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 | Kaia | Steal; theft |
Tikopia | Kainanga | Clan |
Tikopia | Kaisi | Ask for object; beg |
Tikopia | Kaka | Fibre of base of coconut spathe |
Tikopia | Kakaa | Burning hot |
Tikopia | Kai | Traditional tale |
Tikopia | Kakara, kara | Sweet |
Tikopia | Kakau | Swim (continuous aspect) of man, but not fish |
Tikopia | Kake | Climb, ascend, come up into |
Tikopia | Kala | Male genitalia Phonologically Irregular |
Tikopia | Kara | Hoarse |
Tikopia | Karae | Purple swamp hen (Porphyrio p.) |
Tikopia | Karafau | Cheek, cheekbone, side of face, including temple |
Tikopia | Karaga | Call |
Tikopia | Kararaa | Thin, of liquid |
Tikopia | Karamisi, kalamisi | Mottled red land crab, inedible |
Tikopia | Karaapusi | (Aalypha hispida) and (Macaranga spp.) |
Tikopia | Kaleea | Small land snail, not eaten by Tikopia...Pythia scarabeus, Melampus flavus Problematic |
Tikopia | Kaareeva | Long-tailed New Zealand Cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) |
Tikopia | Karevereve | Spider's web, all types |
Tikopia | Kari | Eat into, nibble away, as waves at shore |
Tikopia | Kalikau | Turban-shell (Trochus niloticus); arm-rings made from it |
Tikopia | Kalilisi | Irridescent green lizard Problematic |
Tikopia | Karoama | Small reef fish, striped yellow longitudinally, possibly young of Goatfish (Mulloidycthys) |
Tikopia | Kalokalo | Red flowers of coral tree (Erythrina sp.) |
Tikopia | Karoro | Bowstring |
Tikopia | Karu | Brown residue of coconut cream clarified with hot stones to yield oil |
Tikopia | Kamakama | Rock crab (Grapsus sp.) reddish or greenish, edible, three to four inches across |
Tikopia | Kaamata | Beginning |
Tikopia | Kamo | Wink, make signs with hand or eye |
Tikopia | Kamu | Chew betel nut |
Tikopia | Kana | Marine material, probably sponge, said to drift to Tikopia |
Tikopia | Ka | If Borrowed |
Tikopia | Kanae | Grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) |
Tikopia | Te kau tu /keniva/ | The Milky Way |
Tikopia | Kanofi | Flesh, solid part, as sap wood of tree trunk |
Tikopia | Kanu | Put a mark on to identify |
Tikopia | Keo | Reef Heron |
Tikopia | Kaokao | Ribs, flank |
Tikopia | Kapakapa | Flap wings. Fin, esp. lateral fin of fish |
Tikopia | Kapakapa | Fin, esp. lateral fin of fish, flapped in propulsion |
Tikopia | Kapakau | Shoulder, upper arm, wing, fin |
Tikopia | Kape | (Alocasia macrorrhiza |
Tikopia | Kape | Scoop out, lever out, gouge out |
Tikopia | Kapi | Tuck in, put behind cleat etc. |
Tikopia | Kapia | Lime, used with Betel nut, in hair bleaching, and as an alkali to turn (Morinda citrifolia) dye crimson; Bottle gourd used as a lime container |
Tikopia | Kapo | Be quick-handed, grab |
Tikopia | Kapu (?) | Leaf of Alpinia sp. laid at bottom of tumeric filter funnel |
Tikopia | Kapu | Possibly traditional for some types of leaf covering |
Tikopia | Kasi | Bivalve shell (Asaphis violasceus) |