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 | Faifekau | Do work; work (n); worker, messenger, director of work (esp. in ritual context) |
Tikopia | Totoro | Crawl; commonly used for progression across traditional Tikopia house , normally on hands and knees |
Tikopia | Sau ariki | To select a chief |
Tikopia | Fia inu | To be thirsty |
Tikopia | Aro/rangi | Poetic name for sky |
Tikopia | Aro/rangi | Poetic name for sky |
Tikopia | Kango/kango | Twigs; small dead branches |
Tikopia | Tautasi | Singly, alone |
Tikopia | Taurongo | Inform, talk to; make known, announce |
Tikopia | Tau/tau-via | Rebuke, abuse |
Tikopia | Tautau-via | Rebuke, abuse |
Tikopia | A/forau | Canoe shed |
Tikopia | Kai tee | "Eat filth" (in cursing) |
Anuta | Kape | To scoop something out, as in tearing out one's eyeball; to remove the top of something, like a tin can or the end of a coconut |
Tikopia | Kau | Hook of great size, esp. shark hook... |
Tikopia | Maringa/ringa | Hair at border of temple |
Tikopia | Maringa | Small pinnules at base of palmate leaf etc. |
Tikopia | Ng/aio | Calm; lack of wind |
Tikopia | Fatuaki | Begin intertwining process |
Anuta | Patumanava | Heart |
Tikopia | Taka/faki | Stamp on; stamp down; tread down |
Tikopia | Taka/vakai | Turn round |
Tikopia | Seru/uruu | Comb (mod.); (previously) sharpened stick used to tease out hair |
Tikopia | Sau/mariki | Be damp Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Tuke | Projection on body (applied to genitalia in improper speech) |
Tikopia | Tufa/ki | Instruct; command; arrange; (mod.) preach |
Tikopia | Suru/suru | Personal decoration of spray of leaves worn in girdle at back, esp. in dancing, and by males |
Tikopia | Tu/nga | Wooden slab on which bark cloth trad. beaten |
Tikopia | Vane/vane | A blue-striped perch (Lutjanus quinquelineatus or L.kasmira)... |
Tikopia | Vini | Whistle or analogous sound... |
Tikopia | A/aru | Move onwards, advance |
Tikopia | Tukutuku | Spider sp. |
Tikopia | Poo | Night as unit of time, often equivalent to day |
Tikopia | Fakarua | Repeat; twice; doubled |
Tikopia | Nanu/nanu | Confused (of speech), inarticulate |