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| NORTHERN | SOUTHERN | OTAHITE | |
| a cheif | Eareete | Eareete | Earee |
| a Man | Taata | Taata | Taata |
| a Woman | wahine | wahine | wahine |
| the head | Eupo | Heaowpoho | Eupo |
| the Hair | Macauwe | Heoooo | Roourou |
| the Ear | Terringa | Hetaheyei | Terrea |
| the Forehead | Erai | Heai | Erai |
| the Eyes | Mata | Hemata | Mata |
| the Cheeks | Paparinga | Hepapaeh | Paparea |
| the nose | Ahewh | Heeih | ahew |
| the Mouth | Hangoutou | Hegowai | Outou |
| the Chin | Ecouwai | Hekaoewai | .......... |
| the Arm | Haringaringa | ......... | Rema |
| the finger | Maticara | Hemaigawh | Maneow |
| the belly | Ateraboo | ......... | Oboo |
| the navel | Apeto | Hecapeeto | Peto |
| Come here | Horomai | Horomai | Harromai |
Premising however two things: first that the words were so much disguisd by their manner of pronouncing them that I found it very dificult to understand them till I had wrote them down; secondly that Tupia at the very first understood and conversd with them with great facility.
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Voyaging Accounts |  |
© Derived from State Library of NSW Transcription of Banks's Journal page (vol. 2) 217, February 2004
Published by kind permission of the Library
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