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Vocabulary (continued) Morai, A burying-ground. Morino Tootahau, The burying-ground of Tootahau. Morai natówa, Our burying-place. Whata, The edifice they lay their dead upon. E peènei, An echo. E paeèna, The sound or noise which forms the echo. Ahoo, A fart. Mahana, A day. Poa, A night. Po oore, A dark night. Otaowa, Yesterday. Aouna, To-day. Oboboa, To-morrow. Obabadura, The day after to-morrow. Itopa de mahano, Sun-set. Otooe te po, Late in the night. Hàmanee, The temper or will. Tatta te Hamannee màitài, A good-natured person. Tatta marò, A contradictory person, one that will not allow another to know as well as he. Tatta maowra, & tatta whattaow, A great lazy idle, or loitering person. Tatta taowra, An industrious man, also an active clever, stirring man. Amawhattoo, A shrew, or scold. Maheine eawaow, A housewife. Niaowniaow, The stench of a carcase. Ehaowa, A smell. Motoo & puta, A hole. Epehe, A song. Tetooa, A title usually given to their women of rank, though every woman will answer to it. Teà, White. Amawhàttoo, Industrious, pains-taking. Peèo, Bent, bending, crooked, turning, winding. Voyaging Accounts © Derived from the London 1773 edition printed for Stanfield Parkinson, page 58, 2004 Published by kind permission of the Library To cite this page use: https://paulturnbull.org/project/southseas/journals/-parkinson-086.html