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

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ta ta kiu hypocrite
taba leku corner
tabe carry (infant on hip)
tabo holy
tabo sacred
tabu forbid
tabuburana seed
tado katoga sac-sac (to cut it down)
tai dung
takabana half
takaborona half
tákele uncover
takóboro moki break
takopulu break (wood)
takóroto break (net)
tala oil
talakisi split
tali rope
talukasa forgive
talukasa loose (from sin)
talupasa explain
tama tama parents
tamadako tired
tamadako weary
tamakena kava kava cousin
tamalego curve (bend in a road)
tamana father
tamana preach
támana scold
támana sermon
tamana lavata uncle
tamasinaro family
tamatura betroth (sweetheart)
tamuki clumsy
tamúki naughty
tana ask (about)
tana consult
tana question
tanbali ule turn round
tanego because
tano inquire
tanu alone
tanu gira themselves
taolo towel
tapasi break (stone)
tapuaka break (glass)
taqa tank
taqia look for
taquia search
tarakenagana face
tarakenaqana before
taramuzi behind
taramuzina after
taramuzina hereafter
taridaka torn
tarove clever
tarove cunning
tarove sensible
tarove ogoto ability
tarove ogoto acumen (clever)
taru lay
taru vaule put back
taru ze put
tarua keep
tarua omit
tasipa displacement (of a bone)
tata'dana lean
tatala grow (children)
tatamanaro family
tatavata light
tatázo steer
taulena reply
taulena answer
taunata adultery
tava tavara offering (Mass)
tavela break (cut in halves)
tavela cut (in two)
taveqo lame
tavisi aid
tavisi assist
tavisi attend
tavisi help
tavisi kale help (one's own)
tavoisi cure
tavoisi well (to get)
tazuga spill
teke give
teke za ge give (offer up)
teke zaqe tekere lend
telo telo walkabout
telo telo wander (aimlessly)
teno assemble
teño gather
teño together (assemble)
tepa along
tepa from
tepa side
tepa keba e saña east
teqe turtle
teri shave
tetédeke knock
teteñe run
titilo circle
titívi skirt
toba cloud
tobi mat
tobi lokuka umbrella
toga elder
toga [of same sex, whether m. or f.] brother (older)
togo taru hold hands
tokama body
tokama stem (trunk)
tóloko eel
tolua chop
tolua cut
tolua cut (skin accidentally)
tolua cut (stick at random)
toño pull
toño tow
tono vaule back (pull …)
tonove receive
toñovo have
too alive
too life
too live
topa topa hat
topu plenty
topu sasakata abound (very many)
topuna abundance
topuna many
topuna much
topuna nalu frequent
topuna nalu often
toqara peep
tora adequate
tora kaega inadequate
torana about
totó nena liver
totoda drowsy (nod the head)
totoda nod (drowsy)
totolo flow
totoloño correct
totoloño just
totoloño right (correct)
totoloño straight
totoloño kaega inaccurate
tove visit
tua bow
tua fill in (hole)
tubele push
tudu bow (the head)
tudu stoop
tudua adore
tudua bend down
tuere read
tugunu stump (tree in garden)
tuguru abide
tui tana uncle
tuku grey-haired
tuma tuma thick
tuna nod (the head)
tuna son
tuna lavata nephew
tunazake grandfather
tuni melody
tupiana ne kokoso start (beginning)
turamuro people
turi send (to me)
turu post
tutua crush (medicine, stone, biscuit, to powder)
tutua grind
tutukununa complete (whole)
tutukununa entire
tutukununa whole
tutuñu knee
uguru fur (of animal)
uguru hair (of head)
uguru leaf
uguru page
uguru river
uguru pepele hair (straight)
uguru zariri hair (straight)
ulana desert (a cleared area)
ule back (come …)
ule me come back
ule popoka ascend
umi beard
uqi drown
uqula flame
uraka fever
uraka heat
uraka hot
ure fruit
ure interest (on money)
uri bone
utu seed



© Stephen Tarrant, O.P., 2003


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