The Mystery Of Easter Island: Chapter 8b

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PART II
EASTER ISLAND

OUTLINES 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 RANG AROI AND RANG KAO, FROM ADMIRALTY CHART NO. 1386.
HEIGHT OF RANG RARAKU, AS DETERMINED BY LIEUT. D. R. RITCHIE, R.N.

29.3.1914.
FIG. 32. EASTER ISLAND FROM THE SOUTH

Christmas Day, 1914.
FIG. 33. EASTER ISLAND.
Diagrammatic sketch from Rano Kao looking north and east.

GLOSSARY OF NATIVE WORDS FREQUENTLY EMPLOYED

Ahu - A burial place	Mataa - Obsidian spear-head
Aku-aku - Spirit	Maunga - Hill
Ana -Cave	Miro - Wood
Ao - The clan or clans celebrating bird rites	Moai - An image
Ao – A ceremonial paddle	Motu - Islet
Ariki - Chief	Nui - Big
Atua - God	Paina - A wooden figure, also the function connected with it
Hanga - Bay or foreshore	Péra - Taboo for the dead
Haré - House	Poki - A child
Hau - Hat	Raa - Sun
Hopu - Servant to fetch " First egg"	Ranga - Captivity
Itt - Small	Rano - Crater lake, also the extinct volcano
Ika - Fish	Rapa - Small dancing-paddle
Ivi-atua - Person supernaturally gifted	Roa - Long
Kai - Eat	Rongo-rongo - Sacred words
Kaunga - Function in honour of a mother	Také - Ceremonial retreat
Také - Ceremonial retreat	Tangata - Man
Ko - Definite article before proper nouns	Tangata ika - A slain man
Kohau rongo-rongo - Tablet with script	Tangata manu - The bird-man
Koro - Function in honour of a father	Tangata rongo-rongo - Man learned in sacred words (generally the script)
Marama - Light (In Tahitian=moon)	Tatane - Spirit (from "Satan")
Manu - Bird	Te - Definite article before common noun
Manu-tara - The sacred bird (Sooty Tern)	Tea - White
Máta - Clan or group

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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