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 | Maatua | Parent |
| Tikopia | Maatua | Parent [all exx. are "parents"] |
| Tikopia | Maturau | Small Goatfish |
| Tikopia | Motuurau | Small Goatfish |
| Tikopia | Motuku | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Mau | Firm, secure; constant, regular; established |
| Tikopia | Mau | Find, discover; catch, seize; be overcome |
| Tikopia | Mau ruga | High, higher, tall |
| Tikopia | Mau raro | Low, lower, short |
| Tikopia | Maaua | We two (exc) |
| Tikopia | Mauakena | (Sula sp.) |
| Tikopia | Maunga | Hill, mountain peak |
| Tikopia | Maui-a-taranga | Legendary puller-up of islands |
| Tikopia | Mauri | Spirit, life principle, vitality of man or animal |
| Tikopia | Maunu | Bait |
| Tikopia | Maunu | To slip away (e.g. of canoes putting to sea) |
| Tikopia | Mavae | To part, divide, separate |
| Tikopia | Mavete | Untie, loosen ; untied |
| Tikopia | Mea | Gills |
| Tikopia | Me/meea/ | Babe, infant |
| Tikopia | Nea | Thing Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Mei | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) |
| Tikopia | Faka/mei/mei | Cringe, feel awe |
| Tikopia | Mere | Defect; defective; show up as defective |
| Tikopia | Mero | Red |
| Tikopia | Meene | Sink, incline downwards |
| Tikopia | Miri | Anoint (arch.); bore hole |
| Tikopia | Mili | Rub Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Miro | Tree (Thespesia populnea) |
| Tikopia | Miro/miro | Wake of canoe |
| Tikopia | Mimi | Female genitalia |
| Tikopia | Mimi | Urinate (Gaimard) |
| Tikopia | Misa | Bare (of reef at low tide) |
| Tikopia | Misi | Make sucking or chirping sound |
| Tikopia | Miti | To dream |
| Tikopia | Miti | Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensistucopiae) |
| Tikopia | Miti | Suck, sip, make sucking sound, chirrup |
| Tikopia | Mo | And (poetic form of ma); with |
| Tikopia | Mo | For; with; about |
| Tikopia | Moa | Banana fruit on stem in formative stage; wooden spinning top |
| Tikopia | Moa | Wooden spinning top |
| Tikopia | Mo/moa/ka | Boxfish or cowfish |
| Tikopia | Moana | Sea, especially deep sea; ocean |
| Tikopia | Moe, mee | Lie down, sleep, die |
| Tikopia | Meenga, moenga | Sleeping mat plaited from pandanus leaf strips |
| Tikopia | Meeranga | Sleeping mat, sleeping place |
| Tikopia | Moi/moi | Particle, as of food, earth etc. |
| Tikopia | Mo | A portion, such as can be held in the hand |
| Tikopia | Moikaka | Fibre, shred |
| Tikopia | Moka | Albino, white egret |
