Basic Vocabulary

	English	Rotuman	Wilkes Exp. Rpt.	Samoan	Fijian
2	Moon	hula	hula	mauli	vula
	Cloud	aoga	aoag	ao	ou
	Rain	usa		ua	uea
	Wind	lagi		ta'ai	cagi
	Night	pogi		po	bogi
3	Land	hanua	hanua	fanua	vanua
	Island	otmotu		motu	yanuyanu
	Coast	ufaga		matafaga	baravi
	Bay	fagpopotu		faga	toba
	Reef	sau		a'au	cakau
	Wave	peau		piau	biau
4	Eye	mafa	matho	mata	mata
	Nose	isu	isu	isu	ueu
	Ear	faliga	thaliga	taliga	daliga
	Mouth	nuja	nutsu	gutu	gusu
	Tongue	alele	alele	alelo	yame
	Chest	fatfata	fatfata	fatfata	sere
	Mammae	susu	sus	susu	sucuna
	Back	fomafua	thomathua	tua	daku
	Thigh	saga	saga		ogavae
5	Branch	ra		la	tabana
	Leaf	rau	rau, noho	lau	drau
	Bark	uli	oihapa	pa'u	kuli
	Green	yarava	foo	lau'ava	karakawa
6	Fowl	moa	moa	moa	toa
	Yam	uki		ufi	uvi
	Orange	mori		moli	moli
	Cocoanut	niu	niu	niu	niu
	Breadfruit	ulu	ulu	'ulu	uto
	Chestnut	ifi		ifi	ivi
	Papwe	esu		esi	ualeti
	Kava	kava		kava	yaqona
	Chew, to	mama		lamulamu	mama
	Kava-bowl	tanoa	tanoa	tanoa	tanoa
7	Bird	manumanu	manmanu	manu	manumanu
	Fish	ia	ia	ia	ika
	Owl	ruru		lulu	lulu
	Butterfly	pepe		pepe	bebe
	Fly	laga		lelei	laga
	Lobster	ula		ula	urou
	Mosquito	ramu	ramu	namu	namu
	Coral	laje		lapa	lase
8	Bailer	tata		tata	nimima
	Bail, to	anu		asu	nima
	Sail	lae		la	laea
9	Knife	sere	sere	pene	sele
	Beam	utupoto		utupoto	soko
	Needle	sui		sui	eula
	Spear	jao	tsao	tao	motu
11	Lock of hair of virginity	sope		taupe	taube
	Sleep	mose	mose	moe	moce
	Well	vai		vai'eli	mataniwai
	Path	sala		ala	sala
	Dance	maka	mak	sa'a	meki
	God	atua	atua	atua	kalou
	Spirit	outu	lao	aitu	kalou
	Beg, to	farate		fa'atoga	kerekere
	Yes	o,u	ka	ioe, i, 'oi	io
	No	igkei	inke, indi	e leai	segai

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