An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean: With an Original Grammar and Vocabulary of Their Language, Bind 2author, and sold, 1817 |
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Side 190
... plantain , or banana leaf , or sometimes he raises the leaf to his mouth , and puts it off his tongue in the form of a ball , of tolerable consistence , ( particularly if it is dry cava root ) . The dif- ferent portions of cava being ...
... plantain , or banana leaf , or sometimes he raises the leaf to his mouth , and puts it off his tongue in the form of a ball , of tolerable consistence , ( particularly if it is dry cava root ) . The dif- ferent portions of cava being ...
Side 191
... consulted the mataboole ) , thinks there is not enough , he says , oofi - oofi , bea how he tangata , cover it over , and let there come a man here ; 1 the bowl is then covered over with a plantain CEREMONY OF DRINKING CA'VA . 191.
... consulted the mataboole ) , thinks there is not enough , he says , oofi - oofi , bea how he tangata , cover it over , and let there come a man here ; 1 the bowl is then covered over with a plantain CEREMONY OF DRINKING CA'VA . 191.
Side 192
... plantain or banana leaf , and a man goes to the same presiding mataboole to receive more cava root , to be chewed as before ; but if it is thought there is a sufficiency , he says , paloo , mix . The two men , who sit one on each side ...
... plantain or banana leaf , and a man goes to the same presiding mataboole to receive more cava root , to be chewed as before ; but if it is thought there is a sufficiency , he says , paloo , mix . The two men , who sit one on each side ...
Side 203
... plantains , but sometimes a baked pig is brought , in which case the liver and a yam is the portion presented to the chief ; if fowls are brought , the skin of the throat , and the rump , are the president's share . If , before the con ...
... plantains , but sometimes a baked pig is brought , in which case the liver and a yam is the portion presented to the chief ; if fowls are brought , the skin of the throat , and the rump , are the president's share . If , before the con ...
Side 216
... nuts , sugar - canes , ba- nanas , plantains , & c .; all which are brought * Hahagi is the north end of any island ; hihifo the south end the mooa part of the island being the centre . to the marly ' , tied upon sticks , so 216 TOW - TO W.
... nuts , sugar - canes , ba- nanas , plantains , & c .; all which are brought * Hahagi is the north end of any island ; hihifo the south end the mooa part of the island being the centre . to the marly ' , tied upon sticks , so 216 TOW - TO W.
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A'lo a'loo A'nga aloo angi bird body Bolotoo called canoe captain cava ceremony chief clubs Co ho cocoa-nut Cook dance expressed female Fiji islands Finow fonnoo'a Fu'cca Fúcca géhe giate give gnatoo gods goo'a gooa ground Hala Api Api Hamoa hand Hapai islands hotooa i'ta kind king la'hi lahi land lillé Lo'to loto Ma'te Ma'tta Mariner matabooles mats Mátta Méa means mind mo'he moo'a Moo'i mooas natives noble nofo noun occasion ongofoo'loo oo'a oola Papalangi performed person piece plantain plural number Port au Prince present priest pronoun rank respect side spear superior ta'ha Ta'i táha Tái Talo tanga'ta Tangaloa tatto'w tense Téoo tété thing tion Tonga islands Tonga language too'a tooas Toobo toofoonga Toogoo Tooitonga tree Valoo Vavaoo Veachi verb Véte whilst women word wound yams