CEFR Level
A2
Fijian — Elementary Vocabulary
82 words
Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Yacana | ||
| 2 | ate | Yacana | An elder sister. | |
| 3 | au | Sosomi yaca | The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
| 4 | aua | Yacana | ||
| 5 | ba | Yacana | a special fence or enclosure made from reeds to catch fish trapped during tides. | |
| 6 | bia | Yacana | ||
| 7 | bo | Yacana | ||
| 8 | bue | Cakacaka | To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling). | |
| 9 | c | Yacana | /ð/ | |
| 10 | ca | Yacana, Vakatakilakila | bad, evil, base, vile. | |
| 11 | cei | Sosomi yaca | ||
| 12 | co | Yacana | ||
| 13 | d | Yacana | /ⁿd/ | |
| 14 | dā | Yacana | Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces. | |
| 15 | dio | Yacana | oyster (mollusk). | |
| 16 | dra | Yacana, Cakacaka | sap (of plant). | |
| 17 | dua | Vakatakilakila | /ⁿdu.a/ | Equivalent to 'one': Honorific alternative letter-case form of one, sometimes used when referring to God or another impo… |
| 18 | emu | Yacana | ||
| 19 | ga | Yacana, Vakatautau, iSemati | /ŋaː/ | |
| 20 | gu | Yacana | Initialism of general user. | |
| 21 | ia | iSemati | Equivalent to 'yes': An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. | |
| 22 | ibe | Yacana | ||
| 23 | ika | Yacana | A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills. | |
| 24 | iko | Sosomi yaca | The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.). | |
| 25 | io | Vakatautau | Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement. | |
| 26 | iqi | Yacana | ||
| 27 | ira | Sosomi yaca | A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. | |
| 28 | iri | Yacana, Cakacaka | fan (device). | |
| 29 | ivi | Yacana | A tree of species Inocarpus fagifer (sea grape, Polynesian chestnut), with edible nuts. | |
| 30 | kai | Yacana | plural of person: a body of persons considered generally or collectively; a group of two or more persons. | |
| 31 | kau | Yacana | Equivalent to 'tree': A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance f… | |
| 32 | kei | iSemati | ||
| 33 | ki | iLiuliu | to, for, towards (used for common nouns and names of places). | |
| 34 | kui | Cakacaka | To move as a fluid from one position to another. | |
| 35 | lau | Yacana | ||
| 36 | lua | Cakacaka | ||
| 37 | mai | Cakacaka, iLiuliu | to come (to move from further away to nearer to). | |
| 38 | Me | Yacana | ||
| 39 | mou | Yacana | Several related trees, notably the Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni) and Chinese cinnamon or cassia (Cinnamomum… | |
| 40 | mua | Yacana, Cakacaka | to head to somewhere. | |
| 41 | niu | Yacana | coconut (fruit of coco palm). | |
| 42 | ō | Yacana | ||
| 43 | ono | Vakatakilakila | A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••). | |
| 44 | ose | Yacana | Equivalent to 'horse': A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one var… | |
| 45 | oti | Cakacaka | to finish. | |
| 46 | ou | Yacana | A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air. | |
| 47 | qa | Yacana | The hard external covering of various plant seed forms. | |
| 48 | qio | Yacana | /ˈᵑɡi.o/ | |
| 49 | ra | Vakatautau | From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. | |
| 50 | rai | Yacana, Cakacaka | ||
| 51 | rau | Sosomi yaca | A single person, previously mentioned, whose gender is unknown, irrelevant, or (since 20th c.) non-binary. | |
| 52 | rua | Vakatakilakila | Equivalent to 'two': The station code of Tai Wo in Hong Kong. | |
| 53 | se | Yacana, iSemati | whether, or. | |
| 54 | seu | Cakacaka | to paw, to dig the ground. | |
| 55 | sua | Cakacaka | To push out or extend rapidly or powerfully. | |
| 56 | sui | Yacana | ||
| 57 | tā | Cakacaka | to chop (with knife or axe). | |
| 58 | tai | Yacana | sea-shore. | |
| 59 | ti | Yacana | ||
| 60 | toa | Yacana | ||
| 61 | tu | Cakacaka | /tu/ | to be (only in situations regarding posture or position). |
| 62 | tui | Yacana | Equivalent to 'king': An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone w… | |
| 63 | ua | Yacana | /ˈu.a/ | vein (blood vessel). |
| 64 | uca | Yacana | Condensed water falling from a cloud. | |
| 65 | ucu | Yacana | nose (organ of the face). | |
| 66 | ulo | Yacana | ||
| 67 | ulu | Yacana | head (part of the body). | |
| 68 | uma | Yacana | trunk (of a tree). | |
| 69 | ura | Yacana | shrimp (decapod crustacean). | |
| 70 | uto | Yacana | Equivalent to 'Breadfruit': An evergreen tree, Artocarpus altilis, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and wester… | |
| 71 | uvi | Yacana | /ˈuβi/ | Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated. |
| 72 | va | Vakatakilakila | A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••). | |
| 73 | vai | Yacana | ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail). | |
| 74 | via | Yacana | ||
| 75 | vinaka | Vakacurumi | /βi.na.ka/ | An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. |
| 76 | vou | Vakatakilakila | new (recently made or created). | |
| 77 | vu | Yacana, Cakacaka | root (tuberous). | |
| 78 | vua | Yacana, Cakacaka | fruit (part of plant). | |
| 79 | vue | Yacana | ||
| 80 | wai | Yacana | water (clear liquid H₂O). | |
| 81 | we | Yacana | ||
| 82 | wi | Yacana | ambarella, Spondias dulcis. |