Rotuman — top 625 words
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| # | Rotuman | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noa'ia | hello; greetings; thank you |
| 2 | Noa'ia 'e mạuri | greetings (lit. 'thank you for being alive') |
| 3 | Noa'ia gagaj 'atakoa | greetings, everyone |
| 4 | Noa'ia 'e mạuri gagaj 'atakoa | greetings to you all |
| 5 | Ka 'äe tapen? | how are you? (to one person) |
| 6 | Ka 'ạuạr tapen? | how are you? (to two people) |
| 7 | Ka 'ạus tapen? | how are you? (to three or more) |
| 8 | Gou lelei fạiåkse'ea | I am fine, thank you |
| 9 | Fạiåkse'ea | thank you |
| 10 | Fạiåksia | thank you (alternative spelling) |
| 11 | Figalelei | please |
| 12 | Turo' | excuse me (passing in front of someone) |
| 13 | Hanis ma röt'åk | sorry (lit. 'please be forgiving') |
| 14 | Hanis ma se fek | sorry (lit. 'please do not be angry') |
| 15 | Se fek | I'm sorry (lit. 'don't be angry') |
| 16 | Se fua | bless you (said to someone who sneezes) |
| 17 | Hanisiof | love (sign-off at the end of a letter) |
| 18 | Noa'ia ma surum | please come in |
| 19 | Fạiåkse'ea 'e rē tēla'ā | thank you for the food (for preparing it) |
| 20 | Fạiåkse'ea 'e ös tēla'ā | thank you for the food (for serving it) |
| 21 | Noa'ia 'e hanisi | thank you for your kindness |
| 22 | Hö' ma ạlalum | goodbye (said to those who are leaving) |
| 23 | La' ma ạlalum | goodbye (said to those who are leaving) |
| 24 | Fu' ma ạlalum | goodbye (said to those who are staying) |
| 25 | Fu' 'ạmus ma ạlalum | goodbye, all of you who are staying |
| 26 | Gagaja noa'ia | thank God |
| 27 | 'Äe täla la'-au? | goodbye (said only to the one leaving) |
| 28 | 'Äe täla fu'u-ou | goodbye (said only to the one staying) |
| 29 | Noa'ia ma 'itar ôr se' | it has been good to talk with you |
| 30 | 'Itar la ôr hoi'åk | let's chat again |
| 31 | La' ma ne'ne' 'äe | go and be well |
| 32 | Mạrie'! | bravo! (shout of approval at a dance) |
| 33 | Hanuj! | 'Story!' - the storyteller's opening call |
| 34 | Mā! | 'Yes!' - the audience's reply to Hanuj! |
| 35 | lalum 'äe 'e terån te'is | may you be blessed this day (to one person) |
| 36 | lalum 'ạuạr 'e gasav te'is | may you two be blessed this week |
| 37 | lalum 'ạus 'e gasav pumuạ te'is | may you all be blessed this special week |
| 38 | Ka sei ta 'ou asa? | what is your name? |
| 39 | 'Otou asa le ___ | my name is ___ |
| 40 | Ka 'äe fạu his? | how old are you? |
| 41 | Gou fạu ___ | I am ___ years old |
| 42 | Ka 'äe noh 'e tei? | where do you live? |
| 43 | Gou noh 'e ___ | I live in ___ |
| 44 | Ka 'äe le' ne tei? | where are you from? |
| 45 | Gou le' ne ___ | I am a person from ___ |
| 46 | Ka 'äe fā ne tei? | where are you from? (asked of a man) |
| 47 | Ka 'äe hån ne tei? | where are you from? (asked of a woman) |
| 48 | Ka 'äe la' se tei? | where are you going? |
| 49 | Gou la' se ___ | I am going to ___ |
| 50 | Ka 'äe leum 'e tei? | where did you come from? |
| 51 | Gou leum 'e ___ | I came from ___ |
| 52 | Ka 'äe rak 'e tei? | where do you go to school? |
| 53 | Gou rak 'e ___ | I go to school at ___ |
| 54 | Ka 'äe garue 'e tei? | where do you work? |
