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 | Mei | Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) |
| Tikopia | Faka/mei/mei | Cringe, feel awe |
| Tikopia | Mere | Defect; defective; show up as defective |
| Tikopia | Mero | Red |
| Tikopia | Meene | Sink, incline downwards |
| Tikopia | Miri | Anoint (arch.); bore hole |
| Tikopia | Mili | Rub Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Miro | Tree (Thespesia populnea) |
| Tikopia | Miro/miro | Wake of canoe |
| Tikopia | Mimi | Female genitalia |
| Tikopia | Mimi | Urinate (Gaimard) |
| Tikopia | Misa | Bare (of reef at low tide) |
| Tikopia | Misi | Make sucking or chirping sound |
| Tikopia | Miti | To dream |
| Tikopia | Miti | Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensistucopiae) |
| Tikopia | Miti | Suck, sip, make sucking sound, chirrup |
| Tikopia | Mo | And (poetic form of ma); with |
| Tikopia | Mo | For; with; about |
| Tikopia | Moa | Banana fruit on stem in formative stage; wooden spinning top |
| Tikopia | Moa | Wooden spinning top |
| Tikopia | Mo/moa/ka | Boxfish or cowfish |
| Tikopia | Moana | Sea, especially deep sea; ocean |
| Tikopia | Moe, mee | Lie down, sleep, die |
| Tikopia | Meenga, moenga | Sleeping mat plaited from pandanus leaf strips |
| Tikopia | Meeranga | Sleeping mat, sleeping place |
| Tikopia | Moi/moi | Particle, as of food, earth etc. |
| Tikopia | Mo | A portion, such as can be held in the hand |
| Tikopia | Moikaka | Fibre, shred |
| Tikopia | Moka | Albino, white egret |
| Tikopia | Moko | Lizard, general term; moko uri large black skink |
| Tikopia | Moko | Blow gently, of wind |
| Tikopia | Moko | Outer covering, especially of bark, skin Problematic |
| Tikopia | Faka/mole/mole | Barbless Problematic |
| Tikopia | Mori | To convey, carry Problematic |
| Tikopia | Morokau | Centipede |
| Tikopia | Momo | Be broken into pieces |
| Tikopia | Moo/momo/ | Crumble |
| Tikopia | Moomoona | Fat; soft parts of crab, fish |
| Tikopia | Mono | Block, stop |
| Tikopia | Moso | Cooked |
| Tikopia | Mosokoi | A tree (Cananga odorata) |
| Tikopia | Motea | Pale, whitefaced (not in ) Problematic |
| Tikopia | Moti | Stealthily; on tip-toe |
| Tikopia | Motimoti | Light rain |
| Tikopia | Moto | Unripe, still maturing, of fruit etc. |
| Tikopia | Motu | Severed |
| Tikopia | Motu | Island, especially islet |
| Tikopia | Mu | Tropical Porgie (Monotaxis grandoculis) |
| Tikopia | Mua | First (in space or time); ahead |
| Tikopia | Muaki | Give, send, perform etc. first |
