Entries from Capell 1973 in Pollex-Online
Capell, A. (1973). A new Fijian dictionary. Suva, Government Printer.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Fijian | Kawakasaa | A bird of the passerine order, with a long tail |
| 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 |
| Fijian | K/equ/ | First person singular possessive adjective (edibles), my |
| 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 |
| Fijian | Meke | A native dance; to perform a dance |
| Fijian | Solo | Rub body after bathing |
| Fijian | Lu/lulu | Shake hands |
| Fijian | Uti | Penis |
| Fijian | Tei | Pre-verbal particle indicating continuance of action, or priority of action Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Fijian | Loa | Soot used as black paint for the face |
| Fijian | Maasima | Salt obtained by evaporation from sea-water... |
| Fijian | Vesa | An ornament of leaves around the legs or arms |
| Fijian | Niu madu | Dry, mature coconut |
| Fijian | Bena-a | Daub, dress hair with oil or ashes |
| Fijian | Soka (better coka) | Smaller transversal beams of a house |
| Fijian | Iri | Fan (v) |
| Fijian | Lewe- | Flesh or inner part of a person or thing; inner bark of a tree Problematic |
| Fijian | Kaku | To seize, clutch with the hand Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Fijian | Bunu-ca | Enclose in a net; bring things to meet (as thatch) |
| Fijian | Tau-ca | To be plucked, of fruit and leaves; to pluck some fruits |
| Fijian | Dovu | Sugarcane |
| Fijian | Ugauga | Pitted or riddled, as worm-eaten wood; the worm that eats the wood |
| Fijian | Kinau(-taka) | To take things to a person to do, because one does not know how to do them oneself; to let trade, etc. Uncertain Semantic Connection |
| Fijian | Unu-ya | To enter deeply into a thing, as a spear; to drink in, absorb; to feel |
| Fijian | I talaki | An inferior messenger, sent on all sorts of errands, and eating in the kitchen |
| Fijian | Talanoa | To chat, to tell stories |
| Fijian | Ka/ukamea | Iron; made of iron |
| Fijian | Wali | To joke, flatter Phonologically Irregular |
| Fijian | Veata | Kind of beche de mer, (Tethys trioniana) |
| Fijian | Tama | Father; shout of respect to chief |
| Fijian | Katakata | Hot, burning, pungent, feverish, painful |
| Fijian | Boro-ya | Paint, daub, besmear |
| Fijian | I cibi | Fruit of the waa lai (Entada phaseoloides) |
| Fijian | Kaba-ta. kaba-a | Climb up, scale, capture (town) |
| Fijian | Luvaluva | Old sinnet or mats which have been used |
| Fijian | Luva-ta | To loosen, untie; undress, strip |
