"bebe" meaning in Fijian

See bebe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: bēbē [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Central Pacific *bebe, from Proto-Oceanic *bebe. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*bebe}} Proto-Oceanic *bebe Head templates: {{head|fj|noun|head=bēbē}} bēbē
  1. lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:
    butterfly (superfamily Papilionoidea)
    Sense id: en-bebe-fj-noun-OeHxbpJU Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Butterflies Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 55 45
  2. lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:
    moth (nocturnal insects not in the superfamily Papilionoidea)
    Sense id: en-bebe-fj-noun-3w25n1JY Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Butterflies, Insects, Moths Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Butterflies: 55 45 Disambiguation of Insects: 35 65 Disambiguation of Moths: 33 67
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*bebe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *bebe",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *bebe, from Proto-Oceanic *bebe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bēbē",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "bēbē"
      },
      "expansion": "bēbē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Butterflies",
          "orig": "fj:Butterflies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "S/he likes blue butterflies as they are very beautiful.",
          "text": "E taleitaka o koya na bebe karakarawa ni ra totoka sara.",
          "translation": "S/he likes blue butterflies as they are very beautiful.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:",
        "butterfly (superfamily Papilionoidea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bebe-fj-noun-OeHxbpJU",
      "links": [
        [
          "lepidopteran",
          "lepidopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Lepidoptera",
          "Lepidoptera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ],
        [
          "Papilionoidea",
          "Papilionoidea#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Butterflies",
          "orig": "fj:Butterflies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Insects",
          "orig": "fj:Insects",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Moths",
          "orig": "fj:Moths",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Moths often fly around lights at night.",
          "text": "Na bebe e dau vuka volekata na cina ena bogi.",
          "translation": "Moths often fly around lights at night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:",
        "moth (nocturnal insects not in the superfamily Papilionoidea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-bebe-fj-noun-3w25n1JY",
      "links": [
        [
          "lepidopteran",
          "lepidopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Lepidoptera",
          "Lepidoptera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ],
        [
          "Papilionoidea",
          "Papilionoidea#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bebe"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian nouns",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Pages with 19 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fj:Butterflies",
    "fj:Insects",
    "fj:Moths"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*bebe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *bebe",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *bebe, from Proto-Oceanic *bebe.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bēbē",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "bēbē"
      },
      "expansion": "bēbē",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Fijian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              26
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "S/he likes blue butterflies as they are very beautiful.",
          "text": "E taleitaka o koya na bebe karakarawa ni ra totoka sara.",
          "translation": "S/he likes blue butterflies as they are very beautiful.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:",
        "butterfly (superfamily Papilionoidea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lepidopteran",
          "lepidopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Lepidoptera",
          "Lepidoptera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ],
        [
          "Papilionoidea",
          "Papilionoidea#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Fijian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Moths often fly around lights at night.",
          "text": "Na bebe e dau vuka volekata na cina ena bogi.",
          "translation": "Moths often fly around lights at night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lepidopteran (any insect of the order Lepidoptera), such as:",
        "moth (nocturnal insects not in the superfamily Papilionoidea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lepidopteran",
          "lepidopteran"
        ],
        [
          "Lepidoptera",
          "Lepidoptera#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "moth",
          "moth"
        ],
        [
          "Papilionoidea",
          "Papilionoidea#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bebe"
}

Download raw JSONL data for bebe meaning in Fijian (2.0kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Fijian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-06-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-06-01 using wiktextract (ade7ec3 and 7f4db16). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.