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Language: Fijian (Wainibuka; Matacaucau)

Source/Author:  Paul Geraghty 
Identifiers:  ISO-639-3:  Glottocode:  
Notes:  Geraghty (1983). The History of the Fijian Languages. Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications, 19. University of Hawaii Press.

Spoken in the following villages: Matacaucau 
Data Entry:  Typed By: Stephen Mann, Benedikt Wimmer  Checked By:  
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Classification:  Austronesian:Malayo-Polynesian:Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian:Oceanic:Central-Eastern Oceanic:Remote Oceanic:Central Pacific:East Fijian-Polynesian 
Map  Sorry, no map co-ordinates found for this language. 

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ID: Word: Item: Annotation: Cognacy: Loan:
2 left      
3 right      
6 road/path      
8 to turn word info      
10 dirty      
11 dust      
12 skin      
16 intestines      
17 liver      
18 breast      
19 shoulder      
20 to know, be knowledgeable      
21 to think      
23 blood      
25 neck      
26 hair word info      
28 to breathe      
29 to sniff, smell      
31 tooth      
32 tongue      
33 to laugh      
35 to vomit      
36 to spit      
38 to chew word info      
39 to cook word info      
41 to bite      
42 to suck      
44 to hear      
45 eye      
47 to yawn      
48 to sleep      
49 to lie down word info      
50 to dream      
52 to stand      
57 husband      
58 wife      
59 mother      
60 father      
62 thatch/roof      
64 to say      
65 rope      
66 to tie up, fasten      
67 to sew word info      
68 needle      
69 to hunt word info      
70 to shoot word info      
71 to stab, pierce      
72 to hit word info      
74 to kill      
75 to die, be dead      
77 to scratch word info      
78 to cut, hack word info      
80 to split word info      
81 sharp      
82 dull, blunt      
83 to work word info      
84 to plant      
85 to choose      
86 to grow word info      
87 to swell word info      
88 to squeeze word info      
89 to hold word info      
90 to dig      
91 to buy      
92 to open, uncover      
93 to pound, beat word info      
94 to throw word info      
95 to fall word info      
97 bird      
98 egg      
99 feather      
100 wing      
101 to fly      
103 meat/flesh      
104 fat/grease      
105 tail      
106 snake      
107 worm (earthworm)      
108 louse word info      
110 spider      
112 rotten word info      
113 branch word info      
114 leaf      
115 root      
116 flower      
117 fruit      
118 grass      
119 earth/soil      
120 stone      
121 sand      
122 water word info      
123 to flow      
124 sea      
125 salt      
126 lake      
127 woods/forest      
128 sky      
129 moon      
130 star      
131 cloud word info      
132 fog      
134 thunder      
135 lightning      
136 wind      
137 to blow word info      
138 warm word info      
139 cold word info      
140 dry word info      
141 wet      
142 heavy      
144 to burn word info      
145 smoke word info      
146 ash      
147 black      
148 white      
149 red      
150 yellow      
151 green      
154 short word info      
155 long word info      
156 thin word info      
157 thick word info      
158 narrow      
159 wide      
160 painful, sick      
161 shy, ashamed      
162 old word info      
163 new      
166 correct, true      
168 day      
169 year      
170 when? word info      
171 to hide word info      
172 to climb word info      
174 in, inside      
176 below      
179 near      
180 far      
190 other      
192 and      
193 if      
194 how? word info      
196 to count      
197 One word info      
198 Two word info      
199 Three word info      
200 Four word info      
201 Five word info      
202 Six word info      
203 Seven word info      
204 Eight word info      
205 Nine word info      
206 Ten word info      
207 Twenty word info      
208 Fifty word info      
209 One Hundred word info      
210 One Thousand word info      
182 I au   1, 21  
167 night bogi   1  
143 fire buka   17  
76 to live, be alive bula   28  
73 to steal butako   1, 58  
175 above cake   25  
188 what? word info cava   1  
189 who? word info cei   1  
175 above colo   75  
165 bad, evil   1  
13 back word info daku   12  
43 ear daliga   1  
4 leg/foot dua   111  
184 he/she e   45  
56 child gone   27  
40 to drink gunu   1  
30 mouth gusu   2  
173 at i   1  
183 thou iko   1  
186 you ikoniu   47  
111 fish ilava   98  
187 they ira   1, 70  
102 rat kalavo   1  
79 stick/wood kau   1  
191 all kece   48  
185 we word info keda   1  
14 belly kete   7  
96 dog kolī   7  
184 he/she koya   1, 42  
37 to eat kākana   1  
185 we word info kīmamu   2  
152 small lada   163  
153 big levu   10  
1 hand liga   1, 64, 34  
7 to come mai   1  
109 mosquito namu   1  
183 thou o   38  
5 to walk qai   147  
9 to swim qalo   5  
178 that qori   80  
177 this   99  
46 to see rai   37  
22 to fear rere   93  
15 bone sui   52  
54 man/male tagane   1, 14  
34 to cry tagi   1  
53 person/human being tamata   1, 66  
51 to sit tiko   80  
13 back word info tovu   12  
133 rain uca   1  
27 nose ucu   1  
24 head ulu   1  
61 house vale   14  
181 where? word info vei   3  
164 good vinaka   21  
22 to fear voro   102  
195 no, not warai   128  
63 name yaca   1, 18  
55 woman/female yalewa   55  
178 that   129  

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