PART II EASTER ISLAND

122OUTLINES OF COAST AND POSITION OF PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS, MAINLY FROM U.S.A. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE CHART NO. 1119.

POSITIONS OF CERTAIN LESSER MOUNTAINS, FROM EYE-SKETCHES BY THE AUTHOR.

HEIGHTS OF RANO AROI AND RANO KAO, FROM ADMIRALTY CHART NO. 1386.

HEIGHT OF RANO RARAKU, AS DETERMINED BY LIEUT. D. R. RITCHIE, R.N.

FIG. 23. 29.3.1914. EASTER ISLAND, FROM THE SOUTH.

FIG. 24. EASTER ISLAND. Diagrammatic sketch from Rano Kao looking north and east. Christmas Day, 1914.

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GLOSSARY OF NATIVE WORDS FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED

Ahu A burial-place

Aku-aku Spirit

Ana Cave

Ao The clan or clans celebrating bird rites

Ao A ceremonial paddle

Ariki Chief

Atua God

Hanga Bay or foreshore

Haré House

Hau Hat

Hopu Servant to fetch “First egg”

Iti Small

Ika Fish

Ivi-atua Person supernaturally gifted

Kai Eat

Kaunga Function in honour of a mother

Ko Definite article before proper nouns

Kohau rongo-rongo Tablet with script

Koro Function in honour of a father

Marama Light (In Tahitian = moon)

Manu Bird

Manu-tara The sacred bird (Sooty Tern)

Máta Clan or group

Mataa Obsidian spear-head

Maunga Hill

Miro Wood

Moai An image

Motu Islet

Nui Big

Paina A wooden figure, also the function connected with it

Péra Taboo for the dead

Poki A child

Raa Sun

Ranga Captivity

Rano Crater lake, also the extinct volcano

Rapa Small dancing-paddle

Roa Long

Rongo-rongo Sacred words

Také Ceremonial retreat

Tangata Man

Tangata-ika A slain man

Tangata-manu The bird-man

Tangata rongo-rongo Man learned in sacred words (generally the script)

Tatane Spirits (from “Satan”)

Te Definite article before common noun

Tea White

Words such as nui, iti, and roa, when they have become in themselves geographical names, are treated as proper nouns, otherwise as adjectives.

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