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 Paopao A canoe, seagoing but not sacralised
Tikopia Papa Plank
Tikopia Papa Flat; flat surface of various kinds (plank, sky, earth, bottom of sea)
Tikopia Paapaa Flutefish (Fistularia)
Tikopia Faai Split, cut open, cut lengthwise
Tikopia Pata Blister; a spot on the skin, pimple
Tikopia Pata/pata Marked by large drops, blobs or squares
Tikopia Pate Medium-sized, of objects, especially fish (not humans)
Tikopia Patu Slap, hit with open hand
Tikopia Pe Or, either...or, whether...or
Tikopia Pe As if, as, like
Tikopia Peau Foam, spindrift at sea, breaking wave crest
Tikopia Paku Blunt Phonologically Irregular
Tikopia Pee-ia Throw; place away
Tikopia Peka Large Fruit bat (Pteropus)
Tikopia Pekapeka Scanty, poor, poverty-stricken Problematic
Tikopia Peke To shrink, as clothes when washed; and generally, sometimes with insulting personal reference [e.g. to genitals]
Tikopia Pera Mud, peat, swampy lakeside soil
Tikopia Pela Mud Problematic
Tikopia Pere/perenga Honouring, cherishing; kindly treatment
Tikopia Peeru Bend over, fold over
Tikopia Peruperu Fish, young of ikatapu (Caranx sp.)
Tikopia Pena(pena) Prepare; get ready
Tikopia Penu/penu Integument, outer covering of an object; shell, husk rind etc.; body in contrast to soul
Tikopia Pepe Butterfly, moth
Tikopia Pese Sing, chant; song
Tikopia Peti/peti Plump
Tikopia Peu Evade, lie
Tikopia Pi Full to top, to overflowing; brimming
Tikopia Pia Mucous secretions associated with sexual intercourse
Tikopia Piki Stick, adhere to
Tikopia Piko Bent, curved, crooked
Tikopia Piri Near, close (of time and space)
Tikopia Moko pili Gecko Phonologically Irregular
Tikopia Piro Stinking (of faeces or urine)
Tikopia Pipi Bivalve shellfish of many species
Tikopia Pisi To spatter (as when over-ripe breadfruit falls
Tikopia Pito Navel
Tikopia Poo Darkness, night
Tikopia Poo Touch, grasp, lay hands on, get hold of; clap cupped hands, slowly
Tikopia Poa Bait for fish, rats
Tikopia Ponga Hole, holed; deflowered (of virgin)
Tikopia Pongoa Hole; burrow
Tikopia Pongaponga Full of holes, of cloth, thatch
Tikopia Pogipogi Morning
Tikopia Poi Come, go, depart (singular subject)
Tikopia Poi Block, withhold
Tikopia Poka Wake up suddenly, start up, rouse up
Tikopia Poke Type of pudding
Tikopia Pokouru Head of person or creature