CEFR Level
B1
Fijian — Intermediate Vocabulary
257 words
Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters.
| # | Word | Type | IPA | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | alewa | Noun, Adjective | a female (also, yalewa). | |
| 2 | baca | Noun | bait (both of literal fishing sense & metaphorical i.e. enticement). | |
| 3 | bafalo | Noun | Equivalent to 'Buffalo': An animal from the subtribe Bubalina, also known as true buffalos, such as the Cape buffalo, Sy… | |
| 4 | baravi | Noun | coast, shore, seaside. | |
| 5 | basi | Noun | ||
| 6 | bati | Noun | Equivalent to 'tooth': A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for… | |
| 7 | bebe | Noun | Equivalent to 'butterfly': A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity… | |
| 8 | beka | Noun | bat (flying mammal), flying fox. | |
| 9 | bese | Verb | to dislike. | |
| 10 | bitu | Noun | Equivalent to 'bamboo': A fast-growing grass of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, s… | |
| 11 | bogi | Noun | ||
| 12 | bola | Verb | to split with axe or heavy knife. | |
| 13 | borete | Noun | ||
| 14 | boro | Noun | Generic term for any Solanum plant. | |
| 15 | bose | Noun | meeting, encounter. | |
| 16 | boto | Noun | ||
| 17 | buka | Noun | ||
| 18 | buke | Noun | mound on which yam is planted. | |
| 19 | bula | Noun, Verb, Interjection | /ᵐbu.la/ | existence. |
| 20 | buli | Noun | cowrie shell. | |
| 21 | bune | Noun | fruit dove. | |
| 22 | caca | Noun | shrubby fern. | |
| 23 | caga | Noun | a measurement based on the hand, a span. | |
| 24 | cagi | Noun | /ðaŋi/ | Equivalent to 'wind': Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air p… |
| 25 | caka | Noun, Verb | to work, to labor. | |
| 26 | cake | Adverb | ||
| 27 | cala | Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb | /ðala/ | transgression (caka vala). |
| 28 | cata | Verb | to hate, loathe, detest. | |
| 29 | caudre | Noun | ||
| 30 | cava | Pronoun | ||
| 31 | ceva | Noun | south (wind). | |
| 32 | cibi | Noun | /ˈðimbi / | cibi (a traditional Fijian war dance, still used in sport). |
| 33 | cila | Verb, Adjective | brilliant. | |
| 34 | cina | Noun | /ˈðina/ | |
| 35 | ciwa | Adjective | Equivalent to 'nine': To the highest degree: dressed to the nines. | |
| 36 | cola | Verb | /ˈðola/ | carry (on the shoulders). |
| 37 | daku | Noun | back (of anything). | |
| 38 | dali | Noun | rope (thick, strong string). | |
| 39 | dalice | Noun | Equivalent to 'Indian almond': A tropical tree grown for its edible fruit, almondlike nuts, and as an ornamental shade t… | |
| 40 | daliga | Noun | jelly fungus, Jew's-ear. | |
| 41 | dalo | Noun | Equivalent to 'taro': Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato. | |
| 42 | damu | Adjective | ||
| 43 | digo | Verb | to inspect. | |
| 44 | dina | Noun, Verb, Adjective | effective, effectual, efficient, efficacious. | |
| 45 | dogo | Noun | mangrove (tree or shrub). | |
| 46 | doko | Noun | pole for propelling canoe. | |
| 47 | dolo | Verb | to creep, to crawl (used to refer to creatures without legs). | |
| 48 | dovu | Noun | sugar cane (species of grass whose sap is a source of sugar). | |
| 49 | draki | Noun | Equivalent to 'weather': The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature… | |
| 50 | drau | Noun, Adjective | leaf (part of a plant). | |
| 51 | drekoni | Noun | ||
| 52 | duna | Noun | ||
| 53 | duru | Noun | Equivalent to 'knee': In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh an… | |
| 54 | duva | Noun, Verb | coastal plants used to poison fish, especially Tephrosia sp., Pittosporum spp. and Derris trifoliata. | |
| 55 | duvana | Noun | ||
| 56 | duvani | Noun | ||
| 57 | elefani | Noun | Equivalent to 'elephant': A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native… | |
| 58 | eula | Noun | ||
| 59 | fika | Noun | mathematics. | |
| 60 | fokisi | Noun | ||
| 61 | gata | Noun | Equivalent to 'snake': The sixth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chine… | |
| 62 | gone | Noun | ||
| 63 | gusu | Noun | Equivalent to 'mouth': The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested. | |
| 64 | irara | Noun | ||
| 65 | kabu | Noun | fog (cloud that forms at a low altitude and obscures vision). | |
| 66 | kadrala | Noun | ||