| 55 | Gou garue 'e ___ | I work at ___ |
| 56 | Ka sei ta 'ou ö'rua? | who are your parents? |
| 57 | Ka sei ta 'ou ö'fā ta? | who is your father? |
| 58 | Ka sei ta 'ou ö'hön ta? | who is your mother? |
| 59 | Gou pā ___ | I want to ___ |
| 60 | 'Iom | drink! (imperative) |
| 61 | 'tē | eat! (imperative) |
| 62 | Mös | sleep! (imperative) |
| 63 | gou | I, me |
| 64 | 'äe | you (one person) |
| 65 | ia | he, she |
| 66 | 'itar | we two |
| 67 | 'ạuạr | you two |
| 68 | 'ạus | you (three or more) |
| 69 | iris | they, them |
| 70 | 'ạmis | us, we (exclusive), as in the Lord's Prayer |
| 71 | 'oto | my (Vamarasi spelling) |
| 72 | 'otou | my |
| 73 | 'ou | your (of one person) |
| 74 | 'on | his, her, its |
| 75 | 'otomis | our |
| 76 | 'os | our (inclusive), as in 'os fäega 'our language' |
| 77 | ta | the (article, at the end of the noun phrase) |
| 78 | het | a, an (indefinite article) |
| 79 | -t | a, an (indefinite article suffixed to the noun phrase) |
| 80 | se | to, towards (preposition) |
| 81 | 'e | at, in, from (preposition) |
| 82 | ne | of (preposition) |
| 83 | ka | and; but; (also a question marker) |
| 84 | ma | and |
| 85 | mane | and (variant) |
| 86 | la | will (future particle) |
| 87 | täla | will (future particle) |
| 88 | kat ... ra | not (the two-part negative) |
| 89 | kal ... ra | will not (future negative) |
| 90 | sei? | who? |
| 91 | tei? | where? |
| 92 | his? | how many? |
| 93 | 'i | here; yes |
| 94 | kikia | there |
| 95 | tē | thing, things |
| 96 | 'atakoa | all, everyone |
| 97 | tape'ma | also, too |
| 98 | hoi'åk | again |
| 99 | hoi'ạki | additional, again |
| 100 | ko | because |
| 101 | mumua | before, in front |
| 102 | muri | behind |
| 103 | rere | above, the space above |
| 104 | jio | the bottom; the pointed end of a coconut |
| 105 | fakapau | absolutely |
| 106 | 'itake | about, concerning |
| 107 | nōnō ma | after a while |
| 108 | 'igkå' | no |
| 109 | 'i, 'ī | yes |
| 110 | ō | zero |
| 111 | tā | one |
| 112 | rua / ruạ | two (long form / short form) |
| 113 | folu / fol | three (long / short) |
| 114 | häke / häk | four (long / short) |
| 115 | lima / liạm | five (long / short) |
| 116 | ono / on | six (long / short) |
| 117 | hifu / hif | seven (long / short) |
| 118 | vạlu / vạl | eight (long / short) |
| 119 | siva / siạv | nine (long / short) |
| 120 | saghulu / saghul | ten (long / short) |
| 121 | saghul ma tā | eleven |
| 122 | saghul ma ruạ | twelve |
| 123 | saghul ma fol | thirteen |
| 124 | saghul ma häk | fourteen |
| 125 | saghul ma liạm | fifteen |
| 126 | saghul ma on | sixteen |
| 127 | saghul ma hif | seventeen |
| 128 | saghul ma vạl | eighteen |
| 129 | saghul ma siạv | nineteen |
| 130 | ruạghulu / ruạghul | twenty |
| 131 | folaghul | thirty |
| 132 | häkaghul | forty |
| 133 | limaghul | fifty |
| 134 | onaghul | sixty |
| 135 | hifaghul | seventy |
| 136 | vạlạghul | eighty |
| 137 | sivaghul | ninety |
| 138 | folaghul ma häk | thirty-four |
| 139 | onaghul ma on | sixty-six |
| 140 | 'On tā | first |
| 141 | 'On rua | second |
| 142 | 'On folu | third |
| 143 | 'On häke | fourth |
| 144 | 'On lima | fifth |
