Language: Fijian (Suva Dialect)
| Source/Author: | J. Saunders from informant Josefa Are Nakaivalu | |
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| Identifiers: | ISO-639-3:fij Glottocode: sout2864 | |
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| Data Entry: | Typed By: Simon Greenhill 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:East Fijian | |
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Resources:
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Tokelau Fijian
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Namālata)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Batiki Tailevu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Yawe)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Yale)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Wailevu Bua)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Bua)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Kubulau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Natokalau Kubulau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Namara Kadavu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Navakasiga)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Kaba)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Waidina; Navuakece)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Taiobau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Waidina; Naitavuni)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Nairai)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Nabukelevu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Batiki)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Lekutu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Tavuki)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Sōlevu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Waidina; Waidina)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Dama)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Bau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Kavula)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Viwa Bau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Wainunu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Qalivakabau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Galoa)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Vuya)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Tabuya)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Drakaniwai Bua)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Nakasaleka)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Tabanivonolevu)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bua; Nadi Bua)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Sānima)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Sawaieke)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Jioma/Tioma)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Waidina; Ovalau)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Naiviqeleqele)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Ravitaki)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Kadavu; Naceva/Soso)
ABVD: Alternate Wordlist for Fijian (Bau; Cautatā)
Ethnologue Information for fij
OLAC Information for fij
World Atlas of Language Structures Information for fij-
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Change History:
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- Changed #173017 from "Sucuna", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2025-04-30 01:24:01)
- Changed #3230419 from "Mo tagi", "", "1", "" (Word 65535) - Simon Greenhill (2025-04-30 01:24:01)
- Source: Filo (Word 34) - Simon Greenhill (2020-11-09 22:40:42)
Entries:
| ID: | Word: | Item: | Annotation: | Cognacy: | Loan: |
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| 16 | intestines | |
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| 19 | shoulder | |
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| 38 | to chew
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| 39 | to cook
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| 47 | to yawn | |
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| 50 | to dream | |
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| 57 | husband | |
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| 58 | wife | |
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| 61 | house | |
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| 62 | thatch/roof | |
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| 64 | to say | |
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| 66 | to tie up, fasten | |
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| 68 | needle | |
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| 69 | to hunt
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| 70 | to shoot
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| 73 | to steal | |
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| 79 | stick/wood | |
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| 83 | to work
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| 84 | to plant | |
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| 85 | to choose | |
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| 86 | to grow
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| 91 | to buy | |
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| 92 | to open, uncover | |
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| 93 | to pound, beat
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| 98 | egg | |
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| 102 | rat | |
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| 106 | snake | |
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| 110 | spider | |
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| 118 | grass | |
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| 119 | earth/soil | |
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| 126 | lake | |
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| 151 | green | |
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| 160 | painful, sick | |
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| 161 | shy, ashamed | |
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| 170 | when?
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| 171 | to hide
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| 172 | to climb
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| 173 | at | |
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| 186 | you | |
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| 192 | and | |
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| 193 | if | |
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| 202 | Six
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| 203 | Seven
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| 204 | Eight
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| 205 | Nine
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| 206 | Ten
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| 207 | Twenty
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| 208 | Fifty
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| 209 | One Hundred
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| 210 | One Thousand
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| 182 | I | au | 1, 21 | ||
| 107 | worm (earthworm) | baca | 16 | ||
| 155 | long
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balavu | 16 | ||
| 139 | cold
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batabata | 42 | ||
| 31 | tooth | batimu | 6 | ||
| 142 | heavy | bibi | 37 | ||
| 167 | night | bogi | 1 | ||
| 176 | below | botona | |||
| 105 | tail | buina | 38 | ||
| 143 | fire | buka | 17 | ||
| 76 | to live, be alive | bula | 28 | ||
| 82 | dull, blunt | butobuto | 1 | ||
| 165 | bad, evil | ca | 1 | ||
| 136 | wind | cagi | 1 | ||
| 28 | to breathe | cagu | 40 | ||
| 175 | above | cake | 25 | ||
| 67 | to sew
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culacula | 31 | ||
| 51 | to sit | dabe | 62 | ||
| 65 | rope | dali | 1 | ||
| 43 | ear | daligamu | 1 | ||
| 149 | red | damudamu | 51 | ||
| 49 | to lie down
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davo | 40 | ||
| 25 | neck | domomu | 46 | ||
| 166 | correct, true | donu | 8 | ||
| 23 | blood | dra | 1 | ||
| 26 | hair
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drau ni ulumli | 40 | ||
| 114 | leaf | drauna | 1 | ||
| 33 | to laugh | dredre | 50 | ||
| 123 | to flow | drodro | 32 | ||
| 150 | yellow | dromodromo | 46 | ||
| 197 | One
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dua | 18 | ||
| 10 | dirty | duka | 17 | ||
| 190 | other | e so | |||
| 181 | where?
