C - c
| cabbage sp. | bei |
| cabbage, island | havera |
| cackle | maraha |
| calendar | bembei vitu |
| call | tovitovia |
| call out | doa |
| · | tehi |
| call out challenge | ulomala |
| call to s.o. | tovi |
| calm | tamata |
| can | matavosai |
| canarium almond | ngaignai |
| cancelled | mautu |
| cane s.t. | visi |
| cane, wild | litu |
| · | maimai |
| canoe | aka suasua |
| care of s.o., take | matawanjuhi |
| care, take | kou |
| carelessly | vonotahi |
| carry | bamba |
| carry bag over shoulder | silimbahi |
| carry by transport | erengahi |
| carry in bag | vini |
| carry on head | sura |
| carry on shoulders | sura |
| carry s.t. | dehi |
| · | kolo |
| · | lingi |
| · | uhi |
| carry s.t. on shoulder | haiwahi |
| carry s.t. on stick | tetehi |
| carry s.t. under arm | ngalavehi |
| carry yams (to church) | damindami |
| carry, struggling to | mareterete |
| carrying | kolokolo |
| carrying, be | uhiuhi |
| cassava | manioko |
| catapult | sinde |
| caterpillar | asiviroviro |
| caught, become | kau |
| cause s.t. | vai |
| cave | wamba |
| centipede | suli |
| chair | atei |
| champion | tamalohi taviti |
| chance | bongtikeli |
| change | uli |
| change s.t. | riu |
| change shape | vohi |
| charcoal | vara |
| charcoal, rub | varavara |
| chase | dingi |
| chasing, play | tehi |
| chat | sorasora |
| cheek | busu- |
| cheep | viso |
| · | viuviu |
| cherish | korovu |
| chest | mangamanga- |
| chestnut | mambue |
| chew s.t. | jama |
| · | resi |
| chewing, be | jamanjama |
| chicken | toa |
| chief | moli |
| · | sumbue |
| chief, become | moli |
| chiefs | vaisumbwe |
| children | vauranji |
| chin | ase- |
| choice | matatauhia |
| choke | buni |
| · | donosere |
| choose s.t. | matatauhi |
| chop up | horoti |
| chorus | ilaimbaki |
| cicada | bita |
| circling | ranjaranja |
| clam sp. | vako |
| clam, k.o. | malmalung |
| clap hand/s | vonjai lima |
| clean | vokati |
| clean up | vahasahi |
| clean up all things | vahavahasahi |
| clear | hulihuli |
| · | randa |
| clear competely | hunjurahi |
| clear land | huli |
| clear off | haro |
| · | haroharo |
| clearing | hulihulia |
| clearing off time | sulisulia |
| clever | matamatavosai |
| climb | hao |
| climb over | lahao |
| climb over s.t. | lahaotu |
| close eyes | buelumbuelu |
| close s.t. | sangari |
| close up s.t. | muhi |
| closeby | maravitu |
| clothes | ruru |
| cloud/s | taelangi |
| clouds, big and heavy | buembuetu |
| clouds, small | bilahe mo tetevi |
| cloudy | dondoha |
| cluck | korokorota |
| · | ngarangara |
| · | totohae |
| clump | sola |
| coast | alau |
| coconut bundle | vungu |
| coconut cream | bului niu |
| coconut or pawpaw, used as tool | batutu |
| coconut shell, scraped | dangemburohi |
| coconut stage | vusa |
| coconut, mature | bombo |
| coconut, ripe | niu |
| coconut, soft flesh of | ngarungarui niu |
| coconut, young | dimango |
| cod sp. | ravue lakolako |
| · | resiresi |
| cold | mahariri |
| colour | manjihi |
| colourless | melomelo |
| comb | ikari |
| comb s.t. | kari |
| come | mai |
| · | maimai |
| come ashore | hoso |
| come down | tio voro |
| come for nothing | sombevono |
| come from | tau |
| come off | vanotiu |
| come out | jimai |
| comfort s.o. | sorawanjuwanju |
| command s.o. | soramatuahi |
| complain | reti |
| complain about s.t. | ngarasi |
| complete | evui |
| complete everything | evuevui |
| complete s.t. | saritiu |
| · | vahateahi |
| · | vuaihesahi |
| conceited | titingi |
| conceive | bangehi |
| conception | bangebangea |
| concerned | domtutun |
| confess | uliuli |
| conscientious | domtutun |
| consider s.t. | vivilo |
| container, bamboo | kurai |
| container, coconut leaf | ngando |
| contract | junju |
| contribute, not | vaihumbahi |
| control, take | susanahi |
| cook in earth oven | vosai |
| cook large quantity | sarusaruhi |
| cook on fire | tutunu |
| cooked, be | noha |
| cooking | kukua |
| cooking on fire | tutunua |
| cooking, be | noha |
| cooled down | mamavo |
| coral | lanje |
| · | lanjelanje |
| corner/s | suhusuhu |
| corpse | tarambe |
| correct | mahere |
| corrupt | vaivaisatihi |
| cough | sova |
| · | vuru |
| · | vurua |
| cough out | hasori |
| count s.t. | sondo |
| counting, be | sondosondo |
| courage | savusavurae |
| courageous | savusavura |
| cover over | burohi |
| · | duma |
| · | tivuovo |
| cover s.t. | novohi |
| cover up s.t. | havu |
| · | numba |
| cover with leaf | ronjoi |
| covering | isura |
| cowrie sp. | dihe |
| cowry sp. | daha |
| crab | tomba |
| crab guts | wahonanai tomba |
| crab sp. | hatou |
| · | have |
| · | uli |
| crab, coconut | daui |
| crab, k.o. | woharoharo |
| cracked open | mandare |
| crawl | haraha |
| crayfish | ura |
| crazy | lengalenga |
| creator | tohotaitai |
| creep | jalo |
| criticise s.o. | sorahi |
| crooked | bere |
| crooked, grow | dende |
| crooked, growing | waririhi |
| cross | lolokorukoru |
| cross beams | isio |
| crow | tarere |
| crowd, be in | ivao |
| crowded | ivaoha |
| crowing sound, make | tarere |
| crown | indongo |
| crown of head | vusengi batu- |
| crown s.o. | dongo |
| cruel | tohotoho vulakarai |
| crumble s.t. | momori |
| crunch | ngarungaruta |
| crush | bihi |
| crush s.t. | tambuatambuahi |
| · | tombuetombuehi |
| cry | malanjele |
| · | ngara |
| · | ngarae |
| · | ulo |
| cry for s.o. | tangisi |
| cry loudly | tangtangi |
| crybaby, be a | malanjele |
| cup | lasa |
| curse s.o. | kalakalahi |
| · | sorasasati |
| curve | bahoho |
| curving | beremberehahi |
| custom dress, k.o. | timbo |
| custom, traditional | kastom |
| custom/s | vaivaia |
| cut | hasi |
| cut across s.t. | taitusi |
| cut apart | kamuekamue |
| cut finely | salo |
| cut s.t. | domue |
| · | tai |
| cut s.t. completely | domuetahi |
| cut through s.t. | titisi |
| cut up | hambe |
| cuts on coconut tree | hambilai vuniu |
| cycas | muele |