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 | Meea/a | Request strongly, urge, plead, insist |
| Tikopia | Pongoa isu | Nostrils |
| Tikopia | Semu | Speak Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Vevera | Quite hot |
| Tikopia | Vare | Silly, trivial |
| Tikopia | Vare/vare | General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status) |
| Tikopia | Turaki | Plural of tu 'stand' |
| Tikopia | Maru afiafi | Shades of evening (Firth 1990:129) |
| Tikopia | Taopatu | Ridgepole of a house (= taofufu) |
| Tikopia | Ikatapu | Jack (Caranx sp., prob. C.melampygus)... |
| Tikopia | Tafaakirangi | Traditional esoteric term for sky, esp. in ritual formulae [translated "border of Heaven" in examples] |
| Tikopia | Tafatafa | Edge; bordering |
| Tikopia | Fenua | Placenta |
| Tikopia | Taratara | Spiny, spiky, prickly, rough |
| Tikopia | Fakaatu/atu | Wait, with thought in mind |
| Tikopia | Tupu | Abnormal growth |
| Tikopia | Tupu | Change into |
| Tikopia | Sau/anufeea | Chill; coolness; cold |
| Tikopia | Tera | That there |
| Tikopia | Tena | Demonstrative: That, that one |
| Tikopia | Ravaa | Endure, cope |
| Tikopia | Rava/a | Be overcome, defeated, conquered, beaten in contest |
| Tikopia | Mairiiri | Blowing gently |
| Tikopia | Mataavaka | Bow of vessel |
| Tikopia | Pera | Like that; thus |
| Tikopia | Uku | Dive, as for fish, molluscs on the sea floor, etc.: submerge in water, bathe |
| Tikopia | Kailau | Execute dance movement with clubs, in style said to have come from Tonga |
| Tikopia | Aaunga | Dance gestures of aesthetic type; demonstrative movements of hands and feet |
| Tikopia | Fakafua | Great wave; ocean swell |
| Tikopia | Fakasoa/soa | Befriend one another... |
| Tikopia | Tata | Move gently, as in short jerks |
| Tikopia | Tautari | Follow |
| Tikopia | Tokonaki | Assemble food for a feast |
| Tikopia | Toko | Stick or post to hold something up |
| Tikopia | Rao | Abdomen of crustacean, e.g. a coconut crab |
| Tikopia | Isu | Painful; sore |
| Tikopia | Sepe | Cut, sever, slice (as with knife) |
| Tikopia | Fiti | Sprain; strain (muscle); "pins and needles" sensation in arm or leg |
| Tikopia | Ufu/ki, ufu/si | Untie a knot |
| Tikopia | Neva | Rise, soar |
| Tikopia | Fakatafa | Come beside; set aside, cause to abdicate; sideways, to the side |
| Tikopia | A/asi/nga | Ritual gift of pandanus mat and bark cloth at birth of babe... |
| Tikopia | Fakaaataa | Take the semblance of; impersonate, represent, esp. in dream |
| Tikopia | Kai/meo | Envy, jealousy |
| Tikopia | Seke | Launch or land canoe Problematic |
| Tikopia | Fakanava | Tree (Cordia subcordata) |
| Tikopia | Mangi | Wasted, from sickness |
| Tikopia | Vaa | Vine, creeper (generic) |
| Tikopia | Poumuri | Tree sp. (Casearia or Securinega sp.)....hard, heavy timber used for house posts, ridge poles, etc. |
| Tikopia | Fakamaa | Be ashamed, embarrassed, shy |
