The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 28Polynesian Society, 1919 Vocabularies of some of the languages of Polynesia are included. "A list of Polynesian languages" is given in v. 21, p. 67-71. |
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 20 Polynesian Society (N.Z.) Affichage du livre entier - 1911 |
The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 31 Polynesian Society (N.Z.) Affichage du livre entier - 1922 |
The Journal of the Polynesian Society, Volume 28 Polynesian Society (N.Z.) Affichage du livre entier - 1919 |
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aere atura ahua akera anake ariki atura aia Avaiki called canoe chief enua Fakahina haere Hawaiki hoki ingoa iora Island kainga Kale kaore kare Kati-Mamoe katoa ki te killed kite ko te koia korua kotahi koutou Kua aere Kuru land maira Maori Marama mate matua mea atu moana Moeava motu na-ko native nga tamariki nga tangata Ngati-Ira noho pāī Papa Patira Paumotu Pileni Polynesian Society rakau rangi raro Rarotonga ratau ratou raua rawa reira rongo roto runga Ruru Santa Cruz stone taha Tahiti Tainui taku takurua tamaki Tāne Tangaroa Tangiia Tara taua taunga te vaka teia tena tenei tera tetahi Tikopia tona tonga tonu tree Tu-tapu Tu-tarangi Tu-te-rangi-marama Tumu vaka Veka voyages wahi wahine waho Wha-kumu whare Whatonga whenua Zealand
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Page 234 - ... from ordinary work and from that forced labor, at times so troublesome, such as cooking and the preparation of the turtle, for which the common people were liable. The smoke from the ovens was not to come near him or to touch him. Throughout the whole island there was but one authority (that of the king) superior to his, while at times his influence was as powerful as even that of the king. He alone was responsible for the ordering and carrying out of everything that concerned the celebration...
Page ii - Society," and by the collection of books, manuscripts, photographs, relics, and other illustrations of the history of the Polynesian race. The term " Polynesia " is intended to include Australasia, New Zealand, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Malaysia, as well as Polynesia proper.
Page 170 - P. Dillon. Narrative and Successful Result of a Voyage in the South Seas . . . (London 1 829), 1 :20l . 110 DNZ, 2:261-62.
Page 15 - ... arrival in the Endeavour, as it corresponds with what I had formerly heard. For in the latter end of 1773, the second time I visited New Zealand, during my last voyage, when we were continually making enquiries about the Adventure, after our separation, some of the natives informed us of a ship's having been in a port on the coast of Teerawitte. But, at that time, we thought we must have misunderstood them, and took no notice of the intelligence. The arrival of this unknown ship has been marked...
Page 108 - Kawau,* we called it the Moa, and my cousin, Te Hemara, made a speech to those birds and cried, and we all there cried, for we remembered those old proverbs and laments concerning the past, which likened the disappearance of our dead parents and ancestors to the extinction of that bird, the Moa.
Page 234 - ... priest, who conducted, so to speak, divine worship, and represented the archpriest in our cathedrals, was known as the kaunuku. He was a great personage and very holy. Further, he enjoyed the highest privileges. He was exempt from ordinary work and from that forced labor, at times so troublesome, such as cooking and the preparation of the turtle, for which the common people were liable. The smoke from the ovens was not to come near him or to touch him. Throughout the whole island there was but...
Page 101 - ... and when the food was consumed the enemy, without a word to our party or even a look at them, rose and departed by the way they had come. Everything had been done in perfect order, and in accordance with the best of their old traditions.
Page 99 - Black their guns back again, in order that if things came to the worst they could defend their lives and the lives of their wives and children ; it would not have been etiquette for them to leave their kainga until all was over.
Page 9 - Here many signs of occupation are still seen on the shores of the bay and on the banks of the stream.