Piece of Paper found in a Treen Box
By Ewan
Mon, 19 Apr 2010
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Same same worm-line like piksha
no belief: I see father write him
I talk good pidgin no trick – psha!
Sing-song word at end of line.
Father come from big water,
wash girl-child in little
say him big father 'do tuh'
Worm-line follow feather finger
tell him doctor father o fini
no talk more pidgin, better te reo
now all sick sick matua wahine.
(Transcript at the hand of Father
Ignacio Lopez S.J., Anno Domini
1843 January 14th, Cook Islands)
Footnote:
Te reo : the language in Maori.
Matua wahine : parent woman/mother ditto
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