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 | Ngongo | Common Noddy (Anous stolidus) |
| Tikopia | Ngoro | Snore; snort (as with laughter) |
| Tikopia | Ngoto | Sink; deeply lade (of canoe); water-logged |
| Tikopia | Nguu | Grunt; utter low, inarticulate sound, as a child or dumb person; murmur |
| Tikopia | Ngungu | Crunch; mumble [food] |
| Tikopia | Taa/nguru | Murmur, rumble, as of distant voices or of thunder |
| Tikopia | Ngutu | Mouth |
| Tikopia | Aa | What?, in what condition?, how? |
| Tikopia | Anga | Orient towards, incline towards |
| Tikopia | Angafuru | Ten |
| Tikopia | Angai | Turn towards, especially in ritual, with suggestion of effectiveness |
| Tikopia | Ai | Who?, whom?, whose? |
| Tikopia | Akau | Reef fringing an island or in atoll form |
| Tikopia | Aake | Directional particle, upwards |
| Tikopia | Ake/ake | Come up (commonly from sea or beach) |
| Tikopia | Akiiri | Take out, of basket etc. |
| Tikopia | Aku | Tropical Garfish (Platybelone argalus) |
| Tikopia | Ara | Path, way |
| Tikopia | Arataki | To conduct |
| Tikopia | Aari | Clean, as remnants of food from a bowl with thumb |
| Tikopia | Ama | Outrigger, including the float |
| Tikopia | Api | Spotted Surgeonfish (Acanthurus guttatus) |
| Tikopia | Sau | Large needle of traditional type Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Ifo | Down |
| Tikopia | Uu/kofi | Tongs of bent coconut petiole |
| Tikopia | Ingoa | Name, namesake |
| Tikopia | Oge | Severe food shortage, famine |
| Tikopia | Oka | Principal rafters of house, ridge-pole |
| Tikopia | Oka | Strip coconut of husk |
| Tikopia | Oko | Arrive, reach, to come |
| Tikopia | Oro/oroi | Rub lightly, grate |
| Tikopia | Uu | Breast of a man or woman; suck at breast |
| Tikopia | Uku | Dive; submerge in water; bathe |
| Tikopia | Uri | Fish of deep blue colour, ?Scombridae |
| Tikopia | Uru | Pass through a doorway, enter, exit |
| Tikopia | Ka | Future: shall, will, about to |
| Tikopia | Ka | If, when |
| Tikopia | Ka(e) | And, but, now, yet |
| Tikopia | Kafa | Sinnet cord plaited from fibre of coconut husk |
| Tikopia | Kafi | Invite; invitation |
| Tikopia | Kafi/ga | Invitation of formal type; food presented after such invitation |
| Tikopia | Kafika | (Syzygium malaccensis) |
| Tikopia | Kafo | Syndrome of painful illness, e.g. severe pain, violent throbbing, fever |
| Tikopia | Kafu | Blanket, traditionally of barkcloth |
| Tikopia | Kafukafu | Cawl, foetal membrane |
| Tikopia | Kaa | Burn |
| Tikopia | Kai | Food, eat |
| Tikopia | Kai | To score in a dart match |
| Tikopia | Mata/kai/ | Sharp (of blade, of claw) |
| Tikopia | Kaainga | Village |
