A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute - BestLightNovel.com
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Night, neebo'; (_also_ by night.)
No, taw, _or_ tah-oo.
Numerals. (_See the list at the end of this vocabulary._)
Oar. (_See_ Paddle.)
Old, (i. e. from twenty years upwards,) mahzoo'-ee; very old, mahzoo-ee ah va; _also_, butchee butch chim, _literally_, the hair is white.
Paddle, vettel.
People, pee'pee ah mah'ree; _literally_, many men.
Rain, (it rains,) oot; it does not rain, taw oot.
Rat, tum'meeum.
Reef (of rocks,) ahrah'-oo.
Rope, tah'ree. (_See_ Cord.)
Sand, (or shoal in the sea,) pee. _This word means simply the sand._
Sea, (salt water,) taht.
Shark, po.
s.h.i.+p, waw'wee.
Short, yuhmoat', _or_ yah moat'.
Sick, makkah'kes; I am not sick, nang tay makkah'kes.
Sister, mee'ang-um.
Sleep, mus'see, _or_ mummah teed'ee.
Small, pah'chik; very small, (as a grain of sand,) pahchik-gitchee-gee.
Son, (or daughter,) lah'bo. (_See_ Child.)
Stars, vish.
STONE, vahs.
Storm, pee'pee oot; i. e. much rain.
Strong, (in good health,) yuhkayl'.
Sun, yah'ro.
Tahboo', _the religious interdiction called_ tahboo, _which is common in the islands of the Pacific ocean, and which is also used in Lord North's island._
Talk, (_verb_,) tee'tree; e. g. tee'tree Inglish, talk English; tee'tree To'bee, talk To'bee, or the language of the island.
Tattoo, (_verb_,) ver'ree-ver'-ree.
There, a-tur'nah.
Thou, _or_ you, gur.
Thunder, pah; pah zah tee'tree, it thunders; _literally_, the thunder speaks. _When it thunders, they say_, Yarris tee'tree, G.o.d is speaking.
To-morrow, waw'rah-zoo'rah.
Tree. (_See_ Wood.)
Turtle, wah'ree.
WATER, (fresh,) tah'roo.
----, (salt,) taht.
Whale, kahs.
What; (what is that,) mahtah'men ah menno.
WHITE, butch'ee butch.
Why, bah.
WIND, yang.
Woman, vay-ee'vee; a young woman, wer'ree-wedg vay-ee'vee.
Wood, (trees,) tummutch'ee; tabur'rah eek'ah, the stem _or_ trunk.
Yellow, arrang'.
Yes, ee'lah.
Yesterday, rollo; yesterday night, rollo neebo'.
You, _or_ thou, gur.
NUMERALS
One, yaht Two, guhloo'
