A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 762 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 eBook

Robert Kerr (writer)
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 762 pages of information about A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15.

Friendly Isles.  English. 
Onne, onne, White sand
Pai, Ripe, old
Ea, A fence made of bamboo, &c. 
Toee, The wood which they make their
canoes of

Mafaee, Wasp’s nests built in the pod of
a plant

Kappe, A large cylindrical edible root
Ongo, ongo, A small palm growing to the
height of eight feet

Gooholla, It is gone, or flown
Mai, kawaia, To take away a thing
Mai, Evaheeoo, To let a thing remain
Kaeenga, Land, or property the shore
Fyatooka, A burying-place
Woee, Admiration
Koeee, A fan
Waggee hou, Let it alone
Bai, Great
Laika, laika, Good
Ooo, A crayfish
Feengafee, A black and white mat
Aingatooeea, Stained red rushes, which they
wear round the waist

An, any, A little while ago
Hengatoo, Glazed cloth which they wear
Falla, A thick strong mat
Mahagee, A sort of ulcer, that leaves large
laced scars

Akkaree, A stool to lay the head on when
asleep

Naffa, A large cylindrical piece of wood,
hollowed with a slit, which
serves as a drum

Toa, A spear
Etanno, To bury under ground
Afai, When
Otoogoo, Finished
Maree, or mareeai, Well done; an acclamation
Fafa, To carry one on the back
Mamao, A great way; distant
Meedje, meedje, To drink out of a cocoa-nut.

Friendly Isles.  English. 
Matta, The face
Ty, or Etae, Excrement
Faitanoo, A sort of pepper-tree, the juice
of which is very acrid

Nafee, nafee, A fine white sort of mat
Abee, A house to sleep in
Touaa, A square bonnet
Fukke, fety, To give a thing gratis, or for
friendship’s sake

Tooa, or Tooaeea, A servant, or person of inferior

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