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Not this Joka...

Joka :(Pronounced ‘choka’, with the ‘cho’ as in ‘chomp’) Great; Awesome; Used interchangeably with Heavy;

Preetika: I heard you went to the Katchafire concert. How was it?

Apete: Thing joka boy. Had a real good time.

One Day Mafatu: Soon; eventually; Used to declare your intentions are on track, and will happen…just not today.

A promise of future vengeance for a real or perceived wrong;

(I’m not too sure of the origins, but Mafatu was the main character from Armstrong Sperry’s growing up novel, The Boy Who Was Afraid.)

I know I should be saving my money but… I will. One day mafatu.

Yeah you wait there boy – one day I gonna smack your face properly saraga. One day Mafatu…

Din Maro: Indian slang; Translated literally, to ‘kill the day’  (Din – day, Maro – kill); To be bored, aimless, and in dire need to kill time.

Hey, I saw you in town yesterday. You sa looked bored saraga. Too much din maro or what?

The boss left for Nadi yesterday, so since then I been do nothing but din maro all day.

Modri : Pronounced ‘mondri’. Fijian for a person or age group who are younger then you; Also if they’re young and annoy you in any sort of way.

I went to the clubs but forgot that today was the Coke games. Thing was packed with modris saraga.

When were you born? 85? Ooooh you modri.

Cut: Drunk. Not tipsy drunk, but ‘horrible facebook pics’ drunk.

Boy I tell you, mixing beer and hot stuff like that – I get cut real quick.

Mary tried to call out to her friend James, but he was too cut to notice.