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FIJIAN – ENGLISH DICTIONARY R. GATTY buturaka v. to beat up (person). This may occur when men feel they or their families have been slighted. buturaki koya to beat him/her up. buturara n. floor (house or any building), deck of a ship, area for walking around. butusiri, butusirita v. to trip over something, in treading. 36
FIJIAN – ENGLISH DICTIONARY R. GATTY C The letter c is pronounced as a soft th, as in this, not hard as in thanks. In a few places the c may be pronounced as an s, as an ancient local form in Nalea and Nasava in the upper Wainimala territory of Viti Levu Island, at Wainimakutu at the headwaters of the Wainikoroiluva River, and Tavea Island in Bua Province. These local variations cause no difficulty in our common understanding. ca n. the letter “c”. ca levu capital “C”. ca lailai lower-case “c”. ca adj., n. bad, evil. See vakacaca. ca v. to gather, as in ca buka, cava buka to gather firewood. See canu, canuma. ca, cata v. to dislike, have no liking for, to hate. catacata ni mate (Lau) hate to die. cabacaba adj. unkempt, disheveled, ill-behaved. caba, cabana v. to join (of people). cabana na kalavo join the club. cabana na laga sere to join in the singing, joining the singer who leads off. laga, lagata na sere to lead off the song. icaba n. colleague(s), chum(s), campanion(s), gang, group of people with a common interest or of the same age. cabacaba n. a flat type of edible crayfish, slipper crayfish, Paribacus sp. Syn. vavaba. Idiom (Lau): cabacaba n. person who sticks his nose into other people’s affairs. cabe, cabeta, cabe-taka 1. v. to go up, climb up (slope but not steps, ladder or tree). cabeta na baba climb up the hill. cabetaka na isele go up with the knife. Sa cabe na balolo mai Sese. The balolo (edible sea annelid) rose at (the village of) Sese. 2. v. to emerge from the water, after swimming or collecting shellfish. 3. v. to land or come ashore from a boat. icabecabe n. ascent, steep path, rising (of the sun, for example), landing (ashore, usually). vakacabecabe adj. step-relative, as in na tinaqu vakacabecabe my stepmother. na tamamu vakacabecabe your stepfather. cabo, cabora (or) vakacabo, vakacabora v. to offer formally, as in presenting yaqona at ceremonies such as isevusevu (greeting), soro (surrender), or bulubulu (asking forgiveness). The same word is used for presenting a whale-tooth. Also vakacabora na masu offer the prayer. cabola adj. broken or cracked open, as of dropped egg, husked coconut, green jak-fruit, ripe melon, unripe pineapple, or of husked coconut cracked from overheating, exposure to sun. Syn. (Vanua Levu) (k)abola. cabolo v. to make a sudden loud noise. Sa cabolo na kaila. The shouting burst forth. Sa cabolo na dakai. The rifle-shot rang out. Sa cabolo na katuba. The door slammed shut. na caca-bolobolo ni gasau ni dakai. the crackling of gunfire. na cacabolobolo ni dakai ni vanua the continued roaring of artillery. cabolo ni saga (Vulgar idiom) to fart loudly. saga thigh. cabota v. to break or burst, of string, rope, or sail of sailboat. cabura v. covered with discharge, as of a sore. See bura. vakacaca, vakacacana 1. v. to damage (it), to harm. vakacacani destroyed, severely damaged. Idiom: vakacacana na gone yalewa to take the girl’s virginity. vakacacana v. to spread damaging rumours. vakacaca 2. n. damage. Rabailevu na vakacaca ni cagilaba. Damage from the hurricane is widespread. caca, cacavaka v. to exaggerate, overuse superlatives, exclamations. icaca (ni kuro) n. potsherd, broken pieces of pottery. icaca ni veleti broken pieces of plate. Potsherds are the main archeological artefacts found in Fiji from the immigrant Lapita people as early as 3,000 years ago. These were Proto-Polynesians who were sea-going sailors. Most moved off to the east.for reasons unknown. vakacaca “and then some”, plus a few, as in the expression e tini vakacaca ten and then some, a little more than ten. vakacacalevu n. great destruction (war, hurricane), holocaust. dauvakacaca n. vandal, hoodlum, terrorist. caca v. to catch fire and then spread quickly, of fire, but also by extension, rumours or news. Idiom: Rogo i Viwa, qai caca vakabuka. Heard at Viwa, then the story will be spread like wildfire. (Viwa was thought to be a centre of gossip.) cacali v. to talk about, or sing about, to comment about. As a noun, may modernly refer to “literature” in academic curricula. In either old or modern usage this is a word not commonly known. vakacacali n., v. things to be talked about, to keep in mind, worth knowing and remembering. As a modernism, Fiji’s Education Department now uses the word cacali for “literature” in the academic curriculum. It is based on the notion of selecting out things, as one picks out the lice from a child’s head. See vakacakulei. 37
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