April & May ‘23 Flashcards
vuniwai
doctor
kacivi
Call for attention; calling someone a name (ex. Na, noqu yaca)
Kai Na’ivi
Nativi native (vs. kaivulagi)
vasu
maternally linked
gade
visit
vai’au
romantic partner
vakai’au
partnership
vakayaga’aka
use
‘oso
move
vano
Go; lako
qalo
swim
aga
bag of yaqona; empty sack
i rā
down; close to or on the ground
vakarokoroko’aki
respect/honor
Yacamuni
Your name
(sa) yaco
reach destination
Nomuni
Your (talking to God)
ma’ani’ū
nation
caka
do
Lomamuni
Your love (talking to God)
o vuravura
world
me
goat
vaka____
makes a word a noun
o qoi
this
rau’a
enough
gonevuli
students
uvaūlu
taking tabua to the mother’s side of the relative who passed
vakalolo
grated niu, heat the sugar until it’s golden, add lolo, boil for 45m with rourou leaves
ma’eni
drunk
bokoca
rub it off
valavala
lifestyle / habit
nodra
theirs
kakua
don’t
yadia
bring; take it with you
kina
there
veve
crooked; not straight
vakabula
save (spiritually)
kaukaukawa
strong
lagilagi
awesome; great
mudu
finish
sa vuqa na ___
plenty of ____
vuqa na gone
plenty of kids
moce ‘aqayā
nightmare
‘aqayā
frightened
vakarewa
hang up / decorate
‘ukunia vei ___
tell to ___
lia’ama’a
the Holy Spirit entering a human
‘ani
outward direction
vakaisulu’aki
clothe yourself
valu
war
vosavosa
talking
vakasala
advise
au sa vakasala’aki ira na dau bisinisi
I advise people on business expertise
qiqinivalu
war truck
kua
stop
veivala
fight
vakavolivoli’a
surrounding
qoqolou
shouting
‘ui
king
kimuri
at the back
vakacicivi
running (noun)
vakalesuya
return
sa vakau na ___
send ____
vakaū’a i merika
sent (it) to America
somi
drink
vaka
traditional boat
vaka’awa
assistant to the priest
radini
wife of the vaka’awa or ‘ala’ala
‘uku’uku
present
vakau qo / vaqo
“like this”
keda
us (plural)
o keda kece meda vano i valenisoqo
All plenty of us went to the valenisoqo.
wainima’e
medicine
buli’aki
bully
siga ni so’a
day of meeting / gathering
marau’aka
happiness
‘ama’a
people
vinaka’aka
appreciation
voivoi
plant used for the Fijian mats
kari
stripping (thorns off leaves, coconut out of shell)
layalaya
Fijian medicine (waivakaviti) for sore throat, cough, and fever
‘evu’evu
wedding gift and celebration from the wife’s family to the husband
Navoidi
name of the settlement
lagalevu
sing louder
yadia mai
bring here
yadia yani
bring there
livaliva
electricity / power
‘ama__
father
‘ina__
mother