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| Eupo the Head | Booa a hog |
| Ahewh the Nose | Moa fowl |
| Roourou the Hair | Eur'e a dog |
| Outou the mouth | Eùre-Eùre Iron |
| Nihëo the teeth | Ooroo Bread fruit |
| Arrero the Tongue | Hearee Cocoa nuts |
| Meu-eumi the Beard | Mia Bananes |
| Tiarraboa the throat | Vaèe wild Plantanes |
| Tuamo the shoulders | Poe Beads |
| Tuah the Back | Poe Matawewwe Pearl |
| Öima the Breast | ahow a garment |
| Eu the Nipples | Avee a fruit like apples |
| Oboo the Belly | ahee another like Chestnuts |
| Rema the arm | Ewharre a house |
| Aporema the hand | Whennua a high Island |
| Manneow the fingers | Motu a low one |
| Mieu the Nails | Toto Blood |
| Towhe the Buttocks | Aeve bone |
| Hoowhah the thighs | Äeo flesh |
| Avai the legs | Mäe fat |
| Tapoa the feet | Huru-huru Hair |
and harshness's which made their Language still more untuneable. I shall give a few of their words from whence an Idea may be got of their language.
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Voyaging Accounts |  |
© Derived from State Library of NSW Transcription of Banks's Journal page (vol.1) 409, February 2004
Published by kind permission of the Library
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