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'r_ee_ma, Five. Ry'po_ee_a, Fog, or mist. E'h_oo_ra, To invert, or turn upside down. Par_oo_, r_oo_, A partition, division, or screen.
A VOCABULARY, etc.
A.
To abide, or remain Ete'ei.
An Abode, or place of residence, Noho`ra.
Above, not below, N_eea_, s. Tie'n_eea_.
An Abscess, Fe'fe.
Action, opposed to rest, Ta'er_ee_.
Adhesive, of an adhesive or sticking
quality Oo'p_ee_re.
Adjoining, or contiguous to, E'p_ee_iho.
Admiration, an interjection of, A'w_ai_, s. A'w_ai_
to P_ee_r_ee_ai.
An adulterer, T_ee_ho t_ee_ho, s. Teeho
or one that vexes a married woman ta-rar
To agitate, or shake a thing,
as water, etc. E_oo_a'w_ai_.
Aliment, or food of any kind, Mäa.
Alive, that is not dead, Waura.
All, the whole, not a part, A'ma_oo_.
Alone, by one's self, Ota'h_oi_.
Anger, or to be angry, Warrad_ee_,
s. R_ee_d_ee_.
To angle, or fish, E'h_oo_tee.
The Ankle, Momoa.
The inner Ankle, A't_oo_a,ewy.
Answer, an answer to a question, Oo'm_ai_a.
Approbation, or consent, Mad_oo_ho'why.
Punctuated Arches on the hips, E'var're.
The Arm, R_ee_ma.
The Armpit, E'e.
An arrow, E'_oo_me.
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, Taata,Töa. or
warrior,
An Assembly, or meeting, Ete_ou_'rooa. Atherina,
A'n_ai_h_eu_.
Avaricious, parsimonious, ungenerous, P_ee_'p_ee_re.
Averse, unwillingness to do a thing, Fata, h_oi_to' _hoi_to.
Authentic,true, Par_ou_, m_ou_.
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.