraee.
Hibiscus, the smallest species of Hibiscus, with rough seed cases, that adhere to the clothes in walkingPeere, peere.
Hibiscus, a species of Hibiscus, with large yellow flowersPooo´rou.
The HiccupEtoo´ee, s. Eoo´wha.
Hide, to hide a thingEh´oona.
High, or steepMato.
A Hill, or mountainMaoo, s. Maoo´a, s. Moua.
One tree Hill, a hill so called in Matavai BayTal´ha.
To hinder, or preventTapëa.
The HipsE´tohe.
Hips, the black punctuated part of the hipsTamo´rou.
To hit a markEle´baou, s. Wa´poota.
Hiss, to hiss, or hold out the finger at oneTee´he.
HoarsenessEfäo.
A HogBöa.
To hold fastMou.
Hold your tongue, be quiet, or silentMa´moo.
A Hole, as a gimblet-hole in wood, &c.E´rooa, s. Poota.
To hollo, or cry aloud to oneToo´o.
To keep at homeAte´ei te Efarre.
HonestyEea´oure.
A fish HookMa´tau.
A fish hook of a particular sortWeete, weete.
The HorizonE´paee no t´ Eraee.
Hot, or sultry air, it is very hotPohee´a.
A HouseE´farre, s. E´wharre.
A House of officeEha´moote.
A large HouseEfarre´pota.
A House on propsA´whatta.
An industrious House-wifeMa´heine Amau hattoi.
How do you, or how is it with youTe´hanoöe.
Humorous, droll, merryFa, atta, ´atta.
HungerPoro´ree, s. Poee´a.
A Hut, or houseE´farre.
I
I, myself, 1st person singular1Wou 2Mee.
The lower JawE´ta.
Idle, or lazyTee´py.
Jealousy in a womanTa boone, s. Fateeno, s. Hoo´hy.
Ignorance, stupidityWeea´ta.
Ill-natured, crossOore, e´eeore.
An Image of a human figureE´tee.
Imps, the young impsTëo´he.
Immature, unripe, as unripe fruitPoo.
Immediately, instantlyTo´hyto.
Immense, very largeRöa.
Incest, or incestuousTa´wytte.
Indigent, poor, necessitousTee, tee.
Indolence, lazinessTee´py.
Industry, opposed to idlenessTaee´a.
Inhospitable, ungenerousPee´peere.
To informE´whäe.
A sort of Ink, used to punctuateE´rahoo.
An inquisitive tattling womanMaheine Opataieehu.
To interrogate, or ask questionsFaeete.
To invert, or turn upside downE´hoora, tela´why.
An IsletMo´too.
The Itch, an itching of any sortMyro.
To jump, or leapMahouta, s. Araire.
K
Keep it to yourselfVaihee´o.
The Kernel of a cocoa-nutEmo´teea.
To kick with the footTa´hee.
The KidneysFooa´hooa.
Killed, deadMatte.
To kindle, or light upEmäa.
A KingEäree,da´hai.
A King-fisher, the bird so calledE´rooro.
To kissE´hoee.
Kite, a boy’s play-kiteO´omo.
The KneeE´tooree.
To kneelToo´tooree.
A KnotTa´pona.
A double KnotVa´hodoo.
The female Knot formed on the upper part of the garment, and on one sideTeebona.
To know, or understandEete.
The Knuckle, or joint of the fingersTee,poo.
L
To labour, or workEhëa.
A LadderEra´a, s. E´ara.
A LagoonEwha´ouna, s. Eä´ouna.
Lame, crippleTei´tei.
A Lance, or spearTäo.
Land, in general a countryFe´nooa, s. Whe´nooa.
Language, speech, wordsPa´raou.
Language, used when dancingTimora´dee, te´Timoro´dee.
Large, great, not smallAra´hai.
Largeness, when applied to a country, &c.Nooe.
To laughAtta.
LazinessTee´py.
Lean, the lean of meatAëo.
Lean, slender, not fleshyToo´hai.
To leapMa´houta, s. A´rere.
Leave it behind, let it remain´Vainëo.
To leaveE´wheeoo.
The LegA´wy.
Legs, my legs ache, or are tiredA´hooa.
A LiarTaata,ha´warre.
To lie down, or along, to rest one’s selfEte´raha, s. Te´poo.
To lift a thing upEra´wai.
Day LightMara´marama.
Light, or fire of the great peopleToutoi,papa.
