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 | Pora | Small, plaited coconut leaf mat |
| Tikopia | Pore | Shiver, tremble |
| Tikopia | Poro | A plant (Psychotra sp.) |
| Tikopia | Poro | Command; issue formal invitation |
| Tikopia | Poroaki | Command; issue formal invitation |
| Tikopia | Pona | Knot |
| Tikopia | Pone | A fish |
| Tikopia | Pono | To close (e.g. a door) |
| Tikopia | Popo | Decayed (of wood, thatch, sinnet) |
| Tikopia | Poopoo | Touch, handle |
| Tikopia | Pota | Cooked taro leaves |
| Tikopia | Poto | Skilled, adept, knowledgeable |
| Tikopia | Potu | Short section, piece, end; applied to short-handled implements; twig, end of branch, small length of wood |
| Tikopia | Pootu | Village, hamlet (in place names) |
| Tikopia | Pou | Post |
| Tikopia | Pouri | Dark, secret, ignorant |
| Tikopia | Puu | Trumpet |
| Tikopia | Puu | Orifice |
| Tikopia | Puu | Kindle oven fire |
| Tikopia | Puu | Heart or centre of tree or plant |
| Tikopia | Pua | (Fagraea sp.) |
| Tikopia | Puaka | Archaic term for person to be respected Problematic |
| Tikopia | Puefu | Powder |
| Tikopia | Punga | Marine rock (probably coral) |
| Tikopia | Pui | To block |
| Tikopia | Puka | (Hernandia peltata) |
| Tikopia | Puke | Hillock, especially in cultivation |
| Tikopia | Puke | To flow, flood; fall heavily, of rain |
| Tikopia | Puke | Grip, grasp, hold |
| Tikopia | Puke | Detachable bow and stern covers of canoe |
| Tikopia | Puku | Male genitals |
| Tikopia | Pukupuku | Compact; small, yet heavy; rounded |
| Tikopia | Puku | Suck |
| Tikopia | Pura/pura | Just enough light to be seen; light-coloured |
| Tikopia | Pura/seka | Phosphorescence in the sea; on dead trees |
| Tikopia | Pura | Murky, difficult to see |
| Tikopia | Pura | Murky, difficult to see (as through water) |
| Tikopia | Pula | Open eyes, become alert, stare Problematic |
| Tikopia | Pulaka | (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Purapura | Seedling |
| Tikopia | Pupura | Seed material such as taro tops |
| Tikopia | Ta/purapura | Spotted, speckled, multi-coloured in amorphous way, e.g. a turtle shell |
| Tikopia | Pule | Cowrie Problematic |
| Tikopia | Pure | Shells (Gaimard) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Pure | Ritual elder in traditional ritual system |
| Tikopia | Purotu | Waterspout Problematic |
| Tikopia | Purotu | Expert, especially in song and dance, but also general |
| Tikopia | Purou | Cover over |
| Tikopia | Puru | Coconut husk |
| Tikopia | Purupuru | Barkcloth rectangle slung over shoulders by man or woman, against cold, or as mourning sign at funeral |
