kah.
FATHER, wur'teemum; (_used also for_ Friend.)
FINGERS, kay'muk, (_the same as_ Hand.)
FIRE, yah, _or_ yahf.
Fish, ee'kah.
Fish-hook, kah-oo eekah.
Fishing net, shibbo'.
Fly, (_the insect_,) lahng.
Foot, petchem'; (_applied to the_ foot, leg, _and_ thigh.)
Friend. (_See_ Father.)
GIRL, pah'chik vay-ee'vee; (_literally_, a little woman.)
Go. (_See_ Come.)
GOOD, yissung.
GOD, yarris. (_They had images of twelve gods._)
GRASS, waw'ree.
HAIR, (_of the head_,) chim. (_See_ Beard.)
HAND, kay'muk. (_See_ Fingers.)
HEAD, mitch'eemum.
HERE, atid'dee, _or_ ettid'dee.
HOUSE. (_See_ Hut.)
Hungry, surmah'.
Hut, _or_ house, yim.
I, (myself,) nang.
Iron, pahng-ul; _also_ pishoo.
Iron hoop, chee'pah; (i. e. _pieces of iron hoops, of which they
make knives, &c._)
Kill, (_verb_,) mah'tee.
Large. (_See_ Big.)
Laugh, (_verb_,) mee'mee.
LEAF, (_of a cocoa-nut tree_,) trillah.
Leg. (_See_ Foot.)
LIGHTNING, visseeg'.
Little. (_See_ Small.)
Lizard, peelel'.
MAN, mah'ree, _or_ mah.
Many, pee'pee.
MILK, toot. (_See_ Breast.)
My, mine; e. g. _my cocoa-nut_, kahrah'pah ah nang.
Moon, muk'kum.
Mother, mish'erum.
Mouse. (_See_ Rat.)
Musquetoe, lahm.
Near to, yah peteh'to, _or_ petetto.
Night, neebo'; (_also_ by night.)
No, taw, _or_ tah-oo.
Numerals. (_See the list at the end of this vocabulary._)
Oar. (_See_ Paddle.)
Old, (i. e. from twenty years upwards,) mahzoo'-ee; very old,
mahzoo-ee ah va; _also_, butchee butch chim, _literally_, the hair
is white.
Paddle, vettel.
People, pee'pee ah mah'ree; _literally_, many men.
Rain, (it rains,) oot; it does not rain, taw oot.
Rat, tum'meeum.
Reef (of rocks,) ahrah'-oo.
Rope, tah'ree. (_See_ Cord.)
Sand, (or shoal in the sea,) pee. _This word means simply the
sand._
Sea, (salt water,) taht.
Shark, po.
Ship, waw'wee.
Short, yuhmoat', _or_ yah moat'.
Sick, makkah'kes; I am not sick, nang tay makkah'kes.
Sister, mee'ang-um.
Sleep, mus'see, _or_ mummah teed'ee.
Small, pah'chik; very small, (as a grain of sand,)
pahchik-gitchee-gee.
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