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
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'nöa.
A Crab, Pappa.
Crab, _a large land-crab that climbs
the cocoa-nut trees for fruit_, E'_oo_wa.
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'_oo_ra.
To Creep _on the hands and feet_, Ene'_ai_.
Crimson _colour_, _Oo_ra _oo_ra.
Cripple, _lame_, T_ei_'t_ei_.
Crooked, _not straight_, O_o_o'p_ee_o.
To crow _as a cock_, A'a _oo_a.
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_, Torëa.
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 röa.
_A natural_ Death, Matte nöa.
Deafness, Ta'r_ee_a, t_oo_r_ee_.
Decrepid, Epoo't_oo_a.
Deep water, Mona'.
A Denial, _or refusal_, Eh_oo_'nöa.
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_,)
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