A VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF ATOOI, ONE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
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.]
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, etc.
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