Covering, the covering of a fish’s gills, Pe_ee_’eya.

   Covetousness, or rather one not inclined
   to give, Pee,peere.

A Cough,                                          Ma’re. 
To Court, woo a woman,                          Ta’raro. 
Coyness in a woman,                             No’noea. 
A Crab,                                           Pappa.

   Crab, a large land-crab that climbs
   the cocoa-nut trees for fruit, E’oowa.

A Crack, cleft, or fissure,                      Mot_oo_. 
Crammed, lumbered, crowded,                    Ooa,p_ee_a’pe,s.Ehotto. 
The Cramp,                                       Emo’t_oo_ t_oo_. 
A Cray-fish,                                     O’oora. 
To Creep on the hands and feet,                Ene’ai. 
Crimson colour,                                Oora oora. 
Cripple, lame,                                 T_ei_’t_ei_. 
Crooked, not straight,                         O_o_o’p_ee_o. 
To crow as a cock,                             A’a ooa. 
The Crown of the head,                         T_oo_’p_oo_e. 
To cry, or shed tears,                         Ta_ee_.

   A brown Cuckoo, with black bars and
   a long tail, frequent in the isles, Ara’were_wa_.

   To cuff, or slap the chops, E’par_oo_.

   Curlew, a small curlew or whimbrel
   found about the rivulets, Torea.

Cut, or divided,                               Mot_oo_.
To cut the hair with scissars,               O’tee.

D.

A Dance, H_ee_va.

Darkness, Poee’r_ee_,
s.  Po_oo_’r_ee_

To Darn                                           O’ono
A Daughter,                                       Ma’h_ei_ne.

Day, or day-light, Mara’marama, s. 
A’ou, s.  A’a_ou_.

Day-break, Oota’tah_ei_ta.  Day, to-day, A_oo_’n_ai_.  Dead, Matte roea. A natural Death, Matte noea.  Deafness, Ta’r_ee_a, t_oo_r_ee_.  Decrepid, Epoo’t_oo_a.  Deep water, Mona’.  A Denial, or refusal, Eh_oo_’noea.  To desire, or wish for a thing, E_ooee_.  A Devil, or evil spirit, E’t_ee_.  Dew, Ahe’a_oo_.  A Diarrhoea, or looseness, Hawa, hawa.

   To_ dip meat in salt water instead of Eaw_ee_’wo
      salt, (an Indian custom,)