| 145 | 'On saghulu | tenth |
| 146 | fika / fiak | figure, numeral (long / short) |
| 147 | rē fika / rē fiạk | mathematics |
| 148 | hata | to count, to reckon |
| 149 | fiak tauna'i | addition, an addition sum |
| 150 | 'eka | acre |
| 151 | fā | male; man; husband |
| 152 | hạni / hån | female; woman; wife |
| 153 | hạntei | dear (affectionate address to a woman) |
| 154 | o'i / ö' | parent |
| 155 | o'o'i / ö'ö' | parents |
| 156 | ö'rua | one's two parents |
| 157 | le'e / le' | child |
| 158 | lele'a | children |
| 159 | räi' | children (Vamarasi spelling) |
| 160 | ö'fā | father |
| 161 | o'honi / ö'hön | mother; mother's sister |
| 162 | sigoa | namesake |
| 163 | le' fā | son |
| 164 | le' hạni / le' hån | daughter |
| 165 | le' susu / le' sus | baby |
| 166 | le' mea'me'a | small child |
| 167 | ma'piga / ma'piạg | grandparent |
| 168 | ma'kiga / ma'kiạg | grandchild |
| 169 | ma'piạg fā | grandfather |
| 170 | ma'piạg hạni | grandmother |
| 171 | ma'kiạg fā | grandson |
| 172 | ma'kiạg hạni | granddaughter |
| 173 | sạsiga / sạsiạg | sibling; cousin |
| 174 | sạsiạg hạni | sister |
| 175 | sạsiạg fā | brother |
| 176 | såghạni / såghån | mother's sister |
| 177 | såghạina | mother's sisters (plural) |
| 178 | sagaväne / sagavän | father's brother |
| 179 | tinirạu / tinrạu | prince |
| 180 | sina / siạn | princess |
| 181 | kạinaga | clan, kin group |
| 182 | kạunohoga | family, household |
| 183 | haharạgi | adolescent, young person |
| 184 | mafua | adult age; a ceremonial spokesman, elder orator |
| 185 | 'inos | married |
| 186 | famör / fāmori | people, the people |
| 187 | rako / rak | education; to study, to learn |
| 188 | rī rako / rī rak | school |
| 189 | kilasa / kilas | class |
| 190 | fạu | year |
| 191 | rumu / rum | room |
| 192 | le' rē rako | teacher |
| 193 | fā rē rako | teacher (male) |
| 194 | hån rē rako | teacher (female) |
| 195 | le' rē rak puer | school principal |
| 196 | hat tē | reading |
| 197 | fạ'i / fȧ' | to write |
| 198 | få' tē | writing (as a school subject) |
| 199 | a'ne'ne' foro | physical education |
| 200 | mane'a / manea' | sport, game; to play |
| 201 | suạ maka / suạ mak | singing |
| 202 | jạu tē | playing a musical instrument |
| 203 | pån tē | art, painting |
| 204 | kạurakoga / kạurakoag | schoolmates |
| 205 | kạumane'aga / kạumane'ag | friends |
| 206 | fạiva / fạiạv | talent, skill |
| 207 | 'inea | knowledge; to know, to come to oneself |
| 208 | poto / pot | wisdom; clever, a clever plan |
| 209 | garue | work; to work |
| 210 | ut garueag ta | the workplace |
| 211 | tāku / tāk | doctor (Vamarasi spelling tãku / tãk) |
| 212 | kilaka | accountant |
| 213 | 'ofes | office |
| 214 | 'af | bag |
| 215 | hạihanisiga / hạihanisiạg | mutual compassion |
| 216 | hugag'esea | unity |
| 217 | hạigarueaga / hạigarueag | co-operation |
| 218 | hạifaktē'ạkiga | mutual respect |
| 219 | hạiåf'ạkiga | mutual care |
| 220 | huạg mäeav hanisi | kind, compassionate |
| 221 | huạg fe'eni | industrious, hard-working |
| 222 | huạg atmại | wise |
| 223 | huạg röt'åk tē | long-suffering, patient |
| 224 | huag to'a | courageous |
| 225 | huag ne'ne'i | courageous, strong-hearted |
