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 | Ka/lava | Spider Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Paka/lavalava | Large black spider Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Uru | Leading stanza and "entry" movement of mori dance....traditional sacred chant in Marae in archaic language |
| Tikopia | Paa | Impact, e.g. hit, strike, crash...; occur (of decisive or significant event) |
| Tikopia | Paa/ki | Push, shove Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | U | Come, enter, point towards |
| Tikopia | Uti/uti | Sting, itch |
| Tikopia | Ngaruee | Make pudding (us. by addition of coconut cream, with pounding) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngarue/nga | Pudding of cooked vegetables, mashed with coconut cream Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ngaua | Spend time, energy (as in working hard for small reward) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Tafaaki | Border; edge |
| Tikopia | See | Get out of breath; be afraid (arch.) |
| Tikopia | Firiani | Platform, staging (e.g. in house) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Tikopia | Ika a fatu | Large fish from ocean depths (unid. poss. grouper), app. not fished for many years’ |
| Tikopia | Fakakaa | Set alight; cause to burn (as tree felled for clearing ground) |
| Tikopia | Oa | Couple, in count of coconuts; pair |
| Tikopia | Katoko | Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) |
| Tikopia | Ungaru | Driftwood; floating log, occ. used for small canoe or firewood Phonologically Irregular |
| Tikopia | Uuaaroto | Esoteric name for centre post supporting ridgepole in major temples |
| Tikopia | Urukao | Type of shark (unid.)... |
| Tikopia | Koko | Flour, trad. of sago starch, turmeric |
| Tikopia | Ori/ori | Poise, especially of dart raised and balanced in a swaying run to throw |
| Tikopia | Ori | Brandish, as club etc. in dance |
| Tikopia | Masuee/i | Disturbed [exx. actually "be disturbed (of earth)"] |
| Tikopia | Fainga | Doing, deed, practice; technical term indicating transfer of food and/or valuables, used in title of ceremonial or ritual proceedings |
| Tikopia | Fakatuu | Set up, stand up; set, in sense of fit (vt); set up in sense of produce |
| Tikopia | Vae/faga | Point of division |
| Tikopia | Aa | Affirmative, yes; so then Problematic |
| Tikopia | Ngari/ngari | Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans) |
| Tikopia | Maseke(seke) | Desire, covet |
| Tikopia | Kauariki | Tree (Terminalia catappa).... |
| Tikopia | Kaufata | Open frame of wood used to support filter cloth in turmeric manufacture... |
| Tikopia | Kautaa | Beating stick for sounding board... |
| Tikopia | Fanonga | Company; traditional food gift from household of groom to bride's parents soon after marriage ceremony |
| Tikopia | Ngongo | Snort |
| Tikopia | A | Of (esp. in "activity" category) |
| Tikopia | O | Of (in "passive" sense of intimate possession) |
| Tikopia | Fakavare | Behave stupidly; unfocus, relax, dissociate; go crazy |
| Tikopia | E | Particle of address, suffixed or immediately following name or title |
| Tikopia | Fakaarofa | Evoking sympathy, affection; in many contexts, given concrete connotation, e.g., of poverty; commoner, person not of chiefly class |
| Tikopia | Faka/sengi | Glare |
| Tikopia | Fesiri | Ask, inquire |
| Tikopia | Ifo | Come down, descend |
| Tikopia | Tere | Move quickly, speed |
| Tikopia | Taurekareka | Handsome, of man or woman; fine, splendid, beautiful |
| Tikopia | Mau raro | Low, lower, short; inferior |
| Tikopia | Uso | Spongy interior, embryo of coconut long mature, in process of germination...; soft core in heart of tree |
| Tikopia | Mafiti | Appear |
| Tikopia | Taumuri | Stern of vessel |
| Tikopia | Tino | Take body of, give body to |
