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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tikopia | Reureu | Child's napkin, diaper |
| Tikopia | Leeva | Not firmly fixed, dissociated, light-headed, free-floating Problematic |
| Tikopia | Reva | Tree that grows only on the mountain. Not seen by most modern Tikopia |
| Tikopia | Revereve | Frayed, cobwebby |
| Tikopia | Rii | Tie, bind round, wrap up |
| Tikopia | Riaki | Throw, fling, cast line in fishing; spread, scatter |
| Tikopia | Rie | Eggs of headlice |
| Tikopia | Rifu | Fearsome, terrifying |
| Tikopia | Ri/rigi/ | Pour out |
| Tikopia | Ringoringo | Cricket (Gryllidae) |
| Tikopia | Rika | Get off-balance |
| Tikopia | Faka/rika | Roll, throw off balance |
| Tikopia | Riki | Small, little |
| Tikopia | Liki/liki | Small, tiny Problematic |
| Tikopia | Riiko/i | Encircle, surround |
| Tikopia | Liko | Go sinuously, circle Problematic |
| Tikopia | Liko/liko | Circle, spiral Problematic |
| Tikopia | Riiko/fi | Encircle, surround, swirl round |
| Tikopia | Riko/riko/ | Twilight |
| Tikopia | Riro | Be lost, be hidden, disappear |
| Tikopia | Rima | Five |
| Tikopia | Rima | Hand, arm, wrist |
| Tikopia | Rimu | Coralline growth on reef used to whiten and preserve wood |
| Tikopia | Rino | Twist, of fibre in cord-making |
| Tikopia | Maa/riporipo | Whirl |
| Tikopia | Riu | Interior, inside |
| Tikopia | Riu/ara | Pathway |
| Tikopia | Riua/fanga | Access path to the sea |
| Tikopia | Roo | Ants, of various kinds |
| Tikopia | Roa | Long |
| Tikopia | Loa | Long (poetic) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Rava/a | Endure, cope; be overcome, defeated, conquered, beaten in contest |
| Tikopia | Ro ata | Black ant |
| Tikopia | Rofa | Extended (of wings, etc.) |
| Tikopia | Ropa | Reach out, stretch out (hand) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Rofa | Greater Frigate Bird (Fregata minor) |
| Tikopia | Rofa | Fathom, a measure by complete stretch of two arms |
| Tikopia | Rofe | Bend down, bend over (sapling, person), droop |
| Tikopia | Rofi | Rise (of tide); numerous |
| Tikopia | Rogo | Hear, listen, feel |
| Tikopia | Rogo | News; good name |
| Tikopia | Rongorongo | Cycas circinalis |
| Tikopia | Roro | Bud or shoot of coconut near flower-bract (also roserose) |
| Tikopia | Rou | Crook, prong. Use a crook |
| Tikopia | Roi, loi | Falsehood, lie, untruth |
| Tikopia | Roi | Taro, breadfruit or ripe banana mixed with sago flour and cooked |
| Tikopia | Roimata | Tear(s) |
| Tikopia | Roka | Rough (of sea); great wave |
| Tikopia | Loku | Bend over Problematic |
| Tikopia | Rori | A type of Holothurian |
