of Lord North’s Island. 
Sick, makakes; nang tai makakes, J am 
nol sick; nang yé ka’ila, or nang yu- 
kail, I am well, or strong; nang tai 
kail, I am weak, or not strong. 
Sister, miangum ; Kobowiut miangim 
a gur, Kobowut is your sister. 
Sleep, mussi; to sleep, mumma tidi; I 
sleep, nang miimma tidi. 
Small, patchik; very small, patchi git- 
tchi-gi; in speaking of a grain of sand, 
a mote in one’s eye, &c., bugis-baichu. 
Son (and daughter); it is not recollect- 
ed that they made any distinction in 
speaking of sons and daughters; they 
would say, labo nang, for my son, and 
my daughter, without discrimination. 
Speak (to), titri. See under Talk and 
Thunder. 
Stars, vish. 
Stone, vas. See Carry. 
Stop (when a person is going away); to- 
pai tai-tu a tidi mata tu tillinip, slop 
somewhere and silt down and talk. 
Storm, pipi ut, i. e. much rain. 
Strong. See Sick. 
Sun, yaro, 
aR 
Tabu’ (as a substantive), the taboo, or 
religious prohibition or interdict put 
upon places and things which are not 
to be used, &c.; common in the 
islands of the Pacific Ocean. 
Talk(to), titri; titri Inglish, talk English ; 
titri Tobi, talk Tobi, that is, the lan- 
guage of Tobi, or Lord North’s Isl- 
and. When it thunders, they say, 
Yarris titri, Yarris (God) talks ; they 
are in great fear of thunder. 
Tattoo (to), verri verri; old persons are 
the most tattooed. 
That, amana. 
There, etirna. 
Thief. See the Dialogues subjoined. 
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This, atia, or tia; tia karapa, this co- 
coa-nut, 
Thumb. See Finger. 
Thunder, pa; paza titri, it thunders, or, 
literally, the thunder speaks. See also 
under Talk. 
Tie (to), buzhanet’; 
amenna, J tte it. 
Tired, shat’téri raimis. See Hungry. 
Tree, or Wood, teburra ika, i.e. the 
trunk or stem. ‘See Wood. (One of 
the seamen gave lew or lu.) 
Turtle, wari. (Five only were caught 
at the island during the two years’ 
captivity.) 
nang buzhanet! 
U. 
Urine (to), kuru kul. 
W. 
Warm, wirbttch. 
Water (salt), tat. 
«¢ (fresh), taru. 
Well (not sick). See Sick. 
Whale, kas. 
What; what is that? matamen a menno? 
Answer, wonap a mana, it ts a wonap, 
or the fish called a skipjack ; what is 
also expressed by a kind of grunt, 
h’ng or h’n; what or who, as, Verra 
mata a mana, what is his name 2 i. e. 
who is that 2 
Where, ama’? Answer, etirna, there, 
in that place. 
White, bitchi ; bitchi, a white man or 
European. 
Why, ba. 
Wind, yang. 
Woman, vaiva; a lying-in woman, yes- 
Sl; @ young woman, werri-wagi vai- 
va; applied also to female birds. 
Wood, timmitch. See Tree. 
Work (to). I shall not work on the canoe 
to-morrow, 1. e. in hollowing her out by 
