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
Catch a _thing hastily with the hand_, Po'po_ee_, s. Peero.
as a fly, &c.
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'tëa.
A Chatterer, _or noisy impertinent Taata E'm_oo_,
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, Möa pee'ri_a_ia.
A Chief, _or principal person; one of Eäree.
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'tëa.
Brother, E'tama.
Sister, Te't_oo_a.
The Chin, _and lower jaw_, E'taa.
Choaked, _to be choaked as with Ep_oo_'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. Tëa'te.
_White clayey_ Cliffs, E'mammatëa.
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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