A Babe, or child, Mydidde.
A Batchelor, or unmarried person, E'ev_ee_ (taata.)
The_ Back, T_oo_a_.
To wipe the_ Backside, Fy'r_oo_,too'ty.
Bad, it is not good, 'Eè'no.
A Bag of straw, Ete'öe, s.Eäte.
Bait, for fish, Era'_eu_noo.
Baked in the oven, Et_oo_n_oo_.
Bald-headed, O_o_po'b_oo_ta.
Bamboo, E_e_n_ee'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 Ma'_ou_re.
A large round Basket of twig, He'na.
A small Basket of cocoa leaves, V_ai_'hee.
_A long _Basket of cocoa leaves, Apo'_ai_ra.
A Basket of plantain stock, Papa' M_aiee_a.
A fisher's Basket, Er're'vy.
A round Basket of cocoa leaves, Mo'ene.
A Bastard, Fanna T_oo_'n_ee_a.
Bastinado, to bastinade or flog a person, Tapra'h_ai_.
To bathe, Ob'oo.
A Battle, or fight, E'motto.
A Battle-axe, O'morre.
To bawl, or cry aloud, T_ei_mo'toro.
A Bead, Pöe.
The Beard, _Oo_me _oo_me.
To beat upon, or strike a thing, T_oo_'py or T_oo_'ba_ee_.
To beat a drum, Er_oo_'k_oo_.
To beckon a person with the hand, Ta'rappe.
A Bed, or bed-place, E'ro_ee_, s. Möi'a.
To bedaub, or bespatter, Par'ry.
A Bee, E'räo.
A Beetle, P_ee_re'te_ee_.
Before, not behind, Te'möa.
A Beggar, a person that is troublesome, Tapa'r_oo_.
continually asking for some-what,
Behind, not before, Te'm_oo_r_ee_.
To belch, Er_oo_'y.
Below, as below stairs, Tei'dirro, s. T_ee_diraro.
Below, underneath, far below, O'raro.
To bend any thing, as a stick, etc. Fa'fe'fe.
Benevolence, generosity, Ho'röa,
e.g. you are a generous man, Taata ho roa öe.
Between, in the middle, betwixit two, Fero'p_oo_.
To bewail, or lament by crying, E'tat_ee_.
Bigness, largeness, great, Ara'hay.
A Bird, Manoo.
A Bitch, _Oo_re, e'_oo_ha.
To bite, as a dog, A ah_oo_.
Black, colour, Ere, ere.
Bladder, Töa meeme.
A_ Blasphemer, a person who speaks T_oo_na, (t_aa_ta.)
disrespectfully of their deities,
Blind, Matta-po.
A Blister, raised by a burn or
other means, Mei'ee
Blood, Toto, s. Eh_ooei_.
To blow the nose, Fatte.
The blowing, or breathing of a whale, Ta'hora.
Blunt, as a blunt tool of any sort, Ma'n_ee_a.
The carved Boards of a Maray, E'ra.
A little Boat, or canoe, E'väa.
A Boil, Fe'fe.
Boldness, Eäw_ou_.
A Bone, E'ev_ee_.
A Bonetto, a fish so called, Peera'ra.
To bore a hole, Ehoo'ee, s. Eh_oo_'o.
A Bow, E'fanna.
A Bow-string, Aröa'h_oo_a.
To bow with the head, Etoo'o.
A young Boy, My'didde.
Boy, a familiar way of speaking, He'aman_ee_.
The Brain of any animal, A b_oo_ba.
A Branch of a tree or plant, E'ama.
Bread-fruit, or the fruit of the
bread-tree, _Oo_r_oo_.
Bread-fruit, a particular sort of it, E'patëa.
An insipid paste of Bread-fruit, Eh'öe.
_The gum of the _Bread-tree, Tappo'_oo_r_oo_.
The leaf of the Bread-tree, E'da'_oo_r_oo_.
The pith of the Bread-tree, Po'_oo_r_oo_.
To break a thing, O whatte, s. Owhan ne,
s. Fatte.
The Breast, O'ma
A Breast-plate _made of twigs, ornamented
with feathers, dog's hair, Ta_oo_me.
and pearl-shell_,
To breathe, Watte Weete wee
të,'aho.
Bring, to ask one to bring a thing, Ho'my.
