An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 2Constable and Company, 1827 - 2 sider |
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... leaves of the ifi tree round their necks , as a token of submission , and that they came upon a religious duty , they were permitted to land . After having presented cava to several consecrated houses , they came be- fore Finow , and ...
... leaves of the ifi tree round their necks , as a token of submission , and that they came upon a religious duty , they were permitted to land . After having presented cava to several consecrated houses , they came be- fore Finow , and ...
Side 16
... leaves of the if tree were round their necks , according to the cus- tom at burials . Several boys bearing a few spears , arrows , and clubs , followed . They pro- ceeded immediately to the grave of the late How , and after having sat ...
... leaves of the if tree were round their necks , according to the cus- tom at burials . Several boys bearing a few spears , arrows , and clubs , followed . They pro- ceeded immediately to the grave of the late How , and after having sat ...
Side 40
... leaves of the chi tree round his waist . This disguise would have warranted the conduct of the sentinel , but , as soon as Mr Mariner spoke English , and told him he was an Englishman , he allowed him to come on deck , where the captain ...
... leaves of the chi tree round his waist . This disguise would have warranted the conduct of the sentinel , but , as soon as Mr Mariner spoke English , and told him he was an Englishman , he allowed him to come on deck , where the captain ...
Side 110
... , as may be supposed , is a very gigantic being , greater in personal bulk than any of the others . He never inspires any body , nor ever leaves his situation . He has no house dedicated to him . When an 110 RELIGIOUS TENETS.
... , as may be supposed , is a very gigantic being , greater in personal bulk than any of the others . He never inspires any body , nor ever leaves his situation . He has no house dedicated to him . When an 110 RELIGIOUS TENETS.
Side 121
... leaves it suddenly at the mo ment of death ; and it may be conceived to stand much in the same relation to the body as the per- fume and more essential qualities of a flower do to the more solid substance which constitutes the vegetable ...
... leaves it suddenly at the mo ment of death ; and it may be conceived to stand much in the same relation to the body as the per- fume and more essential qualities of a flower do to the more solid substance which constitutes the vegetable ...
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angi atoo Bolotoo booaca called canoe captain cava cava party ceremony club Co ho cocoa-nut considered Cook dual expressed fafine female Fiji Islands Finow Finow Fiji fonnooa fucca fytoca giate gimótóloo ginówooa ginówtóloo give gnatoo gods gooa Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai Islands Hihifo honour hotooas inferior king lahi Langi language Licoo lillé loto manatoo manoo-manoo Mariner matabooles mats matta means mohe momoco mooas natives noble nofo noun obito occasion ongofooloo oola Ooloo operation Papalangi performed person plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect sometimes superior supposed taboo taha Talo Tangaloa tangata tense teoo thing tion toca togi toloo Tonga Islands Tonga language tooas Toobo Toobó Toa toofoonga Tooitonga tow aloo tree vaca Valoo Vavaoo Veachi verb whilst women word wound yams
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Side 146 - Tonga hold true for a great many, not to say all, savage and barbarous races now existing. " It must not be supposed," he says, "that these women are always easily won; the greatest attentions and most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way.
Side 158 - ... fingers pointing downwards, and the palm presenting outwards. He does this slowly, from side to side, gradually descending deeper and deeper, till his fingers meet each other at the bottom, so that nearly the whole of the fibres of the root are by these means enclosed in the...
Side 214 - The chorus is composed of ten or twelve of the chiefs or principal matabooles, in the middle of whom sits one who beats time upon a loose flat piece of hard wood, about three feet long, and an inch and a half square, fastened only at one end upon another similar piece: this is struck by two small sticks, one in each hand, and produces a rattling sound.
Side 113 - Hseful things, neither shall you go to the great land of your brothers. How can you go with your bad canoes? But your brothers shall come to Tonga, and trade with you as they please.
Side 129 - He found nothing that he conceived very remarkable in their general character : if there was any difference between them and the rest of the natives, it was that they were rather more given to reflection, and somewhat more taciturn, and probably greater observers of what was going forward.
Side 102 - Bolotoo is supposed to be so far off as to render it dangerous for their canoes to attempt going there ; and it is supposed moreover that even if they were to succeed in reaching so far, unless it happened to be the particular will of the gods, they would be sure to miss it.
Side 159 - ... the left arm, while he takes a new and less constrained hold. Thus the hands and arms perform a variety of curves of the most graceful description : the muscles, both of the arms and chest, are seen rising as they are called into action, displaying what would be a fine and uncommon subject of study for the painter ; for no...
Side 148 - As to domestic quarrels, they are seldom known ; but this must be said to happen rather from the absolute power which every man holds in his own family : for even if his wife be of superior rank, he is nevertheless of higher authority in all domestic matters, and no woman entertains the least idea of rebelling against that authority...
Side 159 - ... hands being upwards), and raising it breast high with his arms considerably extended, he brings his right hand towards his breast, moving it gradually onwards ; and whilst his left hand is coming round towards his right shoulder, his right hand partially twisting the...
Side 103 - ... canoes to attempt going there, and it is supposed moreover, that even if they were to succeed in reaching so far, unless it happened to be the particular will of the gods, they would be sure to miss it. They give, however, an account of a Tonga canoe, which...