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 |
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Tikopia | Autaru | Clear land for cultivation (Fth) |
Tikopia | Ava | Channel; stream of any size |
Tikopia | Aavaga | Marry |
Tikopia | E | Verbal particle, present tense marker |
Tikopia | E | Preposition agency marker; with, by |
Tikopia | Efu | Be raised as dust; stirred up, hence sometimes murky |
Tikopia | Elo | Bad-smelling, stinking Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Epa | Ritual offering of finely plaited Pandanus mats |
Tikopia | Eeva | Rise in a floating manner |
Tikopia | Faa | Four |
Tikopia | Faa- | Causative |
Tikopia | Faa | Leaf-stem of a fleshy plant |
Tikopia | Faerere | To die in childbirth |
Tikopia | Faelu | Go at random, grope about Problematic |
Tikopia | Fafa | Rope stays and sheet of sailing canoe |
Tikopia | Faafaa | Grope |
Tikopia | Fafago | Waken someone |
Tikopia | Fali | Pick up to get rid of (as ordure etc.) in leaf wrapper; pick up small objects Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Fie, ra/fie | Firewood |
Tikopia | Fafine | Woman |
Tikopia | Fafo | Outside |
Tikopia | Faga | Prise open, as bark from tree |
Tikopia | Faga | Open, as of woman's legs or vulva |
Tikopia | Faagai | Feed people, pets or plants |
Tikopia | Fangaamea | Sea fish sp., ? Red Snapper (Lutjanus bohar) |
Tikopia | Fango | Sniff, smell |
Tikopia | Faangongo | Half coconut shell |
Tikopia | Faangota | Fish in deep sea by handline |
Tikopia | Fai | Ray, of several species |
Tikopia | Fai | Make, do, prepare, produce |
Tikopia | Fai | Produce a child Problematic |
Tikopia | Fai | In active sense e.g. have a dream |
Tikopia | Faingataa | Difficulty; effective power |
Tikopia | Fairu | Grope about Problematic |
Tikopia | Faaite | Accumulate in pile, as barkcloth |
Tikopia | Mua/faitoka/ | The spot in front of Rarofiroki temple (Kch) Problematic |
Tikopia | Faiva | Doings, pursuits, skill |
Tikopia | Faka- | Causative |
Tikopia | Faka- | After the style of |
Tikopia | Faka- | N times |
Tikopia | Fakafoa | Boil, swelling on the body |
Tikopia | Fakaita/ita | Tense body and arms in anger |
Tikopia | Fakakii | Throat |
Tikopia | Fakaara | Reciprocal gift of pudding |
Tikopia | Fakaraa | Expose to sun |
Tikopia | Fakaranu | Cause to flow, wash, ritually sprinkle, asperge |
Tikopia | Fakarere | Cause to run; fly; startle, disturb |
Tikopia | Fakaari | Tell, announce, inform |
Tikopia | Fakaari | Hold up to view |
Tikopia | Fakarongo | Hear, listen, feel |