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 | Furu | Hair, feathers |
| Tikopia | (Fu)furu-na | Rub on; cleanse by rubbing; cleanse, in traditional ritual (esp. by rubbing with liquid) |
| Tikopia | Funa | Hide |
| Tikopia | Fune | Skin disease; apparently scabies |
| Tikopia | Funu | Pubic hair |
| Tikopia | Futa | Net float |
| Tikopia | Futi | Pull, pull up, as a fishing line |
| Tikopia | Futi | Banana |
| Tikopia | Futu | (Barringtonia asiatica) |
| Tikopia | -nga | Gerundive suffix |
| Tikopia | Ngaa | Screech, utter hoarse cry Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngaa | Definite article plural |
| Tikopia | Ngaa/ngea | Locality of restricted size |
| Tikopia | Ngafa | Lay hands on, grasp, grip Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngaengae | Sick, ill; sluggish, apathetic |
| Tikopia | Ngae | Tired, weak |
| Tikopia | Ngakau | Interior of mouth, throat, gullet; guts |
| Tikopia | Ngako | Plump, fat (adj) |
| Tikopia | Ngari | Bite (with teeth); gnaw, nibble |
| Tikopia | Ngaro | Lost (a variety of concrete and abstracts senses); forgotten, submerged, die, lost to sight |
| Tikopia | Ngaru | Wave, swell |
| Tikopia | Ngaruee | Make pudding (us. by addition of coconut cream, with pounding) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngarue/nga | Pudding of cooked vegetables, mashed with coconut cream Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngaruru | Move, quiver, stir, tremble |
| Tikopia | Ngaaruru | Throb painfully. Especially associated with headache |
| Tikopia | Ngaangea | Locality of restricted size |
| Tikopia | Ngao | Footprint |
| Tikopia | Ngaofe | Drooping, as flowers, shrubs etc. |
| Tikopia | Ngaofia | Easily, softly |
| Tikopia | Ngafua | Licit, appropriate, usu. of food |
| Tikopia | Ngaoaa | Abundance of pebbles or boulders |
| Tikopia | Ngasau | Arrow (traditionally with reed shaft and bone tip) |
| Tikopia | Ngangase | Weak |
| Tikopia | Ngase | Rustling, dribbling, rattling sound |
| Tikopia | Ngasu | A shrub (Scaevola sp.); Grows near shore; white odourless flower |
| Tikopia | Ngasue | Move, stir (exx. of heart, child in womb etc.) |
| Tikopia | Ngatai | (Erythrina) |
| Tikopia | Ngatai | Beach, shore, seadward(s) |
| Tikopia | Ngatara | Fish of Serranidae family... |
| Tikopia | Ngatata | Make bumping, rattling noise |
| Tikopia | Ngatete | Rattle |
| Tikopia | Ngatoro/toro | Crawl |
| Tikopia | Ngaatoro/toro | Crawl (plural) |
| Tikopia | Ngatu | Used, worn |
| Tikopia | Ngau | Bite, chew; take in teeth |
| Tikopia | Ngavari/vari | Slack, of man |
| Tikopia | Ngeengee | Weak, inept |
| Tikopia | Ngeri/ngeri | Tiny Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ngii | Cry quietly and continuously, grizzle, make constant low creaking sound |
| Tikopia | Ngii/ngii | Sob, wail quietly, grizzle |
