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 | Nape | Loose turn of cord or belt |
| Tikopia | Natu | Knead grated material such as taro, tumeric |
| Tikopia | Natu | A tree (Burckella obovata) with edible fruit; timber sometimes used for paddles |
| Tikopia | Nau | Mother, spouses's aunt, son's wife |
| Tikopia | Namu | Bleach with lime, especially hair of the head Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ne | Past tense marker |
| Tikopia | Ne | Exclamative-interrogative particle: eh? wasn't it! |
| Tikopia | Nea | Thing |
| Tikopia | Nefu/nefu | Sea Bass and some Grouper (Epinephelus spp.) |
| Tikopia | Nefu | Mist, fog |
| Tikopia | Nei | This, here |
| Tikopia | Neke | To rise up, swell, as a wave |
| Tikopia | Faka/neva/neva | At leisure, spiritless, unemployed |
| Tikopia | Neve | Carry burden on back with straps |
| Tikopia | Ni | Part. indefinite pl., some, any |
| Tikopia | Nifi/nifi | Thin |
| Tikopia | Nifo | Tooth, of man or animal |
| Tikopia | Niko | Crooked; curved |
| Tikopia | Nimo | Clouded, swimming, of vision |
| Tikopia | Ngi/ngiti | Pack tight |
| Tikopia | Niu | Coconut palm and nut |
| Tikopia | Noa | Tie, bind, put noose around |
| Tikopia | Nofine | Wife |
| Tikopia | Nofo | Sit, stay, dwell, live |
| Tikopia | Nofu | Stonefish (Scorpaenopsis cirrhosus) |
| Tikopia | Noko | Particle indicating continuity in past: has been, continued to, used to... (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Noku | Bend over |
| Tikopia | Nono | Fruitfly |
| Tikopia | Nonu | Morinda citrifolia |
| Tikopia | Unuufe | Caterpillar |
| Tikopia | Nuku | Island; settlement |
| Tikopia | Faka/numi/ | Fold up |
| Tikopia | O | Sequential same actor verbal conjunction |
| Tikopia | Oo | (1) Spotted rabbitfish (Siganus sp.); (2) tiny reef fish (prob. anchovy) taken in quantity in net |
| Tikopia | Oo | Proceed (pl.) Borrowed |
| Tikopia | Oa | Topstrake, gunwale |
| Tikopia | Ofa | Strip off, as roof |
| Tikopia | Ofo | Scatter, rush away |
| Tikopia | Ofo/ofo | Set out, go off |
| Tikopia | Ofo | Spring up, appear; rise (of heavenly bodies)... |
| Tikopia | Oso | Provisions, rations |
| Tikopia | Oko | To collect (e.g. as coconuts) |
| Tikopia | Ora | Life, health, alive |
| Tikopia | Ora | Tree with tough wood formerly used for spears, shark hooks, etc |
| Tikopia | Ori | Brandish, as club etc. in dance |
| Tikopia | Oriori | Recite formula of thanks by abasement...; a funeral dance song |
| Tikopia | Oro | Echo |
| Tikopia | One | Sand |
| Tikopia | Ono | Six |
| Tikopia | Ono | Barracuda (Sphyraena sp.) |
