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 |
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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 |
Waya | Bai | Barrier, fence, wall, hedge |