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VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE 



Friendly Isles. 



Faigeeaika, 

 Kakou, 



Shainga (in the 

 language of 

 Feejee), 



Fangoo, 



Oore, oore, 



Looloo, 



Murroo, 



Faifaika, 



Feengotta, 



Wouainee, 



Mahagge, fatoo, 

 Goee enee, 

 Fukka, ma fooa, 



English. 



Iambus. 



A shoal, or reef, 



on which the sea 



breaks. 



Fatooree, 

 Afaa, 

 Toufarre, 

 Tongo, 



Ooha, 

 Tooboo, 

 Tawagge, totto, 



Kadjee, 



Fanna, fanna, 



Mooonga, 



Keeneeo, 

 Laoo allee, 



Ogookaee, 



Laia, or koelaia, 



Kaho, 



Aieeboo, 



Tooee, 



Feila, 



Eevee, aai, 



Feilaa too, 



No; there is none. 



A small calibash 

 shell. 



Black. 



An owl. 



Soft. 



Hard. 



A sort of shell. 



I am here; i. e. 

 when called upon. 



A drojJsy. 



Near at hand. 



An arbour in which 

 they catch pige- 

 ons, fyc. 



Thunder. 



A storm ; lightning. 



A besom. 



A wood, of which 

 boivs are made. 



Rain. 



To grow. 



The red-tailed tropic 

 bird. 



There is no more; 

 or none. 



To wash the hands 

 before meals. 



Mountains ; a moun- 

 tain. 



Low land. 



A great many ; an 

 endless member. 



No ; there is none. 



Speech; words. 



An arrow. 



A vessel or dish. 



A club. 



To pull a rope. 



A cheer in pulling a 

 rope. 



Aword given by one, 

 on pidling a rope, 

 and the rest re- 

 peat Woa, as a 

 response. 



Friendly Isles. 

 Engago, 

 Kanno, matte, 



English. 

 Fat* or lard of a 

 part oj 



hog. 



The lean 



meat. 

 A kidney. 



The name of the 

 volcano on To- 

 fooa. 

 Cold. 



The going about, or 

 tacking of a ship. 

 To understand. 

 I do not understand. 



you. 

 Warm. 

 Last night. 

 The Southerly wind; 



or a fold wind. 

 To roll, as a ship. 

 The ivind. 

 Matangee anga, The East and North 

 or matangee wind, or a fair 

 leeoo. wind. 



Amooee, or ta- 



mooree, From behind. 



Amooa, or ta- 

 rn ooa, F?'om before. 

 Ahaa,orkoehaa? For what reason? 

 Mohe fai ? Where shall I sleep ? 

 Koo mafoore, To lie along t or 

 yield, as a ship 

 close hauled. 



Kofooa, 

 Kollofeea, 



Moggocheea, 

 Hooa, 



Ongonna, 

 Kaee ongonna, 



Mafanna, 



Anapo, 



Fakkahooa, 



Looloo, 

 Matangee, 



