VOCABULARY

(UPON GALATIN'S SYSTEM)

OF THE LANGUAGES OF THE NATIVES OF PUYNIPET ISLAND (CAROLINE
ARCHIPELAGO) AND SIKAYANA, OR STEWART'S ISLAND.

| Puynipet, | Sikayana,
Object. | 6 deg. 48' N., | 8 deg. 24' 24'' N.,
| 158 deg. 14' E. | 163 deg. E.
| |
man | ooleen | tanata
apparel (men's) | koall | --
men, people | aramass | --
woman | lee | fafeeny
apparel (women's) | lee-kooty | --
boy | tchirri-maoon | tamali-kirriky
girl | tchirri-payni | tama-feeny
father | paba | tamana
mother | nono | tinana
old man | -- | tilui-tanata
old woman | booot | tama
son | -- | areeky
brother | reeagey | taeena
sister | reeagey-lee | kawe
workman or slave | aramass-a-mal | --
head | -- | debosoulu
hair | -- | ladoo
face | -- | lofee-mata
brow | -- | moa-lai
ear | -- | kaootalina
eye | -- | karimata
nose | -- | kai-joosoo
mouth | -- | moa-joosoo
tongue | -- | alaydo
tooth | -- | nitcho
beard | -- | babaee
neck | -- | teoowa
arm | -- | leema
hand or finger | -- | motikao
nail | -- | padde
body | -- | fuaitino
belly | -- | manawa
thigh or leg | -- | koonawaee
foot | -- | sapoowaee
toes | -- | motikao-waee
bone | -- | tayeewee
heart | -- | wagga-wagga
blood | -- | toto
village | -- | takaeena
chief | tchobity | alikee
high-chief | tchobity-lappilap | --
a king | nanamareeky | --
minister | nannekin | --
warrior | -- | patooa
friend | -- | tosoah
house, hut | nanoom | tamafalee
bow and arrow | katchin-kotayoo | --
musket | kotchack | --
cannon | kotchak-lappilap | --
spear | kotayoo | --
saw | ratch-a-ratch | --
knife | kapoot | nife (Anglice knife)
young bamboo | aleck | --
cocoa-palm | erring | nyoo
old cocoa-nut | erring | mata-seelee
young cocoa-nut | payeen | kamatoo
yam | kaap | --
sugar-cane | katchin-tchoo | --
bread-fruit | mahee | --
banana | oot | --
ginger | goonapella | --
food | moonga | --
rope | shaal | --
coral | paeena | --
reef | mat | --
ship's mast | kow | --
ship | tchob | --
mainsail | tcherrick | --
launch | wooarr | wakka
large ship, man-of-war | -- | wakka-wakka
go, fetch me a canoe | kowa-golawata-ny-wooarr | --
small canoe | wooarr-madigadig | --
war-canoe | wooarr-ma-loot | --
shoe | -- | takka
bread | -- | papay (from papaya)
pipe | peepo | meety-meety
tobacco | -- | tobacco
smoke | atee-niagey |
| (? act of sternutation is |
| intended to be expressed) | --
heaven | -- | telaoo
sun | katerpin | telah
the sun scorches (_sc._ | |
the sun is evil) | katerpinban-kara-kara | --
moon | tschoonaboong | malama
star | ootchoo | fatoo
day | -- | trasonayee
light | -- | taeejao
night | bong | tepoh
darkness | -- | pooori-taoo
morning | raan | tapa-taeejao
evening (little night) | -- | afee-afee
wind | katchi-niang | --
lightning | -- | wooeela
thunder | -- | mana
rain | katow | tamakee-tayoowa
the rain approaches | katow-bankoto | --
basket | kiam | --
distilled spirit | jako-ni-waee | --
fire | katchiniagey | afee
water | peeel | wooaee
hot water (also tea) | peeel-karakara | --
earth, land | tchaap | fanooa
sea | nantcheet | wooaee-taee
hill | -- | faka-maoona
island | -- | tama-fanova
stone, rock | takee | fatoo
sand | pig | --
iron | -- | keela
tree, wood | tooee _or_ tooka | lagaoo
sandal-wood | tooka-pomow | --
trepang | meneeka | --
red-trepang | lekapasina-menelka-witata | --
inferior sort | lognan | --
best sort | mayeen | --
black sort | matup | --
trepang split open | penapen | --
pearl-oyster | paee | --
flesh | -- | tayeeho
human flesh | -- | takeery
pig | piig (corrupted | --
| from the English) |
dog | -- | kooree
bird | -- | looppi
egg | -- | tafooa
dove | moorie | --
domestic fowl | maleek | --
fish | maaam | eeka
fool | booy-booee | --
hat | tchoroop | --
chisel | tcheela | --
flask | jug (English) | --
calabash | ay-jug | --
book | ay-ting | --
box | koba | --
