Entries from Pawley & Sayaba 2003 in Pollex-Online
Pawley, A. and T. Sayaba (2003). Words of Waya: A dictionary of the Wayan dialect of the Western Fijian language. Canberra, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Waya | Vokai | Crested iguana, Brachylophus vitiensis |
| Waya | Moko | Animal taxon: Small lizards (skinks and geckos) |
| Waya | Gogo/sawa | Noddies, Anous spp. (Viwa) |
| Waya | Tua | Ridge of a hill |
| Waya | Wale | Merely, without reason |
| Waya | Tugu | Residual pools of water in a dry creek or on a reef flat at low tide; hole cut in a tree to catch water for drinking |
| Waya | Salato | (Dendrocnide harveyi) |
| Waya | Kulukulu | Tree sp. (Dillenia biflora) |
| Waya | Mako | Tree taxon, Unknown, poss. Trichospermum richii |
| Waya | Waa | Generic for scrambling and climbing plants; creeper, vine; cord, rope, string, line |
| Waya | Waa(waa) | Intestines, innards, guts |
| Waya | Bitu | Bamboo spp. (Schizostachym glaucifolium) and (Bambusa vulgaris) |
| Waya | Leqileqi | Puzzlenut (Xylocarpus granatum) |
| Waya | Saamoa | Hard sheath or calyx enclosing flower of coconut (used as torch); coconut flower before sheath bursts |
| Waya | Dilo | (Calophyllum inophyllum) |
| Waya | Rewa | (Cerbera manghas) |
| Waya | Maakosoi | (Cananga odorata) |
| Waya | Doi | (Alphitonia zizyphoides) and (A.franguloides) |
| Waya | Ika | Fish and certain fish-like creatures... |
| Waya | Lima | Five |
| Waya | Lima | Hand, arm; front leg of a quadruped, flipper of a turtle, seal, etc. |
| Waya | Ono | Six |
| Waya | Ulu | Head or top part of an animal or thing; hair of the head... |
| Waya | W/aka | Root or roots of a plant |
| Waya | V/avi | Be cooked in an earth oven; bake, be baked |
| Waya | Ei | Interjection; indicates surprise: Oh! Hey! |
| Waya | Gado | Stammer, stutter; speak with a glottal sound... Problematic |
| Waya | Kovi | Be covered, wrapped, etc. Problematic |
| Waya | -(y)a | 3rd person singular possessive suffix |
| Waya | -a | Non-productive suffix indicating abundance of a thing... |
| Waya | (Y)a(y)awa | Tree spp., Ficus pritchardii and F.tinctoria |
| Waya | (Y)abia | Arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides); starch... |
| Waya | (Y)aca | Be held in one hand and drawn sharply across a surface: be filed, ground, grated, sharpened... |
| Waya | (Y)adra | Wake up; awake; good morning! |
| Waya | (Y)aga | Useful, valuable... |
| Waya | (Y)agi(y)agi | Wind, breeze; blow (obs.) |
| Waya | (Y)ago | Body of person; hull of boat; appearance, shape |
| Waya | (Y)ago(y)ago | Yellow |
| Waya | (Y)aka | Creeper: Pueraria lobata... |
| Waya | -(y)aki | Verbal suffix... |
| Waya | (Y)aki | Beat, thrash |
| Waya | (Y)aku | Take something in the fingers, as in eating fish or chicken...; take without asking |
| Waya | (Y)alive | Millipede sp. |
| Waya | (Y)aa/niinii | Tremble, as with cold, fear or excitement |
| Waya | (Y)anitu | Spirit, ghost, supernatural being |
| Waya | Aa/qetu | Ransack, rummage through things |
| Waya | (Y)a/qona | Shrub, Piper methysticum; kava, a drink made from it... |
| Waya | (Y)ari | Clean by scraping or rubbing... |
| Waya | (Y)asa | Go, esp. go unnoticed, sneak away |
| Waya | (Y)aasaa | Roam, not stay at home, wander about, travel around |
