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 | Oa | Couple, in count of coconuts; pair |
| Tikopia | Katoko | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Tikopia | Ungaru | Driftwood; floating log, occ. used for small canoe or firewood Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Uuaaroto | Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples |
| Tikopia | Urukao | Type of shark (unid.)... |
| Tikopia | Koko | Flour, trad. of sago starch, turmeric |
| Tikopia | Ake | Come up; move upwards; climb |
| Tikopia | Masuee/i | Disturbed [exx. actually "be disturbed (of earth)"] |
| Tikopia | Fainga | Doing, deed, practice; technical term indicating transfer of food and/or valuables, used in title of ceremonial or ritual proceedings |
| Tikopia | Fakatuu | Set up, stand up; set, in sense of fit (vt); set up in sense of produce |
| Tikopia | Aa | Affirmative, yes; so then Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ngari/ngari | Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans) |
| Tikopia | Maseke(seke) | Desire, covet |
| Tikopia | Kauariki | Tree (Terminalia catappa).... |
| Tikopia | Kaufata | Open frame of wood used to support filter cloth in turmeric manufacture... |
| Tikopia | Kautaa | Beating stick for sounding board... |
| Tikopia | Fanonga | Company; traditional food gift from household of groom to bride's parents soon after marriage ceremony |
| Tikopia | Ngongo | Snort |
| Tikopia | A | Of (esp. in "activity" category) |
| Tikopia | O | Of (in "passive" sense of intimate possession) |
| Tikopia | Fakavare | Behave stupidly; unfocus, relax, dissociate; go crazy |
| Tikopia | E | Particle of address, suffixed or immediately following name or title |
| Tikopia | Fakaarofa | Evoking sympathy, affection; in many contexts, given concrete connotation, e.g., of poverty; commoner, person not of chiefly class |
| Tikopia | Faka/sengi | Glare |
| Tikopia | Fesiri | Ask, inquire |
| Tikopia | Ifo | Come down, descend |
| Tikopia | Tere | Move quickly, speed |
| Tikopia | Taurekareka | Handsome, of man or woman; fine, splendid, beautiful |
| Tikopia | Mau raro | Low, lower, short; inferior |
| Tikopia | Mafiti | Appear |
| Tikopia | Taumuri | Stern of vessel |
| Tikopia | Tino | Take body of, give body to |
| Tikopia | Mioi | Twist; wring hands, as twisting hibiscus fibre pad with overhand movement to express coconut cream from grated coconut |
| Tikopia | Puupuu | A container (formerly of leaf, barkcloth or fibre, now usually a tin); money box |
| Tikopia | Kore | Speak; scold, criticise, rebuke Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Supee | Mucus from the nose |
| Tikopia | Kakenga | Something to climb on, e.g. ladder of forked tree limb with rungs of twisted vine or short branches |
| Tikopia | Kano/kano | Be unaccustomed to (a particular food); hesitate in selection, turn over in one's mind |
| Tikopia | Pili | Put on top, lie on, come to rest on Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Rere | Traditional concept of entry into trance state; spirit held to "run" into medium, and so become manifest among men |
| Tikopia | Rii | Type of coconut with sweet chewable husk |
| Tikopia | Sano | Call to mind, remember |
| Tikopia | Siki | Lift up; hold in arms; catch in hands |
| Tikopia | Siki | Finish, complete (applied to plaiting, netting, etc.) |
| Tikopia | Siki | Fishing club; shark club |
| Tikopia | Tafeta | Bag or small basket, of closely plaited leaf material and string handle, for stowing small objects |
| Tikopia | Tua- | Ordinalising prefix |
| Tikopia | Ena | Definitive demonstrative, pl. of Tena. Those, but commonly used with singular enquiry or demonstration |
| Tikopia | Enei | Demonstrative definitive, pl. of Tenei, these here |
| Tikopia | Kano | Collective body, totality |
