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 | Tali | To plait, interweave |
Fijian | Wale | Not worth while, very ordinary, very easy, tired; only, merely |
West Futuna | Mau | Plentiful (of food) |
Fijian | Vula i balolo lailai | October |
Fijian | Vula i balolo levu | November |
Fijian | Lagakali | A tree with scented leaves, Aglaia saltatorum |
Fijian | See-lala | A seedless mangrove; sterile, of a tree or sow Problematic |
Fijian | Waa | Vine, creeper of any kind; string, bandage |
Fijian | Wiwi | Sour, acid |
Fijian | Viri/taa/lawalawa | Spider |
Fijian | Taa/lawalawa | Spider web |
West Futuna | Tere | To swim (of fish) |
Fijian | Taka | Originate from, begin, proceed; (of disease) spread Uncertain Semantic Connection |
Fijian | Ika | A fish |
Fijian | Ono | Six |
West Futuna | E | Vocative particle before the noun |
Fijian | E | A vocative particle sometimes used to reinforce a call to a person |
Fijian | Civocivo | Wind sweeping down from hills |
Fijian | Sivo | Debased, put down, out of office |
Fijian | Kobi | Astringent; give sense of astringency to th mouth or stomach |
Emae | Tari/a | Take, get (several things) |
Fijian | Kawakasaa | A bird of the passerine order, with a long tail |
West Futuna | Momó/nea, momo/vai | Little water left in canoe |
Fijian | Oko-ta | To cover up a bunch of bananas to ripen them |
Fijian | Soqo-na | To gather, assemble, convoke |
Fijian | Keirau | Cardinal pronoun, first person dual exclusive: we two |
Fijian | Kedaru | Cardinal pronoun, 1st person dual inclusive |
Fijian | Kemudrau | Cardinal pronoun, second person dual |
Fijian | Irau | Third person dual pronoun |
Fijian | Keitou | Cardinal pronoun, 1st person trial exclusive |
Fijian | Kedatou | Cardinal pronoun, 1st person trial inclusive |
Fijian | Iratou | Cardinal pronoun, third person trial and limited plural |
West Futuna | Kaia (ANI kaie) | But Problematic |
West Futuna | Ni(a) | Possessive (predicate) marker |
West Futuna | Ni(o)- | Possessive (predicate) marker |
West Futuna | Ata/ate | Follows prepositions i and ki before singular pronouns |
West Futuna | Riko-fia | To appear (of person, ghost, etc.) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
West Futuna | Riko-fia | To appear (of person, ghost etc.) Problematic |
Fijian | K/equ/ | First person singular possessive adjective (edibles), my |
West Futuna | Poge/ifo (ANI) | To cut down |
West Futuna | Suo/ki | To turn up earth with spade |
Fijian | Suituu | The spine, back-bone Problematic |
Fijian | Vaga | The leech of a canoe-sail |
Fijian | Tagaloa | Smell of the body of a commoner; kind of prickly heat developed by a child visiting the house of one recently dead |
West Futuna | Ma/ve/vai (ANI) | To decompose |
West Futuna | Turi rima | Elbow |
West Futuna | Monga | A burden |
Fijian | Meke | A native dance; to perform a dance |
Fijian | Solo | Rub body after bathing |
Fijian | Lu/lulu | Shake hands |