Entries from Firth 1985 in Pollex-Online
Firth, R. (1985). Tikopia-English Dictionary/Taranga Fakatikopia ma Taranga Fakainglisi. Auckland, Auckland University Press
Language | Item | Description |
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Tikopia | I/ino | Decline, fall away, fall in a faint |
Tikopia | Iino/iino | Sloping, declining (of land) |
Tikopia | Faka/iino/ | Lean over, as to look over or reach something up |
Tikopia | Inu | Drink |
Tikopia | Iio | Affirmative, emphatic; yes; indeed |
Tikopia | Iio | Edge, corner, plane |
Tikopia | Ipu | Container for liquid |
Tikopia | Ise | Garfish (Belonidae) or possibly small Crocodile Needlefish (Tylosurus crocodilus) |
Tikopia | Isu | Nose, beak, pointed end, tip |
Tikopia | Faka/ita/ita | Tense body and arms in anger |
Tikopia | Faa/iti/ | Compact |
Tikopia | Ivi | Bone |
Tikopia | Ra | Indicator of distance or decision |
Tikopia | Raa | Sail |
Tikopia | Rau | Third person dual subject clitic pronoun Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | -rau | Third person dual possessive suffix |
Tikopia | Raa | Stem, twig, minor branch of tree |
Tikopia | Raa | Sun, sunshine |
Tikopia | Raaina | Be beaten upon, blazed upon, burnt by sun |
Tikopia | Rae | Forehead |
Tikopia | Rafa | Skin disease like ringworm |
Tikopia | Lafa, lafalafa | Broad Problematic |
Tikopia | Rafi | Be near, draw near |
Tikopia | Rafi | Tapa cloth headband |
Tikopia | Rafo | Rod over which sago leaf bent for thatch |
Tikopia | Ranga | Raise, rise, swell, arrange |
Tikopia | Ranga | Break up ground with a wooden digging-stick |
Tikopia | Ranga | Plait leaf materials into mat, basket |
Tikopia | Rangi/anga | Air of dance song |
Tikopia | Rangi | Sky, heavens, esp. in respect of clouds |
Tikopia | Rango | Fly, e.g. housefly |
Tikopia | Rango | Support, protect, look after; canoe skid, canoe block |
Tikopia | Rai | Fish (Alectis indicus) |
Tikopia | Raka | Take a step, step on, over |
Tikopia | Rakaraka | Hurry, quickly |
Tikopia | Rakau | Generic term for member of vegetable kingdom -- usually woody plant, including tree, shrub, herb, but not applied to root vegetables or grass |
Tikopia | Raakei-a | Decorate, adorn, ornament |
Tikopia | Raki | Wind point, approximately west; westerly direction; monsoon season, characterised by weather from generally west direction; variable light winds between south-west and west, with alternating calms and occasional gales |
Tikopia | Rakia | Lesser Noddy (Microanous leucocapillus) |
Tikopia | Raku | Throw away, cast out, toss over |
Tikopia | Raku | Throw away, cast out Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tikopia | Rara | Shrub (Vitex trifolia); also (Halfordia sp.) |
Tikopia | Rara | Dry over fire |
Tikopia | Raro | Down, below; the sun goes down; softly, quietly |
Tikopia | Raaua | Third person dual independent pronoun |
Tikopia | Rama | Brood, harbour ill thoughts against someone |
Tikopia | Rama | An unidentified bush |
Tikopia | Rama | Torch |
Tikopia | Ramanga | Netting by torch light |
Tikopia | Lamu | Suck Problematic |