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.
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; God, 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

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