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 | Tafa | Side |
| Tikopia | Taafaa | C:coconut in developing stage with only water inside |
| Tikopia | Tafatafaarangi | Horizon (border of sky) |
| Tikopia | Taafau | Stroll about, visit, travel |
| Tikopia | Taa/taafao/ | Play (Drd) |
| Tikopia | Te ata ne tafa | Day has broken |
| Tikopia | Tafauri | Bluejack (Caranx melampygus) |
| Tikopia | Tafe | Current; drift at sea; trickle |
| Tikopia | Tafi | Brush lightly; stroke; smear |
| Tikopia | Tafito | Origin, beginning; base, basis, reason |
| Tikopia | Taforaa | Whale |
| Tikopia | Tafu | Set on fire |
| Tikopia | Tafuuri | Turn, turn round (act of person) |
| Tikopia | Tanga | Small basket in which betel or other effects are kept |
| Tikopia | Tanga | Free from tapu |
| Tikopia | -tanga | Substantiviser |
| Tikopia | Tagafaa | A sea-fish, apparently a wrasse |
| Tikopia | Tangata | Human being, person; man, male, adult male |
| Tikopia | Taga/taga | Loose, not rigid |
| Tikopia | Tangi | Cry, wail, sing mourning song |
| Tikopia | Taanguru | Murmur, rumble, as of distant voices or thunder |
| Tikopia | Tai | Sea, near the shore |
| Tikopia | Tai | Very hard (e.g. of timber), hard timber, heart wood |
| Tikopia | Taina | Sibling of same sex; affine of sibling grade but other sex |
| Tikopia | Taka | Travel from place to place; move round, be mobile |
| Tikopia | Taka | Unmarried state |
| Tikopia | Taka | Follow |
| Tikopia | Taka/taka | Go walking; tread down |
| Tikopia | Takaa | Cord attaching traditional fish line to hook |
| Tikopia | Takafuri/nga | Large pandanus mat used as a basis for gifts at initiation, marriage, funeral Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Takai | Anoint with oil in a circular motion of fingers |
| Tikopia | Takaro | Sport |
| Tikopia | Tokape | Snapper sp. (Lutjanus quinquelineatus or L.kasmira) |
| Tikopia | Takere | Bottom of container, in interior; bilge (of canoe), hull |
| Tikopia | Kau/takere/ | Keel of canoe |
| Tikopia | Taki | Proceed; join, assemble, arrive, line up |
| Tikopia | Taki- | Distributive particle |
| Tikopia | Taaki | Pull out; dig free and pull out; lift out (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Takoto | Stretch out, lie prone |
| Tikopia | Taaku | Request, solicit (archaic/rare) |
| Tikopia | Takuu | Chant in falling cadence |
| Tikopia | Taku | My, first person singular active |
| Tikopia | Takua | Swordfish spp. |
| Tikopia | Takua | Indeed! So it is! That is (to say) |
| Tikopia | Tara | Spine, spike; spiny, jagged |
| Tikopia | Tara | Speak, tell; tale; talk |
| Tikopia | Tara | Untie, loosen, unwrap |
| Tikopia | Tara | Sooty tern (Sterna fuscata) |
| Tikopia | Tarafa | Beard, whiskers |
| Tikopia | Tarai | Chip (Drd) |
