Entries from Pawley & Sayaba 2003 in Pollex-Online
Pawley, A. and T. Sayaba (2003). Words of Waya: A dictionary of the Wayan dialect of the Western Fijian language. Canberra, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waya | Kato | Container with lid: case, box, trunk, basket ... |
| Waya | Kato-ni | Put or keep something in a case |
| Waya | Qau-va | Swim |
| Waya | Qina | Sea urchin with long spikes |
| Waya | Asi/asi | (Syzygium sp.) |
| Waya | Qumu-a | Grasp something in hand or claw |
| Waya | G/icu | Nose |
| Waya | Drakwa | Decay, rot; be infected, containing mucous or pus Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Waya | Kalu | Be scratched by claws or fingernails |
| Waya | Kalu-ti | Scratch something with claws or fingernails |
| Waya | Dram | Lick |
| Waya | Drano | A large body of freshwater lying inland; a lake or pond |
| Waya | (Wai) dranu | Fresh water |
| Waya | Laso-ki | Gore something with horns Problematic |
| Waya | Rau | Leaf; a hair, hairs of the head... |
| Waya | Rau | Hair |
| Waya | Ravu | Ashes |
| Waya | Re(re)gwa | Turmeric |
| Waya | Dreke | Hold of a boat |
| Waya | Reba | Flap, fail to fill with wind (of a sail) |
| Waya | Dreu | Ripe |
| Waya | Riba | Bounce or fly to one side |
| Waya | Cile | Nit, egg of louse attached to a hair |
| Waya | Lumi | Edible seaweed |
| Waya | Droo | Reach, attain |
| Waya | Rua | Two |
| Waya | Ruru | Calm, abate |
| Waya | Dromani | Small organism adhering to rocks in the sea, probably anemone |
| Waya | Masu | Make a humble request or supplication; pray Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Waya | Ma/malu | Shade |
| Waya | Mana | Supernatural force |
| Waya | Mataku | Afraid, fear |
| Waya | Mate | Die |
| Waya | Medre | Hard to understand (of speech) |
| Waya | Mii | Urinate |
| Waya | Moce | Sleep |
| Waya | A/motu/ | Islet |
| Waya | Musu | Patient subj. verb, (sub. what is cut, especially the part cut off from the parent body). Be cut or broken off crossways, cut up or broken off in the middle |
| Waya | Mudu | Verb and adj., patient subj. (Subj. usually the stem, not the piece cut off. Be cut off, amputated, severed, cut short , |
| Waya | (Y)amda | To chew Phonologically Irregular |
| Waya | Amu | Mosquito |
| Waya | Niu | Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera) |
| Waya | Vaka/novo/novo | Crouch in token of respect |
| Waya | Coo | Call, invocation; call someone to come |
| Waya | Oco | A meal or feast given in return for a service; a gift of cooked food |
| Waya | Cola | Be alive, living, live; survive, be spared; escape death after capture; healthy, well |
| Waya | Obe | The shipworm Teredo (Cirripedia), a barnacle or sea-worm |
| Waya | Oti-vi | Be finished, done, completed, over, come to an end |
| Waya | Baa | A fence or wall enclosing an area |
| Waya | Baa | Trolling line with lure |
