Fijian-English Dictionary: with notes on Fijian culture and natural history
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Suva, Fiji : R. Gatty, 2009. — 340 p.This is a handbook for practical understanding of Fijian language, as commonly understood speechone might hear around Suva. Words from Fiji’s regional languages or dialects are listed only if they havebecome part of the common vocabulary that many Fijians understand. Included also are notes on naturalhistory and brief explanations of Fijian customs and culture where they may be important.The only other readily available dictionary has been Capell’s with many obsolete entries and a lack ofmodern words and idioms. This dictionary tries to present the language as it is now. Capell’s so-called ANew Fijian Dictionary was first published almost seventy years ago, compiled mostly from missionaries’notes of much earlier generations. Revisions of 1957 and 1968 added or corrected scientific names forplants, fishes and birds without much change in any of the rest. That is archaic! So a new dictionary isneeded.
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