 On further enquiry we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse of a chief, and that on this account she was not to handle any food for five months. The other had performed the same office to the corpse of another person of...  An Hebrew and English Lexicon: Without Points - الصفحة 261بواسطة John Parkhurst - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 799عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...with a remarkable account of the notions of certain modern heathens concerning pollution by the dead, and of their ceremonies respecting it, in Captain...others, on our asking the reason, they said, taboo tnatee. On further enquiry, we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 434
...with a remarkable account of the notions of certain modern heathens concerning pollution by the dead, and of their ceremonies respecting it, in Captain...the company, I observed, being fed by the others, oh our asking the reason, they said, taboo matee. On further enquiry, we found, that one of them had,... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - عدد الصفحات: 426
...their ceremonies respecting it, in Captain CooA's Third Voyage, vol. ip 3Q5. Speaking of a walk he topk in Tongataboo, one of the Friendly Islands in the...others, on our asking the reason, they said, taboo mattee. On further enquiry we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 428
...heathens concerning pollution by the dead, and of their ceremonies respecting it, in Captain CooUs Third Voyage, vol. ip 305. Speaking of a walk he took...others, on our asking the reason, they said, taboo mattee. On further enquiry we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | John Pinkerton - 1812 - عدد الصفحات: 1030
...returning to their own habitations while they could find any fort of fubfiñence in our neighbourhood. In this walk we met with about half a dozen women, in one place, at fupper. Two of the company I obferved being fed by the others ; on our afking the reafon, they faid,... | |
 | General history - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 798
...bushes ; and the cocoa-trees were stripped of their branches, to erect habitations for the chiefs. In this walk w,e met with about half a dozen women,...others, on our asking the reason, they said taboo mattee. On farther enquiry we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 532
...bushes ; and the cocoa-trees were stripped of their branches, to erect habitations for the chiefs. In this walk we met with about half a dozen women,...others, on our asking the reason, they said taboo mattee. On farther enquiry we found, that one of: them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 516
...with a remarkable account of the notions of certain modern heathens concerning pollution by the dead, and of their ceremonies respecting it, in Captain...others, on our asking the reason, they said, taboo riiattee. On further enquiry we found, that one of them had, two months before, washed the dead corpse... | |
 | Keith Allan, Kate Burridge - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 254
...there. Every one was Tabu, a word of very comprehensive meaning but in general signifies forbidden.1 In this walk we met with about half a dozen Women in one place at supper, two of the Company were fed by the others, on our asking the reason, they said Tabu Mattee. On further enquiry, found... | |
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