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 | Purupuru | Sea fish, up to 90 cm, thin, light-coloured; taken by hook ? Hair-tail or Scabbard Fish. Also applied to a kind of squalid shark |
| Tikopia | Puna | Bubble, boil |
| Tikopia | Puna | Ma/puna/ga. :Spring Problematic |
| Tikopia | Puni | Block, bar, compress |
| Tikopia | Punou | Bend head down |
| Tikopia | Punua | Young, of fish, birds |
| Tikopia | Puupuu | Swill around mouth |
| Tikopia | Pusa | Semen; ejaculation Problematic |
| Tikopia | Pusi | Spit, squirt, spray from the mouth |
| Tikopia | Puuta | Fat, bloated |
| Tikopia | Putu | Offering of fresh food, as on the grave of a person recently dead |
| Tikopia | Saa | Uncovered, exposed, protruding |
| Tikopia | Saa | Wrong, as in breaking a taboo |
| Tikopia | Sa | Group, collectivity of persons; population; people |
| Tikopia | Sae | Cut, tear; open up; gape |
| Tikopia | Saere | Walk, stride, go, travel |
| Tikopia | Safe | Right, appropriate |
| Tikopia | Safe | Hang (as clothes on line); flower stem or fruiting bunch of banana |
| Tikopia | Safore | Banded Flagtail (Kuhlia taeniura) and Tropical Bream (K. marginata) |
| Tikopia | Sanga | Cultivate, especially by a working party |
| Tikopia | Sai | Block, close, fence off |
| Tikopia | Saka | Perform rites in traditional ritual system Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sakare | Shoot of plant (e.g. coconut) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sakaaro | To clean private parts (of women) |
| Tikopia | Sake | Kick |
| Tikopia | Saki | Sticking out, protruding Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sakiri | Look for, search |
| Tikopia | Sako | Quite straight, without bend |
| Tikopia | Sakura | Sailfish (Istiphorus platypthurus) or (I. gladius) |
| Tikopia | Sara | Go by; go past; elapse; miss out; overlap |
| Tikopia | Silato | Tree nettle (Dendrocniche [sic] harveyi) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Saari | Drip, dribble, droop |
| Tikopia | Sariki | Platform on which to dry areca nuts; floor in modern raised house |
| Tikopia | Saaro | Scrape, grate up, scratch, sweep |
| Tikopia | Saaru | To clear, e.g. undergrowth |
| Tikopia | Saruru | Disturbed (of face) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sama/naki | Be supported by, live upon; prepare, get ready |
| Tikopia | Samono | Cetacean, dark blue, identified as blue whale |
| Tikopia | Samu | Pick out fastidiously |
| Tikopia | Samu-tia | Pick out, pluck (fastidiously); |
| Tikopia | Sana/sana/ | Turmeric extraction by filtration Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sana | Job's Tears (Coix lacryma-jobi) |
| Tikopia | Sani | Bear in mind, remember |
| Tikopia | Sao | Fit into; run, go off |
| Tikopia | Fe/saosao/ | Run up and down, chase around |
| Tikopia | Saosao | A barracouta fish |
| Tikopia | Sapa | More, superior in comparison, especially |
| Tikopia | Sapai | Raise in arms, esp from affection or ritual respect |
| Tikopia | Sape | Club-footed, deformed footed |
| Tikopia | Sapo | Grab |
