Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *fiti
Tongan Fisibor.
English Fiji
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Fijian
From Fiji + -an.
Meanings
(not-comparable) Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people.
[S]he wore her brown hair flatly braided and coiled behind so as to expose the outline of her head in a daring manner at a time when public feeling required the meagreness of nature to be dissimulated by tall barricades of frizzed curls and bows, never surpassed by any great race except the Feejeean. 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter III, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, pages 37–38:
pl fidżyjski (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · de fidschianisch (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · nl Fijisch (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · nn fijiansk (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · ro fijian (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · fi fidžinkielinen (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · nb fijiansk (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · pt fijiano (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · sv fijiansk (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · ga Fidsise (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · hy ֆիջիական (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · haw Pīkī (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · fi fidžiläinen (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · ga Fidsíoch (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · es fiyiano (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · hu fidzsi (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · da fijiansk (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · cs fidžijský (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · ru фиджийский (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · ca fijià (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · uk фіджі́йський (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people) · af Fidjiaans (Pertaining to Fiji, or its language or people)
Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *fiti
Tongan Fisibor.
English Fiji
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Fijian
From Fiji + -an.
Meanings
A person from Fiji or of Fijian descent.
Forms
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Features
Labels
Source
Fejeean
alternative
lexicographic
Feejeean
alternative
lexicographic
Fijians
Number=Plur
lexicographic
Translations (24)
cs Fidžijec (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · de Fidschianer (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ro fijian (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ru фиджиец (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · pt fijiano (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · hy ֆիջիացի (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · de Fidschianerin (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · nb fijianer (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · nl Fijische (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ga Fidsíoch (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · haw Pīkī (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ru фиджийка (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · fi fidžiläinen (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ro fijiană (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · nn fijian (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · es fiyiano (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · pl Fidżyjczyk (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · af Fidjiaan (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · nl Fijiër (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · fr Fidjienne (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · fr Fidjien (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · ca fijià (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · da fijianer (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent) · nn fijianar (a person from Fiji or of Fijian descent)
Etymology tree
Proto-Polynesian *fiti
Tongan Fisibor.
English Fiji
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English Fijian
From Fiji + -an.
Meanings
an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken on Fiji. It has 650,000 speakers, including second language users.
Forms
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Labels
Source
Feejeean
alternative
lexicographic
Fejeean
alternative
lexicographic
Translations (33)
mk фиџиски (language) · ru фиджийский (language) · na dorerin Bidji (language) · rw Igifijiyani (language) · rw Igifiji (language) · be фіджы́йская (language) · nn fijiansk (language) · ja フィジー語 (language) · gl fidxiano (language) · fj Na Vosa Vakaviti (language) · af Fidjiaans (language) · sh fidžijski (language) · uk фіджійська (language) · ga Fidsis (language) · da fijiansk (language) · hu fidzsi (language) · cs fidžijština (language) · fi fidži (language) · nl Fijiaans (language) · eo fiĝia lingvo (language) · is fídjíska (language) · nl Fijisch (language) · de Fidschianisch (language) · pl fidżyjski (language) · ca fijià (language) · pt fijiano (language) · bg фиджийски (language) · sh фиџијски (language) · nb fijiansk (language) · cmn 斐濟語 /斐济语 (language) · de Fidschi (language) · hy ֆիջի (language) · ro fijiană (language)