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 | Roro | Raw coconut cream |
| Tikopia | Rooroa | Needlefish (Strongylura leiura) |
| Tikopia | Romi | To bend (something) down, around |
| Tikopia | Roto | Inside |
| Tikopia | Roto | Lake |
| Tikopia | Roto | Mind and associated internal faculties of human being; have in mind, occ. desire |
| Tikopia | Rotoaa | Ritual enclosure for turmeric separation |
| Tikopia | Rotu | Christianity, church |
| Tikopia | Rotu | Be bent upon, set upon; concentration |
| Tikopia | Rotu/rotu | Basic meaning of looking after people, having a care for them |
| Tikopia | Rotu/nga | Yield, catch of fish |
| Tikopia | Ruu(ruu) | To shake |
| Tikopia | Rua | Hole, pit, gully, grave, trough |
| Tikopia | Rua | Vomit |
| Tikopia | Rua | Two; both; double; second; equivalent; substitute |
| Tikopia | Ua/ngeau | Two hundred (Gaimard) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ruatu | East, easterly, north of easterly |
| Tikopia | Runga | Above, up, upwards |
| Tikopia | Ruku/ruku | To bear in the arms |
| Tikopia | Ruru | Barn owl (Tyto alba) and perhaps Osprey |
| Tikopia | Ruru | Wrap up, envelop |
| Tikopia | Ruru | Wrap up, envelop |
| Tikopia | Ruma | Reputation (esp. of ill-repute); scandal; exposure to public shame |
| Tikopia | Rupe | Pacific pigeon (Ducula pacifica pacifica) |
| Tikopia | Ma- | Adjective forming prefix |
| Tikopia | Ma/tuu | Strong, in sense of being able to bear weight; dense |
| Tikopia | Ma | And, with, from, for |
| Tikopia | -mau | First person dual exclusive possessive suffix |
| Tikopia | Maa | Personal plural indicator, used with senior kin terms and (trad.)titles of some mythical beings (follows noun) |
| Tikopia | Maa | Clean, light-coloured, white, esp. in contrast to off-coloured or dirty surfaces |
| Tikopia | Ma | For |
| Tikopia | Maa | Affine of same grade and sex; brother-in-law, sister-in-law |
| Tikopia | Mae | Wilted |
| Tikopia | Maea | Rope, line |
| Tikopia | Maeeva | Rising up, floating |
| Tikopia | Mafaa | Break apart, burst open |
| Tikopia | Mafaki | Plucked |
| Tikopia | Mafana | Hot |
| Tikopia | Mafetua | Sneeze |
| Tikopia | Mafi | Industrious, hardworking |
| Tikopia | Mafine | Daughter |
| Tikopia | Mafosifosi | Chafe, rub, of tree branches Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Mafora | Spread out, broad |
| Tikopia | Mafole | Peeling; skin coming off b Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Mafu | Become healed, get well |
| Tikopia | Mafua | Shoal of fish |
| Tikopia | Faka/mafua | Flock of birds |
| Tikopia | Mafuke | Opened out, unfolded |
| Tikopia | Mafuri | Turned over |
| Tikopia | Manga | Branch, division |