Light, or fire of the common peopleNeeäo,papa.
Light, to light or kindle the fireA´toonoo t´ Eee´wera.
Light, not heavyMa´ma.
LightningOo´waira.
The LipsOo´too.
Little, smallEete.
A LizardMö´o.
Loathsome, nauseous´E,a´wawa.
A sort of Lobster, frequent in the islesTee´onai.
To loll about, or be lazyTee´py.
To loll out the tongueEwha´toroo t´ Arere.
To look for a thing that is lostTapoonee.
A Looking-glassHeeee´otta.
Loose, not secureAoo´weewa.
A Looseness, or purgingHawa,´hawa.
To loveEhe´naroo.
A Lover, courtier, wooerEhoo´nöa.
A LouseOo´too.
Low, not high, as low land, &c.Hëa,hëa, s. Papoo, s. Eee´öa.
The LungsTeetoo,arapoa.
Lusty, fat, full of fleshOo´peea.
M
MaggotsE´hoohoo.
A Maid, or young womanToo´nea.
To make the bedHo´hora, te Möe´ya.
The Male of any animal, male kindE´töa.
A ManTäata, s. Taane.
An ill-disposed, or insincere ManTäata,ham´aneeno.
A Man of war birdOtta´ha.
Many, a great numberWo´rou, wo´rou, s. manoo, manoo.
A black Mark on the skineeree.
Married, as a married manFanou´nou.
A MatE´vanne.
A silky kind of MatMöe´a.
A rough sort of Mat, cut in the middle to admit the headPoo´rou.
A Mast of a ship or boatTeera.
Mature, ripe; as ripe fruitPara, s. Pe.
Me, IWou, s. Mee.
A MeasureE´a.
To measure a thingFa´eete.
To meet oneEwharidde.
To melt, or dissolve a thing, as grease, &c.Too´tooe.
The Middle, or midst of a thingTeropoo.
MidnightO´toora,hei´po.
To mince, or cut smallE´poota.
Mine, it is mine, or belongs to meNo´oo.
To miss, not to hit a thingOo´happa.
Mist, or fogRy´poeea.
To mix things togetherA´pooe,pooe.
To mock, or scoff at oneEtoo´hee.
ModestyMamma´,haoo.
Moist, wetWara´ree.
A Mole upon the skinAtoo´nöa.
A lunar Month,Mara´ma.
A Monument, to the deadWhatta´rau.
The MoonMara´ma.
The MorningOo´poee´poee.
To-morrowBo´bo, s. A, Bo´bo.
The day after to-morrowA´bo´bo doora.
The second day after to-morrowPoee, poee, addoo.
A MothE,pepe.
A MotherMa´dooa, wa´, heine.
A motherly, or elderly womanPa´tëa.
Motion, opposed to restOo´ata.
A Mountain, or hillMaooa, s. Moua.
Mountains of the highest orderMoua tei´tei.
---- ---- ---- second orderMoua ´haha.
---- ---- ---- third or lowest orderPere´raou.
MourningEeva.
Mourning leaves, viz. Those of the cocoa-tree used for that purposeTa´paoo.
The MouthEva´ha.
To open the MouthHa´mamma.
A Multitude, or vast numberWo´rou, wo´rou.
Murdered, killedMatte, s. Matte röa.
A MurdererTaata töa.
A Muscle-shellNou,ou.
Music of any kindHeeva.
A Musket, pistol or fire-arm of any kindPoo,poo, s. Poo.
Mute, silentFatebooa.
To mutter, or stammerE´whaoa.
N
The Nail of the fingersAee´oo.
A Nail of ironEure.
Naked, i. e. with the clothes off, undressedTa´turra.
The Name of a thingEee´oa.
Narrow, strait, not widePeere,peere.
Nasty, dirty, not cleanE,repo.
A NativeTaata´tooboo.
The Neckee.
NeedlesNareeda.
A fishing NetOo´paia.
New, young, soundHou.
NighPoto, s. Whatta´ta.
NightPo, s. E´aoo.
To-Night, or to-day at nightoone te´ Po.
Black Night-shadeOporo.
Nineeeva.
The Nipple of the breastoo.
A NitEriha.
No, a negation1Ay´ma, 2Yaiha, 3oure, 4Aee, 5Yehaeea.
To nodA´touou.
Noisy, chattering, impertinentE´moo.
NoonWawa´tea.
The NostrilsPopo´hëo.
Numeration, or counting of numbersTa´tou.