Briskness, being brisk or quick, T_ee_ t_ee_re.
Broiled, or roasted, as broiled meat, _Oo_aw_ee_ra.
Broken, or cut, 'Mot_oo_.
The Brow, or forehead, E'ry.
A brown colour, Aur_au_ra.
Buds of a tree or plant, Te, arre ha_oo_.
A Bunch of any fruit, Eta.
To burn a thing, Döod_oo_e.
A Butterfly, Pepe.
C.
To call a person at a distance, T_oo_o t_oo_'o_oo_.
A Calm, Man_ee_no.
A Calm, or rather to be so placed,
that the wind has no access to you, E_ou_, shea.
Sugar Cane, Tö, Etöo.
A Cap, or covering for the head T_au_'matta.
To carry any thing, E'a'mo.
To carry a person an the back, Eva'ha.
Catch a thing hastily with the hand, Po'po_ee_, s. Peero.
as a fly, etc.
To catch a ball, Ama'wh_ee_a.
To catch fish with a line, E'h_oo_te.
A Caterpillar, E't_oo_a.
Celerity, swiftness, T_ee_'teere, s. E'tirre.
The Centre, or middle of a thing, Tera'p_oo_.
Chalk, Mamma'tëa.
A Chatterer, _or noisy impertinent Taata E'm_oo_,
fellow_, s. E'm_oo_.
Chearfulness, Wara.
The Cheek, Pappar_ee_a.
A Chest, 'P_ee_ha.
The Chest, or body, O'p_oo_.
To chew, or eat, E'y.
Chequered, or painted in squares, P_oo_re, p_oo_re.
A Chicken, Möa pee'ri_a_ia.
A Chief, or principal person; one of Eäree.
the first rank among the people,
An inferior Chief, _or one who
is only in an independent state, T_oo'ou_
a gentleman_,
Child-bearing, Fanou, e'vaho.
Children's language, Father, O'pucen_oo_, and Papa.
Mother, E'wh_ei_arre, and O'pa'tëa.
Brother, E'tama.
Sister, Te't_oo_a.
The Chin, and lower jaw, E'taa.
Choaked, _to be choaked as with Ep_oo_'n_ei_na,
victuals_, etc. s. Er_oo_'y.
To chuse, or pick out, Eh_ee_e,te,me,my ty.
Circumcision, or rather an incision E_oo_re,te h_ai_.
of the foreskin,
A sort of Clappers,used at funerals, Par'ha_oo_.
Clapping the bend of the arm smartly E'too.
with the hand, so as to make a noise,
an Indian custom,
The Claw of a bird, A'ee oo.
Clay, or clammy earth, Ewh_ou_,arra.
Clean, not nasty, Oo'ma, s. Eoo'ee.
Clear, pure; as clear water, etc. Tëa'te.
White clayey Cliffs, E'mammatëa.
Close, shut, Eva'h_ee_.
Cloth of any kind, or rather the covering Ahoo.
or raiments made of it,
A piece of oblong Cloth, slit in the
middle, through which the head is Teeboota.
put, and it then hangs down behind
and before,
Brown thin Cloth, Oo'erai.
Dark-brown Cloth, Poo'h_ee_re.
Nankeen-coloured Cloth, Ah_ee_re, s. _Oo_a.
Gummed Cloth, Oo'_ai_r ara.
Heappa,heappa, s.
Yellow Cloth, A'ade, p_oo ee ei_, s.
Oora poo'ee ei.
Cloth, _a piece of thin white cloth Par_oo_'y, by which name
wrapt round the waist, or thrown they also call a white
over the shoulders_, shirt.
A Cloth-beater, or an oblong square To'aa.
piece of wood grooved, and used in
making cloth,
The _Cloth-plant, _a sort of mulberry Ea_ou_te.
tree_,
A Cloud, E'äo, s. Ea_oo_.
A Cock, Möa, e'töa.
Cock, the cock claps his wings Te Moa Pa_ee_, pa_ee_.
A Cock-roach, Potte potte.
A Cocoa-nut, A'r_ee_.
The fibrous husk of a Cocoa-nut, P_oo_r_oo_'waha,
s. P_oo_r_oo_.
Cocoa-nut oil, E'rede,väe.
Cocoa leaves, E,ne'ha_oo_.