| 226 | huag totoka | calm |
| 227 | huag mafua | adult-minded, mature |
| 228 | huag se mäeav | brave |
| 229 | mäeva | courage |
| 230 | moumou | courageous |
| 231 | ag raksa'a | bad character |
| 232 | oaf'ofa / oaf'oaf | happiness, joy |
| 233 | hanisi / hanis | love; to love |
| 234 | 'ofa / 'oaf | love |
| 235 | fea | fear |
| 236 | feke / fek | anger |
| 237 | fek'ạki | to be angry because of |
| 238 | kokono / kokon | worry, sadness |
| 239 | hanono / hanon | downcast |
| 240 | fürmaria / fürmariạ | peace, contentment |
| 241 | segu | afraid to come near |
| 242 | masrag'ạki | to be ashamed about |
| 243 | sosa'a | to feel abhorrence |
| 244 | ava / av | time |
| 245 | av roa | a long time |
| 246 | terån | day |
| 247 | terạnit | the day, this day |
| 248 | gasava / gasav | week |
| 249 | mạnrē | Monday |
| 250 | rån rua | Tuesday |
| 251 | rån folu / rån fol | Wednesday |
| 252 | rån häke / rån häk | Thursday |
| 253 | rån lima / rån liạm | Friday |
| 254 | terån a'ita / terån a'iạt | Saturday (Methodist usage) |
| 255 | rån ono / rån on | Saturday (Roman Catholic usage) |
| 256 | terån sapatō | Sunday (Methodist usage) |
| 257 | terån ha'a | Sunday (Roman Catholic usage) |
| 258 | sapatō | the Sabbath |
| 259 | huạl ne fạu ta | the months of the year |
| 260 | Janueri | January |
| 261 | Fepueri | February |
| 262 | Maja / Maji | March |
| 263 | 'Epereli | April |
| 264 | Mē | May |
| 265 | Julai | July |
| 266 | 'Okosita | August |
| 267 | Sepitempa | September |
| 268 | 'Okotopa | October |
| 269 | Novempa | November |
| 270 | Tisempa | December |
| 271 | asoa | afternoon |
| 272 | utasa | the earlier part of the afternoon |
| 273 | usu | to come early in the morning |
| 274 | roa | to continue for a long time |
| 275 | hanua / hanue | land, home island; abroad |
| 276 | 'otou hanue ta | my home |
| 277 | rī | house, building |
| 278 | rī rot ta | the church (the building) |
| 279 | rotu / rot | church; prayer; Christian worship |
| 280 | marä' ta | the park |
| 281 | marä' mane'ag ta | the playground |
| 282 | hune'ele / hune'el ta | beach, the beach |
| 283 | rī funuạg faraoa ta | the bakery |
| 284 | koroa ta | the shop |
| 285 | rī hahalag pensin ta | the petrol station |
| 286 | rī 'tēag ta | the restaurant |
| 287 | rī keleag mạl ta | the cinema |
| 288 | tạn kakauạg ta | the swimming pool |
| 289 | taon ta | the town |
| 290 | hạspet ta | the hospital |
| 291 | tạk ta | the doctor |
| 292 | tạk ne 'al ta | the dentist |
| 293 | taono | city |
| 294 | itu'u | district (Rotuma has seven) |
| 295 | ho'aga | a sub-grouping of households |
| 296 | fuạg ri | the house foundation attached to a chiefly title |
| 297 | marä'e | courtyard, village green |
| 298 | ufaga | coast |
| 299 | 'ana | cave |
| 300 | tamura | cemetery |
| 301 | solo / sol | mountain, hill |
| 302 | Rotuma | Rotuma |
| 303 | Fiti / Fit | Fiji |
| 304 | Niu Sirạgi | New Zealand (Vamarasi spelling Niu Sirãgi) |
| 305 | Setnē | Sydney (Vamarasi spelling Setnê) |
| 306 | 'Otako | Otago |
| 307 | Lepanoni | Lebanon |
| 308 | Noa'tạu | Noa'tạu, the senior district of Rotuma |
