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
Hall, Basil
Korea -- Description and travel; Ryukyu Islands -- Description and travel
----, weak Eeawzackkee, or sackkee ya.
Wing of a bird Hannay.
---- feathers of a bird Kee.
Wipe, to, the face Soosooyoong.
Wish, to, or bid good bye Wockkayoong.
Wrist (lit. neck of the arm) Tee noo coobee.
Write, to Katchoong[123].
Writing-desk Sheekoo.
Wrong in writing characters Nawshoong.
Woman Innago.
-----, plain Ootooroosa innago.
-----, old Teeshooee innago.
-----, handsome Choorasa innago.
-----, young Wockka innago.
Wood of any kind Tamoong.
Yawning A'coobee.
Year[124] Ning.
----, one It'chee ning.
Years, eighteen, of age Joo hat'chee.
-----, fourteen Joo shee.
-----, thirty Sanjoo.
-----, twenty-five Neejoo goo.
Yellow Cheeroo.
------, dark Kassa cheeroo, or aka cheeroo.
------, dirty or dingy Cheeroo dingee.
Yes Oo.
Yesterday Cheenoo.
Yoke, across the shoulders of porters Baw.
You (a second person) Ya (tay).
Young Wock'ka.
----- woman Wock'ka innago.
Yours Coora ya moong.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 25: This sound is the same as the Italian _gn_, and will be
found in the words _Gnafing_, signifying more; _Quangning_, a man of
rank; and also in _Neesa_, bad, and _Nee_, two, which are most commonly
pronounced as if a _g_ were prefixed to the _n_.]
[Footnote 26: The _o_ in this word is sounded as in the English word
_Bode_.]
[Footnote 27: See sentence No. 101, Part II.]
[Footnote 28: This word also signifies milk, and the female breast.]
[Footnote 29: In speaking of books with reference to their number, they
say _teetsee sheemootsee_, one book; _tatsee sheemootsee_, two books;
but of a single book they only say _sheemootsee;_ and we never found
that they had any plural termination.]
[Footnote 30: See sentence No. 111.]
[Footnote 31: There is a great similarity between this word and that
which signifies _to be alive_, (Itch-chawng).]
[Footnote 32: This word signifies both a ladder and a bridge.]
[Footnote 33: See Sentences Nos. 25 and 41.]
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