-
closely related to the
Anuta language of the
neighboring island of Anuta.
Tikopian is also
spoken by the
Polynesian minority on Vanikoro, who long ago migrated...
-
Lovono or Vano (4 speakers)
Tanema (1 speaker) The
Tikopian settlers speak a
Polynesian language,
Tikopian or fakatikopia. The
first sighting of Vanikoro...
-
Province as the
southernmost of the
Solomon Islands. Some
discussions of
Tikopian society include its
nearest neighbour, the even
tinier island of Anuta...
- *ŋ *w *f *s *Ø *l
Samoan p t~k ʔ Ø m n ŋ v f s Ø l East ****unan t k ʔ/Ø
Tikopian Ø ɾ
Nukuoroan h l Proto-Eastern-Polynesian *p *t *k *ʔ/Ø *m *n *ŋ *w *f...
- high
degree of
mutual intelligibility,
although Anutans can
understand Tikopians better than the reverse.: 6
Anuta is
generally regarded as
Nuclear Polynesian...
- "te tapa"
translated as "to
burst forth with light."
Lewis noted that
Tikopians were
unaware of te lapa. George,
having been to sea many times, had seen...
- In
Polynesian mythology (specifically Tikopia), Atua I
Raropuka is a
creator being,
often spoken of in
tandem with his wife, Atua Fafine.
Raropuka is the...
- In the
mythology of Tikopia, the Atua I
Kafika (also
known as Sako) is a
culture hero and
supreme god. McKinnon, S. (1990). "The
matrilateral transference...
- as
sword guards, teacups, knives, and gl**** beads. He
learned from the
Tikopians that the
items had come from two
ships wrecked some
years before on the...
