-
Vanikoro about 400
years ago on the
southern coast of Banie. In 1893, many
Tikopians returned to
Tikopia as a
result of the
Solomon Islands having been declared...
-
Strict social controls over
reproduction prevented further increase.
Tikopians practice an
intensive system of
agriculture (which has been
compared to...
- By the 1950s, all the
Tikopians had
become Christianized, and most of the
native ritual practices had ceased. Much of the
Tikopian life
style has remained...
- high
degree of
mutual intelligibility,
although Anutans can
understand Tikopians better than the reverse.: 6
Anuta is
generally regarded as
Nuclear Polynesian...
- *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...
- "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...
