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 | -ratou | Third person plural possessive suffix |
| Tikopia | Rau | Leaf |
| Tikopia | Rau | Enumerate, count, tally; run through items on a list; recite titles |
| Tikopia | Rau | Breadth, extent, expanse |
| Tikopia | Rau | To sweep with net |
| Tikopia | Rau | Ten or hundred according to items counted |
| Tikopia | Nge/au | Hundred, in multiples (Gaimard) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Rau | Sago leaf thatch sheet |
| Tikopia | Rau/rau | Expanse |
| Tikopia | Rau/raro | Lowland in the vicinity of shore |
| Tikopia | Rau | Share in formal distribution of food; yield of tree |
| Tikopia | Raungutu | Lip, of persons, vessels etc. |
| Tikopia | E /rau lasi/ | It's broad (e.g. of fish) (s.v.rau.3) |
| Tikopia | Rauraufaauu | Small reef and sea fish (? Zanclus sp. of Angelfish) |
| Tikopia | Rauuru | Hair of the head |
| Tikopia | Fii/raumea/ | Gill lamellae |
| Tikopia | Raatou | Third person plural independent pronoun |
| Tikopia | Rava, lava | Many, plentiful |
| Tikopia | Ravaa | Put on, wrap oneself in, waist garment |
| Tikopia | Rava | Skirt of woman; kilt of man; a "wrap around" garment |
| Tikopia | Lavaki | Lacking, missing, absent, disappeared |
| Tikopia | Rave | Catch, engage with |
| Tikopia | Ravenga | Large deep-sea fish... |
| Tikopia | Rea | Speak |
| Tikopia | Refu | Dust, ash, soot for tattooing |
| Tikopia | Renga | Tumeric pigment, used ritually for decoration... |
| Tikopia | Rengarenga | Stained with turmeric; orange, vermilion and other reddish hues |
| Tikopia | Rei | Cylindrical ornament of bead type made from clam shell |
| Tikopia | Reia | Bloated (as of corpse unburied) |
| Tikopia | Rere | Run, fly, rush |
| Tikopia | Rerefua, ?rerefue | Anglerfish (Antennaridae), with filament hanging down above mouth and used in attracting prey |
| Tikopia | Rerefue | Large moth sp |
| Tikopia | Lemo | Escape Problematic |
| Tikopia | Lemo | To slip, slippery Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Reo | Voice |
| Tikopia | Reo | Guard, protect |
| Tikopia | Repe | Consume, devour, destroy, overthrow |
| Tikopia | Reu | Ripe, of fruit |
| Tikopia | Reureu | Child's napkin, diaper |
| Tikopia | Leeva | Not firmly fixed, dissociated, light-headed, free-floating Problematic |
| Tikopia | Reva | Tree that grows only on the mountain. Not seen by most modern Tikopia |
| Tikopia | Revereve | Frayed, cobwebby |
| Tikopia | Rii | Tie, bind round, wrap up |
| Tikopia | Riaki | Throw, fling, cast line in fishing; spread, scatter |
| Tikopia | Rie | Eggs of headlice |
| Tikopia | Rifu | Fearsome, terrifying |
| Tikopia | Ri/rigi/ | Pour out |
| Tikopia | Ringoringo | Cricket (Gryllidae) |
| Tikopia | Rika | Get off-balance |
| Tikopia | Faka/rika | Roll, throw off balance |
