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 | Kikira | Shine, glisten |
| Tikopia | Kira/kira | Bare of trees |
| Tikopia | Ki/kira/ | Smooth |
| Tikopia | Faka/kira/ | Make smooth |
| Tikopia | Kiri | Skin, bark |
| Tikopia | Kirikiri/fatu | Gravel |
| Tikopia | Kirikiri | Pebble |
| Tikopia | Kiro | Look, look hard |
| Tikopia | Kina | Bevel (e.g. of an adze blade) |
| Tikopia | Kiinau | In bad condition; disintegrating Problematic |
| Tikopia | Kini | Clash, as of clubs up and down in fuata dance |
| Tikopia | Kino/kino | Wicked (Drd). not in Firth |
| Tikopia | Kio | Fowl |
| Tikopia | Kiokio | Milkfish (Chanos chanos) |
| Tikopia | Kiore | Rat (possible archaic name, given as one of three by Pa Fenuatara, 1929) |
| Tikopia | Kita | I, abstract, reflective first person singular pronoun |
| Tikopia | Kite | See, look at, catch sight of |
| Tikopia | Kiu | Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) |
| Tikopia | Kiu | Tapering, narrowed (said of a fish whose tail narrows to the rear) ; grimace, screw up the face |
| Tikopia | Kivi | Grimace, screw up the face |
| Tikopia | Ko | Specificatory particle |
| Tikopia | Ko | Locative indicating further over |
| Tikopia | Koa | Scum; froth on surface of liquids |
| Tikopia | Koe | Second person sing., thou, in poetry and traditional tales |
| Tikopia | Ko/ke | You (sg) |
| Tikopia | Kofe | Bamboo, bambusa sp. |
| Tikopia | Kofe | Knife, steel-bladed (Modern) |
| Tikopia | Kofi/kofi | Muster, collect |
| Tikopia | Kofu | Do up in package tied at top; package |
| Tikopia | Kofu | Emit smoke, to foam, create spray |
| Tikopia | Koso | Digging stick or implement |
| Tikopia | Koi | In the act of, in the process of, still doing, being; while |
| Tikopia | Kolili | Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Borrowed |
| Tikopia | Koro | Fort; barrier of stone or stone against sea |
| Tikopia | Koro | Hesitate, be shy Problematic |
| Tikopia | Koroa | Goods, property, valued object, treasure |
| Tikopia | Koru | Second person dual preposed pronoun |
| Tikopia | Korua | Second person dual pronoun, both preposed and independent |
| Tikopia | Komo | Narrow |
| Tikopia | Komo/ti | Enclosed, plugged |
| Tikopia | Kona | Area of belly below navel |
| Tikopia | Konaa | Intoxicated, poisoned |
| Tikopia | Kona | Highly flavoured, pungent, bitter |
| Tikopia | Kona | Pouch made by fold in man's waistcloth |
| Tikopia | Koni-a | Copulate |
| Tikopia | Kono | Groan, grunt with effort of excreting, giving birth |
| Tikopia | Kope/kope/nga | Goods, valuables |
| Tikopia | Kopi | Hold, awkwardly, as under arm; tuck under |
| Tikopia | Kosi | Pinch out (as a bud, some powder etc.) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Kotee | Babble, chatter |