A cocoa NutAree.
A large compressed Nut, that tastes like chesnuts when roastedEeehee.
O
Obesity, corpulenceOo´peea.
The OceanTy, s. Meede.
Odoriferous, sweet smelledNo´nöa.
Perfumed Oil they put on the hairMo´nöe.
An Ointment plaister, or any thing that heals or relates to medicineE´ra´paoo.
OldOra´wheva.
OneA´tahai.
Open, clear, spaciousEa´tëa.
Open, not shutFe´rei.
To openTe´had´doo.
Opposite to, or over againstWatoo´wheitte.
Order, in good order, regular, without confusionWara´wara.
Ornament, any ornament for the earTooee ta´reea.
Burial Ornaments, viz. nine noits stuck in the groundMa´ray Wharre.
An OrphanOo´hoppe, poo´aia.
Out, not in, not withinTeiwe´ho.
The Outside of a thingOoa´pee.
An Oven in the groundEoomoo.
Over, besides more than the quantityTe´harra.
To overcome, or conquerE´ma´ooma.
To overturn, or oversetEha´paoo.
An OwnerE´whattoo.
A large species of OysterI´teea.
The large rough Oyster, or SpondylusPaho´öa.
P
The Paddle of a canoe, or to paddleE´höe.
To paddle a canoe’s head to the rightWha´tëa.
To paddle a canoe’s head to the leftWemma.
Pain, or soreness, the sense of painMa´my.
A Pair, or two of any thing togetherAno´ho.
The PalateE´ta´nea.
The Palm of the handApoo´reema.
To pant, or breathe quicklyOo´pou´pou, tëa´ho.
Pap, or child’s foodMamma.
A ParentMe´dooa.
A small blue ParroquetE´veenee.
A green Parroquet, with a red foreheadE´a´a.
The Part below the tongueEta´raro.
A Partition, division of screenParoo´roo.
A Pass, or straitE,aree´ëa.
A fermented Paste of bread, fruit, &c.Ma´hee.
A Path, or roadEä´ra.
The Pavement before a house or hutPÿe,pye.
A PearlPöe.
The Peduncle, and stalk of a plantA´mäa, s. E´atta.
To peel, or take the skin off a cocoa-nut, &c.A´tee, s. E´atee.
Peeled, it is peeledMe´atee.
A Peg to hang a bag onTe´aoo.
A Pepper-plant, from the root of which they prepare an inebriating liquorAwa.
Perhaps, it may be soE´pa´ha.
Persons of distinctionPatoo´nehe.
A Petticoat of plantane leavesArou´maieea.
Petty, small, trifling, opposed to NooeRee.
A Physician, or a person who attends the sickTaata no E´rapaoo.
Pick, to pick or chooseEhee te mai my ty.
A large wood PigeonEroope.
A small green and white PigeonOo´oopa.
A small black and white Pigeon, with purple wingsOooowy´deroo.
A PimpleHooa´houa.
To pinch with the fingersOoma.
A Plain, or flatE´peeho.
Plane, smoothPa´eea.
A Plant of any kindO´mo.
A small PlantEra´bo.
The fruit of the Plantane-treeMaiee´a, s. Maya.
Horse PlantanesFai´ee.
Pleased, good-humoured, not cross or surlyMaroo.
Pluck it upAreete.
To pluck hairs from the beardHoohootee.
To plunge a thing in the waterE,oo´whee.
The Point of any thingOë,öo, or Oi,oi.
Poison, bitterAwa,awa.
A PollOora´hoo.
Poor, indigent, not richTee´tee.
A bottle-nosed Porpoiseoua.
Sweet PotatoesOo´marra.
To pour out any liquid substanceMa´nee.
Pregnant, with youngWaha´poo.
To press, or squeeze the legs gently with the hand, when tired or painedRoro´mee.
Prick, to prick up the earsEoma te ta´reea.
A PriestTa´houa.
Prone, or face downwardsTee´opa.
A sort of Pudding, made of fruits, oil, &c.Po´po´ee.
PumpkinsA´hooa.
To puke, or vomitE´awa, s. e´roo´y.
Pure, clearoo´ee.
A Purging, or loosenessHawa,hawa.
To pursue, and catch a person who has done some mischiefEroo,Eroo, s. Eha´roo.
To push a thing with the handToo´raee.
Put it up, or awayOrno.
Q
Quickness, brisknessE´tirre.
To walk quicklyHarre´neina.
