Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. eBook

John MacGillivray
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850..

Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. eBook

John MacGillivray
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 347 pages of information about Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850..

Cloud :  — :  budi-budi :  -. 
Moon :  — :  nowarai :  -. 
Wind :  — :  — :  wiego. 
Salt water :  dawara, davara :  arita (b) :  soga. 
Surf :  — :  bagodu :  -. 
Fresh water :  ranu :  goila (b) :  wawei (D). 
Sand :  — :  gera-gera :  kera-kera. 
Earth :  — :  batan :  -. 
Stone, rock :  nati :  weu, veu (b) :  pak. 
Cliff :  — :  padi-padi :  -. 
Quartz :  — :  karitao :  -. 
Obsidian :  — :  nabuka (b) :  -. 
Fire :  lahi, rahi :  kaiwa (b) :  hiwo.

a.  Mammalia.

Tail (of a dog) :  — :  derena :  -. 
Dog :  sisia :  wanuhe, daiasi :  geiwo. 
Pig :  buroma :  tuana, bawa (D) :  bobo. 
Opossum (Cuscus) :  mowra, bowra :  — :  -.

b.  Birds.

Bird :  — :  — :  maan. 
Wing :  — :  mabena, pepena :  -. 
Bill :  — :  esuna, kawana :  -. 
Feather :  iduar :  daguri :  sao-sa. 
Hornbill :  pawporo :  — :  -. 
White cockatoo :  karai :  rorowa :  -. 
Nicobar pigeon :  — :  korauto :  -. 
Cassowary :  — :  tyuaburo :  -. 
Noddy :  — :  maga :  -.

c.  Reptiles.

Green turtle :  matabudi :  wawnu :  -. 
Eggs :  momo :  — :  -. 
Shell :  nakeme :  — :  -. 
Hind flipper :  ai :  — :  -. 
Tortoise-shell :  kipore, gebore :  koma-koma :  -. 
Large lizard :  — :  makara :  -. 
Water-snake :  — :  mata :  -.

d.  Fishes.

Fish :  — :  yama :  yeimai. 
Bone :  — :  — :  bebai. 
Fry of a Caranx :  — :  — :  muwota. 
Mailed-perch :  — :  beirawa :  -.

e.  Insects, etc.

Sand-crab (Ocypoda) :  — :  gagaruki :  -. 
Small crab (Grapsus etc.) :  — :  karagi :  wallo-quallo. 
Fly :  — :  wuro-uro :  -. 
Butterfly :  — :  bebi :  bebi (= moth).

f.  Shells, etc.

Cuttle-fish bone :  — :  — :  weinaga. 
Nautilus :  — :  were-werigwa :  -. 
Ear-shell :  — :  woka-woka :  -. 
Snail :  — :  nin-nu :  -. 
Scarabus :  — :  wadiwa :  -. 
Small cowrie :  — :  — :  dinga-dinga. 
Small cowrie, white :  — :  mawto :  -. 
Egg-cowrie :  lokol :  dunari (b), dunai :  du-ong-a. 
Cypraea mauritiana :  — :  guna :  -. 
Arca :  — :  — :  emoyamo. 
Cyrena :  keva :  kiwai :  -. 
Cockle :  — :  kasepin. 
Donax :  — :  bogadob (D) :  -. 
Pearl-oyster :  meili :  kepo, immaro :  kepo. 
Barnacle :  — :  — :  tuwaraga. 
Coral :  — :  puduri, buduri :  sangoken = branched.

g.  Vegetable Productions.

Wood :  au :  kaiwa :  hiwo. 
Charcoal, black paint :  uma :  dum :  -. 
Leaf :  — :  — :  taiyu = yam leaf. 
Grass :  — :  yawa-yawada :  wirmwir. 
Sea-weed :  — :  — :  baan. 
Tree :  — :  madyu :  -. 
Scented-herb :  mura-mura :  mura (b), kamura :  -. 
Yellow-flowered plant :  — :  — :  tao-ta. 
Erythrina indica :  — :  yowra :  -. 
Casuarina :  — :  — :  dai. 
Mangrove :  — :  — :  tu-onga. 

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