A V O Y A G E
M E N S N A M E S .
I I
Arabo.'
Oaiyo.
Obade.
Otapairoo.'
Otee. I
Teetee.
Tiaree.
Tirooduah.
Tirooroo.
Tooaooé
Toobaiah.
Toobairoo,
Toopuah.
Aidada.'
Deaiyo.
W O M E N S N A M E S .
Matai Irowhoa.
Otapairoo.
Oteateah.
Tirahaow diea.'
Names o f ljlands near Otaheite.
Ai te ah.
Atiarabo.
Bola-bola.
Eimayo.
Huaheine.
Maitoo.
Maowrooah.
Matea.
Mopipahau.
Oheiteroah.
Onooahaora.
Otahau.
Tabuahmanoo.
Taha.*
T aheeree.
Tetiroah.
Toopbai.
Yoolee-Etea.' '
Tohe,
Rooa,
T orhoo,'
Ha,
lllemei,
Whaine,
Hitoo,
Walho.o,
Iva,
Hoolhoo,
Matohe,
N U M E R A T I O N .
One.
. Two.
Threei
Four.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
Fight.
Niney
‘Ten.
Eleven.
I f
Marooa,’
Marooa,
Matorhoo,
Maha,
Maillemei,
Mawhaine,
Mahitoo,
Mawalhoo,
Maiva,
Arooato,
O U T H
Twelve.
' Thirteen.
Fourteen.
Fifteen.
Sixteen.
■Seventeen.
Eighteen.
Nineteen.
R e m a r k s on the Otaheitean Language.
The language is very foft, having a great number of vowels, diphthongs and
triphthongs.
Every word, almoft, begins with a vowel, which they mod commonly drop.
It is alfo very metaphorical, as I have obferved in many inftances as Matapoa
a perfon blind of an eye, which literally is Night-eye. Mataavai, the name of thé
hay we anchored in, literally dignifies Watery-eye', which appellation is not unapt
from the great quantity of rain which falls in the bay. Tehaia, a womans name
who being loft when a child, her friends went about, crying Tehai ? which means!
Where is ihe i -
The natives could not repeat, after us, the founds of the letters, Q X and Z
without great difficulty ; G, K, and S, they could not pronounce at all.
Many of the names of the people of our Ihip having the G, K, or S, in them
they could not approach neater the found of them than as follows : ...
Monkhouiè.
Pickerigill.
Clark.
Spoving,
Stainiby.
Parkinfon.
They
Toote, for Cook. ' Mata for
Opane ■-----. Banks. Petrodero ------
Tolano ■------ Solander. Tate —
Treene - Green. Poline _____
Hite ----- Hicks. Taibe -
Towara ■---- - Gore. Patine .___.