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Eafee, _To play on the flute_.
Mou afai, _When do you go?_ Afaia, _How many?_ Cheefa, _A pearl oyster_.
Gooe, goee, _A saw sh.e.l.l_.
Fotoohoa, _A rock oyster_.
Ogoo, _Of me; belonging to me_.
Lelange, _To make_.
Behange, _Let me see it_.
Foo, _To box_.
Heeva, _A song, with many women singing different keys_.
Ooloo pokko, _The head_.
Koukou, _To bathe_.
Mabba, _A three-kernelled nut_.
Eelo, _To know_.
Fotte, fotta, _To squeeze gently with the hands_.
Fangootooa, _Wrestling_.
Momoho, _Ripe_.
Koffe, _Bamboo which they beat with on the ground_.
Alla, _I say_.
Waila, _Hot_.
Pango, _Bad_.
Orlongaa, _Thread of which they make their nets, or the plant_.
Monee, _Truth_.
Anga, _A shark_.
Laffa, _Ringworm_.
Fooa, _Fruit; flower_.
_Friendly Isles_. English.
Kokka, _A tree they stain their cloth brown with_, i. e. _the bark_.
Moooee, _Alive; life; soul; G.o.d, or divine spirit_.
Tooo, _A tree, with the berries of which they stain their cloth_.
Ogoohaika, _Who shall I give this to? Who shall I help_?
Maha, _Finished; empty_.
Pagge, _A little paddle they exercise with_.
Faio, _Small-branched coral_.
Cheeagge, _To throw a thing away_.
Faiee tamma, _Pregnancy_.
Lalanga, _To make_.
Vao, _A wild uncultivated country_.
Neeoo goola, _Cabbage-tree_.
Routte, _Hibiscus; rosa sinensis_.
Foa, _A custom of beating the head with a tooth till it bleeds_.
Cheelee neefo, _A custom of beating the teeth on the same occasion_.
Hogga tainga, _A custom of thrusting a spear into their thighs; also a mourning ceremony_.
Toofatao, _Thrusting a spear into the sides under the arm-pits on these occasions_.
Tooengootoo, _Doing the same through the cheeks into the mouth_.
Kafoo, _The garment they commonly wear_.
Offa, _A term of friends.h.i.+p_; as, Taio offa, _My friend, I am glad to see you_.
Toofa, _To divide, or share out food_.
Maeneene, _To tickle_.
Hailulla, _Sarcosma_.
Hooo, _A wooden instrument with which they clear away gra.s.s from their fences_.
Aho, _The dawn_, or _day-break_.
_Friendly Isles_. English.
Gooaa, _Who is it_?
Avo, _To go_; or _take away_.
Valle, _Mad_.
Lelaiee a bee kovee, _Is it good_, or _bad_?
Taboonee, _To shut_, or _close_.
Taae, _To beat_, or _strike_.
Ahae, _Who_, or _where_.
Mamaa, _Light_.
Mamaffa, _Heavy_.
Faike, _A cuttle-fish_.
Vai veegoo, _Wet; moist_.
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_.
