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 | Kati | Bite into |
| Tikopia | Katoa | All, every, whole |
| Tikopia | Kau | To swim, of a person |
| Tikopia | Kau | Company, group, body of people |
| Tikopia | Kau/raro | Wallplate |
| Tikopia | Kau/viroviro | Firestick |
| Tikopia | Kau | Stalk, stem supporting a bunch of fruit, e.g. bananas; handle of implement |
| Tikopia | Kau | First person singular pronoun, short form |
| Tikopia | Kau | (Ki) be present at; participate in; attend |
| Tikopia | Kauae | Jaw, chin |
| Tikopia | Kauanga | Inner side of the thighs (indelicate term) |
| Tikopia | Kaauui | Sinnet cord support of bag-net |
| Tikopia | Kaukau | Bathe and swim, wash oneself |
| Tikopia | Kaumafuta | Tripod of poles as a filter stand for turmeric extraction |
| Tikopia | Kau | Command (tell); request; invite |
| Tikopia | Kaunatu | Fire-stick |
| Tikopia | Kaupapa | White limestone, very hard |
| Tikopia | Kaute | Flowering Hibiscus spp. |
| Tikopia | Kava | (Piper methysticum) |
| Tikopia | Kavapui | Plant of the ginger family |
| Tikopia | K/kave | Carry, bear off |
| Tikopia | Kave | Sibling of opposite sex |
| Tikopia | Kavei | Tentacle of octopus |
| Tikopia | Kavenga | Guiding star |
| Tikopia | Kaviki | Ghost crab (Ocypode sp.) |
| Tikopia | Ke | Particle preceding verb or qualifier as infinitive sign or to indicate purpose; to, to be, in order to, may |
| Tikopia | Kefu | A basic colour term in the blue-green range |
| Tikopia | Kee | Different (abbrev. kese) WT262 |
| Tikopia | Keke | Shivering Problematic |
| Tikopia | Kela | Dirty, soiled; epithet of annoyance |
| Tikopia | Kere | Earth, ground, soil; basic territory, fundamental resource, land; polluting, "dirt", esp. in ritual contexts |
| Tikopia | Kalemutu | Grub which attacks taro corm Problematic |
| Tikopia | Keri | To dig |
| Tikopia | Kero | Nearly dead, in extremis; nearly finished (ex. water in bottle) |
| Tikopia | Kemo | Wink, twinkle, blink |
| Tikopia | Kena | White, especially pure white; devoid of colour, bright, shining; pale, bleached; flaxen, of hair |
| Tikopia | Maua/kena/ | (Sula sp.) |
| Tikopia | Kenu | Footmark, track of feet or tail |
| Tikopia | Kesa | Green, yellow-green, with suggestion of off-colour, indeterminate between light and dark, hence may be applied to greenish grey, purplish grey, or murky brown of dry leaves |
| Tikopia | Kese, kee | Different, away, apart |
| Tikopia | Kete | Kind of basket |
| Tikopia | Ketu | Hop; hop. step and jump |
| Tikopia | Keva | Weak from illness |
| Tikopia | Ki | To |
| Tikopia | Kiato | Outrigger boom, forming also canoe thwart |
| Tikopia | Kie | Pandanus sp. with relatively soft leaves, from which mats are plaited |
| Tikopia | Kie | Small decorated mat used as loin garment indances |
| Tikopia | Kie | Waist mat of kilt type, finely plaited from pandanus leaf... |
| Tikopia | Kiki | Complementary food; proper accompaniment to a particular food |
| Tikopia | Kiki | Squeakily |
