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" Every time this is repeated, they raise their voices until they reach the highest pitch, and conclude with ' 0-ya-ye,' which they utter in a tone resembling a horrid scream. This screech goes the rounds, being repeated by all the people of the koro, until... "
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838 ... - Page 160
by Charles Wilkes - 1849
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Voyage Round the World: Embracing the Principal Events of the Narrative of ...

Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1849 - 702 pages
...may have riches and live to enjoy them- Ibis prayer is followed by a most earnest response, " Mana endina," (amen, amen.) They then repeat several times,...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the ..., Volume 2

Charles Wilkes - Antarctic regions - 1852 - 356 pages
...repeated they raise their voices, until they reach the highest pitch, and conclude with " O-ya-ye," which they utter in a tone resembling a horrid scream....business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the ..., Volume 2

Charles Wilkes - Antarctic regions - 1852 - 368 pages
...repeated they raise their voices, until they reach the highest pitch, and conclude with " O-ya-ye," which they utter in a tone resembling a horrid scream....drinking, and, after he has finished his ava, the chiefs'drink theirs, without any more ceremony. The business of the day is then begun. The people never...
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The Chemistry of Common Life, Volume 1

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1854 - 676 pages
...riches, and live to enjoy them. This prayer is followed by a most earnest response, ' Mana cndina , (amen, amen). They then repeat several times ' Mana...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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The Chemistry of Common Life, Volume 1

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1855 - 324 pages
...may have riches, and live to enjoy them. This prayer is followed by a most earnest response, ' Mana endina ' (amen, amen). They then repeat several times...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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The Chemistry of Common Life, Volume 1

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1855 - 316 pages
...time this is repeated, they raise their voices until they reach the highest pitch, and conclude with l 0-ya-ye,' which they utter in a tone resembling a...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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The Chemistry of Common Life, Volume 2

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1856 - 316 pages
...may have riches, and live to enjoy them. This prayer is followed by a most earnest response, < Mana endina ' (amen, amen). They then repeat several times...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition During the ..., Volume 3

Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1856 - 514 pages
...repeated they raise their voices, until they reach the highest pitch, and conclude with "O-ya-ye," which they utter in a tone resembling a horrid scream....regularity, while he is drinking, and, after he has fmished his ava, the chiefs drink theirs, without any more ceremony. The business of the day is then...
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The Chmeistry of Common Life: Illustrated with Numerous Wood Engravings

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1859 - 308 pages
...may have riches, and live to enjoy them. This prayer is followed by a most earnest response, ' Mana endina' (amen, amen). They then repeat several times...business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in the morning before the king has drunk his ava. Even a foreigner will not venture to work...
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The Chemistry of Common Life, Volumes 1-3

James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1859 - 378 pages
...may have riches, and live to enjoy them. This prayer is followed by a most earnest response, ' Mana endina' (amen, amen). They then repeat several times,...after he has finished his ava, the chiefs drink theirs witho it any more ceremony. The business of the day is then begun. The people never do anything in...
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