Voyage in Search of La Pérouse/Volume 2/Appendix 4
Vocabulary of the Language
of the
Natives of New Caledonia.
| A. | |
|---|---|
| Armpits | Hanbeigha |
| Arms (the) | Hingué |
| Ask him | Hia |
| Ant (an) | Hinki |
| Ascend | Tamihiou |
| Are you well? | Alaoué |
| Awaking | Noda |
| B. | |
| Begone | Boeno |
| Belongs (that) to me | Quiné |
| Bread-fruit tree | Yen |
| Banana tree | Pouaignaït |
| Beard (the) | Poupouangué |
| Back (the) | Donnha |
| Bark of the hibiscus liliaceus, from which they extract a nutritious juice by chewing | Paoui |
| Breech (the) | Pouckhouenguée |
| Bird (a) | Manou |
| Birds | Mani mani |
| Basket (a little) | Tolam |
| Bad (that is) | Quedeni |
| Bread (the) | Guiengué |
| Breathe (to) | Kniana |
| Blood | Houda |
| Bosom (the) | Tingué |
| Belly (the) | Kiguiengué |
| Blow (to) with one's mouth | Oubédou |
| C. | |
| Called (that is) | Anan |
| Cap (a) | Tanene poulou, mouea |
| Chief (a) | Theabouma |
| Chief (a) above the abouma | Aliki |
| Cocoa nuts | Niou |
| Cocoa tree | Nou |
| Cholic | Yahick |
| Cock | Ho nemo |
| Cord | Mouep, maho |
| Cord (a small) which they use in throwing their javelins | Ounep |
| Cord (a piece of) which they wear round the neck, from which is suspended a piece of hard well polished serpentine stone | Péigha |
| Child (a) | Neyné |
| Cold | Guiaen |
| Cheeks the) | Poangué |
| Comb (a) | Gau, baliga |
| Club (a) | Boulaïbi |
| Chin (the) | Pouangué |
| Canoe | Wa, oacka |
| Chicken | Hali |
| Cultivated land | Maniep |
| Cough (to) | Poupe |
| Come hither | Amé |
| D. | |
| Dance (to) | Pilou |
| Death | Mackié |
| E. | |
| Enough | Hongui |
| Eyelashes (the) | Poutchibanghié |
| Elbow | Bouanguelen |
| Exchange (to) | Oubin |
| Ear (the) | Guening |
| Eat (to) | Houyou, abou |
| Eyelids | Banguinghé |
| In the last word the syllable guin is pronounced in the throat, after the manner of the Arabs. | |
| Earth (the) | Guioute |
| Ear-holes | Ktiogueningué |
| Eyes (the) | Ti wangué |
| F. | |
| Friend (a) | Abanga |
| Fine (that is) | King king king, spoken quick |
| Forbidden (a thing) | Tabou |
| Fingers (the) | Badonchigha |
| Fan (a) | Bahoula |
| Fire | Afi, nap, hiepp |
| Figs, which they eat dressed | Ouyou |
| Forehead (the) | Bouandaguan |
| Fish-hook | Pouaye |
| Foot (the) | Bakatiengué, adegha |
| Fly (a) | Nan, ignan, about |
| Fall (to) | Telouch |
| G. | |
| Good (that is) | Kapareck |
| Give | Padeck, oumi, namé namé |
| Give me | Nanhi, hambaling |
| Glass beads | Baouï, pino |
| Great | Amboida, pagoula |
| Granates | Pagui |
| H. | |
| Hut (a) | Moï |
| Hair | Poubanghié |
| Hungry (I am) | Aouab |
| Hatchet | Togui |
| Hedge (a) | Baubeigh |
| Hand (the) | Adeliegha |
| Head (the) | Bangué |
| Horizontal beam, at the height of about two yards in their cottages | Païto |
| Hole (to make a) | Keïgui |
| I. | |
| Itching (an) | Hion |
| Iron | Pitiou |
| Island (an) | Gniati |
| I have none | Adigna |
| I will not | Boudou |
| I will carry you on my back | Tabouneys, motemanéyo |
| Immediately | Guiot |
| J. | |
| Javelin (a) | Nta |
| Knees (the) | Banguiligha |
| L. | |
| Lie down (to) | Guiahoum |
| Leaf a tree | Cata |
| Leg | Popiguiengué, boudagnar |
| Let me see that | Melekia |
| Little | Anneba |
| Lines of a black colour made on the breast | Poun |
| Laugh (to) | Eck |
| M. | |
| Mouth (the) | Wangué |
| Mallard (a) | Oubane |
| More | Magn |
| Man | Abanguia, tchiau |
| Moon (the) | Manoc, ndan |
| Magnificent (that is) | Boukaie boukaie |
| Mast (a) | Kniep |
| Mother | Moubreba |
| Me (that is for) | Aoutou |
| Mountain (a) | Bandoué |
| Mat (a) | Kam, abono |
| N. | |
| Nail (a) | Dobiou |
