Language: Tahiti (1773)
Source/Author: | Sydney Parkinson (1773) | |
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Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:tah Glottocode: tahi1242 | |
Notes: | Vocabulary of the language of Otaheite, with remarks SYDNEY PARKINSON, Draughtsman to JOSEPH BANKS, Esq. on his late Expedition with Dr. SOLANDER, round the World. (London, 1773). "REMARKS on the Otaheitean Language. The language is very soft, having a great number of vowels, diphthongs, and triphthongs. Every word, almost, begins with a vowel, which they most commonly drop. It is also very metaphorical, as I have observed in many instances; as Matapoa, a person blind of an eye, which literally is Night-eye. Mataavai, the name of the bay we anchored in, literally signifies Watery-eye; which appellation is not unapt from the great quantity of rain which falls in the bay. Tehaia, a woman's name, who being lost when a child, her friends went about, crying Tehai? which means, Where is she? The natives could not repeat, after us, the sounds of the letters, Q, X, and Z, without great difficulty; G, K, and S, they could not pronounce at all. Many of the names of the people of our ship having the G, K, or S, in them, they could not approach nearer the sound of them than as follows: Toote, for Cook. Matà for Monkhouse. Opane - Banks Petrodero — Pickersgill Tolano — Solander Tate — Clark Treene — Green Poline — Spoving Hite — Hicks Taibe — Stainsby Towara — Gore Patine — Parkinson "They have various sounds peculiar to themselves, which none of us could Imitate; some of them they pronounced like B and L mingled together; others between B and P, and T and D. Some like Bh, Lh, and Dh. When they mean to speak of a thing somewhat small, they often double the word, as Oorè oorè, a smallish nail. They also double the word for the superlative, as teá teá, very white. Mai, when placed after a verb, signifies that the action was done to you. Mai, when added to an adverb, signifies several things, as Mai Maroo, somewhat soft, or inclining to be soft. They have a whoop, when they call after any person, which they pronounce like Ahu! raising their voice very high at the last syllable." | |
Data Entry: | Typed By: Richard Parker Checked By: | |
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Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian:Polynesian:Nuclear:East:Central:Tahitic | |
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Resources:
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tahitian (18th Century)
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tahitian
- ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tahitian (Modern)
- Ethnologue Information for tah
- OLAC Information for tah
- World Atlas of Language Structures Information for tah
- Parkinson's Journal
- Modern Tahitian List
- 18th Century Tahitian List
- [Suggest a resource]
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Entries:
ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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1 | hand | ||||
2 | left | ||||
3 | right | ||||
5 | to walk | ||||
6 | road/path | ||||
10 | dirty | ||||
11 | dust | ||||
16 | intestines | ||||
17 | liver | ||||
20 | to know, be knowledgeable | ||||
21 | to think | ||||
22 | to fear | ||||
33 | to laugh | ||||
34 | to cry | ||||
35 | to vomit | ||||
38 | to chew | ||||
39 | to cook | ||||
41 | to bite | ||||
46 | to see | ||||
49 | to lie down | ||||
50 | to dream | ||||