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e vei | 3 | ||
| 81 | sharp | gata | 36 | ||
| 20 | to know, be knowledgeable | gauna oqo | |||
| 6 | road/path | gauni sala | 1 | ||
| 56 | child | gone | 27 | ||
| 40 | to drink | gunu | 1 | ||
| 30 | mouth | gusumu | 2 | ||
| 111 | fish | ika | 1 | ||
| 183 | thou | iko | 1 | ||
| 187 | they | ira tou | plural | 1, 70 | |
| 144 | to burn
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kama | 107 | ||
| 37 | to eat | kana | 1 | ||
| 41 | to bite | kata | 1, 55 | ||
| 127 | woods/forest | kau | 13 | ||
| 185 | we
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kei tou | excl. plural | 66 | |
| 90 | to dig | kelia | 1 | ||
| 14 | belly | ketemu | 7 | ||
| 96 | dog | koli | 7 | ||
| 184 | he/she | koya | 1, 42 | ||
| 145 | smoke
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kubou | 57 | ||
| 12 | skin | kuli ni yagomu | 1 | ||
| 134 | thunder | kurukuru | 2, 63 | ||
| 11 | dust | kuyu | 1 | ||
| 152 | small | lailai | 32 | ||
| 7 | to come | lako mai | 1 | ||
| 154 | short
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lekaleka | 8 | ||
| 153 | big | levu | 10 | ||
| 1 | hand | ligamu | irregular medial C (see Pollex) | 1, 64, 34 | |
| 201 | Five
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lima | 1 | ||
| 108 | louse
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lise | |||
| 135 | lightning | livaliva | 35 | ||
| 147 | black | loaloa | 40 | ||
| 174 | in, inside | loma | 1 | ||
| 128 | sky | lomalagi | 1, 84 | ||
| 95 | to fall
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lutu | 58 | ||
| 162 | old
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makawa | |||
| 112 | rotten
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malai | 13 | ||
| 140 | dry
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mamaca | 11 | ||
| 156 | thin
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mamare | 13 | ||
| 97 | bird | manumanu vuka | 1 | ||
| 55 | woman/female | marama | |||
| 45 | eye | matamu | 1 | ||
| 146 | ash | matasawa | |||
| 3 | right | matau | 5, 13 | ||
| 75 | to die, be dead | mate | 1 | ||
| 2 | left | mawi | 1, 59 | ||
| 77 | to scratch
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mila | 31 | ||
| 29 | to sniff, smell | mo boica | 78 | ||
| 42 | to suck | mo domica | 7 | ||
| 5 | to walk | mo iako | 1 | ||
| 36 | to spit | mo kasiyi | 19, 55 | ||
| 80 | to split
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mo kolata | |||
| 88 | to squeeze
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mo labaka | |||
| 35 | to vomit | mo lua | 8 | ||
| 9 | to swim | mo qalo | 5 | ||
| 71 | to stab, pierce | mo suaka | 67 | ||
| 34 | to cry | mo tagi | 1 | ||
| 87 | to swell
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mo tiloma | |||
| 52 | to stand | mo tucake | 2 | ||
| 21 | to think | mo vakasama | 42 | ||
| 94 | to throw
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mo viri | 30 | ||
| 101 | to fly | mo vuka | 45 | ||
| 8 | to turn
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mo vuki | 99 | ||
| 72 | to hit
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mokuta | 8 | ||
| 48 | to sleep | momoce | 10 | ||
| 13 | back
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muri | 3 | ||
| 188 | what?
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na caya | 1 | ||
| 53 | person/human being | na tamata | 1, 66 | ||
| 109 | mosquito | namu | 1 | ||
| 121 | sand | nukunuku | 41 | ||
| 131 | cloud
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o | 12 | ||
| 189 | who?
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o cei | 1 | ||
| 177 | this | oo | 17 | ||
| 178 | that | oya | distant | 1 | |
| 159 | wide | raba | 48 | ||
| 158 | narrow | rabalailai | 90 | ||
| 46 | to see | raica | 37 | ||
| 44 | to hear | rogoca | 1 | ||
| 198 | Two
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rua | 1 | ||
| 195 | no, not | sega | 42 | ||
| 116 | flower | seni kau | 9, 14 | ||
| 168 | day | siga | 23 | ||
| 22 | to fear | somo bula | |||
| 103 | meat/flesh | sota | |||
| 141 | wet | suasua | 11 | ||
| 18 | breast | sucuna | 1 | ||
| 15 | bone | sui | 52 | ||
| 100 | wing | tabana | 35 | ||
| 113 | branch
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tabana | 13 | ||
| 60 | father | tama | 1 | ||
| 78 | to cut, hack
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tataya | 3 | ||
| 191 | all | taucoko | 38 | ||
| 89 | to hold
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taura | 35 | ||
| 132 | fog | tegu | |||
| 59 | mother | tinamu | 1 | ||
| 199 | Three
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tolu | 1 | ||
| 99 | feather | toro yani | |||
| 54 | man/male | turaga | |||
| 133 | rain | uca | 1 | ||
| 27 | nose | ucumu | 1 | ||
| 24 | head | ulu | 1 | ||
| 17 | liver | ulu ni vanu | |||
| 104 | fat/grease | uro | 44 | ||
| 137 | to blow
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uvuca | 4, 57 | ||
| 200 | Four
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va | 1, 66 | ||
| 194 | how?
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vakacava | 35, 1 | ||
| 74 | to kill | vakamatea | 2 | ||
| 120 | stone | vatu | 1 | ||
| 157 | thick
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vavaku | 36 | ||
| 138 | warm
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viavia katakata | 36 | ||
| 164 | good | vinaka | 21 | ||
| 179 | near | voleka | 38 | ||
| 163 | new | vou | 1 | ||
| 117 | fruit | vua ni kau | 1 | ||
| 129 | moon | vula | 1 | ||
| 148 | white | vulavula | 3 | ||
| 130 | star | wadra | |||
| 122 | water
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wai | 2 | ||
| 125 | salt | wai tui | |||
| 115 | root | wakanu | 2 | ||
| 124 | sea | wasawasa | 12 | ||
| 196 | to count | wiliwili | 34 | ||
| 169 | year | yabaki | 27 | ||
| 63 | name | yacamu | 1, 18 | ||
| 32 | tongue | yamemu | 7 | ||
| 4 | leg/foot | yava | 1, 100 | ||
| 180 | far | yawa | 4 |





