A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15: Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present TimeKerr, Robert
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15: Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time
Kerr, Robert
Voyages and travels
The Bark _of a tree_, Ho'hore.
Barren _land_, Fe'nooa Ma'_ou_re.
_A large round_ Basket _of twig_, He'na.
_A small_ Basket _of cocoa leaves_, V_ai_'hee.
_A long _Basket _of cocoa leaves_, Apo'_ai_ra.
A Basket _of plantain stock_, Papa' M_aiee_a.
_A fisher's_ Basket, Er're'vy.
_A round_ Basket _of cocoa leaves_, Mo'ene.
A Bastard, Fanna T_oo_'n_ee_a.
Bastinado, _to bastinade or flog a person_, Tapra'h_ai_.
To bathe, Ob'_oo_.
A Battle, _or fight_, E'motto.
A Battle-axe, O'morre.
To bawl, _or cry aloud_, T_ei_mo'toro.
A Bead, Pöe.
The Beard, _Oo_me _oo_me.
To beat _upon, or strike a thing_, T_oo_'py or T_oo_'ba_ee_.
To beat _a drum_, Er_oo_'k_oo_.
To beckon _a person with the hand_, Ta'rappe.
A Bed, _or bed-place_, E'ro_ee_, s. Möi'a.
To bedaub, _or bespatter_, Par'ry.
A Bee, E'räo.
A Beetle, P_ee_re'te_ee_.
Before, _not behind_, Te'möa.
A Beggar, _a person that is troublesome_, Tapa'r_oo_.
_continually asking for some-what_,
Behind, _not before_, Te'm_oo_r_ee_.
To belch, Er_oo_'y.
Below, _as below stairs_, Tei'dirro, s. T_ee_diraro.
Below, _underneath, far below_, O'raro.
To bend _any thing, as a stick_, &c. Fa'fe'fe.
Benevolence, _generosity_, Ho'röa,
e.g. _you are a generous man_, Taata ho roa öe.
Between, _in the middle, betwixit two_, Fero'p_oo_.
To bewail, _or lament by crying_, E'tat_ee_.
Bigness, _largeness, great_, Ara'hay.
A Bird, Manoo.
A Bitch, _Oo_re, e'_oo_ha.
To bite, _as a dog_, A ah_oo_.
Black, _colour_, Ere, ere.
Bladder, Töa meeme.
A_ Blasphemer, _a person who speaks_ T_oo_na, (t_aa_ta.)
_disrespectfully of their deities_,
Blind, Matta-po.
A Blister, _raised by a burn or
other means_, Mei'_ee_
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