APPENDIX. 
469 
Eleven would be either umi-kumu-ma-kahi, ten the root 
and one, or umi-akalii-keu , ten one over; this would be 
continued by adding the units to the ten till twenty, which 
they call iva-karua , forty they call kanahaa , for seventy-six 
they would say forty twenty ten and six, and continue 
counting by forties till 400, which they call a ran , then 
they add till 4000, which they call mano , 40,000 they call 
leliu , and 400,000 a kini; beyond this we do not know 
that they carry their calculations: the above words are 
sometimes doubled, as manomano kinikini; they are, how¬ 
ever, only used thus to express a large but indefinite 
number. Their selection of the number four in calcula¬ 
tions is singular; thus, 864,895 w r ould be, according to 
their method of reckoning, two kini, or 400,000s, one lehu, 
40,000, six mano, or 4000s, two rau, or 400s. two kanaha, 
or 40s, one umi, or ten and five. They calculate time by 
the moon; allow twelve to a year; have a distinct name 
for every moon, and every night of the moon, and reckon 
the parts of a month by the number of nights, as po akoru 
ainei , nights three ago, instead of three days ago. The 
following are some of the most common words in their 
language: 
Akua 
God. 
naau 
stomach. 
kanaka 
man. 
rima 
hands and arms 
w^ahine 
woman. 
wawae 
legs and feet. 
kama 
child. 
buaa 
hog. 
ra, or la 
sun. 
ilio 
dog. 
mahina 
moon. 
moa 
fowl. 
hoku 
star. 
manu 
bird 
lani 
heaven, 
ia 
fish. 
or sky. 
wai 
water. 
ao 
light. 
ahi 
fire. 
pouri 
darkness. 
uru 
bread-fruit. 
makani 
wind. 
maia 
plantain. 
u’a 
rain. 
ai 
food. 
vera 
hot. 
inu 
to drink. 
anu 
cold. 
here 
to w r alk. 
hare 
house. 
noho 
to sit. 
waa 
canoe. 
moe 
to sleep. 
mata 
face and eye. 
orero 
to speak. 
rauoho 
hair. 
ereere 
black. 
ihu 
nose. 
keokeo 
white. 
waha 
mouth. 
ura 
red. 