| 67 | kaiviti | Noun | Aboriginal Fijian, indigenous Fijian. | |
| 68 | kalavo | Noun | Equivalent to 'rat': Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snou… | |
| 69 | kameli | Noun | ||
| 70 | kana | Noun, Verb | to eat (consume). | |
| 71 | kani | Verb | to eat (consume). | |
| 72 | kaqaru | Noun | /kaŋ.ɡa.ˈɹuː/ | |
| 73 | kareti | Noun | /kɐˈre.ti/ | Equivalent to 'Carrot': A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota… |
| 74 | kari | Verb | Equivalent to 'Scrape': A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch). | |
| 75 | kaveti | Noun | ||
| 76 | kavika | Noun | Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense. | |
| 77 | kaya | Verb | to answer, to respond. | |
| 78 | keda | Pronoun | ||
| 79 | keke | Noun | Equivalent to 'cake': A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and oft… | |
| 80 | keli | Verb | obsolete spelling of keri (“to dig”). | |
| 81 | keri | Verb | to dig (to move hard-packed earth out of the way). | |
| 82 | kibo | Verb | to disappear, to vanish. | |
| 83 | kila | Verb, Adjective | wild animal. | |
| 84 | kina | Adverb | /ki.na/ | therefore (at the end of a statement or sentence, preceded by o koya o qo). |
| 85 | kino | Verb | to disappear, to vanish (underground) (used for spirits). | |
| 86 | kira | Adverb | downward, downwards. | |
| 87 | koala | Noun | ||
| 88 | koda | Verb | to eat raw. | |
| 89 | koli | Noun | ||
| 90 | koro | Noun | village (use koro lailai to specify that it's smaller in size than a town). | |
| 91 | koya | Pronoun | ||
| 92 | kuita | Noun | Equivalent to 'Octopus': Any of several marine molluscs of the order Octopoda, having no internal or external protective… | |
| 93 | kuku | Noun | nail (on fingers and toes). | |
| 94 | kuli | Noun | skin (outer covering of the body of a person). | |
| 95 | kumi | Noun | Equivalent to 'beard': Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck. | |
| 96 | kura | Noun | ||
| 97 | kuro | Noun | Equivalent to 'pot': A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volu… | |
| 98 | kuru | Noun | thunder (sound caused by a lightning). | |
| 99 | kutu | Noun | Equivalent to 'Flea': A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habit… | |
| 100 | laca | Noun | Equivalent to 'sail': A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat a… | |
| 101 | lagi | Noun | sky (atmosphere above a point). | |
| 102 | lago | Noun | ||
| 103 | laione | Noun | ||
| 104 | lasa | Adjective | ||
| 105 | lawa | Noun, Verb | /ˈlaɰa/ | net, fishing net. |
| 106 | lemon | Noun | lemon (fruit). | |
| 107 | leopate | Noun | ||
| 108 | levu | Adjective | /ˈleβu/ | Equivalent to 'big': A biological insulation garment; an air-tight, full-body suit intended to prevent the spread of con… |
| 109 | lewa | Noun | /leɰa/ | authority. |
| 110 | lewe | Noun | ||
| 111 | leweti | Noun | ||
| 112 | liga | Noun | ||
| 113 | lima | Adjective | ||
| 114 | lise | Noun | Equivalent to 'Nit': A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style. | |
| 115 | lolo | Noun | coconut cream, coconut milk. | |
| 116 | loloa | Adjective | ||
| 117 | loma | Noun | inside (of a thing). | |
| 118 | lotu | Noun | ||
| 119 | lulu | Noun | Equivalent to 'Owl': Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are… | |
| 120 | lumi | Noun | moss (plants of the division Bryophyta). | |
| 121 | macou | Noun | any plant from the Cinnamomum genus. | |
| 122 | macovu | Noun | Equivalent to 'cinnamon': A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum… | |
| 123 | madra | Verb | to wear out, to decay. | |
| 124 | madrai | Noun | fermented meal made from any starch such as plantains, tubers or fruit kernels stored in leaf-lined pits. | |
| 125 | maiu | Noun | Equivalent to 'cinnamon': A small evergreen tree native to Sri Lanka and southern India, Cinnamomum verum or Cinnamomum… | |
| 126 | malolo | Verb | to skim a stone, to skip a rock. | |
| 127 | mama | Noun | ring (for one's finger). | |
| 128 | mana | Noun, Adverb | miracle, wonder (use cakamana to specify this meaning). | |
| 129 | manu | Noun | bird (animal). | |
| 130 | maoli | Noun | Equivalent to 'papaya': A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit. | |
| 131 | maqe | Noun | ||
| 132 | mara | Noun | resting place of a deceased chief. | |
