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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, God 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' Three, yah Four, vahn Five, neem Six, yah-woar' Seven, yah-veesh' Eight, yah-wah' Nine, yah-too' Ten, yah-saik' (sake) Eleven, sa-kum ah soo' Twelve, sa-kum ah goo-o' Thirteen, sa-kum ah sa-roo' Fourteen, sa-kum ah vah'oo Fifteen, sa-kum ah leemo' Sixteen, sa-kum ah wahroo' Seventeen, sa-kum ah weeshoo' Eighteen, sa-kum ah wahrew' Nineteen, sa-kum ah tee-o' Twenty, sa-kum ah gloo-o' Ten, saik Twenty, goowaik' Thirty, sa-reek' Forty, vah-eek' Fifty, leemaik (leemake) Sixty, woar-eek' Seventy, vesheek' Eighty, wahreck' Ninety, tew-week' Hundred, surbung; &c.[8] The inhabitants of Lord North's island seldom count above a hundred; but when they wish to express a larger number they do it by a repetition of the syllable _saik_, (ten,) in this manner:--sakum ah saik, ah saik, ah saik, &c. In counting cocoa-nuts, they use the following numerals:-- One, soo Two, goo-o' Three, sa-roo' Four, v
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