| 309 | Oinafa | Oinafa district (site of the main wharf) |
| 310 | Itu'ti'u | Itu'ti'u district (the government station) |
| 311 | Malha'a | Malha'a district (the airport and high school) |
| 312 | Juju | Juju district |
| 313 | Pep'jei | Pep'jei district |
| 314 | Itu'muta | Itu'muta district |
| 315 | ạfạfu / ạfạf | mist |
| 316 | esu / es | pawpaw, papaya |
| 317 | äfe / äf | thousand; liver |
| 318 | ȧr'ạki / ȧr'ȧk | to guess |
| 319 | fạ'purou | hat |
| 320 | hefu / hef | star, stars |
| 321 | isu / is | nose |
| 322 | juli / jül | a kind of bird |
| 323 | kalofi / kalöf | eggs |
| 324 | lāhapa / lāhap | leg |
| 325 | magkō | mangoes |
| 326 | niu | coconut; copra |
| 327 | ponapa / ponap | pineapple |
| 328 | tạnu / tạn | water |
| 329 | usa / uạs | rain |
| 330 | ül'ạki / ül'ȧk | to steer |
| 331 | vao | net |
| 332 | 'uhi / 'üh | yam |
| 333 | Uli / Ül | to steer |
| 334 | 'Uli / 'Ül | wheel; tyre; skin |
| 335 | Ofi / Öf | to finish |
| 336 | 'öf | to chase; to cut, to snip |
| 337 | koko | mischievous, bad |
| 338 | kōkō | thorny, prickly |
| 339 | toto | blood; lineage |
| 340 | tōtō | to speak, to utter |
| 341 | hosa / hoas | flower |
| 342 | pija / piaj | rat |
| 343 | mori / mör | orange (the fruit) |
| 344 | tole / töl | to carry on the shoulder |
| 345 | kuji / küj | (Churchward headword; short form küj) |
| 346 | kofi / köf | coffee |
| 347 | lole / löl | candy, sweets |
| 348 | pepa / peap | paper |
| 349 | suka / suak | sugar |
| 350 | mose / mös | to sleep |
| 351 | futi / füt | to pull |
| 352 | fara / far | to ask for, to seek |
| 353 | sope / söp | strand of hair |
| 354 | 'epa / 'eap | mat |
| 355 | ho'a / hoa' | to take |
| 356 | la'o / la' | to go |
| 357 | vãhi / våh | to finish (Vamarasi spelling) |
| 358 | mea'me'a / mea'mea' | small, young |
| 359 | mamasa / mamas | the mamasa or 'drying' welcome ceremony |
| 360 | hãsu / hãs | gall bladder (Vamarasi spelling) |
| 361 | maho / mah | to become cold |
| 362 | fo'a / foa' | to land, to step on |
| 363 | rãhi / råh | fire (Vamarasi spelling) |
| 364 | fere / fer | to fly |
| 365 | para / par | to decay |
| 366 | hola / hoal | spread out; spreading |
| 367 | füri / für | zigzag (of a mat pattern) |
| 368 | a'su / ạs | steam |
| 369 | a'ti / ȧt | to gather shellfish |
| 370 | 'uhapa | arm |
| 371 | 'efe | belly, abdomen |
| 372 | sui | bone |
| 373 | susu | breast |
| 374 | fatfata | chest |
| 375 | kumkumu | chin; beard |
| 376 | 'eju | the back of the head |
| 377 | tauagmafa | the back of the head |
| 378 | fupuga | the crown of the head |
| 379 | foro | body |
| 380 | 'uli | skin; bark; crust |
| 381 | maf pogi | blind |
| 382 | maf pula | able to see |
| 383 | 'ạlaloga | adenoids |
| 384 | ne'ne' | well, in good health; strong |
| 385 | mạuri | life, living, wellbeing |
| 386 | ala | to cease functioning, to die |
| 387 | 'atua | a corpse; the spirit of a dead person |
| 388 | 'oroi ta | the abode of the spirits of the dead |
| 389 | okrao | to ache continuously but not severely |
| 390 | hununuka | to breathe with difficulty |
| 391 | kohmū | to cough something up |
| 392 | hegu | to blow the nose |
| 393 | puga | an abscess |
