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 | Pisi | To spatter (as when over-ripe breadfruit falls |
| Tikopia | Pito | Navel |
| Tikopia | Poo | Darkness, night |
| Tikopia | Poo | Touch, grasp, lay hands on, get hold of; clap cupped hands, slowly |
| Tikopia | Poa | Bait for fish, rats |
| Tikopia | Ponga | Hole, holed; deflowered (of virgin) |
| Tikopia | Pongoa | Hole; burrow |
| Tikopia | Pongaponga | Full of holes, of cloth, thatch |
| Tikopia | Pogipogi | Morning |
| Tikopia | Poi | Come, go, depart (singular subject) |
| Tikopia | Poka | Wake up suddenly, start up, rouse up |
| Tikopia | Poke | Type of pudding |
| Tikopia | Pokouru | Head of person or creature |
| Tikopia | Pora | Small, plaited coconut leaf mat |
| Tikopia | Pore | Shiver, tremble |
| Tikopia | Poro | A plant (Psychotra sp.) |
| Tikopia | Poro | Command; issue formal invitation |
| Tikopia | Poroaki | Command; issue formal invitation |
| Tikopia | Pona | Knot |
| Tikopia | Pone | A fish |
| Tikopia | Pono | To close (e.g. a door) |
| Tikopia | Popo | Decayed (of wood, thatch, sinnet) |
| Tikopia | Poopoo | Touch, handle |
| Tikopia | Pota | Cooked taro leaves |
| Tikopia | Poto | Skilled, adept, knowledgeable |
| Tikopia | Potu | Short section, piece, end; applied to short-handled implements; twig, end of branch, small length of wood |
| Tikopia | Pootu | Village, hamlet (in place names) |
| Tikopia | Pou | Post |
| Tikopia | Pouri | Dark, secret, ignorant |
| Tikopia | Puu | Trumpet |
| Tikopia | Puu | Orifice |
| Tikopia | Puu | Kindle oven fire |
| Tikopia | Puu | Heart or centre of tree or plant |
| Tikopia | Pua | (Fagraea sp.) |
| Tikopia | Puaka | Archaic term for person to be respected Problematic |
| Tikopia | Puefu | Powder |
| Tikopia | Punga | Marine rock (probably coral) |
| Tikopia | Pui | To block |
| Tikopia | Puka | (Hernandia peltata) |
| Tikopia | Puke | Hillock, especially in cultivation |
| Tikopia | Puke | To flow, flood; fall heavily, of rain |
| Tikopia | Puke | Grip, grasp, hold |
| Tikopia | Puke | Detachable bow and stern covers of canoe |
| Tikopia | Puku | Male genitals |
| Tikopia | Pukupuku | Compact; small, yet heavy; rounded |
| Tikopia | Puku | Suck |
| Tikopia | Pura/pura | Just enough light to be seen; light-coloured |
| Tikopia | Pura/seka | Phosphorescence in the sea; on dead trees |
| Tikopia | Pura | Murky, difficult to see |
| Tikopia | Pura | Murky, difficult to see (as through water) |