| 133 | marama | Noun | housewife (marama ni vale, to specify connotation). | |
| 134 | mata | Noun | face (part of the body). | |
| 135 | mate | Noun, Adjective | dead (no longer alive). | |
| 136 | milioni | Adjective | ||
| 137 | miniti | Noun | Equivalent to 'minute': A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). | |
| 138 | moce | Verb, Interjection | good night, farewell or goodbye. | |
| 139 | moko | Noun | gecko, lizard. | |
| 140 | moli | Noun | Generic term for any citrus fruit. | |
| 141 | motoka | Noun | ||
| 142 | mudu | Adjective | shortened. | |
| 143 | muri | Preposition | ||
| 144 | namu | Noun | mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood). | |
| 145 | nana | Noun | /ˈnana/ | pus (fluid found in regions of infection). |
| 146 | nawa | Verb, Adjective | afloat, adrift (more specifically, sa nawa). | |
| 147 | nuku | Noun | ||
| 148 | otela | Noun | Equivalent to 'hotel': A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France. | |
| 149 | pomelo | Noun | The large fruit of the Citrus maxima (syn. C. grandis), native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, with a thick green or y… | |
| 150 | pusi | Noun | ||
| 151 | qasi | Noun, Verb | ||
| 152 | qauri | Noun, Adjective | /ŋɡɔu̯ˈriː/ | gay, homosexual. |
| 153 | qele | Noun | Equivalent to 'earth': land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water). | |
| 154 | qona | Noun, Adjective | Equivalent to 'bitter': A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (bina… | |
| 155 | rama | Noun | A name of the goddess Lakshmi. | |
| 156 | rara | Verb | to warm up something by fire. | |
| 157 | raraga | Noun | ||
| 158 | rarama | Noun, Verb | to be lit up. | |
| 159 | rarawa | Noun | unhappiness. | |
| 160 | ratu | Noun | a monarch or honorific title used by Fijians of chiefly rank for males. | |
| 161 | rogo | Verb | to listen (to pay attention to a sound). | |
| 162 | rogoca | Verb | ||
| 163 | roka | Noun | ||
| 164 | ruve | Noun | Equivalent to 'dove': A pigeon, especially one smaller in size and white-colored; a bird (often arbitrarily called eithe… | |
| 165 | saga | Noun | ||
| 166 | sala | Noun | path (a trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians). | |
| 167 | sali | Verb | Equivalent to 'flow': Movement in people or things characterized with a continuous motion, involving either a non solid… | |
| 168 | sara | Adverb | very, exceedingly (after adjectives). | |
| 169 | savu | Noun | Equivalent to 'Waterfall': A stylistic art trend for furniture which was popular in the 1930s and 1940s, featuring woode… | |
| 170 | sele | Noun, Verb | cut (with a knife). | |
| 171 | senikau | Noun | ||
| 172 | sese | Adjective | astray, wandering (often referring to a person's mind). | |
| 173 | siga | Noun | sun (use mata ni siga [lit. "day's face"] to specify meaning). | |
| 174 | sila | Noun | Equivalent to 'Job's tears': A tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the species Coix lacryma-jobi (family Poac… | |
| 175 | sili | Verb | To bathe. | |
| 176 | sinu | Noun | unscented coconut oil leftover after boiling. | |
| 177 | sipi | Noun | ||
| 178 | siti | Noun | ||
| 179 | soki | Noun | mantrap, trap. | |
| 180 | soko | Noun, Verb | voyage (sailing). | |
| 181 | soma | Adverb | often, frequently. | |
| 182 | soro | Noun | atonement offering (something sacrificed for atonement to occur). | |
| 183 | sosa | Adjective | impatient. | |
| 184 | sovu | Noun | ||
| 185 | sucu | Noun | ||
| 186 | suka | Noun | Equivalent to 'sugar': Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten… | |
| 187 | tabu | Adjective | Equivalent to 'Taboo': An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion. | |
| 188 | taci | Noun | sibling (younger person who shares same parents). | |
| 189 | taga | Noun | ||
| 190 | tagi | Noun, Verb | to cry, to weep, to lament. | |
| 191 | tagica | Verb | Equivalent to 'weep': A lapwing; wipe, especially, a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus). | |
| 192 | taika | Noun | ||
| 193 | tama | Noun | Equivalent to 'father': A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, f… | |
| 194 | tanoa | Noun | large bowl for drinking kava. | |
| 195 | tara | Verb | to follow, to succeed, to come after. | |
| 196 | tavaya | Noun | ||
