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 | Mufeko | Squid |
| Tikopia | Muko | Young shoot of plant |
| Tikopia | Muri | In rear; later, in space and time; behind |
| Tikopia | Muri | Young [see examples] |
| Tikopia | Muri vae | Heel of foot |
| Tikopia | Muru | Wash out, away |
| Tikopia | Muru/muru | Rebuke, abuse |
| Tikopia | Muru | Warm oneself |
| Tikopia | Muni | Slant away, divert Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Muna | Say, speak, tell |
| Tikopia | Mu/musu/ | Inarticulate |
| Tikopia | Musu/musu/ | Whisper |
| Tikopia | Mutu | Small, striped, edible fish taken on reef in hand-net (Pomacentidae cf. Abudefduf spp.) |
| Tikopia | Na | There, that |
| Tikopia | -na | Third person singular possessive marker |
| Tikopia | Na | Do not; lest |
| Tikopia | Na | Rest, lie (of inanimate object) |
| Tikopia | Naa | (Be there) |
| Tikopia | Naa/nga | Existence there |
| Tikopia | Nafa | Large bowl-shaped trough (sometimes canoe hull serves) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Naifi | Type of shark |
| Tikopia | Namu | Odour, smell (used of strong or unpleasant smells) |
| Tikopia | Namu | Mosquito |
| Tikopia | Nana | Mother, aunt |
| Tikopia | Nanue | Rudderfish (Kyphosus cinerascens) |
| Tikopia | Nao | Drive in, penetrate |
| Tikopia | Nape | Loose turn of cord or belt |
| Tikopia | Natu | Knead grated material such as taro, tumeric |
| Tikopia | Natu | A tree (Burckella obovata) with edible fruit; timber sometimes used for paddles |
| Tikopia | Nau | Mother, spouses's aunt, son's wife |
| Tikopia | Namu | Bleach with lime, especially hair of the head Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ne | Past tense marker |
| Tikopia | Ne | Exclamative-interrogative particle: eh? wasn't it! |
| Tikopia | Nea | Thing |
| Tikopia | Nefu/nefu | Sea Bass and some Grouper (Epinephelus spp.) |
| Tikopia | Nefu | Mist, fog |
| Tikopia | Nei | This, here |
| Tikopia | Neke | To rise up, swell, as a wave |
| Tikopia | Faka/neva/neva | At leisure, spiritless, unemployed |
| Tikopia | Neve | Carry burden on back with straps |
| Tikopia | Ni | Part. indefinite pl., some, any |
| Tikopia | Nifi/nifi | Thin |
| Tikopia | Nifo | Tooth, of man or animal |
| Tikopia | Niko | Crooked; curved |
| Tikopia | Nimo | Clouded, swimming, of vision |
| Tikopia | Ngi/ngiti | Pack tight |
| Tikopia | Niu | Coconut palm and nut |
| Tikopia | Noa | Tie, bind, put noose around |
| Tikopia | Nofine | Wife |
| Tikopia | Nofo | Sit, stay, dwell, live |
