"vula" meaning in Fijian

See vula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Central Pacific *vula, from Proto-Oceanic *pulan, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, from Proto-Austronesian *bulaN. Etymology templates: {{lang|fj|Vula taucoko.}} Vula taucoko., {{inh|fj|poz-oce-pro|*pulan}} Proto-Oceanic *pulan, {{inh|fj|pqe-pro|*bulan}} Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, {{inh|fj|poz-cet-pro|*bulan}} Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, {{inh|fj|poz-pro|*bulan}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan, {{inh|fj|map-pro|*bulaN}} Proto-Austronesian *bulaN Head templates: {{head|fj|noun}} vula
  1. moon (the natural satellite of planet Earth)
    Sense id: en-vula-fj-noun-Bd6CctEt Categories (other): Astronomy Disambiguation of Astronomy: 43 40 17
  2. (by extension) moon (any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet) Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-vula-fj-noun-iZ~uWvRl Categories (other): Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Fijian entries with incorrect language header, Astronomy, Light sources, Moon, Moons, Units of time Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 6 6 19 13 13 6 29 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 14 9 9 4 47 7 Disambiguation of Fijian entries with incorrect language header: 12 76 13 Disambiguation of Astronomy: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of Light sources: 11 72 17 Disambiguation of Moon: 37 46 16 Disambiguation of Moons: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of Units of time: 7 65 28
  3. month (period into which a year is divided)
    Sense id: en-vula-fj-noun-9YLdQgNN Categories (other): Fijian terms with collocations, Astronomy, Calendar, Months, Time Disambiguation of Astronomy: 43 40 17 Disambiguation of Calendar: 6 21 73 Disambiguation of Months: 6 6 89 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mate ni vula (english: menstruation; sickness of the moon) [literally], vakavulavula (english: to do something by moonlight), vula vou (english: new moon), vulaci (english: to turn pale, pallor), vulagi (english: visitor, guest; non-indigenous person), vulala (english: very dilute (of drinks)), vulavula (english: white), vulawalu (english: crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci))
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    },
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      "english": "crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)",
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          "english": "the month of November",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "na vula ko Noveba",
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          "english": "this month",
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          "english": "last month",
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          "english": "next month",
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          "text": "ena vula mai oqo",
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      "word": "vakavulavula"
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      "word": "vula vou"
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      "word": "vulaci"
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