| 197 | tavola | Noun | Indian almond or tropical almond, Terminalia catappa. | |
| 198 | tavuto | Noun | Equivalent to 'whale': Any one of numerous large marine mammals comprising an informal group within infraorder Cetacea t… | |
| 199 | tawa | Verb, Adjective, Adverb | /ta.ɰa/ | un-, a-, dis-, il-, im-, in-, non- (functions similar to a negative English prefix). |
| 200 | timo | Noun | muskmelon, Cucumis melo syn. Cucumis acidus. | |
| 201 | tina | Noun | ||
| 202 | tini | Adjective | Equivalent to 'ten': Initialism of toxic epidermal necrolysis. | |
| 203 | tivi | Noun | Indian almond or tropical almond (Terminalia catappa). | |
| 204 | tokalau | Noun | ||
| 205 | toki | Noun, Verb | removal of or the act of removing one's goods from one's home. | |
| 206 | tolu | Adjective | Equivalent to 'three': A group of three individuals:threesome, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triple, triumvirate, triune… | |
| 207 | totoka | Adjective | beautiful. | |
| 208 | tubu | Verb | to grow (to become bigger). | |
| 209 | tuitui | Noun | candlenut tree and fruit, Aleurites moluccana. | |
| 210 | vacu | Noun | ||
| 211 | vadra | Noun | screw pine; pandan. | |
| 212 | vala | Noun | An object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code. | |
| 213 | valata | Noun | ||
| 214 | vale | Noun | ||
| 215 | valu | Noun, Verb | to make war, to be at war. | |
| 216 | vana | Verb | ||
| 217 | vanua | Noun | /βa.nu.a/ | Equivalent to 'land': land, ground (the part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water). |
| 218 | vara | Noun | coconut heart or coconut apple, i.e. spongy cotyledon from a sprouting coconut. | |
| 219 | varada | Noun | ||
| 220 | vata | Noun | shelf, loft, platform. | |
| 221 | vatu | Noun | stone (small piece of rock). | |
| 222 | vava | Noun, Verb | to carry (on the back). | |
| 223 | vico | Noun | Equivalent to 'navel': The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of placental mammals where the umbilical cord wa… | |
| 224 | vili | Verb | to pick, to gather. | |
| 225 | vinivo | Noun | dress (article of clothing traditionally worn by women). | |
| 226 | vitu | Adjective | Equivalent to 'seven': A river in North Yorkshire, England that flows through Rosedale to join the Rye. | |
| 227 | voce | Noun | Equivalent to 'Oar': A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, an… | |
| 228 | vokai | Noun | iguanids i.e. of the iguana family esp. the Brachylophus genus. | |
| 229 | vola | Noun | letter (of an alphabet). | |
| 230 | voli | Verb | to buy (to obtain for money). | |
| 231 | volia | Verb | to redeem, to ransom. | |
| 232 | vonu | Noun | sea turtle (any turtle that inhabits oceans). | |
| 233 | vosa | Noun, Verb | Equivalent to 'language': A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a comm… | |
| 234 | vuaka | Noun | bacon (more properly, vuaka sa vakamasimataki). | |
| 235 | vudi | Noun | /ˈvu.ⁿdi/ | plantain, banana. |
| 236 | vula | Noun, Adjective | moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet). | |
| 237 | vulagi | Noun | ||
| 238 | vuna | Noun | ||
| 239 | vuni | Adjective | hidden, secret, private. | |
| 240 | vuso | Noun | ||
| 241 | vutu | Noun | the Barringtonia' tree. | |
| 242 | waka | Noun | ||
| 243 | walu | Adjective | Equivalent to 'eight': Alternative spelling of ait (island in a river). | |
| 244 | wasa | Noun | Equivalent to 'ocean': One of the large bodies of water separating the continents. | |
| 245 | wasoma | Noun, Adverb | often, frequently. | |
| 246 | wati | Noun | husband, bridegroom, groom (wati tagane, to specify of the male sex). | |
| 247 | wawa | Noun | gut, bowels, entrails. | |
| 248 | wele | Noun, Adjective | indifference. | |
| 249 | weleti | Noun | Equivalent to 'papaya': A tropical American evergreen tree, Carica papaya, having large, yellow, edible fruit. | |
| 250 | were | Noun, Verb | to garden, to weed (wereca specifically). | |
| 251 | yaca | Verb | ||
| 252 | yaco | Noun | ||
| 253 | yadre | Noun | forehead (part of face above eyebrows). | |
| 254 | yaqa | Verb | to creep, to crawl (used especially for insects and bugs). | |
| 255 | yaqona | Noun | /jaˈᵑɡona/ | Equivalent to 'Kava': A plant from the South Pacific, Piper methysticum. |
| 256 | yate | Noun | liver (organ of the body). | |
| 257 | yava | Noun |