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 | Kai/na | Eaten |
| Tikopia | Fakaoti | Completely, wholly, all etc. |
| Tikopia | Fakaoti | Completion |
| Tikopia | Fakaoti | End, finish, complete |
| Tikopia | Suku(suku) | Tail, end |
| Tikopia | Fakatoo | Descend, come down, sink; come to an end |
| Tikopia | Fakatoo/too | Go down, set (of sun) |
| Tikopia | Apo/taki | Have a mind to |
| Tikopia | Firifiri mata | Eyelash Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Fakatonu | Set right, correct, make straight |
| Tikopia | Fakatonu | Confirm, agree with, believe in |
| Tikopia | Fakatupu | Cause to grow |
| Tikopia | Fakatupu | Create |
| Tikopia | Fakakai | Sharpen |
| Tikopia | Tuutanga | Section of somthing cut |
| Tikopia | Tuuraga | Cut-mark |
| Tikopia | Moto/moto | Freshly mature [ex. coconut]; virgin (girl or boy) |
| Tikopia | Araara | Talk, discuss, yarn |
| Tikopia | Amonga | Shoulder load (n) |
| Tikopia | Ara matua | Main path |
| Tikopia | Vao matua | Mature fallow plot |
| Tikopia | Manu | Name of large constellation containing Rigel, Betelgeuse and prob. Canopus... |
| Tikopia | Manu | Kite, manu raurau "leafy creature"...made of sago leaves... |
| Tikopia | Fakamanga | Open wide, gape |
| Tikopia | Otaota | Sediment, from infusion of trad. kava, mod. tea, etc. Trad. term in ritual context for temple rubbish |
| Tikopia | Katoanga | Assembly, whole body |
| Tikopia | Fe/poi/kaki | Stand in doubt, hesitate |
| Tikopia | Fau | Light fishing line |
| Tikopia | Fakasiku/anga | "Tail-end" (of kava ritual) |
| Tikopia | Soro | Rub, wash by rubbing |
| Tikopia | Uti | Soft flesh of gastropod, in whorls at rear of body; usu. not eaten... |
| Tikopia | Tano | Grave |
| Tikopia | Vao/vao/a | Covered in weeds |
| Tikopia | Ngngau | Weak |
| Tikopia | Roto tonu | Right in the middle, the centre |
| Tikopia | Taa | Beat rhythm for dance, on sounding-board or other platform; rhythm of song or dance... |
| Tikopia | Tuaa | To be anxious Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Tuee | Tough [of fish] |
| Tikopia | Taufa | Strong wind; gale |
| Tikopia | Niu mata | Green [coconut] with firm but breakable shell, soft inner flesh, plucked and husked for drinking and eating |
| Tikopia | Niu moto | Young nut, not husked but cut open or hole driven inside for drink |
| Tikopia | Niu motomoto | Fully grown nut, hard shell, husked, hard flesh rasped for cooking Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Matatiri | Stage of maturity of coconut: late, dry, a year or more old (with short sprout, a few cm. long) |
| Tikopia | Fakapoipoi | Shy; ashamed |
| Tikopia | Varea | Without order, wildly, foolishly, wrongly; crazy, mad (.e. mentally disturbed) |
| Tikopia | Mauku | Receding, going down, ebbing |
| Tikopia | Fotuua | Fish sp. of reef and open sea (small sea perch or snapper?) |
| Tikopia | Re/i | Particle definitive, following verb or adjective, giving emphasis or sense of completion Problematic |
| Tikopia | Uri | Shoot or sucker of plant |
| Tikopia | Kaku | Speak gutturally, or with an impediment Uncertain Semantic Connection |
