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..

577 :  Afraid :  akan :  -. 578 :  Alive :  danaleg (443, 804) :  anading. 579 :  All, the whole :  muro :  -. 580 :  Another :  wara (569) :  inyana. 581 :  Ashamed :  ajiran (823) :  -. 582 :  Bad, ugly :  wate :  -. 583 :  Bad-smelling :  wate ganule(826) :  -. 584 :  Bad-tasted :  wate mitale (827) :  -. 585 :  Bald :  guele :  -. 586 :  Bent :  balbai :  -. 587 :  Bitter :  tera :  -. 588 :  Black :  kubi-kubi thung (228, 629) :  -. 589 :  Blind :  danagi (443, 804) beagi (when addressing one blind) :  -. 590 :  Bloody :  kulkale (511) :  -. 591 :  Blunt :  dugung, gizuge (824) :  -. 592 :  Boiling :  zurana :  -. 593 :  Both :  ipal, ipel :  -. 594 :  Blue :  mal-tha gamule (29) :  -. 595 :  Cold :  sumai :  -. 596 :  Cooked :  giung (641, 629) :  -. 597 :  Cylindrical :  sam (125) :  -. 598 :  Dead :  uma :  etora, etolma. 599 :  Deaf :  wate kowrare (582, 455) :  -. 600 :  Dirty :  tumitalle (812) :  -. 601 :  Drowned :  sarupa :  -. 602 :  Dry, dried up :  watang :  -. 603 :  Dumb :  keigalein :  -. 604 :  Faced, pretty :  kape parure (612, 439) :  -. 605 :  Faced, ugly :  wate parure (582, 439) :  -. 606 :  Female :  madale (500) :  -. 607 :  First :  kul :  -. 608 :  Flat :  attang :  -. 609 :  Flooded :  budaman :  ankgera. 610 :  Forbidden, as food :  adzar :  -. 611 :  Forious, vindictive :  kerketale (806) :  -. 612 :  Good, pretty :  kape :  -. 613 :  Good, perfect :  min-na :  -. 614 :  Gorged :  kekedi :  murko. 615 :  Greedy :  ubile (816) :  -. 616 :  Green* :  nis-thung (232, 629) :  -.

(Footnote.  There are two forms of each adjective denoting colour, except grey and white.  Thus, black is rendered either kubi-kubi thung, or, kubi-kubi tha gamule, both meaning like, or, the colour of the charcoal procured from kubi-kubi = touchwood.  Blue, green, and red, are denoted by compounds signifying resemblance to deep water, a leaf, and blood, respectively.)

617 :  Grey, any light tint :  miakula :  -. 618 :  Half, part of :  tapi :  -. 619 :  Heavy :  mapule (828) :  -. 620 :  Hollow :  muile (685) :  -. 621 :  How many? :  mida kubi (694) :  -. 622 :  Hungry :  weragi (514) :  awora, awura. 623 :  Itchy :  gamuji (807 ?) :  -. 624 :  Lame :  wate ngarare (582, 482) :  -. 625 :  Large, very :  keinga* :  intonya.

(Footnote.  Generally used in its contracted form, as ke or kei :  it is also employed as a prefix to denote the superlative degree:  thus, ke’ kamanale = very warm.)

626 :  Last :  wagel (22) :  -. 627 :  Left :  kida :  etamuna. 628 :  Light :  turong :  -. 629 :  Like, the same as :  thung* :  -.

(Footnote.  As an example of one of the modes of using this, I find, gariga thung = like the sun, or, as bright as if daylight.

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