Son, (or daughter,) lah'bo. (_See_ Child.)
Stars, vish.
STONE, vahs.
Storm, pee'pee oot; i. e. much rain.
Strong, (in good health,) yuhkayl'.
Sun, yah'ro.
Tahboo', _the religious interdiction called_ tahboo, _which is
common in the islands of the Pacific ocean, and which is also used
in Lord North's island._
Talk, (_verb_,) tee'tree; e. g. tee'tree Inglish, talk English;
tee'tree To'bee, talk To'bee, or the language of the island.
Tattoo, (_verb_,) ver'ree-ver'-ree.
There, a-tur'nah.
Thou, _or_ you, gur.
Thunder, pah; pah zah tee'tree, it thunders; _literally_, the
thunder speaks. _When it thunders, they say_, Yarris tee'tree, God
is speaking.
To-morrow, waw'rah-zoo'rah.
Tree. (_See_ Wood.)
Turtle, wah'ree.
WATER, (fresh,) tah'roo.
----, (salt,) taht.
Whale, kahs.
What; (what is that,) mahtah'men ah menno.
WHITE, butch'ee butch.
Why, bah.
WIND, yang.
Woman, vay-ee'vee; a young woman, wer'ree-wedg vay-ee'vee.
Wood, (trees,) tummutch'ee; tabur'rah eek'ah, the stem _or_ trunk.
Yellow, arrang'.
Yes, ee'lah.
Yesterday, rollo; yesterday night, rollo neebo'.
You, _or_ thou, gur.
NUMERALS
One, yaht
Two, guhloo'
Three, yah
Four, vahn
Five, neem
Six, yah-woar'
Seven, yah-veesh'
Eight, yah-wah'
Nine, yah-too'
Ten, yah-saik' (sake)
Eleven, sa-kum ah soo'
Twelve, sa-kum ah goo-o'
Thirteen, sa-kum ah sa-roo'
Fourteen, sa-kum ah vah'oo
Fifteen, sa-kum ah leemo'
Sixteen, sa-kum ah wahroo'
Seventeen, sa-kum ah weeshoo'
Eighteen, sa-kum ah wahrew'
Nineteen, sa-kum ah tee-o'
Twenty, sa-kum ah gloo-o'
Ten, saik
Twenty, goowaik'
Thirty, sa-reek'
Forty, vah-eek'
Fifty, leemaik (leemake)
Sixty, woar-eek'
Seventy, vesheek'
Eighty, wahreck'
Ninety, tew-week'
Hundred, surbung; &c.[8]
The inhabitants of Lord North's island seldom count above a hundred; but
when they wish to express a larger number they do it by a repetition of
the syllable _saik_, (ten,) in this manner:--sakum ah saik, ah saik, ah
saik, &c.
In counting cocoa-nuts, they use the following numerals:--
One, soo
Two, goo-o'
Three, sa-roo'
Four, v
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