54 | man/male | ||||
62 | thatch/roof | ||||
63 | name | ||||
66 | to tie up, fasten | ||||
67 | to sew | ||||
68 | needle | ||||
69 | to hunt | ||||
70 | to shoot | ||||
71 | to stab, pierce | ||||
72 | to hit | ||||
74 | to kill | ||||
76 | to live, be alive | ||||
78 | to cut, hack | ||||
80 | to split | ||||
81 | sharp | ||||
83 | to work | ||||
84 | to plant | ||||
85 | to choose | ||||
86 | to grow | ||||
89 | to hold | ||||
90 | to dig | ||||
92 | to open, uncover | ||||
93 | to pound, beat | ||||
94 | to throw | ||||
96 | dog | ||||
99 | feather | ||||
100 | wing | ||||
106 | snake | ||||
107 | worm (earthworm) | ||||
109 | mosquito | ||||
112 | rotten | ||||
113 | branch | ||||
115 | root | ||||
116 | flower | ||||
118 | grass | ||||
119 | earth/soil | ||||
121 | sand | ||||
123 | to flow | ||||
124 | sea | ||||
125 | salt | ||||
126 | lake | ||||
127 | woods/forest | ||||
128 | sky | ||||
132 | fog | ||||
141 | wet | ||||
142 | heavy | ||||
144 | to burn | ||||
147 | black | ||||
149 | red | ||||
152 | small | ||||
153 | big | ||||
154 | short | ||||
156 | thin | ||||
158 | narrow | ||||
159 | wide | ||||
161 | shy, ashamed | ||||
162 | old | ||||
163 | new | ||||
165 | bad, evil | ||||
166 | correct, true | ||||
169 | year | ||||
173 | at | ||||
174 | in, inside | ||||
178 | that | ||||
180 | far | ||||
184 | he/she | ||||
185 | we | ||||
186 | you | ||||
187 | they | ||||
188 | what? | ||||
189 | who? | ||||
190 | other | ||||
191 | all | ||||
192 | and | ||||
193 | if | ||||
194 | how? | ||||
195 | no, not | ||||
196 | to count | ||||
208 | Fifty | ||||
209 | One Hundred | ||||
210 | One Thousand | ||||
55 | woman/female | aheine | woman | 1, 106, 116 | |
101 | to fly | airareè | to fly | 11 | |
44 | to hear | aiwee | to understand or comprehend; to listen or give ear | ||
47 | to yawn | amama | to yawn | 19, 28 | |
207 | Twenty | arooato | Twenty | ||
122 | water | avy | water | 2 | |
25 | neck | eaee | neck | 20 | |
27 | nose | eahoo | nose | 1 | |
105 | tail | eairo | tail of quadruped | 10 | |
9 | to swim | eaow | to swim | 5 | |
56 | child | earee | boy | 63? | |
175 | above | earo | upper | ||
131 | cloud | eat | clouds (This is likely [ata] - MW) | 118 | |
4 | leg/foot | eawy | legs | 1, 100 | |
37 | to eat | eei | to eat | 1, 47 | |
103 | meat/flesh | eeree | flesh | ||
52 | to stand | eetoò | to stand | 2 | |
130 | star | efedee | star | 1 | |
170 | when? | ehai | when where | 5 | |
8 | to turn | ehaòe | to turn or go back again | ||
105 | tail | ehaòwpè | tail | ||
7 | to come | eheèroharreehòe | to come and go | ||
91 | to buy | ehò | to buy exchange or barter | 7 | |
111 | fish | eiya | fish | 1 | |
171 | to hide | emòto | to box or fight | x | |
31 | tooth | eneeho | teeth | 1 | |
88 | to squeeze | eninnei | to squeeze or press one | 11 | |
14 | belly | eoboo | belly | 2 | |
135 | lightning | eoeffr | it lightens (this seems phonetically French to me - MW) | x | |
145 | smoke | eohoo | smoke | ||
18 | breast | eom | breasts | 7 | |
18 | breast | eoo | nipples | 1 | |
42 | to suck | eotte | to suck | 9 | |
79 | stick/wood | epeea | woody stalk | ||
29 | to sniff, smell | ephàow | to smell | ||
172 | to climb | epèeniea | to go up with rope | x | |
26 | hair | eraowroo | hair | 40 | |
24 | head | erowroo | head | 1 | |
19 | shoulder | etapon | shoulders | ||
13 | back | etoo | back | 11 | |
176 | below | etooa | under | ||
79 | stick/wood | etoomoo | wood | ||
30 | mouth | ewauh | mouth | 1, 8 | |
114 | leaf | ewawaowerao | leaf | 1? | |
