Entries from Paul Geraghty in Pollex-Online
Personal Communication
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fijian | Karawa | Isurus |
| Fijian | Vai manu | Dasyatidae |
| Fijian | Gadru | Snore (W. Vitilevu) (Gty) |
| Fijian | Kabatiko | (Lethrinus sp.) |
| Fijian | Kataa | Canoe side opposite outrigger |
| Fijian | Dradravi | A fish (Cheilinus sp.) |
| Fijian | Labe | (Thalassoma sp.); Loris sp. |
| Fijian | Lasa | Tame (LAU) |
| Fijian | Loi | Play (Vanua Levu) Problematic |
| Fijian | Moko-t | Bind, tie (NW Viti Levu) |
| Fijian | Muna | Say (S.E. Vanua Levu) |
| Fijian | Baku | Uncircumcised (S.E.Vanua Levu) |
| Fijian | Paatuki | (Cirrhites sp.) (Ono-i-lau) |
| Fijian | Piki | (Arm) crooked (EFJ) Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Fijian | Pone | Surgeonfish (Fjl) |
| Fijian | Boto | Only (WFJ) |
| Fijian | Bui-ca | Smell (SE Viti Levu) |
| Fijian | Buku | Female genitals (Cent. Vanua Levu) |
| Fijian | Salala | (Rastrellinger kanagurta) |
| Fijian | Taea | (Lutjanus gibbus) (Vanua Levu) |
| Fijian | Dagava | A fish (Cheilinus undulatus) |
| Fijian | Takubu | Pacific Harrier (Circus approximans) (Lomaivitilevu) |
| Fijian | Saa | Spear (WFJ) |
| Fijian | Capacapa | Edible sea-creature like small lobster (Vanua Levu) |
| Fijian | Daabea | A large and dangerous sea-eel (Muraena sp.) . Kind of fish (Gymnothorax javanicus) |
| Fijian | Uto/uto | Aprion virescens |
| Fijian | Utupotu | (House) longitudinal beam, one from each end of house to nearest cross-beam (Lau dialect) . (Geraghty 1983:417) Problematic |
| Fijian | Sove | Barnacle |
| Fijian | Gogo | Anous spp. (Lau, Taveuni dialects) |
| Rennellese | ʔAgaba | Large shark sp., probably black-tip or mullet shark . (C.Melanopterus) |
| Tongan | ʔOtule | Horse mackerel (Trachurus), (Selar crumenophthalmus) (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Faka/pa/pani | Act as forager, destroy produce |
