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.
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, G.o.d 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"