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He had already won Lady Spilsbury's heart by recommending to her the honan tcha, or Tartar tea, which enables the Tartars to digest raw flesh, and tinges water of a red colour.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria

Honan, self, is used with possessive pronouns as in English: ow honan, myself; dha honan, thyself, &c.

From A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature by Jenner, Henry