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 | Ranu | Flow, of water |
Tikopia | Raoa | Choked by something |
Tikopia | Rao | Calm, of limited duration |
Tikopia | Laui | Good, well, fine, etc. Problematic |
Tikopia | Rapa | Projecting, bulged, flanged, beaked Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tikopia | Raparapa | Flange; buttress; coral sp. of stinging type |
Tikopia | Rape | Parrotfish/Wrasses of many kinds |
Tikopia | Lasi | Big, great, tall, many . Problematic |
Tikopia | Laso | Penis Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Laso, laho | Testicle (Gaimard) Problematic |
Tikopia | Rata | Fix affections on, tame |
Tikopia | Ratou | Third person plural subject clitic pronoun |
Tikopia | -ratou | Third person plural possessive suffix |
Tikopia | Rau | Leaf |
Tikopia | Rau | Enumerate, count, tally; run through items on a list; recite titles |
Tikopia | Rau | Breadth, extent, expanse |
Tikopia | Rau | To sweep with net |
Tikopia | Rau | Ten or hundred according to items counted |
Tikopia | Nge/au | Hundred, in multiples (Gaimard) Problematic |
Tikopia | Rau | Sago leaf thatch sheet |
Tikopia | Rau/rau | Expanse |
Tikopia | Rau/raro | Lowland in the vicinity of shore |
Tikopia | Rau | Share in formal distribution of food; yield of tree |
Tikopia | Raungutu | Lip, of persons, vessels etc. |
Tikopia | E /rau lasi/ | It's broad (e.g. of fish) (s.v.rau.3) |
Tikopia | Rauraufaauu | Small reef and sea fish (? Zanclus sp. of Angelfish) |
Tikopia | Rauuru | Hair of the head |
Tikopia | Fii/raumea/ | Gill lamellae |
Tikopia | Raatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
Tikopia | Rava, lava | Many, plentiful |
Tikopia | Ravaa | Put on, wrap oneself in, waist garment |
Tikopia | Rava | Skirt of woman; kilt of man; a "wrap around" garment |
Tikopia | Lavaki | Lacking, missing, absent, disappeared |
Tikopia | Rave | Catch, engage with |
Tikopia | Ravenga | Large deep-sea fish... |
Tikopia | Rea | Speak |
Tikopia | Refu | Dust, ash, soot for tattooing |
Tikopia | Renga | Tumeric pigment, used ritually for decoration... |
Tikopia | Rengarenga | Stained with turmeric; orange, vermilion and other reddish hues |
Tikopia | Rei | Cylindrical ornament of bead type made from clam shell |
Tikopia | Reia | Bloated (as of corpse unburied) |
Tikopia | Rere | Run, fly, rush |
Tikopia | Rerefua, ?rerefue | Anglerfish (Antennaridae), with filament hanging down above mouth and used in attracting prey |
Tikopia | Rerefue | Large moth sp |
Tikopia | Lemo | Escape Problematic |
Tikopia | Lemo | To slip, slippery Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Reo | Voice |
Tikopia | Reo | Guard, protect |
Tikopia | Repe | Consume, devour, destroy, overthrow |
Tikopia | Reu | Ripe, of fruit |