| 394 | mạtiti | cold, to be cold |
| 395 | tēla'ā | food |
| 396 | 'i'ini | animal food: meat, fish or eggs |
| 397 | faraoa | bread |
| 398 | faraoa utu | a piece of bread |
| 399 | faraoa hapa | a slice of bread |
| 400 | keke | cake |
| 401 | pạri | banana |
| 402 | par 'ạit | a bunch of bananas |
| 403 | säe | a banana whose bunches grow upright |
| 404 | 'ulu | breadfruit |
| 405 | tapiko | cassava |
| 406 | lolo | coconut cream |
| 407 | niusi | a bunch of coconuts |
| 408 | fekei | pudding of grated taro or cassava starch, coconut cream, sugar |
| 409 | mara ma 'a'ana | taro pudding |
| 410 | fakakại | banana pudding |
| 411 | kava | kava, the ceremonial drink |
| 412 | ti pạri | banana tea |
| 413 | 'aklulu | a bud |
| 414 | hoas 'aklulu | a flower bud |
| 415 | maja | a branch |
| 416 | rā | a branch; a coconut frond |
| 417 | hā | a bundle of leaves |
| 418 | leap hā | the bundle of leaves used to cover a koua |
| 419 | 'ại fakrava | a cross (crossed pieces of wood) |
| 420 | pua | frangipani |
| 421 | ragakạri | ginger |
| 422 | tiere | gardenia |
| 423 | mạiro | a kind of shrub |
| 424 | laje | coral |
| 425 | fū | a coral reef |
| 426 | mạnmạnu | an animal of the land or air |
| 427 | pusi | cat |
| 428 | kou | bull, cattle |
| 429 | hufhufu | bat |
| 430 | gogo | a kind of seabird |
| 431 | kukū | a dove |
| 432 | kaläe | a kind of bird |
| 433 | tuitui | a kind of ant |
| 434 | ro'ata | a kind of stinging ant |
| 435 | fikou | hermit crab |
| 436 | kamkama | rock crab |
| 437 | 'utete | sand crab |
| 438 | sa'ar'ara | centipede |
| 439 | sokra'a | sailfish |
| 440 | peau | wave |
| 441 | lạgi | sky; air |
| 442 | aoga | cloud |
| 443 | rạhu | ashes |
| 444 | mahala | charcoal, coal |
| 445 | 'umea | clay |
| 446 | vaka / vak | canoe |
| 447 | katea | the hull of a canoe, as opposed to the outrigger |
| 448 | 'afo | basket |
| 449 | tauga | a kind of basket |
| 450 | 'ajarava | a basket made of green coconut leaf |
| 451 | mosega | bed; a chiefly title |
| 452 | takaga | bed; couch |
| 453 | nofo'a | chair |
| 454 | pesini | bowl, basin |
| 455 | 'umefe | an individual eating platform |
| 456 | puku / puk | book |
| 457 | puk het | a book |
| 458 | Puk Ha'a | the Holy Bible in Rotuman |
| 459 | pepa het | a sheet of paper |
| 460 | kianre | candle |
| 461 | sikarete | cigarette |
| 462 | koti | coat |
| 463 | fạli | belt; clothes |
| 464 | hạ'fạli | sarong, wrap-around |
| 465 | mon uam | a woman's top worn with the hạ'fạli |
| 466 | 'oro | a sash tied at the waist for ceremonies |
| 467 | hạ'u | clothes |
| 468 | mä'lea | working clothes |
| 469 | uka | a thick fishing line |
| 470 | unu | sennit cord |
| 471 | käve | the cord used to tie on a load |
| 472 | kasa | arrow |
| 473 | fana | bow |
| 474 | 'ia | axe (originally a stone axe) |
| 475 | agsara | adze |
| 476 | kalapa | club |
| 477 | seru | comb; to comb |
| 478 | pakete | bucket |
| 479 | kese | case, box; coffin |
| 480 | kākō | cargo |
| 481 | uha | bark cloth (no longer made) |
| 482 | lahlaha | black |
| 483 | kele | black |
| 484 | jarava | blue |
| 485 | rạhrạhu | brown |
| 486 | mia' rahrahu | brown or dull red |
