"lua" meaning in Fijian

See lua in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Oceanic *luaq, {{inh|fj|pqe-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, {{inh|fj|poz-cet-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq Head templates: {{head|fj|noun}} lua
  1. vomit (regurgitated former contents of a stomach)
    Sense id: en-lua-fj-noun-jJTpSOBr Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Bodily fluids Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Bodily fluids: 69 31

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq. Etymology templates: {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Oceanic *luaq, {{inh|fj|pqe-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, {{inh|fj|poz-cet-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*luaq}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq Head templates: {{head|fj|verb}} lua, {{tlb|fj|intransitive}} (intransitive)
  1. to vomit, to throw up (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach) Tags: intransitive Derived forms: lesu na koli ki na nona lua (english: the criminal returns to crime; the dog returns to its own vomit) [idiomatic, literally], luaca (english: to vomit on), luacaka, luaraka (english: to vomit up (something)), via lua (english: to feel nauseous)
    Sense id: en-lua-fj-verb-efylwv-O Categories (other): Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Vomit Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Vomit: 43 57
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Bodily fluids",
          "orig": "fj:Bodily fluids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There's vomit on the path.",
          "text": "E duka na lua e na sala.",
          "translation": "There's vomit on the path.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vomit (regurgitated former contents of a stomach)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-fj-noun-jJTpSOBr",
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lua",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fj",
          "name": "Vomit",
          "orig": "fj:Vomit",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "the criminal returns to crime; the dog returns to its own vomit",
          "tags": [
            "idiomatic",
            "literally"
          ],
          "translation": "the criminal returns to crime; the dog returns to its own vomit",
          "word": "lesu na koli ki na nona lua"
        },
        {
          "english": "to vomit on",
          "translation": "to vomit on",
          "word": "luaca"
        },
        {
          "word": "luacaka"
        },
        {
          "english": "to vomit up (something)",
          "translation": "to vomit up (something)",
          "word": "luaraka"
        },
        {
          "english": "to feel nauseous",
          "translation": "to feel nauseous",
          "word": "via lua"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "S/he vomited.",
          "text": "Sa lua ko koya.",
          "translation": "S/he vomited.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vomit, to throw up (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lua-fj-verb-efylwv-O",
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "throw up",
          "throw up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian intransitive verbs",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian nouns",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian verbs",
    "Pages with 26 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fj:Bodily fluids",
    "fj:Vomit"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lua",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Fijian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There's vomit on the path.",
          "text": "E duka na lua e na sala.",
          "translation": "There's vomit on the path.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vomit (regurgitated former contents of a stomach)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Fijian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Fijian intransitive verbs",
    "Fijian lemmas",
    "Fijian nouns",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Fijian terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Fijian verbs",
    "Pages with 26 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fj:Bodily fluids",
    "fj:Vomit"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the criminal returns to crime; the dog returns to its own vomit",
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "literally"
      ],
      "translation": "the criminal returns to crime; the dog returns to its own vomit",
      "word": "lesu na koli ki na nona lua"
    },
    {
      "english": "to vomit on",
      "translation": "to vomit on",
      "word": "luaca"
    },
    {
      "word": "luacaka"
    },
    {
      "english": "to vomit up (something)",
      "translation": "to vomit up (something)",
      "word": "luaraka"
    },
    {
      "english": "to feel nauseous",
      "translation": "to feel nauseous",
      "word": "via lua"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "pqe-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-cet-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*luaq"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Central Pacific *lua, from Proto-Oceanic *luaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *luaq.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "lua",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fj",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Fijian",
  "lang_code": "fj",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Fijian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "S/he vomited.",
          "text": "Sa lua ko koya.",
          "translation": "S/he vomited.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to vomit, to throw up (to regurgitate the contents of a stomach)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vomit",
          "vomit"
        ],
        [
          "throw up",
          "throw up"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lua"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lua meaning in Fijian (4.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Fijian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). 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.