Fijian, Western
Facts
- Language: Fijian, Western
- Alternate names: Fiji, Nadrogaa
- Language code: wyy
- Language family: Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central Pacific linkage, West Fijian
- Number of speakers: 57000
- Script: Category
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Introduction
Fijian, Western is a language of Fiji. It is spoken in Western Viti Levu, Waya islands.
Dialects
Nuclear Western Fijian (Baaravi, Nadrogaa, Tubaniwai), Waya (Magodro, Nakoroboya, Noikoro).
The Fijian, Western Verb
Verblist
- bukutia, vesukia -- to tie up, fasten
- burakia -- to stab, pierce
- cakacaka -- to work
- cake -- to climb
- cegu -- to breathe
- cilo -- to hide
- cola -- to live, be alive
- culacula -- to sew
- daro -- to lie down
- dau -- to know, be knowledgeable
- digidigi -- to choose
- dolavia -- to open, uncover
- domicia -- to suck
- drivajia -- to steal
- drodro -- to flow
- garutia -- to sniff, smell
- kajia -- to bite
- kana -- to eat
- katasivi -- to spit
- keli -- to dig
- kwaya -- to say
- la ma -- to come
- liwa, uvia -- to blow
- lobakia -- to squeeze
- lua -- to vomit
- lutu -- to fall
- magia -- to chew
- mala -- to split
- mali -- to laugh
- masawa -- to yawn
- matakucia -- to fear
- mate -- to die, be dead
- mila -- to scratch
- moce -- to sleep
- musukia -- to cut, hack
- qau -- to swim
- qulu -- to hold
- ravujia -- to hit
- rogo -- to hear
- somu -- to drink
- tadra -- to dream
- tadra -- to sit
- tagi -- to cry
- tavunia -- to burn
- teitei -- to plant
- tevuli -- to turn
- tola -- to see
- tu -- to stand
- tubu -- to grow
- tuki -- to pound, beat
- vakasama -- to think
- vamate -- to kill
- vania -- to shoot
- varere -- to cook
- varoro -- to hunt
- viri -- to throw
- volia -- to buy
- vuka -- to fly
- vuka -- to swell
- wiliwili -- to count
- yato -- to walk