used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
Aumia
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From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
next to; at the side of
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
burialnounUS /ˈberiəl/
the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
causesnounUS /ˈkɑːzəz/
plural of “cause” — events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
chantverbUS /tʃænt/
recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
consumptionnounUS /kənˈsʌmpʃən/
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
coughingnounUS /ˈkɑːfɪŋ/
a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
customsnounUS /ˈkʌstəmz/
money collected under a tariff
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
earlier in time; previously
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
funeralnounUS /ˈfjuːnərəl/
a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
gayest
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From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
Haabunai
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From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
a collection of objects laid on top of each other
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
immediately past
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
matsnounUS /mæts/
plural of “mat” — a thick flat pad used as a floor covering
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
and nothing more
From this reading Aumia had been, only a few months earlier, the beauty of the island.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
paepae
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From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
pitifullyadverbUS /ˈpɪtɪfəli/
to a pitiful degree
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
pokoko
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From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
any competition
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
cut with a saw
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
stagesnounUS /ˈsteɪdʒəz/
plural of “stage” — any distinct time period in a sequence of events
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
Taipi
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From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Death of Aumia; funeral chant and burial customs; causes for the death of a race.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "She was one of the gayest," said Haabunai, "but the _pokoko_ has taken her."
at the time that
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was pitifully thin when I first saw her, lying all day on a heap of mats, with Taipi beside her, both coughing, coughing.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading On the _paepae_ of a poor cabin near my own lived two women, Aumia and Taipi, in the last stages of consumption.
