Language: Western Fijian (Navosa)
| Source/Author: | Pita Tuisawau/Self (fathers language) | |
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| Notes: | This is the Fijian spoken by the tribes of Nasikawa, Vusu, Buretu and others on the South Western coast of Viti Levu Fiji's main island as well as parts of the highlands. "c" is pronounced as "th" in "then" | |
| Data Entry: | Typed By: Pita Tuisawau Checked By: | |
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| Classification: | Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:West Fijian-Rotuman:West Fijian | |
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Resources:
Ethnologue Information for wyy
OLAC Information for wyy
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for fiw-
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Change History:
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- Changed from "taba ni kau", Source: Pita Tuisawau (Word 113) - Simon Greenhill (2010-05-05 10:07:29)
- Changed from "mataku","rerevaka" is Bauan. Source: Pita Tuisawau (Word 22) - Simon Greenhill (2009-05-29 11:20:04)
- Source: Iosefa_suataga (Word 22) - Simon Greenhill (2009-05-11 11:50:38)
Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | lima | 1 | ||
| 2 | left | mawi | 1 | ||
| 3 | right | matau | 5 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | la | 30 | ||
| 5 | to walk | yato | 1 | ||
| 6 | road/path | calevu | |||
| 7 | to come | la ma | |||
| 8 | to turn
|
tevuli | 15 | ||
| 9 | to swim | qau | 5 | ||
| 10 | dirty | duka | 17 | ||
| 11 | dust | kulukulu | 24 | ||
| 12 | skin | taba | |||
| 13 | back
|
lobo | |||
| 14 | belly | kete | 7 | ||
| 15 | bone | tua | |||
| 16 | intestines | gwacagwaca | |||
| 17 | liver | yate | 1 | ||
| 18 | breast | cucu | 1 | ||
| 19 | shoulder | bekau | 22 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | dau | |||
| 21 | to think | vakasama | 42 | ||
| 22 | to fear | matakucia | 1 | ||
| 23 | blood | dra | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | ulu | 1 | ||
| 25 | neck | domo | 47 | ||
| 26 | hair
|
rau ni ulu | 40, 3 | ||
| 27 | nose | gicu | 1 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | cegu | 40 | ||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | garutia | |||
| 30 | mouth | gusu | 2 | ||
| 31 | tooth | baji | 6 | ||
| 32 | tongue | ma | 7 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | mali | 3 | ||
| 34 | to cry | tagi | 1 | ||
| 35 | to vomit | lua | 8 | ||
| 36 | to spit | katasivi | 19 | ||
| 37 | to eat | kana | 1 | ||
| 38 | to chew
|
magia | 1 | ||
| 39 | to cook
|
varere | |||
| 40 | to drink | somu | |||
| 41 | to bite | kajia | 1? | ||
| 42 | to suck | domicia | 27 | ||
| 43 | ear | bebe | |||
| 44 | to hear | rogo | 1 | ||
| 45 | eye | mata | 1 | ||
| 46 | to see | tola | |||
| 47 | to yawn | masawa | 1 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | moce | 10 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
|
daro | 40 | ||
| 50 | to dream | tadra | 16 | ||
| 51 | to sit | tadra | 84 | ||
| 52 | to stand | tu | 2 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | ecola | |||
| 54 | man/male | teigwane | 22, 1 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | lewa | 55 | ||
| 56 | child | luveasewa | |||
| 57 | husband | la teigwane | |||
| 58 | wife | la yalewa | |||
| 59 | mother | Nene | 1, 5 | ||
| 60 | father | Tako | |||
| 60 | father | Lavo | |||
| 61 | house | Were | 14? | ||
| 62 | thatch/roof | sina | |||
| 63 | name | yaca | 1, 18 | ||
| 64 | to say | kwaya | 13 | ||
| 65 | rope | tali | 1 | ||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | vesukia | |||
| 66 | to tie up, fasten | bukutia | 41 | ||
| 67 | to sew
|
culacula | 31 | ||
| 68 | needle | icula | 21 | ||
| 69 | to hunt
|
varoro | |||
| 70 | to shoot
|
vania | 1 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | burakia | |||
| 72 | to hit
|
ravujia | |||
| 73 | to steal | drivajia | |||
| 74 | to kill | vamate | 2 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mate | 1 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | cola | 6 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
|
mila | 31 | ||
| 78 | to cut, hack
|
musukia | |||
| 79 | stick/wood | kai | 1 | ||
| 80 | to split
|
mala | |||
