A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels
Chapter 492 : Eafee, _To play on the flute_.Mou afai, _When do you go?_ Afaia, _How many?_ Cheefa, _

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_.