Entries from Capell 1973 in Pollex-Online
Capell, A. (1973). A new Fijian dictionary. Suva, Government Printer.
Language | Item | Description |
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Fijian | Oco | Food given in return for work or in course of it |
Fijian | Ora | Choke, as with fish bone in throat Problematic |
Fijian | Olo | A tree (Couthovia corynocarpa) Problematic |
Fijian | Colo | Inland country, mountain country |
Fijian | Oru | Mud, mire, sink in mud |
Fijian | Oru/oru | Boggy |
Fijian | Ogo | Barracuda |
Fijian | Obe/obe | Eaten by Teredo or barnacles |
Fijian | Obo-ta | Clap the hands crosswise |
Fijian | K/oda/ | Eat raw meat |
Fijian | Ota | An edible green like spinach (Athyrium esculentum) Problematic |
Fijian | Oti-v | Finish. complete, end |
Fijian | Baa | Fish fence, enclosure |
Fijian | Baca | Worm; hence bait for fishing |
Fijian | Baa | Tongan variety of fish-hook |
Fijian | Vaa | Shell sp Problematic |
Fijian | Bai | Fence round town |
Fijian | Baakewa | Remora or Sucking fish |
Fijian | Bakui | Hydra Problematic |
Fijian | Bokola | Dead body of a victim to be eaten |
Fijian | Bala/bala | Tree fern (Cyathea lunulata) |
Fijian | Balagi | A fish (Teuthis sp.) |
Fijian | Vunau | Harangue Problematic |
Fijian | Bale | Fall from position of height |
Fijian | Dromu | Drink under water Problematic |
Fijian | Bari ni vatu | Cliff, precipice |
Fijian | Bari | Action of waves on a rock face |
Fijian | Bari | Nibble at a hard thing (eg. a stone) |
Fijian | Balolo | Balolo worm |
Fijian | Valu | Make war on Problematic |
Fijian | Vani | Put oil through hair with fingers |
Fijian | Baba | Side (especially side planks of canoe) |
Fijian | Bava | Wash-strake of canoe Problematic |
Fijian | Vava | Board Problematic |
Fijian | Baba | A large fish like a snake, with a large mouth |
Fijian | Vaavaku | Thick (of a board) Problematic |
Fijian | Vacu-ka | Punch, pound with fist |
Fijian | Basu-ka | Break off, break or force open |
Fijian | Basuka | To force legs apart in rape |
Fijian | Pata | Kind of imported banana Problematic |
Fijian | Teve | To circumcise Problematic |
Fijian | Vaka/bau | Be confirmed, believed, accepted |
Fijian | Bau | Tree with edible fruit and beautiful red-brown wood used to make canoes, boxes; (Sapotaceae sp.); also (Pittosporum brackenridgei) |
Fijian | Ve/a | Overripe, soft (of breadfruit) |
Fijian | Biau | A wave (said to be borrowed from PN) Problematic |
Fijian | Vakaevei | How? |
Fijian | Beka | Bat n |
Fijian | Bekabeka | Coconut leaves plaited to serve as plates Problematic |
Fijian | Vela/vela | Nauseous Problematic |
Fijian | Bele | (Hibiscus manihot) |