Firth 1985
Firth, Raymond. 1985. Tikopia-English dictionary. Auckland: Auckland University Press, Oxford University Press.
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Sections
- 2.4 The Seascape
- 3.4 Parts of plants
- 3.12 The coconut palm
- 5.9 Body part metaphors
- 6.6 Recreation: Music, song, dance, games
Words
- Tikopia: mana
efficacious
efficacious
power of extraordinary non-physical quality
power of extraordinary non-physical quality, trad. believed derived from gods and ancestors (essentially pragmatic in being demonstrated only by concrete results); while trad. associated with chiefs, can be attributed to other persons, esp. when of rank as indicated by special powers e.g. in healing or predication
thunder
thunder trad. believed to be produced by gods as sign of power