"beka" meaning in Fijian

See beka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka. Cognate with Hawaiian peʻa, Māori peka and Samoan pe'a. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|-}} Proto-Oceanic, {{cog|haw|peʻa}} Hawaiian peʻa, {{cog|mi|peka}} Māori peka, {{cog|sm|pe'a}} Samoan pe'a Head templates: {{head|fj|noun}} beka
  1. bat (flying mammal), flying fox
    Sense id: en-beka-fj-noun-n7zPU-Id Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries, Mammals, Pages with 13 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 13 entries: 6 11 15 12 0 1 1 1 15 8 0 1 1 0 1 8 9 8 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 11 15 12 0 1 0 1 16 8 0 1 1 0 1 9 9 9 0 1 0 0
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      "expansion": "Hawaiian peʻa",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sm",
        "2": "pe'a"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan pe'a",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka. Cognate with Hawaiian peʻa, Māori peka and Samoan pe'a.",
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "beka",
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    }
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  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 13 entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "fj:Mammals",
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        },
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          "_dis": "6 11 15 12 0 1 1 1 15 8 0 1 1 0 1 8 9 8 1 1 1 1",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bat (flying mammal), flying fox"
      ],
      "id": "en-beka-fj-noun-n7zPU-Id",
      "links": [
        [
          "bat",
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        ],
        [
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          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "flying fox",
          "flying fox"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "peʻa"
      },
      "expansion": "Hawaiian peʻa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mi",
        "2": "peka"
      },
      "expansion": "Māori peka",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "sm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Samoan pe'a",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central-Pacific *beka, from Proto-Oceanic, variously reconstructed as *bʷeka, *beŋka or *pʷeka. Cognate with Hawaiian peʻa, Māori peka and Samoan pe'a.",
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  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Fijian lemmas",
        "Fijian nouns",
        "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
        "Pages with 13 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fj:Mammals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bat (flying mammal), flying fox"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ],
        [
          "mammal",
          "mammal"
        ],
        [
          "flying fox",
          "flying fox"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "beka"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Fijian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-02-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). 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.

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