12 | skin | eweyoraèe | skin | 1 | |
133 | rain | eworooai | it rains | ||
102 | rat | eyoare | rat | 12 | |
172 | to climb | eàeenietematto | ['e'a] to climb up rocks | 32 | |
146 | ash | eàrahow | ashes | 67 | |
61 | house | fale | house | 14 | |
200 | Four | ha | Four | 1, 66 | |
181 | where? | harehie | whither do you go? | ||
137 | to blow | hiamòorre | light puffs of air | ||
203 | Seven | hitoo | Seven | 1 | |
98 | egg | hooirmoa | egg | ||
206 | Ten | hoolhoo | Ten | ||
117 | fruit | hoora-ooiro | fruit | 1 | |
36 | to spit | hooàre | spittle | 18 | |
87 | to swell | hoònnehoònne | swelled | ||
58 | wife | huaheine | wife | 5, 68 | |
201 | Five | illemei | Five | 1 | |
48 | to sleep | iraòwai | to dose slumber or be drowsy | ||
95 | to fall | itop | to fall | 124 | |
205 | Nine | iva | Nine | 5, 44 | |
168 | day | mahan | day | 8 | |
58 | wife | maheineeawaow | housewife | 5, 68? | |
164 | good | manamanatey | very good or sweet | 15? | |
97 | bird | manoo | bird | 1 | |
129 | moon | maram | moon | 7 | |
139 | cold | mareere | to be cold | 1, 52 | |
140 | dry | marroowhai | dry | 13 | |
136 | wind | matai | wind | 1, 66 | |
45 | eye | matau | eyes | 1 | |
160 | painful, sick | mate | my sickness *this looks more like 'death' to me MW | ||
23 | blood | matee | blood | ||
77 | to scratch | mayneeneeormyneere | to tickle | ||
56 | child | midee | child | 64? | |
59 | mother | mituaheine | mother | 4 | |
60 | father | mituatane | father | 9 | |
164 | good | myty | good | 15 | |
75 | to die, be dead | màtteno | natural death | 1 | |
75 | to die, be dead | màtteroah | to die or be dead | 1 | |
157 | thick | mènne | thick short and round | ||
182 | I | naow | myself | 1, 22 | |
170 | when? | nehàia | when | 5 | |
181 | where? | nooie tehai | where is such person? | ||
40 | to drink | norothoedéadeet'avai | to drink cocoa-nut liquor | ||
108 | louse | oatoo | louse | 1 | |
110 | spider | ootooròhonnoo | spider | 5, 39 | |
15 | bone | opareemo | skeleton or bones | x | |
28 | to breathe | oròmàtoo | air or breath | ||
120 | stone | owhai | stone | 1, 39, 3 | |
155 | long | oëoëteres | THIS FORM SEEMS UNLIKELY TO ME -MW. long small or slender | ||
104 | fat/grease | paiy | fat | ||
51 | to sit | parahei | sit down | 17 | |
64 | to say | paraowmai | speak to me | 12 | |
134 | thunder | patiree | it thunders | 14 | |
167 | night | po | night | 1 | |
151 | green | poemeedee | green bead | 1, 11 | |
150 | yellow | poeooleoole | yellow bead | ||
64 | to say | porai | to talk | 12 | |
198 | Two | rooa | Two | 1 | |
177 | this | t'èna | this | ||
57 | husband | tane | husband | 14 | |
65 | rope | taod | thick rope | 9 | |
43 | ear | tareeh | ears | 1 | |
53 | person/human being | tata | people | 1, 66 | |
181 | where? | tehai | where is he? | ||
148 | white | teà | white | 8 | |
197 | One | tohe | One | 15 | |
183 | thou | tooanahahow | x | ||
183 | thou | tooanahoe | you and I | x | |
36 | to spit | tootoòà | to spit | 120 | |
199 | Three | torhoo | Three | 1 | |
82 | dull, blunt | toòmmoo | blunt opposed to oeoe | 10 | |
32 | tongue | treero | tongue | 15 | |
138 | warm | verrverra | hot applied to victuals | 8 | |
143 | fire | wahaeahei | fire | 1 | |
8 | to turn | wahoee | to turn or go back again | ||
204 | Eight | walhoo | Eight | 3 | |
182 | I | waow | I | 1, 21, 18 | |
202 | Six | whaine | Six | 25 | |
75 | to die, be dead | wharrawai | to go or pass away | ||
179 | near | whattata | near at hand | 9 | |
73 | to steal | woreede | stolen |