A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World - Volume Ii Part 21
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Volume Ii Part 21

_An industrious_ Housewife, Ma'h_ei_ne Am_au_'hattoi How _do you, or how is it with you, Tehanooe.

Humorous, _droll, merry_, Fa,atta,'atta.

Hunger, Poro'r_ee_, s. Po_ee_'a.

A Hut, _or house_, E'farre.

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I,_ myself, first person singular_, W_ou_(1) M_ee_.(2) _The lower_ Jaw, E'ta.

Idle, _or lazy_, T_ee_'py.

Jealousy _in a woman_, Ta'b_oo_ne, s.Fatee no, s. H_oo_'hy.

Ignorance, _stupidity_, W_ee_a'ta.

Ill-natured, _cross_, _Oo_re, e'_ee_ore.

An Image _of a human figure_, E'tee.

Imps,_ the young imps,_ Teo'he.

Immature, _unripe, as unripe fruit_, Poo.

Immediately, _instantly_, To'hyto.

Immense, _very large_, Roa.

Incest, _or incestuous_, Ta'wytte.

Indigent, _poor, necessitous_, T_ee_,t_ee_.

Indolence, _laziness_, T_ee_'py.

Industry, _opposed to idleness_, Ta_ee_'a.

Inhospitable, _ungenerous_, P_ee_'p_ee_re.

To inform, E'whae.

_A sort of_ Ink, _used to punctuate_, E'rah_oo_.

An inquisitive _tattling woman_, Maheine Opotai_ee_hu.

To interrogate, _or ask questions_, Faeete.

To invert, _or turn upside down_, E'h_oo_ra, tela'why.

An Islet, Mo'too.

The Itch, _an itching of any sort_, Myro.

J.

To jump, _or leap_, Mah_ou_ta, s. Araire.

K.

Keep _it to yourself_, V_ai_h_ee_'o.

The Kernel _of a cocoa-nut_, Emo't_ee_a.

To kick _with the foot_, Ta'h_ee_.

The Kidnies, F_oo_a'h_oo_a.

Killed, _dead_, Matte.

To kindle, _or light up_, Emaa.

A King, Ear_ee_,da'h_ai_.

A King-fisher, _the bird to called_, E'r_oo_ro.

To kiss, E'ho_ee_.

Kite, _a boy's play-kite_, O'omo.

The Knee, E't_oo_r_ee_.

To kneel, T_oo_'t_oo_r_ee_.

A Knot, Ta'pona.

_A double_ Knot, Va'hod_oo_.

_The female_ Knot _formed on the upper T_ee_bona.

part of the garment, and on one side_, To know, _or understand_, _Ee_te.

The Knuckle, _or joint of the fingers_, T_ee_,p_oo_.

L.

To labour, _or work_, Ehea.

A Ladder, Era'a, s. E'ara.

A Lagoon, Ewha'_ou_na, s.Ea'onna.

Lame, _cripple_, T_ei_'t_ei_.

A Lance, _or spear_, Tao.

Land _in general, a country_, Fe'n_oo_a, s. Whe'n_oo_a.

Language, _speech, words_, Pa'ra_ou_.

Language, _used when dancing, Timoro'd_ee_, te'Timoro'd_ee_.

Largeness, _when applied to a country, Ara'h_ai_.

country,_etc. N_oo_e.

To laugh, Atta.

Laziness, T_ee_'py.

Lean, _the lean of meat_, Aeo.

Lean,_slender, not fleshy_, T_oo_'h_ai_.

To leap, Ma'h_ou_ta, s. A'rere.

Leave _it behind, let it remain_, 'V_ai_heo.

To leave, E'wh_eeoo_.

The Leg, A'wy.

Legs, _my legs ache, or are tired_, A'h_oo_a.

A Liar, Taata,ha'warre.

To lie _down, or along, to rest one's self_, Ete'raha, s. Te'p_oo_.

To lift _a thing up_, Era'w_ai_.

_Day_ Light, Mara'marama.

Light, _or fire of the great people_ T_ou_t_oi_,papa.

Light, _or fire of the common people_, N_ee_ao,papa.

Light, _to light or kindle the fire_, A't_oo_n_oo_ t'E_ee_'wera.

Light, _not heavy_, Ma'ma.

Lightning, _Oo_'waira.

The Lips, _Oo_t_oo_.

Little, _small_, _Ee_te.

A Lizard, 'Moo.

Loathsome, _nauseous_, E,a'wawa.

_A sort of_ Lobster, _frequent in the isles_, T_ee_on_ai_.

To loll _about, or be lazy_, Tee'py.

To loll _out the tongue_, Ewha'tor_oo_ t'Arere.

To look _for a thing that is lost_, Tap_oo_n_ee_.

A Looking-gla.s.s, H_ee_o'_ee_'otta.

Loose, _not secure_, A_oo_'w_ee_wa.

A Looseness, _or purging_, Hawa,'hawa.

To love, Ehe'nar_oo_.

Lover, _courtier, wooer_, Eh_oo_'noa.

A Louse, _Oo_'t_oo_.

Low, _not high, as low land_, etc. Hea,hea, s. Papoo.

E_ee_'oa.