| 487 | totlaha | black and blue, bruised |
| 488 | huạl kele | a coil of the darker pandanus strips |
| 489 | huạl fisi | a coil of the lighter pandanus strips |
| 490 | ti'u | big |
| 491 | titi'u | big (plural) |
| 492 | hiti'u | comparatively big |
| 493 | ma'oi | big in quantity, plentiful |
| 494 | hepa | broad, wide |
| 495 | riri'i | small (as in joan riri'i, gooseflesh) |
| 496 | lelei | good; all right |
| 497 | raksa'a | bad; in bad condition |
| 498 | tē raksa'a | a bad thing |
| 499 | keleag lelei | beautiful |
| 500 | helava | beautiful |
| 501 | aire | correct, actual |
| 502 | nojo / nonojo | correct, straight |
| 503 | fei | crooked |
| 504 | ma'ma'a | clean, pure |
| 505 | tafa | clear; a clear space |
| 506 | mam'asa | cruel |
| 507 | pumuạ | precious, treasured |
| 508 | räe | to see |
| 509 | ho'i | to return, to come back |
| 510 | leum | to come (towards the speaker) |
| 511 | ås | to visit |
| 512 | noho / noh | to live, to stay, to remain |
| 513 | kuku | to cook |
| 514 | fao | to cook the night before |
| 515 | a'mamosa | to cook until done |
| 516 | susunu | to burn |
| 517 | jala | to burn off grass |
| 518 | fufu | to burn lime |
| 519 | fạmu | to bury |
| 520 | hili | to choose |
| 521 | he'o | to call |
| 522 | he'ạki | to call out |
| 523 | vata | to crawl |
| 524 | hura | to break up (of a meeting) |
| 525 | fạki | to break off |
| 526 | fua | to break open |
| 527 | kao | to chop a coconut or nut in two |
| 528 | fại | to chop down |
| 529 | 'apo | to carry on the back |
| 530 | rạ'u | to carry in the arms |
| 531 | kạ'u | to carry under the arm |
| 532 | tạri | to accept |
| 533 | sapo | to accept |
| 534 | mā | to accept someone's advice or decision |
| 535 | a'soko | to accept, to accomplish, to carry out |
| 536 | sai'o | to ask about, to enquire |
| 537 | rē | to do, to make, to act towards |
| 538 | pō | to be able to do; to get, to arrive at |
| 539 | mou | to adhere, to hold fast |
| 540 | piri | to cling to (as wet clothes to the body) |
| 541 | osi | to adorn; a change of clothes at a mamasa |
| 542 | voi'ạki | to admire |
| 543 | 'ạliga | to acknowledge |
| 544 | aier'ạki | to believe |
| 545 | mamnaki | to be accustomed to |
| 546 | faksoge | to abstain from food, to fast |
| 547 | taunạ'i | to add together, to come together |
| 548 | su'i | to add water to |
| 549 | fakputu | to accumulate |
| 550 | puke | for a feeling to come strongly over one |
| 551 | toka | to come to an end |
| 552 | soko | to come about, to come to pass |
| 553 | hoa' | to take, to carry off |
| 554 | pure | to rule, to have authority over |
| 555 | pure'aga | kingdom, rule, dominion |
| 556 | naam | to give |
| 557 | fạu'ạkia | to forgive |
| 558 | sara | sin, transgression |
| 559 | sại'ạkia | to deliver, to set free |
| 560 | ȧf'ȧk | to hallow, to make honoured |
| 561 | ma'ma' | holy |
| 562 | he'ama | I wish, if only |
| 563 | 'apei | the fine white pandanus mat, the most sacred Rotuman object |
| 564 | is käkä'e | 'the tip of her fingers' - a woman's own 'apei |
| 565 | agrua | a very large pandanus mat |
| 566 | sa'aga | the shiny part of the pandanus leaf used for 'apei |