Quietness, silence, a silent or seemingly thoughtful personFalle´booa.
A Quiver for holding arrows´Peeha.
R
A small black Rail, with red eyesMai´ho.
A small black Rail, spotted and burred with whitePooa´nee.
Rainooa.
A RainbowE´nooa.
Raft, a raft of bambooMaito´e.
Rank, strong, urinousEwäo wao.
A Rasp, or fileOoee.
A Rat´Yoree, s. Eyore.
Raw meat, flesh that is not dressed or cookedE´otta.
Raw fruit, as plantanes, &c. that are not bakedParoure.
To recline, or lean upon a thingE´py.
Red colourOora,oora, s. Matde.
To reef a sailE´po´uie te rya.
A RefusalEhoo´noöa.
The Remainder of any thingT,´Ewahei.
To rend, burst, or splitMoo´moomoo.
Rent, cracked, or tornE´wha.
To reside, live, or dwellE´noho.
Respiration, breathingTooe, tooe.
A RibA´wäo.
Rich, not poor, having plenty of goods, &c.Epo´too.
A Ring´Maino.
The Ringworm, a disease so calledE´nooa.
Ripe, as ripe fruit, &c.Para, s. Pai, s. Ooo pai.
Rise, to rise upA´too.
To rive, or splitEwhaoo´whaoo.
A Road, or pathEä´ra.
Roasted, or broiledOoa´waira.
A Robber, or thiefEee´a (taata.
A RockPaoo.
A reef of RocksE´aou.
Rolling, the rolling of shipToo´roore.
A RootApoe, s. E´a.
A Rope of any kindTaura.
Rotten, as rotten fruit, &c.Roope.
Rough, not smoothTa´rra, tarra.
To row with oarsoome, s. E´höe.
To rub a thing, as in washing the hands and faceHo´roee.
The Rudder of a boat, or steering paddle of a canoeHöe, fa´herre.
Running backwards and forwards, endeavouring to escapeOo´atapone.
S
The Sail of a ship or boatEee´aia.
To sail, or to be under sailE´whano.
Salt, or salt-waterTy´ty, s. Meede.
Sand, dustE´one.
SaturnWhati´hëa.
Saunders´s islandTabooa, Manoo.
A SawEee´oo.
A ScabE´tona.
A fish’s Scale, or scalesPöa.
A pair of ScissarsO´toobo, s. O´toboo.
A Scoop to empty water from a canoeE´tata.
To scrape a thingOo´aoo.
To scratch with the fingersEra´raoo.
Scratched, a scratched, metal, &c.Pahoore´hoore.
The Sea-cat, a fish so calledPoohe.
The SeaTaee, s. Meede.
A Sea-eggHe´awy.
A Seam between two planksFatoo´whaira.
To search for a thing that is lostOö, s. Päe´mee.
A SeatPapa.
Secret, a secret whispering or slandering anotherOhe´moo.
The Seed of a plantHooa´tootoo, s. Ehooero.
The sense of SeeingE´hee´o.
To sendEho´pöe.
A Sepulchre, or burying-placeMa´ray.
A ServantTowtow.
SevenA´Heetoo.
To sew, or stringE´tooe.
Seyne, to haul a seyneEtoroo te paia.
ShadyMaroo,maroo.
To shake, or agitate a thingEooa´wai.
A SharkMäo.
Sharp, not bluntOö´ëe.
To shave, or take off the beardEva´roo, s. Whanne, whanne.
A small ShellOte´o.
A tyger ShellPore´hoo.
Shew it meEnara.
A ShipPahee.
Ship-wreckAra´wha.
A white ShirtParoo´y.
To shiver with coldA´tete.
Mud Shoes, or fishing shoesTama.
The ShoreEuta.
ShortPo´potoo.
Shut, not openOpa´nee, s. Poo´peepe.
SicknessMatte my Mamy.
The left SideA´roode.
The SideE´reea´wo.
The right SideAtou,a´taou.
SighingFa´ëa.
SilenceFatte´booa.
Similar, or alikeOowhyä´da.
To sinkA´tomo.
A SisterToo´heine.
To sit downA´noho.
To sit cross-leggedTee´py.
SixA´Honoo.
A Skate-fishE´whaee.
The SkinEe´ree.
The SkyE´raee.
To sleepMöe.
The long Sleep, or deathMöe röa.
To sleep, when sittingToo´roore,möe.
A SlingE´ma.
