A United States Midshipman in the South Seas by Yates Stirling - HTML preview

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Kataafa is king of Kapua.

[2] Tupu—King.

[3] Talofa, Alii—Good-day, chief.

[4] Papalangi—White person.

[5] Tapa—Native cloth beaten out of mulberry bark.

[6] Felinge—Literally friend, a benefactor.

[7] Tapau—Princess of a village.

[8] Leonga Alii—Bad chief.

[9] Kapua Uma—The real Kapua.

[10] Papasea—A waterfall.

[11] Suva—A town in the Fiji.

[12] Sea-lawyer—A sailor socialist.

[13] Salt-horse—Salt pork.

[14] Lava-lava—Loin cloth.

[15] Kava Fa’a Kapua. Kava—A drink something like oat-meal water. Fa’a—Native custom.

[16] Alii—Chief.

[17] Fomai—Doctor.

[18] Strainer—Made of vegetable growth.

[19] Hipu—Cup.

[20] Fui—A bunch of long horsehair on the end of a short stick—used by Kapuan chiefs to fan away the flies.

[21] Tonga-fiti—A native word for a stratagem.

[22] Kowtow—Chinese word for humbling oneself.

[23] Buscar—Sailor and soldier slang to hunt for.

[24] Lanai—A covered porch.

[25] Talofa, Alii—Good-night, sir.

[26] Savvys—Understands.

[27] The Tapau is the leader of the dance called the Siva-Siva, that requires much grace and dexterity.

[28] Fono—Native council.

[29] Kataafa is the king of Kapua.

[30] Alii papalangi—White chiefs.

[31] Meliti—Native for American.

[32] Cry—Appeal.

[33] Turning off—Springing the trap.

[34] Malae—Square.

[35] Solomon Islanders are black; Kapuans are brown.

[36] Tofa, Alii—Good-bye, chief.

[37] Amuck—A form of insanity where the person affected desires to kill.

[38] Talola—A ceremony of giving presents to the one honored.

[39] Fa’a moli-moli—Excuse me.

[40] Faimalosi—Go it.

[41] The prevailing wind in the islands of the South Seas is southeast—so “windward” or “leeward” means easterly or westerly in direction.