Fiji Hindi/Vocabulary/Bhojpuri derivations

a

• achakke - suddenly
• aisan - like this
• anguri - finger
• aur - and

moke - Me harjai - dhokhebaj dakhhin - South

aa

• aagi - fire
• aankhi - eye

b

• baap - father
• baar - hair
• baaro - to light
• baat karo - talk
• baba - polite way of addressing an old person, grandfather
• bahnoi - sister's husband
• barrhiya - nice
• batiya - immature
• bichhauna - bedding
• bichhle - slippery
• bif - Thursday
• boti - piece
• budh - Wednesday

bh

• bhaiya - brother
• bhathiyara - corrupt person, bootlegger
• bhauji - older brother's wife
• bhija - wet
• bhikhmanga - wet
• Bhojpuri - Eastern Hindi dialaect spoken in Eastern UP and western Bihar

ch

• chok - sharp, alert

chh

• chhutkara - freedom, release

d

• des - country

e

• etwaar - Sunday

f

• fua - father's sister
• fuffa - father's sister's husband

g

• gahana - jewellery
• gahiraa - deep
• gaona - ceremonial departure of bride
• gulabi - orange (colour)

h

• ham - I
• hamaar - mine
• har - plough

i

• ii - this, he, she, it

j

• jaise - like

jh

• jhingur - cricket(insect)
• jholi - bag

k

• kaa - what?
• kaahe - why?
• kaaka - father's younger brother
• kaaki - father's younger brother's wife
• kaise - how are you?
• kapaar - skull
• karia - black
• katah - biting (dog)

kh

• khaandaan - extended family
• khatir - for

l

• lage - near
• logan - people

m

• maai - mother
• machhri - fish
• maiya - mother
• mangar - Tuesdaay
• markha - agressive (bull)
• mausa - mother's sister's husband
• mausi - mother's sister
• murai - raddish

n

• nagad - cash
• naati-potaa - grand children

o

• odaa - damp
• orhan - complaint

p

• pakrre - to catch
• piyar - yellow
• puraniya - old timer

s

• saar - wife's brother
• saawar - dark skinned
• sanichar - Saturday
• sombaar - Monday
• suggaa - parrot
• suk - Friday

u

• ujjar - white
• uu - he, she, it, that