C - c
| cabbage | m̈ahar̄ua |
| Calidris acuminata | p̈ilahe r̄asi |
| call | ulo |
| · | r̄ove |
| Calophyllum inophyllum | vi-p̈ahura |
| Canarium indicum | nganga |
| canoe outrigger | jam̈a |
| canoe pegs | laku |
| canoe poles | evua |
| canoe ties | asi |
| cape | jingo |
| Caranx melampygus | m̈ajonu |
| Carica papaya | res tasale |
| carve | r̄ai |
| cast | plane |
| Casuarina equisetifolia | vi-aru |
| cat | hariv tasale |
| catch | r̄an |
| · | taur̄ |
| cause | v̈ei |
| cave | v̈apa |
| Chaetodon lineatus | p̈ep̈e |
| Chalcophaps indica | vomahi |
| change | posi |
| chat | sorosoro |
| cheat | korei- |
| Cheilinus undulatus | vivi |
| chest | juma |
| chestnut | uep̈e |
| · | vi-je |
| chicken | to |
| chief | r̄aju lap̈a |
| · | supe |
| · | moli |
| chief (rank of ~) | karai |
| · | m̈ala |
| child | tu~ |
| · | nar̄u~ |
| · | mara variri |
| · | hetehete |
| chin | ese |
| church | skul |
| Circus approximans | m̈ala |
| claw | p̈isu |
| claypot | jiliv |
| clean | klin |
| · | vokovoko |
| clean up | hojo |
| clench | lung |
| clever | levosai |
| climb | sihevi |
| close | r̄avui |
| clothes | ruru |
| cloven | m̈asanga |
| coconut | holo |
| coconut (germinated ~) | popo |
| coconut crab | jau |
| Codiaeum variegatum | jihi |
| coffee | ai v̈arung |
| Collocalia esculenta | vakarakara |
| Colocasia esculenta | per̄a |
| colour | m̈ajihi |
| Columba vitiensis | r̄oro |
| · | manometo |
| come | sna |
| · | ta |
| · | m̈a |
| come across | tapai |
| considerably | lap̈a |
| convey | ling |
| cook | r̄unu |
| · | ku |
| cooked | mejo |
| copra | kavura |
| Coracina caledonica | vakalao |
| coral | pallaje |
| Cordia subcordata | vi-tapea |
| cork | jolong |
| count | tovo |
| country | jara |
| cousin | nar̄u~ |
| cover | havu |
| · | horo |
| · | tahavu |
| crab | hav̈e |
| crab (coconut ~) | jau |
| crawl | haraho |
| crazy | putu |
| cross | lokoru |
| croton | jihi |
| crumb | huraurar̄a |
| cry | r̄angi |
| cup | lasa |
| cycad | vi-mele |