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.
To catch a ball,                              Ama’wh_ee_a. 
To catch fish with a line,                    E’h_oo_te. 
A Caterpillar,                                  E’t_oo_a. 
Celerity, swiftness,                          T_ee_’teere, s.  E’tirre. 
The Centre, or middle of a thing,             Tera’p_oo_. 
Chalk,                                          Mamma’tea.
A Chatterer, or noisy impertinent              Taata E’moo_,
fellow_,                                     s.  E’m_oo_.
Chearfulness,                                    Wara. 
The Cheek,                                       Pappar_ee_a. 
A Chest,                                         ’P_ee_ha. 
The Chest, or body,                            O’p_oo_. 
To chew, or eat,                               E’y. 
Chequered, or painted in squares,              P_oo_re, p_oo_re. 
A Chicken,                                       Moea pee’ri_a_ia.

   A Chief, or principal person; one of Eaeree.
       the first rank among the people
,

   An inferior Chief, or one who
    is only in an independent state, T
oo’ou_
    a gentleman_,

Child-bearing, Fanou, e’vaho.

Children’s language,       Father,          O’pucen_oo_, and Papa. 
Mother,          E’wh_ei_arre, & O’pa’tea. 
Brother,         E’tama. 
Sister,          Te’t_oo_a.

The Chin, and lower jaw, E’taa.

Choaked, to be choaked as with                 Epoo_’n_ei_na,
victuals_, &c.                        s.  Er_oo_’y.

To chuse, or pick out, Eh_ee_e,te,me,my ty.

Circumcision, or rather an incision E_oo_re,te h_ai_.
of the foreskin,

A sort of Clappers,_used at funerals_, Par’ha_oo_.

Clapping the bend of the arm smartly E’too.
with the hand, so as to make a noise,
an Indian custom
,

   The Claw of a bird, A’ee oo
   Clay, or clammy earth, Ewh_ou_,arra. 
   Clean, not nasty, Oo’ma, s.  Eoo’ee
   Clear, pure; as clear water, &c.  Tea’te.
   White clayey Cliffs, E’mammatea. 
   Close, shut, Eva’h_ee_. 
  Cloth of any kind, or rather the covering Ahoo.
       or raiments made of it
,

   A piece of oblong Cloth, slit in the
       middle, through which the head is Teeboota.
       put, and it then hangs down behind
       and before
,

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