LANGUAGE OF THE SOCIETY ISLES. 



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To bathe - 



A Battle, or fight - - 



A Battle-axe - 



To bawl, or cry aloud - 



A Bead 



The Beard - - 



To beat upon, or strike a thing 



To beat a drum - 



To beckon a person with the hand 



A Bed, or bed-place - 



To bedawb, or bespatter 



A Bee 



A Beetle 



Before, not behind - 



A Beggar, a person that is troublesome, 



continually asking for somewhat 

 Behind, not before, - 



To belch - 



Below, as below stairs - 



Below, underneath, far below 



To Bend any thing, as a stick, 8,-c. 



Benevolence, generosity 



e. g. You are a generous man 

 Between, in the middle, betwixt two 

 To bewail, or lament by ciying 

 Bigness, largeness, great 

 A Bird - ' - 



A Bitch - 



To bite, as a dog - 

 Black, colour - - - - 



Bladder 

 ^f Blasphemer, or person who speaks 



disrespectfully of their deities 

 Blind 



A Blister, raised by a burn or other means 

 Blood, - 



To blow the nose - 



The blowing, or breathing of a whale - 

 Blunt, as a blunt tool of any sort 

 The carved Boards of a Maray 

 A little Boat, or canoe - 

 ABoiX - 



Boldness - - - - 



A Bone - - 



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Ob'oo. 



E'motto. 



O'morre. 



TWmo'toro. 



Poe. 



Oome oome. 



Too'py or Too'baee. 



'Eroo'koo. 



Ta'rappe. 



E'ro^, s. Moi'a. 



Par'ry. 



E'rao. 



Veeve'teee. 



Te'moa. 



Tapa'roo. 



Te'moor^. 



Erou'y. 



Tei'dirro, s. TVali- 



raro. 

 O'raro. 

 Fa'fe'fe. 

 Ho'roa. 



Taata ho'roa oe. 

 Fero'poo. 

 E'tatee. 

 Ara'hay. 

 Manoo. 

 Oore, e'ooha. 

 A'ahoo. 

 Ere, ere. 

 Toa'me erne. 



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Toona, (taata, 



Matta-po. 



Mei'ee. 



Toto, s. Ehoo'el 



Fatte. 



Ta'hora. 



Ma'neea. 



E'ra. 



E'vaa. 



Fe'fe. 



EawoM. 



E'ev^. 