| Neck (the) | Nouheigha |
| Nose | Wanding |
| Navel | Koanbougha |
| No | Nda |
| Nails (the) | Pihingué |
| O. | |
| Ornament of mother of pearl, with which they adorn their heads | Tanden |
| Opening (the) which serves as an entrance into their huts | Ouenema |
| P. | |
| Path (a) | Taca, ouandané |
| Potatoe | Tani |
| Parroquet | Pidip |
| Present (that is a) | Tanhouate |
| Post (a) placed in the middle of their cottages | Aguyotte |
| Pledge (a) | Malabou |
| Poultry | Ho |
| Q. | |
| Quartz | Nette |
| R. | |
| Run away (to) | Keremoi |
| Rain | Oda |
| Root of the dolichos tuberosus | Yalé |
| Red | Miha |
| S. | |
| Spider (which the savages of New Caledonia eat) | Nongui |
| Shrub (of the species leptospermum | Poap |
| Stop (to) | Guioute |
| Sit down (to) | Tamo |
| Sugar-cane | Kout, ounguep |
| Sing (to) | Hoté |
| Scar of a wound from a dart | Do |
| Sky (the) | Ndaoe |
| Shell, called bulla ovum | Bout |
| Shells | Palilé |
| Spit (to) | Kioutma |
| Salute (to) by touching with the end of the nose that of the person saluted, as at Tongataboo | Bangoming |
| Shoulders (the) | Bouheigha |
| Sneeze (to) | Tibouaie |
| Stuff (a coarse) resembling that made of the bark of the mulberry tree | Wangui |
| Strike (to) | Tamaet |
| Sleep (to) | Kingo anoulen |
| Sling (a) | Ouendat |
| Scratch (to) | Mangaitte |
| Sling (to) a stone | Olé |
| Sea (the) | Déné |
| Swim (to) | Hât |
| Stones prepared for flinging | Oudip |
| Sole of the foot | Adagueigha |
| Sack of stones for flinging | Quenoulippe |
| Sun (the) | Nianghat |
| Spider's web | Donhete |
| Sail (a) | Mouangha |
| T. | |
| Tree (a) | Gniaouni |
| To day | Heïgna |
| That | Hi, hehine |
| Thigh (the) | Hengue paan |
| To-morrow | Padoua |
| Teeth (the) | Paou wangué |
| There is none | Hadipat |
| There is no more | Maï |
| Tongue (the) | Koupé wangué |
| Tie (to) | Tighing |
| Thumb (the) | Kanohingué |
| Take | Poné poné |
| Tails (false) which they wear | Bouligha, négui |
| Tatooing | Nap |
| Tomb | Nbouait |
| Thunder | Highou |
| Tie (to) a cord to any thing | Houadine |
| Thief (a) | Kaya |
| U. | |
| Untie (to) | Tibic |
| W. | |
| Well (that is) | Elo |
| Wood | Kiantié |
| Warm (it is) | Oudoa |
| Way (that is the) | Taga |
| Wound from an arrow | Undip |
| Water | Oé |
| Woman, or girl | Tamomo, tama |
| Wife (my) | Yabaguenne |
| Went away (he) | Tatao |
| Walk (to) | Tanan |
| Weep (to) | Ngot |
| What is that | Beta, andaï |
| Whistle (to) | Whaou |
| Water (to make) | Nima |
| Wind (the) | Oudou |
| Y. | |
| Yawn (to) | Obalam |
| Numerical Terms. | |
| One | Ouanait |
| Two | Ouadou |
| Three | Ouatguien |
| Four | Ouatbait |
| Five | Ouannaim |
| Six | Ouanaimgnik |
| Seven | Ouanaimdou |
| Eight | Ouanaimguëen |
| Nine | Ouanaimbait |
| Ten | Ouadoun hic |
| Eleven | Baroupahinck |
| Twelve | Baroukarou |
| Thirteen | Barou kat guein |
| Fourteen | Barou kat bait |
| Fifteen | Barou kat naim |
| Sixteen | Kaneimguick |
| Seventeen | Kaneim dou |
| Eighteen | Kaneim guein |
| Nineteen | Kaneim bait |
| Twenty | Kadoun hic |
| Twenty-one | Kaningma |
| Twenty-two | Karou |
| Twenty-three | Kat guein |
| Twenty-four | Kat bait |
| Twenty-five | Kanneim |
| Twenty-six | Kanneim guick |
| Twenty-seven | Kanneim dou |
| Twenty-eight | Kanneim guein |
| Twenty-nine | Kanneim bait |
| Thirty | Kadoum lick |
| Thirty-one | Barékalininck |
| Thirty-two | Baré karou |
| Thirty-three | Kat guien |
| Thirty-four | Kat bait |
| Thirty-five | Kanneim |
| Thirty-six | Kanneim guick |
| Thirty-seven | Kanneim dou |
| Thirty-eight | Kanneim guein |
| Thirty-nine | Kanneim bait |
| Forty | Kadounhink ounguin |