Tikopia entries in Pollex-Online

Protoform Item Description Source
SO.VAASIQA Vaasia Time; period; space between objects or actions (Fth)
PN.WAATIA Vaatia A pudding made from the root of masoaa; make sago pudding (Fth)
PN.WATUKE Vatuke Slate-pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus sp.) (Fth)
FJ.WAA-WAA.2A Vaavaa Umbilical cord (Fth)
OC.WAWE Vave Quick, speedy; speed (Fth)
NP.WEKU.1 Veku/veku Dishevelled, uncombed (of hair) (Fth)
OC.WELA.B Vera Hot, very warm; heat, hot period (Fth)
FJ.WALE.3 Vare Silly, trivial (Fth)
FJ.WALE.3 Vare/vare General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status) (Fth)
XO.VELO Vero Sea fish, large, red, incl. Coral Cod (Plectropomus sp.) and allied kinds; taken on line (Fth)
PN.WELO.1 Vero Lower down, push down, pour in; move towards (of a canoe); throw (of a spear) (Fth)
SO.VENE Vene Rafter lashings (Fth)
PN.WETE.1 Vete Untie, loosen (Fth)
PN.WETE.2 Vete Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) (Fth)
SO.VEVE Veve Outer leaves of package, often dry (Fth)
PN.WEWE.A Veve Outside leaves, outer skin, husk (Fth)
PN.WII.B Vii Sour, acid, as lemon juice (Fth)
OC.WII.A Vii A tree with edible fruit (Spondias dulcis) (Fth)
PN.WIKI.2 Vaki Rejoice Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
PN.WIKI.2 Vaki/vaki Pleased Phonologically Irregular (Drd)
XO.VILI.1 Viri Rub [ex. member] (Fth)
PN.FUKAFUKA Fukafuka Tree (Kleinhovia hospita) (Fth)
PN.FAKA-QILO Fakairo Inform beforehand, warn (Fth)
PN.FIA-KAI Fia kai Be hungry, hunger (Fth)
PN.MAALUU.2 Maruu Relaxed (Fth)
NP.OLI.2 Ori/ori Poise, especially of dart raised and balanced in a swaying run to throw (Fth)
OC.SOLO.2A Soro Grate, grind (Fth)
NP.PALE.3B Pare Turn, divert; lean, incline, decline (Fth)
PN.PALE-TUQA Paretua Form of seated dance (Fth)
PN.TAFOLA.2 Tafora Reef (common term i traditional formulae, esp. for inner part of reef) (Fth)
NP.SUGALE Sungare Fish probably (Epibulus sp.) or (Gomphosus sp.) (Fth)
OC.KULAPO Kurapa Fish (Synodontidae) Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
PN.KUMIKUMI-A Kumikumiia Fish, reef and open sea: Threadfin (Polydactylus sexfilis) (Fth)
PN.MAMANU Manumanu Fish, parrot-wrasse (Scaridae) (Fth)
NP.PULA.3 Pura Unidentified sea fish sp. (Fth)
AN.QUNA Una Carapace of marine turtle (Fth)
SO.TEQE-AI Siei No, not, without result (Fth)
PN.FAKA-NOFO Fakanofo To enter marriage (mod.) (Fth)
PN.KAPI.C Kapi(kapi) Many, plentiful, numerous (of people) (Fth)
AN.KAPI.A Kapi/ti Squeeze in; strip of wood used to compress thatch sheets, uprights etc. (Fth)
CP.PAU.1A Pau/pau Extremely (Fth)
PN.TUQA.1B Tua Outer side; back (of hand); top (of foot); outside (of canoe hull)... (Fth)
PN.QAU-MAI Aumai/na Hospitably received (Fth)
PN.FAAQOA Faaoa Crowd, common folk (Fth)
SO.POI.B Po/poi Reluctant (Fth)
PN.POI.C Fe/poi/aki Move sideways Borrowed Problematic (Fth)
PN.SEGI.A Sengi/sengi Twilight, half-light of dawn or dusk (Fth)
PN.SEGI.A Sengi/a Darkening phase, last quarter of moon (Fth)
PN.SEGI.B Sengi Blind; failing in sight (Fth)
PN.TAI-TAI Taitai Coming from the sea; salt-stained, wet with sea-water (Fth)

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