 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctic regions - 1845 - 392 pages
...orator, crying out, in front of his house, "Yangona ei ava," somewhat like a muezzin in Turkey, thongh not from the housetop. To this the people answer,...all parts of the koro, " mama " (prepare ava). The prineipal men and chiefs immediately assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava-bowl and... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctic regions - 1852 - 368 pages
...audience. The meeting broke up with a distribution of presents. The ceremony attending the ava-drinking of the king, at Somusomu, is peculiar. Early in the...seat themselves to talanoa, or to converse on the afl'airs of the day, while the younger proceed to prepare the ava. Those who prepare the ava are required... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1854 - 676 pages
...the king,s herald, or orator, crying out in front of his house, ' Yango-na ei ava,' somewhat like the muezzin in Turkey, though not from the house-top....assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava bowl and ava root to the mburc, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or converse on the affairs... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1855 - 316 pages
...the king's herald, or orator, crying out in front of his house, l Yango-na ei ava,' somewhat like the muezzin in Turkey, though not from the house-top....this the people answer, from all parts of the koro,- f Mama ' (prepare ava). The principal men and chiefs immediately assemble together from all quarters,... | |
 | Charles Wilkes - Antarctica - 1856 - 514 pages
...the signing, we had the clap ping of hands and thighs, and the three audible grunts of satisfaction from the audience. The meeting broke up with a distribution...the mbure, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or.to converse on the affairs of the day, while the younger proceed to prepare the ava. Those who prepare... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1856 - 316 pages
...the king's herald, or orator, crying out in front of his house, e Yango-na ei ava,' somewhat like the muezzin in Turkey, though not from the house-top....assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava bowl and ava root to the mbure, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or converse on the affairs... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1859 - 308 pages
...king's herald, or orator, crying out i n front of his house, ' Yango-na ei ava,' somewhat like the muezzin in Turkey, though not from the house-top....assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava bowl and ava root to the mbure, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or converse on the affairs... | |
 | James Finlay Weir Johnston - Chemistry, Technical - 1859 - 378 pages
...the muezzin ic Turkey, though not from the house-top. To this the AVA-D RINKING IN THE FEEJEES. 311 people answer, from all parts of the koro, ' Mama'...assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava bowl and ava root to the mbure, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or converse on the affairs... | |
 | James Herman De Ricci - Fiji - 1875 - 376 pages
...the first thing heard is the king's herald, or orator, crying out in front of his house, " Yango na ei ava," somewhat like "a muezzin in Turkey, though...quarters, bringing their ava-bowl and ava-root to the nibure, where they seat themselves to talanoa, or to converse on the affairs of the day, while the... | |
 | James Herman De Ricci - Fiji - 1875 - 376 pages
...the first thing heard is the king's herald, or orator, crying out in front of his house, " Yango na ei ava," somewhat like a muezzin in Turkey, though...the koro, " Mama " (prepare ava). The principal men aud chiefs immediately assemble together from all quarters, bringing their ava-bowl and ava-root to... | |
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Yango-na ei ava," somewhat like a muezzin in Turkey, though not from the housetop. To this the people answer, from all parts of the koro, " Mama," (prepare ava.) The principal men and chiefs immediately assemble together from all quarters, bringing their... 
