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 | Maroro | Flying-fish |
Tikopia | Maarooroo | Healthy, well, vigorous |
Tikopia | Maru | Shade, dusk |
Tikopia | Maru | Executant for chief; man in authority with status of brother or other close agnatic kin of chief |
Tikopia | Maruu | Soft, tender; immature, weak (of vegetation) |
Tikopia | Maluuluu | Soft, weak, flabby; weary Problematic |
Tikopia | Maruu | Cooked |
Tikopia | Mama | To chew |
Tikopia | Mama | Limpet |
Tikopia | Mama | Light, weak, mild |
Tikopia | Mafa | Heavy, weighty |
Tikopia | Mamaru | Reverenced |
Tikopia | Mao | Far, at a distance |
Tikopia | Mamata | Watch, gaze, look at |
Tikopia | Mamate | Emphatic form of %mate|, not restricted to plural use |
Tikopia | Mava | Yawn; inhalation of deep breath |
Tikopia | Mana | Supernatural force |
Tikopia | Mana | Thunder |
Tikopia | Manafa | Body of kinsfolk Problematic |
Tikopia | Manai(a) | Leader, excellent person |
Tikopia | Maanatu | Think, call to mind, remember, thought |
Tikopia | Manava | Belly, stomach |
Tikopia | Maanava | Breath |
Tikopia | Manea/nea | A dance |
Tikopia | Manenga | Parrotfish, green with reddish speckles (?Cetoscarus pulchellus) |
Tikopia | Faka/maniania | To set on edge, as the teeth |
Tikopia | Manifi(nifi) | Thin, narrow |
Tikopia | Manifi | Sweeper (Pempheris oualensis) |
Tikopia | Manini | Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) |
Tikopia | Mano | Thousand, any large number |
Tikopia | Manongi | Sweet-smelling, savour |
Tikopia | Manu | Creature, ranging from mammal to arthropod; especially including birds |
Tikopia | Manuu | Concept of mystical power exercised by chiefs through mystical agency |
Tikopia | Maanuu | Floating on water |
Tikopia | Manu | Wanderer, traveller Problematic |
Tikopia | Manuu | = mana |
Tikopia | Mao | Interval of calm in a storm |
Tikopia | Maofa | Disperse, disintegrate, be broken down, in ruins |
Tikopia | Maori | True, truth; feel sure of |
Tikopia | Faka/maori/ | To assent |
Tikopia | Faka/maopo | Collect; assemblage |
Tikopia | Mapelu | Bent, folded |
Tikopia | Mapo | Mealy (of taro) |
Tikopia | Mapu | Sob, gasp |
Tikopia | Mapuna/ga | Spring of water |
Tikopia | Mapusaki | Continued sobbing, as at a funeral |
Tikopia | Masa | Empty, dry, of container of liquid; low, out, of tide |
Tikopia | Masae | Rent, torn |
Tikopia | Maasaga | Twin, twins |
Tikopia | Masakitanga | Father's sister |