English - Varisi Dictionary  
compiled by Fr Stephen Tarrant, O.P.

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baby

sale medara

bachelor

nanaro pou

back (body)

kakamu

back (come …)

ule

back (pull …)

tono vaule

bad

sakata

bag (hand bag)

kuruma

bag (string)

kusa

bait

mamusu

bakua

buriau

bald

pio

bamboo

loso : losokaro

banana

soqa

banana (young)

sopeke

bandage

poga kade

bangle

ziku

bank (of river)

rikisina uguru

bank (overflows)

kiale

bark

kapoto

barren (people)

kakára

barren (tree)

egoro

barren (pig)

kovi

basket

ebata

bat

papauku

bathe

seqe

beach

rikisina masi

beads

vakalu

beak

seqe

bear (a child)

zari : saqi

beard

umi

beat

vae

beautiful

meno

because

tanego

bed

vesu

bed-bug

pare

before

tarakenaqana

beg

pene

begin

vatupi

beginning

kokoso

behind

taramuzi

believe

vaogoto

belly

sopa

belong (to a person)

ke era (me)

belong (to a person)

aro (you)

belong (to a person)

ia (him)

below

polana

belt

"beleto"

beneath

polana

bench

vesu

bend

pika

bend down

tudua

best

velaka sivala

betel lime

kidaka

betel nut

kasu

betel pepper

sarápa

betray

vabesa

betroth (sweetheart)

tamatura

between

variloboro

beware

momokolo

big

lavata
 

bird

pale

birth

podo

bit

desuka

bite

kabala

bitter

pani

black

poqo poqo

bleed

parasa i siporo

bless

va tabo

blind

kodo

blood

parasa

blouse

roko pusi

blow

kiuru

blow out

kiuru vale

blue

kuri kuri

blunt

dopu

boat

koluka

body

tokama

boil (water etc.)

qotoro

boil (a sore)

ibiri : aqara

bone

uri

boot

maeke botu

border

gado kutona : vari kutona

bore

boa

borrow

pala zaqe tekere

bottom

soka soka

boulder (cave)

lena

bow

tua

bow (the head)

tudu

boy

gavere

brain

súsuma

branch (forked)

paqara

bread

bureri

bread fruit

barego

break (wood)

takopulu

break (glass)

tapuaka

break (stone)

tapasi

break (net)

takóroto

break

takóboro moki

break (cut in halves)

tavela

breast

susu

breath (breathe in)

marapoga

breath (breathe out)

kikiuru

breeze

evu evu

bridge

roga kava

bright

damara

bring

pala

broom

sesero

brother (younger)

kae

brother (older)

toga [of same sex, whether m. or f.]

brush (the bush)

pole

build

zazu

bundle (wood)

riqi nako

bundle (sac-sac)

poke katoga

burn

subi

bury

voua

bush

sasaniqa

busy

rigo

but

dopu

butterfly

bebioko

buttocks

babana

buy

voli voli


© Stephen Tarrant, O.P., 2003


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