 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 - עמוד 261מאת John Parkhurst - 1807 - 799 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Samuel Burder - 1807 - 436 דפים
...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 - 434 דפים
...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 - 426 דפים
...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 - 428 דפים
...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 - 1030 דפים
...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 - 798 דפים
...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 - 532 דפים
...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 - 516 דפים
...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 - 254 דפים
...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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