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 | Tao | Cover over, keep secret |
| Tikopia | Taofi | Cover over; control; invite |
| Tikopia | Taukupu | Genitals (polite term) |
| Tikopia | Taotao/ama | A mullet |
| Tikopia | Tapa | To name; to summon |
| Tikopia | Tapakau | Floormat of plaited coconut leaf |
| Tikopia | Tapapa | Type of shark |
| Tikopia | Tapatapa | A large edible prawn from the reef |
| Tikopia | Patapata | Spanish Lobster (Slipper Lobster) (Scyllarides sp.) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Taapono | Close, as lid of box; bring together, as closing two halves of breadfruit which has been cut open |
| Tikopia | Tapu | Forbidden, taboo, sacred; sacredness |
| Tikopia | Tapuavae | Calf of leg |
| Tikopia | Tasi | One |
| Tikopia | Tasi | Cut; shave |
| Tikopia | Taa | Baler of canoe |
| Tikopia | Tatau | Tattoo marks |
| Tikopia | Taativi | Brown Unicornfish (Naso unicornis) Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | -tatou | First person inclusive plural possessive suffix |
| Tikopia | Tatou | 1st person plural inclusive: we, us, our |
| Tikopia | Tau | Be accustomed, used to; adapt; fit |
| Tikopia | Tau | To hang (as a necklace on neck) |
| Tikopia | (Ta)tau | Count, reckon, measure |
| Tikopia | Tau | To fight, fight n., battle, war |
| Tikopia | Tau/ranga | Social anchorage, i.e. kinship link Problematic |
| Tikopia | Tau | Relational particle, indicator of linkage... |
| Tikopia | Tau | Season, period |
| Tikopia | Tau | Numerical classifier of canoes |
| Tikopia | Taaua | We two (inc) |
| Tikopia | Taofufu | Ridgepole of house |
| Tikopia | Taura | Anchor, grapnel |
| Tikopia | Taura/atua | Traditional spirit medium of principal clan god |
| Tikopia | Taumafa | Portion of food allotted to a person in a distribution |
| Tikopia | Taumata | Eyeshade |
| Tikopia | Taume | Flower spathe of coconut palm |
| Tikopia | Tainamu | Mosquito net |
| Tikopia | Taupati | Light rod laid on top of join to rafter ends above ridgepole of house Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Taupe | Droop, wilt, hang down |
| Tikopia | Tautai | Sea expert |
| Tikopia | Faka/tautara | Condemn |
| Tikopia | Tautu | Porcupine fish (Diodon hystrix) |
| Tikopia | Tava | (Pometia pinnata) |
| Tikopia | Tavake | White-tailed Tropic bird, (Phaethon lepturus) |
| Tikopia | Te | Singular definite article |
| Tikopia | Tee | Excrement Problematic |
| Tikopia | Tea | Light-coloured, white; clear, e.g. empty drinking glass |
| Tikopia | Tefa | Stagger, run round in circles |
| Tikopia | Tefea | Where; wherever, whatever |
| Tikopia | Teke | Oppose, object, refuse, deny, be unwilling, be annoyed, get angry, etc. |
| Tikopia | Teki | Twitch; give convulsive start |
| Tikopia | Tenei | Pron. demonstrative; this, this one; here, now |
