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 | Torofi | To crawl (e.g. in apology) |
Tikopia | Toru | Three |
Tikopia | Tona | Tropical ulcer; yaws |
Tikopia | Tonu | Right, correct, true, exact |
Tikopia | Tonu | Coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) |
Tikopia | Toto | Blood, blood-red; sap of plants and trees |
Tikopia | Tototo | Bloody |
Tikopia | Tou | Unidentified tree sp. |
Tikopia | Tou | 1st person inclusive plural pronoun, short form marking agent in verbal phrase |
Tikopia | Tuu | Stand |
Tikopia | Tuu | Woman's belt |
Tikopia | Tau/tu | Belt |
Tikopia | Tuu | To cut; a cut (e.g. of fish) |
Tikopia | Tua | Shell of crustacean Problematic |
Tikopia | Tua | Back (of person or animal) |
Tikopia | Tuaakau | The open sea as opposed to reef waters |
Tikopia | Tuei | Coconut grater |
Tikopia | Tuei | Delayed, waiting, late; old, ancient, traditional |
Tikopia | Tuaki | Gut fish |
Tikopia | Tuakoi | Boundary, border |
Tikopia | Tuatina | Mother's brother |
Tikopia | Tufa | Distribute food etc. |
Tikopia | Tufu | Spring of brackish water |
Tikopia | Tufunga | Expert, master craftsman (male only) |
Tikopia | Tunga | Site, standing place |
Tikopia | Tungaki | Nod (upwards, in assent), lift up head to observe |
Tikopia | Tui | Put on a cord, sew |
Tikopia | Tii | Premier chief |
Tikopia | Tuke | Classifying particle for count of crabs, in units of tens, prefixed to number |
Tikopia | Tuke | Projection on body; elbow, eyebrow, genitals |
Tikopia | Tuke-maikao | Knuckle |
Tikopia | Tuke rima | Elbow knob |
Tikopia | Tukemata | Eyebrow |
Tikopia | Tuki | Pound, pummel, punch, bang down |
Tikopia | Tuku | Put down, lay down |
Tikopia | uku/tukunga, tuukunga | Customs, conventions |
Tikopia | Tukuukuu | Small reef fish of coral-fish type (Pomacentridae) |
Tikopia | Turanga | Standing place; house site, garden plot, etc.; areas at ends of dart-pitches |
Tikopia | Ture/ture | Roll back and forth (turmeric roots) |
Tikopia | Turi | Deaf, hard of hearing |
Tikopia | Turi | Various species of wader |
Tikopia | Turi | Chase, pursue |
Tikopia | Turi | Knee |
Tikopia | Turu | Dribble, trickle, as from hole in roof |
Tikopia | Turuaapo | Middle of the night; midnight in general sense; depth of night |
Tikopia | Tumuaki | Crown of the head, top, summit |
Tikopia | Tumutumu | Tip, top (of plant), crest (of wave) |
Tikopia | Tuna | Eels, especially lake eels |
Tikopia | Tunu | Roast, heat over fire |
Tikopia | Tupa | The large beach crab (Cardisoma sp.) |