An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their LanguageConstable, 1827 - 340 sider |
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Side 12
... round his neck a few days before . This circumstance being communicated to Fi- now , and coming to the ears of his chiefs , and of the matabooles of the late How , produced con- siderable consternation among many of them . Fi- now ...
... round his neck a few days before . This circumstance being communicated to Fi- now , and coming to the ears of his chiefs , and of the matabooles of the late How , produced con- siderable consternation among many of them . Fi- now ...
Side 13
... 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 presented some to him ...
... 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 presented some to him ...
Side 16
... 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 before it a little time ...
... 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 before it a little time ...
Side 21
... round black pebbles , which are found there in abundance . With all this ammunition , Finow was far su- perior to Toobó Toa , who had only two guns , and was withal very short both of powder and shot . All these preparations , however ...
... round black pebbles , which are found there in abundance . With all this ammunition , Finow was far su- perior to Toobó Toa , who had only two guns , and was withal very short both of powder and shot . All these preparations , however ...
Side 34
... round his neck , he exclaimed with generous indignation , " Where did you expect to escape to ? Are you a bird , that you can fly to the skies , or a spirit , that you can vanish to Bolotoo ? Here is your club , which you so cowardly ...
... round his neck , he exclaimed with generous indignation , " Where did you expect to escape to ? Are you a bird , that you can fly to the skies , or a spirit , that you can vanish to Bolotoo ? Here is your club , which you so cowardly ...
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aloo angi atoo Bolotoo booaca called canoe captain cava cava party ceremony club Co ho cocoa-nut considered Cook covi expressed fafine female Fiji Islands Finow Finow Fiji fonnooa fucca fytoca giate gimótóloo ginówtóloo give gnatoo gods gooa Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai Islands Hihifo honour hotooa inferior king lahi Licoo lillé loto manatoo manoo-manoo Mariner matabooles mats matta means mohe momoco mooas natives noble nofo noun obito occasion ongofooloo Ooloo operation Papalangi performed person plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect sometimes spear superior supposed taboo taha Talo Tangaloa tangata tense teoo thing tion toca togi toloo Tonga Islands Tonga language tooas Toobo Toobó Toa Toofoonga toogoo Tooitonga tow aloo tree vaca Vavaoo Veachi verb whilst women word wound yams
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Side 136 - it must not be supposed that these women are always easily won; the greatest attentions and the most fervent solicitations are sometimes requisite, even though there be no other lover in the way...
Side 121 - There is implanted in the human breast a knowledge or sentiment, which enables us sometimes, if not always, to distinguish between the beauty of disinterestedness and the foul ugliness of what is low, sordid, and selfish : and the effect of this sentiment is one of the strongest marks of character in the natives of these islands.
Side 149 - ... extended upon that arm, one end being still grasped by the left hand. The right hand, being now at liberty, is brought under the left fore-arm (which still remains in the same situation), and carried outwardly towards the left elbow, that it may again seize, in that situation, the end of the vau.
Side 113 - ... is broken, immortality is equally its reward ; nay, artificial bodies have equal good luck with men, and hogs, and yams. If an axe or a chisel is worn out or broken up, away flies its soul for the service of the gods. If a house is taken down, or...
Side 131 - I think that about two thirds of the women are married, and of this number full half remain with their husbands till death separates them; that is to say, full one third of the female population remain married till either themselves or their husbands die. The remaining two thirds are married and are soon divorced, and are married again perhaps three, four, or five times in their lives...
Side 119 - 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 95 - ... houses (which were built like those of Tonga), without feeling any resistance. They at length saw some of the Hotooas, who passed through the substance of their bodies as if there was nothing there. The Hotooas recommended them to go away immediately, as they had no proper food for them, and promised them a fair wind and a speedy passage. They accordingly put directly to sea, and in two days, sailing with the utmost velocity, they arrived at Hamoa, (the Navigators' Island,) at which place they...
Side 156 - ... of the yam season. The object of this offering is to insure the protection of the gods, that their favour may be extended to the welfare of the nation generally, and in particular to the productions of the earth, of which yams are the most important.
Side 168 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Side 166 - I witnessed more than one little child quarrelling for the honour (or rather out of bravado), of having it done. The finger is laid flat upon a block of wood. A knife, axe, or sharp stone is placed with the edge upon the line of proposed separation; and a powerful blow being given with a mallet or large stone, the operation is finished.