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 | Maanatu | Think, call to mind, remember, thought |
| Tikopia | Manava | Belly, stomach |
| Tikopia | Maanava | Breath |
| Tikopia | Manea/nea | A dance |
| Tikopia | Manenga | Parrotfish, green with reddish speckles (?Cetoscarus pulchellus) |
| Tikopia | Faka/maniania | To set on edge, as the teeth |
| Tikopia | Manifi(nifi) | Thin, narrow |
| Tikopia | Manifi | Sweeper (Pempheris oualensis) |
| Tikopia | Manini | Convict Tang (Acanthurus triostegus) |
| Tikopia | Mano | Thousand, any large number |
| Tikopia | Manongi | Sweet-smelling, savour |
| Tikopia | Manu | Creature, ranging from mammal to arthropod; especially including birds |
| Tikopia | Manuu | Concept of mystical power exercised by chiefs through mystical agency |
| Tikopia | Maanuu | Floating on water |
| Tikopia | Manu | Wanderer, traveller Problematic |
| Tikopia | Manuu | = mana |
| Tikopia | Mao | Interval of calm in a storm |
| Tikopia | Maofa | Disperse, disintegrate, be broken down, in ruins |
| Tikopia | Maori | True, truth; feel sure of |
| Tikopia | Faka/maori/ | To assent |
| Tikopia | Faka/maopo | Collect; assemblage |
| Tikopia | Mapelu | Bent, folded |
| Tikopia | Mapo | Mealy (of taro) |
| Tikopia | Mapu | Sob, gasp |
| Tikopia | Mapuna/ga | Spring of water |
| Tikopia | Mapusaki | Continued sobbing, as at a funeral |
| Tikopia | Masa | Empty, dry, of container of liquid; low, out, of tide |
| Tikopia | Masae | Rent, torn |
| Tikopia | Maasaga | Twin, twins |
| Tikopia | Masakitanga | Father's sister |
| Tikopia | Masaara | Become clear (of weather, mind), clear away |
| Tikopia | Masaro | Jealous |
| Tikopia | Masame | Plant sp. |
| Tikopia | Masani | Set one's mind on |
| Tikopia | Masi | Acid; fermented paste of taro or Breadfruit |
| Tikopia | Masimasi | Dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus) |
| Tikopia | Masoaa | Polynesian Arrowroot, (Tacca pinnatifida) |
| Tikopia | Mata | Face, tip, fore-part |
| Tikopia | Mata kupenga | Mesh of net |
| Tikopia | Mata | Point, front; tip, fore-part |
| Tikopia | Mata akau | Edge of reef |
| Tikopia | Mata one | Sand-spit |
| Tikopia | Mata | Raw; unripe; green (of vegetation); fresh (of fish) |
| Tikopia | Mata- | Numerical classificatory indicator in counting fish by tens |
| Tikopia | Matagi | Wind |
| Tikopia | Matai/ tangata | Leading man |
| Tikopia | Mataitariga | Sp. of shark |
| Tikopia | Mataka | Prise out, off; take off (cover); shell (nut) [NB Firth's examples show only intransitive use] |
| Tikopia | Maataki | Look, observe |
| Tikopia | Matakite | Foresight, watchfulness |
