Thursday, January 29, 2015

Names of Days and Times of the Day

DAYS of the WEEK &TIMES  of the DAY



Days of the week/Aumana Bung

The names of the seven days of the week are:

Bung tikai        Day one            Monday
Bung kubak

Bung aurua      Day two            Tuesday

Bung autul       Day three          Wednesday

Bung aiwat       Day four           Thursday

Bung ailima     Day five            Friday

Waruruai          Day Six           Saturday

Bung tabu       Day Seven        Sunday
Lotu

Monday (Bung tikai) is also known as bung kubak. Sunday is also known as lotu. The word lotu was introduced by the early Fijian missionaries and has remained to this day in the Kuanua Language and like some Kuanua words it has crossed over to Pidgin.

Times of the Day/ Aumana Pakana bung

Kawunwun    Dawn

Malana           Morning

Keake             Noon

Ravian           Afternoon

Talwiwi         Dusk

Marum          Night


Midnight      Warupia