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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Name: Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island
Author: Hall, Basil

Hall, Basil

Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel

----, slow                                   Yawna eechoong.
    ----, quick                                  Hayee sit'choong.
    Walking hand in hand, as the natives         Teefeecha.
    Wash, to                                     A'rayoong.
    ----, or bathe                               Indeetawoong.
    ----, clothes                                Ching arayoong.
    Washing clothes                              Ching aratee.
    Watch                                        Karahigh.
    ----- key                                    Sasee noo quaw.
    We, or a fourth person                       Yootay.
    Weather                                      Tinsee, or tinchee.
    -------, fine                                Yetinsee[120], or tinchee.
    -------, foul or bad                         Yanna tinsee, or tinchee.
    Web-footed bird                              Itchooma.
    ---------------, beak of a                   Coochee (lit. mouth).
    ---------------  head                        Makarajjee.
    ---------------  leg                         Sha.
    ---------------  two legs                    Shandee.
    ---------------  tail                        Majoo.
    ---------------  wing                        Honnee.
    Well (lit. water's skin)                     Meezee ka.
    West                                         Neeshee.
    Wet                                          Inneetee.
    Wet, to                                      I'ndeetaoong.
    What do you call this?                       Noondeega.
    Wheel of a ship                              Coorooma.
    Whiskers                                     Binta.
    Whisper, to                                  Monotitchoong.
    Whistling                                    Feefee.
    ---------, as a bird                         Hoosa.
    White                                        Sheeroosa.
    Wick of a candle                             Skeecootshee.
    Will you give me                             Wang yee quirree[121].
    Wind                                         Kassee, or Kazzee.
    ---- to come in                              Kassee noochoong.
    ---- to go out                               Kassee eechoong.
    ----, little                                 Kassee gua.
    ----, great                                  Weesa kassee, or taychfoo[122].
    Wind, to, up a watch                         Feenoyoong.
    --------, a string round the finger          Karamachoong.
    Winking                                      Mee oochee.
    Wine                                         Sackkee.
    ---- glass                                   Tamma sackka sit'chee.
    ---- kettle                                  Dackkeezitza.
    ----, sweet                                  Amazack'kee, compounded of
                                                   amasa and sackee.
    ----, strong                                 Choozackkee, or sackkeechoo.

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Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo IslandHall, Basil

History

Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Hall, Basil

Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel

----, slow                                   Yawna eechoong.
    ----, quick                                  Hayee sit'choong.
    Walking hand in hand, as the natives         Teefeecha.
    Wash, to                                     A'rayoong.
    ----, or bathe                               Indeetawoong.
    ----, clothes                                Ching arayoong.
    Washing clothes                              Ching aratee.
    Watch                                        Karahigh.
    ----- key                                    Sasee noo quaw.
    We, or a fourth person                       Yootay.
    Weather                                      Tinsee, or tinchee.
    -------, fine                                Yetinsee[120], or tinchee.
    -------, foul or bad                         Yanna tinsee, or tinchee.
    Web-footed bird                              Itchooma.
    ---------------, beak of a                   Coochee (lit. mouth).
    ---------------  head                        Makarajjee.
    ---------------  leg                         Sha.
    ---------------  two legs                    Shandee.
    ---------------  tail                        Majoo.
    ---------------  wing                        Honnee.
    Well (lit. water's skin)                     Meezee ka.
    West                                         Neeshee.
    Wet                                          Inneetee.
    Wet, to                                      I'ndeetaoong.
    What do you call this?                       Noondeega.
    Wheel of a ship                              Coorooma.
    Whiskers                                     Binta.
    Whisper, to                                  Monotitchoong.
    Whistling                                    Feefee.
    ---------, as a bird                         Hoosa.
    White                                        Sheeroosa.
    Wick of a candle                             Skeecootshee.
    Will you give me                             Wang yee quirree[121].
    Wind                                         Kassee, or Kazzee.
    ---- to come in                              Kassee noochoong.
    ---- to go out                               Kassee eechoong.
    ----, little                                 Kassee gua.
    ----, great                                  Weesa kassee, or taychfoo[122].
    Wind, to, up a watch                         Feenoyoong.
    --------, a string round the finger          Karamachoong.
    Winking                                      Mee oochee.
    Wine                                         Sackkee.
    ---- glass                                   Tamma sackka sit'chee.
    ---- kettle                                  Dackkeezitza.
    ----, sweet                                  Amazack'kee, compounded of
                                                   amasa and sackee.
    ----, strong                                 Choozackkee, or sackkeechoo.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

Account of a voyage of discovery to the west coast of Corea, and the great Loo-Choo Island

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