SlowMarra,marröa, s. Fata.
Small, littleEete.
The sense of SmellingFata´too, s. Ootoo,too.
Smell itHoina.
To smellAhe´oi.
Smokeoora.
SmoothPa´ya.
Smutting the face with charcoal for funeral ceremoniesBap´para.
A sea Snake, that has alternate rings of a white and black colourPoohee´aroo.
To snatch a thing hastilyE´hairoo.
SneezingMachee´ai.
Snipe, a bird resembling a snipe, of a black and brown colourTee´tee.
Snot´Hoope.
Soberness, sobriety, sober, not given to drunkennessTeireida.
To softenEparoo´paroo.
Softness, that is not hardMaroo.
The Sole of the footTapoo´y.
A SonMy´de.
A Son-in-lawHoo´nöa.
A SongHeeva.
A Sore, or ulcerO´pai.
Soreness, or painMa´may.
Sound, any sound that strikes the earPa´eena.
A SpanEwhäe´ono.
To speakParaou.
Speak; he speaks not from the heart, his words are only on his lipsNeeate ootoo te parou no nona.
A Spear, or lanceTäo.
To spillEmare.
To spitToo´tooa.
To spread, or to expand a thing, as cloth &c.Hoho´ra.
To squeeze or press hardNe-neee.
To squeeze or press gently with the handRoro´mee.
Squint-eyed.Matta´areva.
A fighting Stage in a boatE´tootee.
To stamp with the feet, to trample on a thingTata´hy.
Stand upAtëarenona.
A StarE´faitoo, s. Hwettoo.
A Star-fishEve´ree.
To startle, as when one dreamsWa´hee,te´dirre.
Stay, or wait a littleA´reea, s. Aree´ana.
To steal´Woreedo.
Steep, as steep rocks or cliffsMato.
A walking StickTame.
Stinking, ill smelled, as stinking water, &c.Na´mooa, s. Nee´ neeo.
Stink, to stink or smell illFou, fou.
To stink, as excrementPeero, peero.
The Stomach´Paraee´ä.
A StoneOwhay.
A polished Stone, used to beat victuals into a pastePainoo.
Stones, upright stones, which stand on the paved area before hutsToo´toore.
A small Stool to lay the head on when asleepPapa, s. Papa,rooä.
Stool, to go to stoolTeetee´o.
To stopA´too.
The Stopper of a quiverPonau.
A Storm of wind, rain, thunder, &c.Tarooa.
Strait, narrow, not widePeere,peere.
Striking, hollow striking in dancingApee.
The String of a quiverE´aha.
Strong, as a strong manomara.
StuckA´boola.
Stupidity, ignoranceWeea´la.
To suck as a childOte,ote.
Sugar caneE´To, s. Töo.
SuicideEuha´aou.
Sultry, or hot airPohee´a.
The SunMahanna, s. Era.
The meridian SunTei´neea te Mahanna.
Supine, lyingFateeraha.
Surf of the seaHoro´wai.
An interjection of Surprise, or admirationAllaheuee´ai.
To surroundA´boone.
To swallow,Horo´mee.
The Sweat of the body, or to sweat,E´hou, s. Ehou hou.
A sweet tasteMona.
Swell of the seaE´roo.
T
A TailEro.
A Tail of a birdE´hoppe.
To take a friend by the handEtoo´yaoo.
To take off, or unlooseEve´vette.
To take care of the victualsEwhaapoo te maa.
To talk, or converseParaou.
The sense of TastingTama´ta.
A Tetotum, or whirligigE´piöra.
To tear a thingHa´hy, s. Whatte.
A Teat, or dugoo.
The TeethE´neeheeo.
TenA´hooroo.
To tend, or feed hogsEwhaee te Böa.
TenantsAfeu´hau.
A black Tern, with a whitish headOee´o.
ThereTe´raee.
They, them, or theirsTo´taooa.
Thickness, applied to solid bodiesM-oo´meoo.
Thick, as thick cloth, &c.Tooe,too´e.
Thick, muddyEworer´oo, s. E´worepo.
Thine, it is yours, or belongs to youNo öe.
ThirstW´ahee´y.
ThoughtsParaou, no te o´poo.
An appearance of thoughtfulnessFate´booa.
ThreeToroo.
The ThroatAra´poa.
To throw, or heave a thingTaora.
To throw a thing awayHarre´wai.
To throw a ballAma´hooa.
To throw a lanceEvara´towha.
