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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's islandHolden, Horace

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A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island

Name: A Narrative of the Shipwreck, Captivity and Sufferings of Horace Holden and Benj. H. Nute: Who were cast away in the American ship Mentor, on the Pelew Islands, in the year 1832; and for two years afterwards were subjected to unheard of sufferings among the barbarous inhabitants of Lord North's island
Author: Holden, Horace

Holden, Horace

Holden, Horace, 1810-; Nute, Benjamin H.; Shipwrecks -- Palau; Sonsorol-Tobi language; Tobi (Palau)

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.

     Ship, 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, God
     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'
  Three,     yah
  Four,      vahn
  Five,      neem
  Six,       yah-woar'
  Seven,     yah-veesh'
  Eight,     yah-wah'
  Nine,      yah-too'
  Ten,       yah-saik' (sake)
  Eleven,    sa-kum ah soo'
  Twelve,    sa-kum ah goo-o'
  Thirteen,  sa-kum ah sa-roo'
  Fourteen,  sa-kum ah vah'oo
  Fifteen,   sa-kum ah leemo'
  Sixteen,   sa-kum ah wahroo'
  Seventeen, sa-kum ah weeshoo'
  Eighteen,  sa-kum ah wahrew'
  Nineteen,  sa-kum ah tee-o'
  Twenty,    sa-kum ah gloo-o'

  Ten,       saik
  Twenty,    goowaik'
  Thirty,    sa-reek'
  Forty,     vah-eek'
  Fifty,     leemaik (leemake)
  Sixty,     woar-eek'
  Seventy,   vesheek'
  Eighty,    wahreck'
  Ninety,    tew-week'
  Hundred,   surbung; &c.[8]

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