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 | Tarafa | Beard, whiskers |
Tikopia | Tarai | Chip (Drd) |
Tikopia | Taraki | Open mouth wide, gape |
Tikopia | Puka vini | Tree sp. (Hernandia ovigera) |
Tikopia | Puka vai | Tree sp. (Cordia subcordata); also (Pisonia grandis) |
Tikopia | Tarasea | Chestnut-banded Goby (Amblyeleotris japonica) |
Tikopia | Tara tupua | Myth, ancestral tale, item of traditional information |
Tikopia | Taarava | Go . Example suggest "go parallel to" Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Tikopia | Tare | Cough; phlegm |
Tikopia | Tari | Wait |
Tikopia | Tari | Carry, bring |
Tikopia | Tarie | Clitoris |
Tikopia | Tu/tarie/reere | Crab of reef, rare |
Tikopia | Taringa | Ear, lug, projection from timber etc. |
Tikopia | Taro | (Colocasia esculenta) |
Tikopia | Talo | A wild yam (Dioscorea pentapylla) Problematic |
Tikopia | Taro | Pray |
Tikopia | Taaro | Beckon |
Tikopia | Taru/taru | Cultivation plot |
Tikopia | Tama | Turmeric grater |
Tikopia | Tama fafine | Female child |
Tikopia | Tamaafine | Daughter |
Tikopia | Tamaiti | Child (Gaimard) |
Tikopia | Taamaki | Exceedingly, greatly |
Tikopia | Tamariki | Child, children |
Tikopia | Tamariki | Child, children |
Tikopia | Tamaaroa | Youth, young man; free from marriage tie |
Tikopia | Tamana | Father |
Tikopia | Tamate | Kill, put to death, by extension to hit hard, render insensible by blows; extinguish (e.g. a fire) |
Tikopia | Tana | His, her a-class possession |
Tikopia | Taanaki | Assemble, gather, join, combine, unite, put together |
Tikopia | Taane | Light skin patch, not from disease |
Tikopia | Taane | Male (Rare) |
Tikopia | Tanetane | Shrub with large reddish leaves (Polyscias sp.) |
Tikopia | Tanipa | Unidentified type of shark . Problematic |
Tikopia | Taanoa | Traditional kava bowl |
Tikopia | Tanu | Bury, fill in; grave |
Tikopia | Tanutanu | Unidentified fish sp. = firoa |
Tikopia | Tao | Spear |
Tikopia | Tao | Bake food |
Tikopia | Tao/maki | Hold down, occupy |
Tikopia | Tao | Cover over, keep secret |
Tikopia | Taofi | Cover over; control; invite |
Tikopia | Taukupu | Genitals (polite term) |
Tikopia | Taotao/ama | A mullet |
Tikopia | Tapa | To name; to summon |
Tikopia | Tapakau | Floormat of plaited coconut leaf |
Tikopia | Tapapa | Type of shark |
Tikopia | Tapatapa | A large edible prawn from the reef |
Tikopia | Patapata | Spanish Lobster (Slipper Lobster) (Scyllarides sp.) Phonologically Irregular |