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 | Vero | Lower down, push down, pour in; move towards (of a canoe); throw (of a spear) |
| Tikopia | Vene | Rafter lashings |
| Tikopia | Vete | Untie, loosen |
| Tikopia | Vete | Goatfish (Mulloidichthys vanicolensis) |
| Tikopia | Veve | Outer leaves of package, often dry |
| Tikopia | Veve | Outside leaves, outer skin, husk |
| Tikopia | Vii | Sour, acid, as lemon juice |
| Tikopia | Vii | A tree with edible fruit (Spondias dulcis) |
| Tikopia | Vaki | Rejoice Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Viri | Rub [ex. member] |
| Tikopia | Fukafuka | Tree (Kleinhovia hospita) |
| Tikopia | Fakairo | Inform beforehand, warn |
| Tikopia | Fia kai | Be hungry, hunger |
| Tikopia | Maruu | Relaxed |
| Tikopia | Ori/ori | Poise, especially of dart raised and balanced in a swaying run to throw |
| Tikopia | Soro | Grate, grind |
| Tikopia | Pare | Turn, divert; lean, incline, decline |
| Tikopia | Paretua | Form of seated dance |
| Tikopia | Tafora | Reef (common term i traditional formulae, esp. for inner part of reef) |
| Tikopia | Sungare | Fish probably (Epibulus sp.) or (Gomphosus sp.) |
| Tikopia | Kurapa | Fish (Synodontidae) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Kumikumiia | Fish, reef and open sea: Threadfin (Polydactylus sexfilis) |
| Tikopia | Manumanu | Fish, parrot-wrasse (Scaridae) |
| Tikopia | Pura | Unidentified sea fish sp. |
| Tikopia | Una | Carapace of marine turtle |
| Tikopia | Siei | No, not, without result |
| Tikopia | Fakanofo | To enter marriage (mod.) |
| Tikopia | Kapi(kapi) | Many, plentiful, numerous (of people) |
| Tikopia | Kapi/ti | Squeeze in; strip of wood used to compress thatch sheets, uprights etc. |
| Tikopia | Pau/pau | Extremely |
| Tikopia | Tua | Outer side; back (of hand); top (of foot); outside (of canoe hull)... |
| Tikopia | Aumai/na | Hospitably received |
| Tikopia | Faaoa | Crowd, common folk |
| Tikopia | Po/poi | Reluctant |
| Tikopia | Fe/poi/aki | Move sideways Borrowed Problematic |
| Tikopia | Sengi/sengi | Twilight, half-light of dawn or dusk |
| Tikopia | Sengi/a | Darkening phase, last quarter of moon |
| Tikopia | Sengi | Blind; failing in sight |
| Tikopia | Taitai | Coming from the sea; salt-stained, wet with sea-water |
| Tikopia | Tara a tua o te ika | Spine of dorsal fin of fish |
| Tikopia | Meea/a | Request strongly, urge, plead, insist |
| Tikopia | Ranu | "Breaking of the waters" at birth [te ranu e fenaifo] |
| Tikopia | Pongoa isu | Nostrils |
| Tikopia | Semu | Speak Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Vevera | Quite hot |
| Tikopia | Turaki | Plural of tu 'stand' |
| Tikopia | Maru afiafi | Shades of evening (Firth 1990:129) |
| Tikopia | Ikatapu | Jack (Caranx sp., prob. C.melampygus)... |
| Tikopia | Tafaakirangi | Traditional esoteric term for sky, esp. in ritual formulae [translated "border of Heaven" in examples] |
| Tikopia | Tafatafa | Edge; bordering |