| 81 | sharp | gwata | 36 | ||
| 82 | dull, blunt | drili | |||
| 83 | to work
|
cakacaka | 33 | ||
| 84 | to plant | teitei | |||
| 85 | to choose | digidigi | |||
| 86 | to grow
|
tubu | 1 | ||
| 87 | to swell
|
vuka | 7 | ||
| 88 | to squeeze
|
lobakia | |||
| 89 | to hold
|
qulu | |||
| 90 | to dig | keli | 1 | ||
| 91 | to buy | volia | 1 | ||
| 92 | to open, uncover | dolavia | 35 | ||
| 93 | to pound, beat
|
tuki | 2 | ||
| 94 | to throw
|
viri | 9 | ||
| 95 | to fall
|
lutu | 58 | ||
| 96 | dog | tui | |||
| 97 | bird | manumanu | 1 | ||
| 98 | egg | yaloka | 30 | ||
| 99 | feather | kula | |||
| 100 | wing | bekau | 1 | ||
| 101 | to fly | vuka | 45 | ||
| 102 | rat | kucuve | |||
| 103 | meat/flesh | lewe | |||
| 104 | fat/grease | uro | 44 | ||
| 105 | tail | laulau | |||
| 106 | snake | gwata | 12 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | baca ni qwele | 13, 16 | ||
| 108 | louse
|
kutu | 1 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
| 110 | spider | viritalawalawa | 1 | ||
| 111 | fish | ika | 1 | ||
| 112 | rotten
|
mara | 17 | ||
| 113 | branch
|
katula | |||
| 114 | leaf | rau | 1 | ||
| 115 | root | waka | 2 | ||
| 116 | flower | senikai | 9, 14 | ||
| 117 | fruit | vuata | 1 | ||
| 118 | grass | mau | 2 | ||
| 119 | earth/soil | qwele | 10 | ||
| 120 | stone | vatu | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | volivoli | |||
| 122 | water
|
wai | 2 | ||
| 123 | to flow | drodro | 32 | ||
| 124 | sea | wai taci | 1 | ||
| 125 | salt | masima | 3 | ||
| 126 | lake | drano | 1 | ||
| 127 | woods/forest | veikaikai | 13 | ||
| 128 | sky | lomalagi | 1 | ||
| 129 | moon | vula | 1 | ||
| 130 | star | kalokalo | 28 | ||
| 131 | cloud
|
o | 12 | ||
| 132 | fog | kabu | 1 | ||
| 133 | rain | luvu | |||
| 134 | thunder | kurukuru | 2 | ||
| 135 | lightning | yaseyase | |||
| 136 | wind | cagi | 1 | ||
| 137 | to blow
|
liwa | 36 | ||
| 137 | to blow
|
uvia | |||
| 138 | warm
|
katakata | 36 | ||
| 139 | cold
|
kakasali | |||
| 140 | dry
|
macamaca | 11 | ||
| 141 | wet | lulu | |||
| 142 | heavy | bibita | 37 | ||
| 143 | fire | cece | |||
| 144 | to burn
|
tavunia | |||
| 145 | smoke
|
kobulu | 13 | ||
| 146 | ash | dravu | 1 | ||
| 147 | black | lolo | 40 | ||
| 148 | white | bucobuco | |||
| 149 | red | dradra | |||
| 150 | yellow | rerega | 12 | ||
| 151 | green | drokadroka | |||
| 152 | small | geregere | |||
| 153 | big | levu | 10 | ||
| 154 | short
|
lekaleka | 8 | ||
| 155 | long
|
balavu | 16 | ||
| 156 | thin
|
maremare | 17 | ||
| 157 | thick
|
kubakuba | 37 | ||
| 158 | narrow | qiqo | 27 | ||
| 159 | wide | rabalevu | 1 | ||
| 160 | painful, sick | raraci | |||
| 161 | shy, ashamed | madua | 31 | ||
| 162 | old
|
qase | 53 | ||
| 163 | new | vou | 1 | ||
| 164 | good | vina | 21 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | bura | |||
| 166 | correct, true | jina | 40 | ||
| 167 | night | bogi | 1 | ||
| 168 | day | siga | 23 | ||
| 169 | year | yabaki | 27 | ||
| 170 | when?
|
ni gica | |||
| 171 | to hide
|
cilo | |||
| 172 | to climb
|
cake | 2 | ||
| 173 | at | i | 1 | ||
| 174 | in, inside | yaloga | |||
| 175 | above | yata | 1 | ||
| 176 | below | ra | 8 | ||
| 177 | this | okwe | 17? | ||
| 178 | that | ogi | |||
| 179 | near | voleka | 38 | ||
| 180 | far | vayawa | 4 | ||
| 181 | where?
|
ivei | 3 | ||
| 182 | I | au | 1 | ||
| 183 | thou | muru | |||
| 184 | he/she | o kia | 1 | ||
| 185 | we
|
o datou | 2 | ||
| 186 | you | o iko | |||
| 187 | they | o kuru | |||
| 188 | what?
|
na ca | 1 | ||
| 189 | who?
|
o cei | 1 | ||
| 190 | other | kanikia | |||
| 191 | all | taucoko | 38 | ||
| 192 | and | vata nia | |||
| 193 | if | ke | 5 | ||
| 194 | how?
|
tara va ca | 35 | ||
| 195 | no, not | jikai | |||
| 196 | to count | wiliwili | 34 | ||
| 197 | One
|
kia | |||
| 198 | Two
|
rua | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
|
tolu | 1 | ||
| 200 | Four
|
va | 1, 66 | ||
| 201 | Five
|
lima | 1 | ||
| 202 | Six
|
ono | 1 | ||
| 203 | Seven
|
vitu | 1 | ||
| 204 | Eight
|
walu | 3 | ||
| 205 | Nine
|
ciwa | 5, 66 | ||
| 206 | Ten
|
jini | |||
| 207 | Twenty
|
ruasagavulu | 3, 6 | ||
| 208 | Fifty
|
limasagavulu | 1, 2 | ||
| 209 | One Hundred
|
kia na drau | 2 | ||
| 210 | One Thousand
|
kia na udolu | 12 |