Coition, E'y.
The sense of Cold, Ma'r_ee_de.
A Comb, Pa'horo, s. Pa'herre.
Company, acquaintance, gossips, Tee'ÿa.
Compliance with a request, consent, Mad_oo_,ho'why.
Computation, or counting of numbers, Ta't_ou_.
A Concubine, Wa'h_ei_ne Möebo,
s. Etoo'n_ee_a.
Confusedness, without order, E'vah_ee_a.
Consent, or approbation, Mad_oo_,ho'why.
Contempt, _a name of contempt given Wah_ei_ne,p_oo_'ha.
to a maid, or unmarried woman_,
Conversation, Para_ou_,maro, s.
Para'para_ou_.
A sort of Convolvulus, or bird-weed,
common in the islands, Oh_oo_e.
Cook'd, dress'd; not raw, Ee'oo, s. E_ee_'wera.
To Cool one with a fan, Taha`r_ee_.
Cordage of any kind, Taura.
The Core of an apple, Böe.
A Cork, or stopper of a bottle or gourd
shell, Ora'h_oo_e.
A Corner, E'pecho.
Covering, the covering of a fish's gills, Pe_ee_'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'_oo_wa.
A Crack, cleft, or fissure, Mot_oo_.
Crammed, lumbered, crowded, Ooa,p_ee_a'pe,s.Ehotto.
The Cramp, Emo't_oo_ t_oo_.
A Cray-fish, O'_oo_ra.
To Creep on the hands and feet, Ene'ai.
Crimson colour, _Oo_ra _oo_ra.
Cripple, lame, T_ei_'t_ei_.
Crooked, not straight, O_o_o'p_ee_o.
To crow as a cock, A'a _oo_a.
The Crown of the head, T_oo_'p_oo_e.
To cry, or shed tears, Ta_ee_.
A brown Cuckoo, with black bars and
a long tail, frequent in the isles, Ara'were_wa_.
To cuff, or slap the chops, E'par_oo_.
Curlew, a small curlew or whimbrel
found about the rivulets, Torëa.
Cut, or divided, Mot_oo_.
To cut the hair with scissars, O'tee.
D.
A Dance, H_ee_va.
Darkness, Poee'r_ee_,
s. Po_oo_'r_ee_
To Darn O'ono
A Daughter, Ma'h_ei_ne.
Day, or day-light, Mara'marama, s.
A'ou, s. A'a_ou_.
Day-break, Oota'tah_ei_ta.
Day, to-day, A_oo_'n_ai_.
Dead, Matte röa.
A natural Death, Matte nöa.
Deafness, Ta'r_ee_a, t_oo_r_ee_.
Decrepid, Epoo't_oo_a.
Deep water, Mona'.
A Denial, or refusal, Eh_oo_'nöa.
To desire, or wish for a thing, E_ooee_.
A Devil, or evil spirit, E't_ee_.
Dew, Ahe'a_oo_.
A Diarrhoea, or looseness, Hawa, hawa.
To_ dip meat in salt water instead of Eaw_ee_'wo
salt, (an Indian custom,)
Dirt, or nastiness of any kind, E'repo.
Disapprobation, Eh_oo_nöa.
A Disease, _where the head cannot be E'p_ee_.
held up, perhaps the palsy_,
To disengage, untie or loosen, Ea_oo_'w_ai_.
Dishonesty, E_ee_'a.
Displeased, _to be displeased, vexed, or Ta_ee_'va.
in the dumps_,
Dissatisfaction, _to grumble, or be Fa_oo_'oue.
dissatisfied_,
Distant, far off, Röa.
To distort, _or writhe the limbs, body, Faee'ta.
lips, etc.
To distribute, divide or share out, At_oo_'ha.
A District, Matei na.
A Ditch, Eö'h_oo_.
To dive under water, Eho'p_oo_.
A Dog, Oo'r_ee_.
A Doll made of cocoa-plants, Ad_oo_'a.
A Dolphin, A'_ou_na.
Done, have done; or that is enough, A'teera.
or there is no more,
A Door, Oo'b_oo_ta.
Double, or when two things are in Tau'r_oo_a.
one, as a double canoe,
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 cooked, not raw, Ee'oo.
A head Dress, used at funerals, Pa'ra_ee_.