Throw, shall I throw itTaure´a´a.
Throwing in dancingHoe´aire.
The ThumbE´reema,erahai.
ThunderPa´teere.
Tickle, to tickle a personMy´neena.
A Tide, or currentA´ow.
To tie a knotTy.
Time, a space of time, from 6 to 10 at nightO´tooe,tee´po.
Time, a little time, a small spacePopo´eunoo.
Time, a long time, a great whileTa´moo.
A Title belonging to a woman of rankE´tapay´roo.
A Toe of the footMa´neeo.
A TomToo,pap´pou.
The TongueE´rero.
A TortoiseE´honoo.
TouchingFa´fa.
Tough, as tough meat, &c.Ahoo´oue.
A TownE´farre pootoo pootoo.
To trample with the footTata´he, s. Ta´ta´hy.
A TreeE´räo.
A Tree, from which they make clubs, spears, &c.Töa (Eräo.
To tremble, or shudder with coldOo´atitte, s. Eta.
Trembling, shakingAou´dou.
To trip up one in wrestlingMe´häe.
A Tropic-birdManoo´röa.
TruthEvaee´röa, s. Paraou, mou.
To tumblePouta´heite.
A TurbanE´täe.
To turn, or turnedOoä´höe.
To turn about, as in walking backwards and forwardsHoodeepeepe.
Twins, twin childrenMa´hëa.
To twist a ropeTawee´ree.
TwoE´Rooä.
U
An Ulcer, or soreO´pai.
Under, below, low downOraro.
Under sailPou´pouee.
To understandEe´te.
To undress, or take off the clothesTa´turra.
An unmarried personAree´oi.
Unripe, as unripe fruit, &c.Poo.
V
Luminous VapourEpao.
Vassal, or subjectManna´houna.
VastAra,hai, s. Mai,ara´hai.
The Veins that run under the skinE´woua.
VenusTou´rooa.
Vessel, any hollow vessel, as cups of nuts, &c.Ai´boo.
Vessel, a hollow vessel in which they prepare an inebriating liquorOo´mutte.
To vomitEroo´y.
W
Wad, tow, fibres like hempTamou.
Wait, stay a littleAreeana.
Wake, awakeArra arra, s. Era.
To walk outAvou´oia.
To walk backwards and forwardsHooa´peepe.
A Warrior, soldier, or rather a man-killerTaatatöa.
Warmth, heatMahanna,hanna.
A WartToria.
To wash, as to wash cloth in waterMare.
To watchE´teäe.
WaterA´vy.
Water-cressesPatöa.
We, both of usTaooa, s. Aroo´rooa.
A WedgeEra´hei.
To weep, or cryHa nöa,a,taee.
Well recovered, or well escapedWoura, s. woo,ara
Well, it is well, charming, finePooro´too.
What, what’s thatE´hara, E´ha´rya, s. Ye´haeea, expressed inquisitively.
What do you call that, what is the name of itOwy te aee´oa.
When, at what timeW´hëëa.
Where is itTe´hëa.
Whet, to whet or sharp a thingE´voee.
To whistleMa´poo.
Whistling, a method of whistling to call the people to mealsEpou,maa.
To whisper secretly, as in backbiting, &c.Ohe´moo.
Who is that, what is he calledOwy,tanna, s. Owy,nana.
Whole, the whole, not a part of a thingE´ta,e´tea, s. A´maoo.
Wide, not strait or narrowWhatta,whatta.
A WidowWatooneea.
Wife, my wifeMa´heine.
The WindMattay.
The south-east WindMattaee.
A WindowMa´laee ou´panee.
The Wing of a birdEre´ou.
To winkE´amou,amoo.
To wipe a thing cleanHo´roee.
Whish, a whish to one who sneezesEva´roua t Eatooa.
Within sideTee´ro to.
A WomanWa´heine.
A married WomanWa´heine mou.
Woman, she is a married woman, she has got another husbandTerra,tanne.
Won’t, I won’t do it´Aeeoo, expressed angrily.
Wood of any kindE´raö.
A WoundOö´tee.
A WrestlerMouna.
Wrinkled in the faceMeeo,meeo.
The WristMo´möa.
A Wry-neckNa´na.
Y
To yawnHa´mamma.
Yellow colourHe´appa.
YesAy, s. ai.
YesterdayNinna´hay.
YesternightEre´po.
York islandEi´mëo.
YouOë.
Young, as a young animal of any kindPee´naia.