S - s
| Saccharum edule | viso |
| Saccharum officinarum | r̄ovu |
| sad | jom̈i |
| sago | rauar̄o |
| sail | hap̈ani |
| salt | r̄asi |
| sand | onono |
| sandalwood | pioro |
| Santo island | Naur̄a-lap̈a |
| Sargocentron tieroides | apar̄avusa |
| Satan | Setan |
| say | re |
| scabies, scabious | hovi |
| scalp | pilo |
| Scarus blochi | pono |
| school | skul |
| scorn | m̈an p̈ala |
| scorpion | novu |
| scrape | karu |
| scratch | karu |
| sea (go ~-wards) | sivo |
| sea-snake | mar̄a r̄as |
| seaweed | lumlum |
| second-born | voro-rua |
| · | voro-r̄ahu |
| Securinega flexuosa | vi-jurulaje |
| see | lesi |
| seed | p̈iri |
| seize | taur̄ |
| self (my~) | hase~ |
| sell | ejene |
| Semecarpus vitiensis | vi-olas |
| send | sohan |
| sensitive grass | kaulu |
| Serranidae spp. | r̄apala |
| seven | haip̈ir̄u |
| several | salahese |
| shark | p̈aheu |
| she | mo |
| · | jo |
| · | nia |
| shell | puru |
| she-oak | vi-aru |
| shin bone | lotu |
| shoot (tr.) | soro |
| shore | jar̄auta |
| shoulder | pili |
| shout | ulo |
| show | vse |
| shut | jolong |
| sick | rojo |
| Siganus doliatus | polo |
| significance | r̄arami |
| silent | r̄oho m̈alum |
| similar | sohe |
| since | mo tapulo lo ... |
| sing | vaver̄e |
| sister | ve-sohor̄i~ |
| sister (elder ~) | ve-r̄oha~ |
| sister (younger ~) | ve-r̄asi~ |
| sister-in-law | vunggo~ |
| · | ve-sohor̄i~ |
| · | ve-r̄oha~ |
| · | ve-r̄asi~ |
| · | ve-r̄ahu~ |
| sit | sarai |
| six | haiono |
| skin | huri |
| skin (dead ~) | langalanga |
| skull | pongor̄i |
| sleep | ngoro |
| slim | m̈aranga |
| slitgong | pelo |
| slow | m̈alum |
| small | variri |
| smell | pon |
| · | pona |
| smile | ngingisa |
| snake | mar̄a |
| snapper | pavu |
| so | ale |
| so that | m̈ar̄a |
| soar | avu |
| some | r̄uar̄ua |
| · | r̄e |
| some-one | r̄e |
| · | mo hese |
| sometimes | nr̄e ran |
| some-times | nr̄e ran |
| son | nar̄u~ |
| · | tu~ |
| song | ver̄e |
| son-in-law | paliha~ |
| sore | solo |
| sorry | jom̈i |
| south | Tahuna |
| space | m̈asav̈a |
| spear | sari |
| speech | soro |
| sperm | jira |
| Sphyraena genia | rangorango |
| spider | para |
| spirit | r̄am̈ar̄e |
| spit | lito |
| Spondias cythera | resi |
| spring up | soro |
| squeeze out coconut cream | viris |
| squid | huir̄a |
| squirrelfish | apar̄avusa |
| star | vir̄u sarasara |
| start | tapulo |
| start again | var̄i |
| steep | vur̄ivur̄ia |
| stem | hap̈asi |
| stiff | vur̄ivur̄ia |
| still | r̄o |
| stingray | avai |
| stink | m̈apuhu |
| stomach | r̄anga ha~ |
| · | pange |
| stone | sule |
| stone (oven ~) | sule voso |
| stop a hole | horo |
| · | jolong |
| story | stor̄e |
| stranger | vinano |
| strike | vjan |
| · | ljeng |
| string | asi |
| strong | suiha |
| style | posi |
| suddenly | r̄avur̄ |
| sugarcane | r̄ovu |
| Sula leucogaster | kakato |
| summit | pere |
| sun | alo |
| Sunday | sanre |
| sunny | aloalo |
| swallow | vakarakara |
| swamphen | pao |
| sweat | masmasu |
| sweet yam | tavari |
| swell | sosohoni |
| swift | sut |
| swiftlet | vakarakara |
| swim | karu |
| swordfish | ajo jingo-hese |
| sympathise with | jom̈i |
| Syzygium malaccense | haviha |