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 | Somo/somo | The fat of a turtle Problematic |
| Waya | Soosaa | Be fully engaged with something, very busy, preoccupied with something; suffer from or with something |
| Waya | Sua/ki | Stab something, husk something |
| Waya | Cua | A pudding made of starch, sugar and coconut-cream Problematic |
| Waya | Curu | Be bagged, put into a bag or basket with the top fastened |
| Waya | Sumsum | Fish, prob. Pufferfish or Toadfish |
| Waya | Cum | Fish taxon, comprising considerable number of Triggerfish (Balistidae) and Leatherjackets (Aluteridae) |
| Waya | Cunu | Burnt or branded by a smouldering stick or firebrand |
| Waya | Taa | Be cut by chopping or slashing |
| Waya | Taa | Excrement |
| Waya | Tavi | Be brushed lightly, swept |
| Waya | Tavu | Be heated over a fire |
| Waya | Tavu/ni | Set fire to something; light a fire |
| Waya | Tavu/to | Whale (includes all large whales) |
| Waya | Taga | Any deep receptacle with open top made of woven material; bag, sack |
| Waya | Taagava | A fish, prob. (Cheilinus undulatus) |
| Waya | Tagi | Cry |
| Waya | Taci | Coast, seashore, sea (from the perspective of the land) |
| Waya | Taci- | Younger (classificatory) sibling of the same sex |
| Waya | Taka | Spread, become widespread (as a disease, breed of animals) |
| Waya | Takele | Keel of a boat |
| Waya | Taakelo | Bent, curved, crooked Problematic |
| Waya | Taku | Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) |
| Waya | Takubu | Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans approximans) |
| Waya | Tala/i | Chief's messenger |
| Waya | Tala | Remove goods or cargo from a container or place |
| Waya | Taaravu | Fireplace |
| Waya | Tali | Plait |
| Waya | Taliga | Ear |
| Waya | Taa(y)alo | Wave, signal by waving the arms |
| Waya | Tarutaru | Shrub taxon. Grows on coast, up to 2-3 metres tall, has sweet-smelling white flower |
| Waya | Tanive | A class of small, sardine-like fish |
| Waya | Tabataba | Skin; body of a living organism Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Waya | Tabakau | Mat, loosely woven from coconut fronds |
| Waya | Tabai | Be split, come apart; break up, stop cooperating (of partners in a project) |
| Waya | Cabacaba | Parribacus sp., similar to Moreton Bay Bug |
| Waya | Tabono | Stopped up, sealed, blocked up, patched |
| Waya | Tapu | Forbidden, prohibited |
| Tongan | Tau- | Persistence (semi-productive) |
| Samoan | Taaupoou | Virgin village maiden |
| Waya | (Y)alu | (Epipremnum pinnatum) |
| Waya | Teqe | Set or stand on a support (tr. and intr.); be put on to cook |
| Waya | Dere | Touch, handle, make contact |
| Waya | Civa | Pearl oyster |
| Waya | Tivitivi | Butterfly fishes |
| Waya | Tiri | Ooze out, bleed, run slowly in a thick stream |
| Waya | Diri | Be smashed, broken up by blows |
| Waya | Tidro | Look, peer, watch |
| Waya | Tiro | Peep, take an unobtrusive look; look from behind or through something |
| Waya | Tini | End, conclude, come to an end |