native cucumber | toor | --
apron | goal | --
fish-hook | katcheen-mata | --
musical instrument | katchang | --
a liar | lakoompot | --
tortoise-shell | katchinipoot | masana
mosquito | -- | namoo
name | -- | koai-to-mare
what is your name? | idiatoom? | --
who are you? | itch-kowa? | --
voyage, journey | -- | mamao
white | boot-a-boot | mah
white-man | oolyn-way | tamamah
black | tintol | ooree
black-man | -- | lama-ooree
red | witata | ayoola
blue, green | -- | ayooee
yellow | -- | kikana
great | lappilap | naneeoo
small | madigidig | likee-likee
strong | -- | faee-mafee
young | -- | taaney
young man | -- | tama-taaney
good | mamo | aylaooe
long | mareerie | --
short | mootamoot | --
old | -- | matooa
far | malooot | ma-mao
painfully alarmed | matchek | --
bad | metchiwate | fa-keeno-keeno
beautiful | katchilell | aylaosee
dead | metchilarr | koomatie
a dead man | honi | --
bad odours | -- | puraoo
ugly (bad) | -- | fa-keeno-keeno
ill | tchoo-mo | ayeesoo
living | -- | aylaooee
cold | -- | makalili
warm | kara | mafana
hot | kara-kara | --
I, me | nej | enaoo
we | -- | kohootoha
thou | -- | akoee
he | -- | tamala
ye or you | noom | akoee
they | kowa | --
all | karootcheea | kohoo-tohoo
much, many | matoto | tama-kee
seldom | malolo | --
where? | aya? | --
who? | -- | saya?
who's there? | -- | saya-tay?
which | itch | --
what? | ta? | --
what does that cost? | taa-ban-pyn? | --
to-day | raanauit | tai-jaoo
this night | neeboong | --
near | -- | taoo-preemaee
yesterday | eejayo | na-nafee
long since | kelanaydgo | --
to-morrow | lo-koop | taya-soakee
yes | -- | oh
I know | nejereera-neekee | --
no | tcho | sayaee
I don't know | nej-tyraneekee | --
how do you call this? | togata mett? | --
enough, that's enough | aare | --
there is no more | allatcher | --
fast | bit-a-bit | --
one | aaat | taahee
two | aaree | rooah
three | tchil | torah
four | abang | fah
five | aylieem | leemah
six | oan | ono
seven | etch | feetoo
eight | ewal | waroo
nine | atoooo | seewo
ten | katingool etchak | katawa
eleven | katingool-aat | katawa-tahee
twelve | katingool-aree | katawa-rooah
thirteen | katingool-etchil | katawa-tora
twenty | ree-etchak | mata-rooah
thirty | tchil-etchak | mata-torah
forty | pa-etchak | mata-fah
fifty | lyeem-etchak | mata-leema
sixty | oan-etchak | mata-on
hundred | a-bookie | lou
200 | ree-a-bookie | rooah-lou
300 | tchil-abookie | --
1000 | ket | kutaioa-lou
5000 | lyeem-a-ket | --
2,505 | ree-a-ket-lyeem-a- | --
| bookie-elyeem |
5,090 | lyeem-a-ket-atoooo- | --
| etchak |
4,440 | pa-a-ket-pa-a-bookie- | --
| pa-etchak |
3,030 | tchil-a-ket-tchil-etchak | --
9,740 | atoooo-a-ket-etch- | --
| a-bookie-pa-etchak |
10,990 | noooo-atoooo-a-bookie- | --
| atoooo-etchak |
to eat | namenam | kaee
to drink | -- | oonoo
to run | -- | saeeray
to dance | -- | anoo
to go | gota | anaaoo
to go ashore | gota-nanchap | --
to go up | gota-waai | --
to descend | goti-waai | --
I am going on board | -- | anaoo-gafano
I am going forward | ny-ban-tchoomelaa | --
whither go you? | go-leejaa? | --
go on! | hugo-waai! | --
stand up! | hoota! | --
wait! | hooti-mas | --
sit down | monti | --
lie down | wenti | --
to write or tattoo | ting | --
to sing | -- | besse
to sleep | merilah | moi
to speak | kalang | toka
to love | bukka-bukka | anaoo-fifai-kikaoi
I do not love him | eekah | --
the dead | kummela | leekie-teea
It smells unpleasantly | -- | poor-aoo
to steal | lyppirap | --
to sit | -- | nofo
to stand | -- | anasani
to come | tongata | --
come back! | broto | --
come here! | ky-to | --
to bathe | too-tu | --
to bring | wata | --
to take | wa-waee | --
night-mare | loatch | --
to give | kiang | --
give me | kita | --
you are giving | kowa-kiang | --

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