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 Sina Grey-haired
Tikopia Ina Semi-supernatural woman who marries tongan ruler Problematic
Tikopia Sinu Oil, cooked coconut cream
Tikopia Sipa Fish sp
Tikopia Sisi Hang up on a cord, run up on a line
Tikopia Sisi Snail of splash-zone (Melampus sp.)
Tikopia Sisi Scrape out coconut flesh through the eyes to make a water-bottle
Tikopia Siisii Hiss, make sibilant sound
Tikopia Siu Damp
Tikopia Si/siu Wet
Tikopia Siva Nine
Tikopia Siwa Dance said to be a dance of the spirits
Tikopia Sivi Coconut Lory (Trichoglossus harmatodas)
Tikopia Soo/soo Shrink back from anything
Tikopia Soa Friend, bond-friend
Tikopia Soaka Variety of banana, said formerly (1928) to be used as funeral food, now planted as general food
Tikopia Soani Assist in supplementary manner; term especially associated with traditional yam rites
Tikopia Sofa To sprout (of a plant that has been cut back) Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tikopia Songi Smell
Tikopia Fe/songi Touch noses
Tikopia Songo Female genitalia
Tikopia Soi Dioscorea bulbifera)
Tikopia Sooii Comfort, favour
Tikopia So/soka Transfix, spear
Tikopia Soko To join
Tikopia Soko Cook, esp. male affine performing oven tasks for members of wife's or mother's lineage, on formal occasions Uncertain Semantic Connection
Tikopia Soko/tasi One, single, unique, the same, equivalent
Tikopia S/soko Thick (consistency)
Tikopia Sora Run away, flee, evade, escape
Tikopia Sori Give, hand over
Tikopia Soro Landslide; crumble, tumble one after another
Tikopia Soro Persist; importune; frequent; follow in sequence; crowd around; and other abstract terms indicating iteration, repetition of behaviour; continually, persistently
Tikopia Soro Song of lament type
Tikopia Soroi Scrape along, trickle down Problematic
Tikopia Homo The sprout of a germinating nut.
Tikopia Sope Tufts of hair left to grow at sides of a boy's head
Tikopia Sopo Leap, jump
Tikopia Sopo Board a vessel
Tikopia Sopu Snatch from another; join oneself to Problematic
Tikopia Soo Satiated, had enough, fed up with
Tikopia Suu Soaked in water, saturated
Tikopia Suua Clear away brush-wood, weeds
Tikopia Sua Liquid (of thicker consistency than vai in some cases, though often equated)
Tikopia Sua/sua Insipid, lukewarm Problematic
Tikopia Sue Globefish (Tetradontidae canthigasteridae) and other species
Tikopia Suee/i Sweep aside, twitch aside, lift off cover
Tikopia Sii/aki Exchange, substitute
Tikopia Suki Stick in, penetrate, pierce
Tikopia Suru Stow away, sheath; a sheath
Tikopia Suru Cloth of woven type; clothing Problematic