470 APPENDIX. 
lenalena 
yellow. 
kapa 
native cloth. 
eha 
pain. 
rore 
foreign do. 
rea 
pleasure. 
ora 
to live. 
maitai 
good. 
make 
to die. 
ino 
bad. 
ai 
to eat. 
pono 
correct. 
ihe 
javelin. 
heva 
wrong, guilt. 
bu 
a hill. 
raau 
tree, wood. 
papal e 
a hat. 
rau 
leaf. 
hao 
iron. 
kai 
sea. 
pohaku 
stone. 
aina 
land. 
repo 
dirt. 
uhane 
spirit. 
area 
hard. 
kino 
body. 
nolunolu 
soft. 
poo 
head. 
ma 
a sling. 
polulu 
spear. 
rua 
a pit. 
mouna 
mountain. 
kamaa 
shoes. 
heiau 
a temple. 
The following specimen of native composition will con¬ 
vey some idea of their idiom. The translation is servile; 
and with this I shall close these remarks on their lan¬ 
guage. It is a letter written by the late king in answer to 
one I sent, acquainting him with my second arrival in the 
islands, on the 4th of Feb. 1823. 
“ Mr. Ellis, eo. 
Mr. Ellis, attend. 
Aroha ino oe, me ko wahine , me na keiki 
Attachment great (to) you, and your wife, with children 
a paw a orua, I ola oukou ia Jehova ia 
all of ye two. Preserved (have) you (been) by Jehovah 
laaa o Iesu Kraist. Eia kau wain olero ia oe , Mr. Ellis , 
they two Jesus Christ. This (is) my word to you, Mr. Ellis, 
apopo a kela la ku a ahiahi, a ku hoi mai , 
to-morrow or the day after when evening, then I return. 
I ka tabu a leila ua ite kaua. A i makemake oe 
On the Sabbath then (shall) meet we. But if desire you 
e here mai ianei maitai no hoi . Ike ware oe i na'rii 
to come here, well also. Seen indeed (have) you the 