| 567 | 'ar'ara | the black part removed from a pandanus leaf |
| 568 | rag sa'aga | the process of stripping the pandanus leaf |
| 569 | hula | a large coil of prepared pandanus strips |
| 570 | tefui | the Rotuman ceremonial garland |
| 571 | fui | a single unit of the tefui garland |
| 572 | koua | the earth oven, and the food cooked in it |
| 573 | kato'aga | a traditional ceremony or celebration |
| 574 | päega | the pile of mats an honoured guest sits on |
| 575 | sū | a wedding |
| 576 | terån a'sū | a birthday |
| 577 | 'oj'ạki | the ritual for a first-born child |
| 578 | hen rạu'ifi | a ritual apology |
| 579 | aragvaka | a funeral |
| 580 | takại ta | the return of a widowed spouse to the parental home |
| 581 | kakạu sạsi | the fifth-day observance after a burial |
| 582 | he' 'atua | the call made at a funeral |
| 583 | 'afa | a basket of koua food presented to dignitaries |
| 584 | tạutoga / tạutoag | the principal Rotuman ceremonial dance |
| 585 | tạutoag hafa | the communal tạutoga danced by men and women |
| 586 | tạutoag fā | the men's tạutoga |
| 587 | sua | the first section of the tạutoga |
| 588 | tiạp hī | the melodic chant section of the tạutoga |
| 589 | tiạp forạu | the section of the tạutoga adapted from foreign music |
| 590 | maka / mak | dance; to dance |
| 591 | nạu tē | the anointing of dancers with scented oil |
| 592 | hanuju / hanuj | a tale or story, especially a fictitious one |
| 593 | rogo | a report; news of a witnessed event |
| 594 | rogrog ne āv tā | history (lit. 'the report of the time') |
| 595 | gagaja / gagaj | chief; lord |
| 596 | gagaj 'es itu'u | a district chief |
| 597 | gagaj 'es ho'aga | the sub-chief of a household group |
| 598 | fa 'es itu'u | chief of a district |
| 599 | sạu | the traditional paramount ritual office of Rotuma |
| 600 | mua | the chief ranking next to the sạu in former times |
| 601 | huliạg ne 'umefe | 'turning over the eating platform' - a chief's naming rite |
| 602 | forạu | a returnee, one coming home from abroad |
| 603 | la'o | a visiting party bringing mats and gifts |
| 604 | 'Ạitu / 'Ạit | God |
| 605 | 'Ạit Mana | the Almighty, the All-Powerful |
| 606 | Tagroa | the supreme deity of the pre-Christian Rotuman pantheon |
| 607 | mana | supernatural power |
| 608 | Hanuạ Fạvi | 'the land that hangs from the sky', the home of Tagroa |
| 609 | ha'a | holy, sacred |
| 610 | fekạu | a minister of religion |
| 611 | 'ekaresaia | a church member |
| 612 | rī rotu | church building |
| 613 | Fäeag Rotuạm | the Rotuman language |
| 614 | fäega | language, speech; a case, a matter |
| 615 | ag fak hanua | the culture and custom of the land |
| 616 | ag fak Rotuma | Rotuman custom |
| 617 | vetạkia | to sustain, to keep going |
| 618 | fäeag 'es 'ao | useful words |
| 619 | 'atumotu | island group, archipelago |
| 620 | hạ'fạli ta | the sarong |
| 621 | vasvas | the hibiscus-stem bark used as the tefui cord |
| 622 | kạuat ta | the hibiscus stem |
| 623 | lum ta | the seaweed used in a tefui |
| 624 | paufu | the male pandanus flower used for tefui stars |
| 625 | 'apea | a root crop whose leaf wraps the tefui |