The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. IV. Being the Second of the Second Voyage.Cook, James
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The Three Voyages of Captain Cook Round the World. Vol. IV. Being the Second of the Second Voyage.
Cook, James
Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel; Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century
_U_ alters, or is used to express different simple sounds, as in Unity,
or Umbrage. Here the letters _e_ and _u_, printed in Italics _eu_, are
used to express its power as in the first example, and it always
retains the second power, wherever it is met with.
_Y_ is used to express different sounds, as in My, By, &c. &c. and in
Daily, Fairly, &c. Wherever it is met with in the middle or end (_i.
e._ any where but at the beginning) of a word, it is to be used as in
the first example; but is never to be found as in the second, for that
sound or power is always represented by the Italic letter _e_. It has
also a third power, as in the words Yes, Yell, &c. which is retained
every where in the Vocabulary, at least at the beginning of words, or
when it goes before another vowel, unless directed to be sounded
separately by a mark over it, as thus, ÿa.
Unless in a few instances, these powers of the vowels are used
throughout the Vocabulary; but, to make the pronunciation still less
liable to change or variation, a few marks are added to the words as
follows:
This mark: as öa, means that these letters are to be expressed singly.
The letters in Italic, as _ee_ or _oo_, make but one simple sound.
When a particular stress is laid on any part of a word in the
pronunciation, an accent is placed over that letter where it begins, or
rather between that and the preceding one.
It often happens that a word is compounded as it were of two, or in some
cases the same word or syllable is repeated. In these circumstances, a
comma is placed under them at this division, where a rest or small space
of time is left before you proceed to pronounce the other part, but it
must not be imagined that this is a full stop.
_Examples in all these Cases._
Röa, Great, long, distant.
E’r_ee_ma, Five.
Ry’po_ee_a, Fog _or mist_.
E’h_oo_ra, _To_ invert, _or turn upside down_.
Par_oo_, r_oo_, _A_ partition, _division, or screen_.
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VOCABULARY, &c.
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To abide, _or remain_ Ete´_ei_.
_An_ Abode, _or place of residence_ Noho´ra.
Above, _not below_ N_ee_a, s. Tién_ee_a.
_An_ Abcess Fe´fe.
Action, _opposed to rest_, Ta´er_ee_.
Adhesive, _of an adhesive or sticking quality_ _Oo_´p_ee_re.
Adjoining, _or contiguous to_ E´p_ee_iho.
Admiration, _an interjection of_ A´w_ai_, s. A´w_ai_
to _Pee_r_ee_-_ai_.
_An_ Adulterer, _or one that vexes a married T_ee_ho t_ee_ho, s.
woman_ Teeho teeho, ta´rar.
_To_ agitate, _or shake a thing, as water, &c._ E_oo_a´w_ai_.
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