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 | Mataku | Afraid, frightened, fear, fright |
| Tikopia | Maatara | Open out, as a flower, leaves |
| Tikopia | Matariki | Pleiades |
| Tikopia | Matamata-a-moso | Plant sp |
| Tikopia | Matapiu | Large Limpet (Patella tucopiana) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Mataapure | Ritual elder in traditional religious system |
| Tikopia | Mataau | Tattooer's serrated chisel of bird-bone |
| Tikopia | Matau | Fishhook |
| Tikopia | Matau | Right-hand |
| Tikopia | Mate | To die |
| Tikopia | Mate/mate | Lose consciousness |
| Tikopia | Mate | Extinguished |
| Tikopia | Mate/a | Guess |
| Tikopia | Ma(t)ikao | Finger |
| Tikopia | Matike | Spring up from a bent position; hill, precipice |
| Tikopia | Matira | Bamboo rod in Bonito fishing |
| Tikopia | Mato | Cliff, rock face |
| Tikopia | Matofi | Easily broken |
| Tikopia | Maatoru | Broad, thick |
| Tikopia | Matou | First person exclusive plural preposed pronoun |
| Tikopia | -matou | First person exclusive plural possessive suffix |
| Tikopia | Maatou | We (exc.) |
| Tikopia | Matu/rau | Small goatfish |
| Tikopia | Matuu | Dense, thick (of liquid); strong, in the sense of being able to bear weight |
| Tikopia | Matua | Senior, elder; mature |
| Tikopia | Maatua | Aged; elder, elders |
| Tikopia | Ma/maatua/ | Grow old |
| Tikopia | Matuua | Husband |
| Tikopia | Matua | Main, principal |
| Tikopia | Matikao matua | Thumb (i.e. principal finger) |
| Tikopia | Maatua | Parent |
| Tikopia | Maatua | Parent [all exx. are "parents"] |
| Tikopia | Maturau | Small Goatfish |
| Tikopia | Motuurau | Small Goatfish |
| Tikopia | Motuku | Reef Heron (Demigretta sacra) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Mau | Firm, secure; constant, regular; established |
| Tikopia | Mau | Find, discover; catch, seize; be overcome |
| Tikopia | Mau ruga | High, higher, tall |
| Tikopia | Mau raro | Low, lower, short |
| Tikopia | Maaua | We two (exc) |
| Tikopia | Mauakena | (Sula sp.) |
| Tikopia | Maunga | Hill, mountain peak |
| Tikopia | Maui-a-taranga | Legendary puller-up of islands |
| Tikopia | Mauri | Spirit, life principle, vitality of man or animal |
| Tikopia | Maunu | Bait |
| Tikopia | Maunu | To slip away (e.g. of canoes putting to sea) |
| Tikopia | Mavae | To part, divide, separate |
| Tikopia | Mavete | Untie, loosen ; untied |
| Tikopia | Mea | Gills |
| Tikopia | Me/meea/ | Babe, infant |
