Andy Week 2 - English -> Fijian Flashcards
Months/Moon
Vula
Saturday
Vakarauwai
Wednesday
Vukelulu
Sunday
Siga Tabu
Siga = day Tabu = sacred/holy
Monday
Moniti
Thursday
Lotulevu
Friday
Vakaraubuka
Week
Macawa
August
Oskosita
Today
Nikua
Tomorrow
Ni Mataka
Yesterday
Nanoa
Meet
Sota
The weather
Na Draki
Wind
Cagi
Really
Dina
both as in really big and ‘really?’
Give
Solia
Take
Kauta
Don’t
Kakua
Ways/ methods
Ivakavaka
Doing doing?
Wipe away/cleanse
Bokoca
Food
Kakana
Kana = eat, kakana = food
Like this
Me vaka
End
Mudu
Your (honorific)
Nomuni
Tidy up/clean
Sasamaki
Waves
Ua
Strength/Power
Kaukawa
Glory
Lagilagi
Firewood
Buka
Water
Wai
Next week
Macawa Mai Ongo
Week from here
Prepare
Vakaurau
Last Week
Macawa Sa Oti
Ready
Vakarau
long form of Varau
Hurry Up
Vakatatolu
also Vatatolu
Holy/Sacred
Tabu
Holiday/trip/vacation
Gade
Return/go back
Lesu
What day
Siga cava
Everyday/always
Vei Siga
no specific word for always, like the french ‘toujours’
Broken
Ramusu
Possibly
Ni rawa
Busy
Oso Oso
Together
Vata
Sometimes
Na Gauna
Discussion
Veitalaga
Interchangeable with Veivosaki
Most times/often/usually
Levu Na Guana
Not Even Once!/Never
Sega Vaka dua
Change
Veisau
Drizzle
Mirimiri na uca
Drops of rain
Tau na uca
Fall (something falling, not the season)
Lutu
Shine
Cila
Blowing
Mudre
Gently
Malua
Strong Wind
Kaukawa na Cagi
I don’t like doing it
Sega so ni taleitaka
Here
i ke
Cold
batabata
Dry
Mamaca
Region
yasayasa
Little bit
So
Go together
Lakokivata
Let’s fill (our cups)
Taki Mada
mada - gentle ‘let’s’. Common for Kava
Your drink
Na memuni
Bottoms Up
Maca
I drink to you
Au Rabe
effectively asking for a drink
Cup
bilo
Enough
rauti
Rest/break
Vakacegu
Another one/again
Dua Tale
Head/hair
Ulu
Ears
daliga
Nose
ucu
Mouth
gusu
Teeth
bati
Hand
liga
Legs
yava
Neck
domo
Shoulders
taba
Chest
sare
Stomach
kete
Left
Mawi
Right
matau
Down
ira
Up
icake
In front/ahead
iliu
Back/behind
imuri
Side
yasa
Inside
iloma
Outside
ituba
Human/person
tamata
Elders
qase
Young man
cauravou
Young woman
goneyalewa
Baby/toddler
gone lailai
Baby
papa/peipei
Sick
tauvimate
Hospital
ivalenibula
‘house of good health’ - hospital is also understood.
Please may I have
Au Kerea
very polite
I think
Me vaka
I think
Vakavai au
Politely Request
Kerekere
I am leaving
Au Sa Tatou
Polite
Who wants?
O Cei Na Via
Knife
Sele
Fork
Icula
Spoon
Itaki/Sepuni
Saucer
Sasa
Turtle
Vonu
Sheep or lamb
Sipi
Eggs
Yaluka
Enough of…..
Sa Rauta
Harsh, like ‘stop that’
Swimming
Galo
Habit/Usually
Dau
Fish (verb, to fish)
qoli
I usually/often fish
Au Dau qoli
I am a fisherman
O Yau en dua dau goli
I am one of the fishermen
Capital City
Koroturanga
turanga = chief, koro = village
England
Ingelande
From the
Mai Na
Next to each other
Veitikiwi
Right ‘hand’ side
Yasa ni matua
Right side literally
Where are you (currently)?
O Tiko Ni Vei
I’m in the car
Au Tiko Ena Motorcar
Thirsty
Karamaca
Hungry
Walokai
But/although
ia
Plants
Kau
Think like Senikau is flower, flowering plant
Desert
Vanua Dau Siga
Land that is always dry
Flat
Bucabuca
Mountain
Ulunivanua
head of the land
Forest/wood
Veikau
Village
Veikoro
Wet
Suasua
Mangroves
Veidoqo
River
Veiwai
Sea
Waitui
Literally saltwater
Salty
Tuituina
Salt
Masima
More
So Talei
World, planet earth
Vuravura
Cyclone
Cagilaba
New Year
Tawese Ni Yabaki
literally split of the year
Christmas or birthday
Siga Ni Sucu
Day of Birth
Carry On/Continue
Tu Ga
Lay
Davo
Same
Tautauvata
‘fall together’
Different
Duidui
E Dua Ni
There is a
Use
Vakayagataka
Useful
Yaga
Toilet
Valeleilei
Protest
Kundru
Issue (like political issue)
E lei
The News/Information
Tukutuku
Ring (phone or call)
Giri
Add to all past or future tenses, bit like ‘ing’
Kina
Guest
Vulagi
Special Guest
Vulagi Dokai
Not a problem
Kua ni Lega
No Problem
Sega ni lega
Colour
Roka
Dress
Vinivo
Brown
Kuvui
Red
Damudamu
Orange
Seni Nawanawa
Yellow
Dromodromo
Yolk
Dromo
Blue
Karakarawa
Purple
Lokaloka
Pink
Senikavika
Also pink, fijian version of the english word
Pingi
White
Vulavula
Vula = moon
Grey
Dravu
Black
Loaloa
Garden
Taitai
Butterfly
Beibei
Beetle
Bativese
Grasshopper
Vondre
Land Snail or just snail
Lanivanua
Earthworm
Bacanigele
Earth/Soil
Gele
Tiger
Taika
Look at the……
Raica na
Raica is for looking at something specific
Whiskers or Beard or Chin
Kumi
Tail
Bui
Body Stripes (like on a tiger)
Yago Volavola
Cute ‘dad’
Tata/Ta
Cute ‘Grandma’
Bubu
Bones
Sui
Cake
Keke
Listen
Vakarorongo
rongo = hear
Spotty
Sipote
Hate (very strong)
Bese
Medicine
Wainimate
Healing Water
Clinic
Valeniwai
house of (healing) water
Doctor
Vuniwai
source of (healing) water
Week after
Macawa Mai Muri
Friend
Tokani
Lover
Tau
Problem
Lega
Emergency
Leqatumakoso
Resolve/Fix
Walia
With and And
Kei
His/Her
Nei
Birth
Sucu
Wedding
Vakamau
School
Ivuli
Schoolchildren
Gonevuli
Teachers
qasenivuli
Elders of the school
Church (building, not organisation)
Valenilotu
Make
Vakava
Dark
buto
Outside
itubatuba
Older sibling
tuakaqu
Green
Drokadroka