To dress, or put on the cloaths, Eu, hau'ho_oo_ t'Ahoo.
To drink, A_ee_'n_oo_.
Drop, a single drop of any liquid, Oo,ata'hai.
To drop, or leak, Eto't_oo_r_oo_, s.
E't_oo_r_oo_.
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, E_oo_.
Dumbness, E'faö.
E.
The Ear, Ta'r_ee_a.
The inside of the Ear, Ta'toor_ee_.
An Ear-ring, Poe note tar_ee_a.
To eat, or chew, E'y, s. Mäa.
An Echinus, or sea-egg, Heawy.
Echo, T_oo_o.
An Egg of a bird, Ehooero te Man_oo_.
A white Egg-bird, Pee'ry.
Eight, A'waroo.
The Elbow, T_oo_'r_ee_.
Empty, Oooata'aö,
s. Tata'_oo_a.
An Enemy, Taata'e.
Entire, whole, not broke, Eta, Eta.
Equal, _Oo_hy't_ei_.
Erect, upright, Et_oo_.
A Euphorbium tree, with white flowers, Te'too_ee_.
The Evening, Oooh_oi_'h_oi_.
Excrement, T_oo_'ty.
To expand, or spread out cloth, etc. Ho'hora.
The Eye, Matta.
The Eye-brow, and eye-lid, T_oo_a, matta.
F.
The Face, E'mot_ee_a.
To hide or hold the Face away, as
when ashamed_, Far_ee_'w_ai_.
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'r_ee_.
To fart, or a fart, Eh_oo_.
Fat, full of flesh, lusty, P_ee_a.
The fat of meat, Ma_ee_.
A Father Med_oo_a tanne.
A _step-_father, Tanne, te höa.
Fatigued, tired, E'h_ei'eu_,s.Faea.
Fear, Mattou.
A Feather, or quill, H_oo_roo, _hoo_r_oo_,
man_oo_.
Red Feathers, Ora, h_oo_r_oo_ te man_oo_.
Feebleness, weakness, Fara'ra, s. Tooro'r_ee_.
The sense of Feeling, Fa'fa.
To feel, Tear'ro.
A young clever dexterous Fellow, or boy, Te'my de pa'ar_ee_.
The Female kind of any animal, E'_oo_ha.
The Fern-tree, Ma'mo_oo_.
Fertile land, Fen_oo_a,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'r_ee_ma.
Fire, Ea'hai.
A flying Fish, Mara'ra.
A green flat Fish, E_eu_me.
A yellow flat Fish, Oo'morehe.
A flat green and red P_ai'ou_.
The cuckold Fish, Etata.
A Fish, Eya.
Fishing wall for hauling the seine at Epa.
the first point,
A Fish pot, E'wha.
A long Fishing _rod of Bamboo, used Ma'k_ee_ra.
to catch bonettoes_, etc.,
A Fissure, or crack, Motoo.
Fist, to open the fist, Ma'hora.
Fist, striking with the fist in dancing, A'moto.
A fly Flapper, or to flap flies, Dah_ee_'ere e'r_eu_pa.
Flatness, applied to a nose, or a vessel
broad and flat; also a spreading
flat topt tree, Papa.
A red Flesh mark, E_ee_'da.
To float on the face of the water, Pa'noo.
The Flower of a plant, P_oo_a.
Open Flowers, T_ee_arre'oo wa.
Flowers, white odoriferous flowers,
used as ornaments in the ears, T_ee_arre tarr_ee_a.
Flown, it is flown or gone away, Ma'h_ou_ta.
A Flute, W_ee_wo.
A black Fly-catcher, a bird so called, O'mamäo.
A Fly, P_oo_re'h_oo_a.
To fly, as a bird, E'r_ai_re.
Fog, or mist, Ry'po_ee_a.
To fold up a thing, as cloth, etc. He'fet_oo_.
A Fool, scoundrel, or other epithet of
contempt, Ta'_ou_na.
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 E'apatte.
to him,
To frisk, to wanton, to play, E'hanne.
From there, No,r_ei_ra,
s. No,r_ei_da.
From without, No,waho'oo.
From before, No,m_oo_a.
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'v_ee_.
Full, satisfied with eating, Pÿa,s.Oo'pÿa,
s.'Paÿa.
A Furunculus, or a small hard boil, Apoo.