LANGUAGE OF THE SOCIETY ISLES. 



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Imps, the young imps 



Immature, unripe, as unripe fruit 



Immediately, instantly 



Immense, very large 



Incest, or incestuous 



Indigent, poor, necessitous 



Indolence, laziness 



Industry, opposed to idleness 



Inhospitable, ungenerous 



To inform 



A sort of Ink, used to punctuate 



An inquisitive tattling "woman 



To interrogate, or ask questions 



To invert, or turn upside dow?i 



An Islet 



The Itch, an itching of any sort 



To jump, or leap 



- Teo'he. 



- Poo. 



- To'hyto, 



- Roa. 



- Ta'wytte. 



- Tee, tee. 



- Tee'py. 



- Ta^'a. 



- Pee'peete. 

 * E'whae. 



- E'rahoo* 



( Maheine Opa- 

 " \ taieehu. 



- Faeete. 



{E'hoora, tela'- 

 why. 

 Mo'too. 

 Myro. 

 ( Mahcwta, s. A- 

 " \ raire. 



K 



Keep it to yourself * • - - Yaihee'o. 



The Kernel of a cocoa-nut - - Emo'toa. 



To kick with the foot - - Ta'h^. 



The Kidneys - Fooa'hooa. 



Killed, dead - - - Matte. 



To kindle, or light up Emaa. 



A King - - Eara-jdaluw. 



A King-fisher, the bird so called - E'rooro. 

 To kiss - E'ho^. 



Kite, a boy's play-kite * - O'omo. 



The Knee - 'EJtooree. 



To kneel - - - ^ Toc/tooree. 



A Knot - - Ta'pona. 



A double Knot - - - Va'hodoo. 



The female Knot formed on the upper \ T ^ bontlt 



part of the garment, and on one side - j 



To know, or understand - - E<?te. 



The Knuckle, or joint of the fingers - Tee,ipoo. 



To labour, or work 

 A Ladder 



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Ehea. 



Era'a, s. E'ara. 



